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January 2010

Smugglers Stash

Smugglers’ Stash and News

Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. We shall start with some excellent news: The Mysterious Benedict Society covers to be “Adjusted”: The School Library Journal reported on the 26th that Little, Brown Books for…

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On the Radar

On the Smugglers’ Radar

“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…

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10 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

Title: Bleeding Violet Author: Dia Reeves Genre: YA/ UF Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 464 pages Love can be a dangerous thing….Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet…

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7 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Captivate by Carrie Jones

Title: Captivate Author: Carrie Jones Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury (USA & UK) Publication Date: January 2010 (USA) / April 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Zara and her friends knew they hadn’t solved the pixie problem for…

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Cover Matters

Cover Matters: An Introduction

Following Bloomsbury’s Whitewashing Cover Fiasco ’09-’10 (Justine Larbalestier’s Liar and Jaclyn Dolamore’s Magic Under Glass), readers were able to make some small positive change resulting in the publisher’s book jacket retraction and subsequent re-issuance of new, race-conscious covers. This…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers’ Stash & News

Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. First up, we’ve got some fan-freakin-tastic news. Bloomsbury Retracts Cover: On Thursday afternoon, Bloomsbury officially announced that they will no longer be printing the offending cover of Magic…

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On the Radar

On The Smugglers’ Radar

“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…

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Smugglers Ponderings

Smugglers’ Ponderings: Cover Matters

A Bit of Background: The Internets are full of rage again as Bloomsbury Publishing finds itself at the center of yet another book cover controversy. Remember the furore surrounding the cover of Liar by Justine Larbalestier? When readers found…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers’ Stash & News

Hi folks, and welcome to another Sunday roundup on The Book Smugglers! First, we’ve got a few announcements… Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Last Sunday we set up a reader opinion survey about how we could make The Book Smugglers even better for…

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Popgeekery

2010 – Comics to Movies

Last week we were left somewhat numbed and shocked by the unexpected news that Spider-Man 4 is no more, after both Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire left the movie and that the franchise is going to be re-booted! *gasp*…

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On the Radar Smuggler Specialties

On The Smugglers’ Radar

“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…

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