Book Review: Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda
Author: Sarwat Chadda
Genre: YA/Fantasy (Contemporary)
Publisher: Puffin/ Disney (US)
Publication Date: July 1 2010 / October 2010 (US)
Paperback: 384 pages
After the death of her soulmate Kay by her very own sword, Billi SanGreal has thrown herself into the brutal [...]
Gosh, can’t believe the first week of YAAM is already behind us! But the madness is far from over and this week, we get to read and review five books…..each.
This Week on the Book Smugglers
On Monday, Ana reviews Fantasy novel Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda and contemporary novel 8th Grade Super [...]
Welcome to our first guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we tried to invite authors from different genres to write articles about the books and the genres they write. Michael Grant is the author of the Gone books (so far with three books published: [...]
Book Review & Giveaway: For The Win by Cory Doctorow
Author: Cory Doctorow
Genre: Thriller, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: May 2010
Hardcover: 480 pages
In the virtual future, you must organize to survive
At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the [...]
Joint Review: Fat Vampire – A Never Coming of Age Story
Title: Fat Vampire – A Never Coming of Age Story
Author: Adam Rex
Genre: YA – Paranormal
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication date: July 27 2010
Hardcover: 336 pages
Doug Lee is undead quite by accident—attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with [...]
Anthology Review: Kiss me Deadly edited by Trisha Telep
Author: Edited by Trish Telep with 13 contributors (listed below)
Genre: YA/Paranormal
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Publication Date: August 3, 2010
Paperback: 432 pages
If you can possibly thirst for more mysterious metaphysical accounts of love, Trisha Telep has organized some [...]
YAAM: (Post-)Apocalypse/Dystopia Day 1
Last year, we had two days of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal this year (this is the first of a few dedicated days!). Today, we take a look at some new titles about the end of the [...]
YA Appreciation Month – Romance Day
Welcome to Day 1 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month ( July 18 to August 21). For the duration of the month we will be celebrating all things YA with loads of reviews, giveaways and guest posts by YA authors.
Today is dedicated to Romance. I chose to review Beastly by Alex Flinn and [...]
Well folks, it’s finally here. This Sunday, we cordially kick off our second annual Young Adult Appreciation Month!
Because we had SO much fun last year with YAAM, we of course had to make it an annual event. This year, YAAM [...]
This week’s Smugglers’ Stash & News is being forgone – because we have Young Adult Appreciation Week to usher in! BUT, we do have some winners to announce.
The six lucky winners of Johannes Cabal The Detective are…
lulu (comment #65) kemendraugh (comment #45) [...]
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