From the monthly archives: April 2011
“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. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was born. Because we want far more books than we can possibly buy or review (what [...]
Warning: some spoilers ahead
We were supposed to be posting our joint review of The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham today but alas, Real Life has conspired against us and Thea was unable to finish the book in time. She is enjoying it so far though and will post her thoughts next week.
Meanwhile, I [...]
Title: The Swan Maiden
Author: Heather Tomlinson
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Retelling
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Publication Date: August 2007
Hardcover: 304 Pages
In the quiet hour before dawn, anything can happen. A third daughter can dream of being a creature of flight and magic, of wearing a swan-skin like [...]
Title: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
Author: Lish McBride
Genre: Urban Fantasy / YA
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Publication date: October 2010
Hardback: 352 pages
Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he’s [...]
Title: Abandon
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Retellings, Paranormal
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: April 2011
Hardcover: 320 Pages
She didn’t fall into his world. She was taken.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce knows what happens to us when we die.
That’s how she met John Hayden, the mysterious stranger who’s made returning to [...]
Welcome fellow mortals to the first official stop on Meg Cabot’s Abandon Blog Tour! In celebration of the release of the first book in a brand new trilogy, we are thrilled to have the lovely Meg Cabot over to talk about her inspirations & influences for this dark, paranormal retelling of a classic Greek myth.
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“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
Happy (Easter) Sunday everybody!!!
Giveaway winner:
The lucky winner of a copy of Rotters is…
Courtney (comment #8)
Congrats! You know the drill – send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com) with your snail mail address, and we will get your [...]
“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. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was born. Because we want far more books than we can possibly buy or review (what [...]
GayYA.org is a forum recently created to celebrate everything LGBT in YA. Throughout April, many bloggers and authors have written awesome guest posts. This review is our contribution to this worthy cause.
Title: Vintage – A Ghost Story
Author: Steve Berman
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Horror/LGBT/ YA
Publisher: [...]
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