“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…
June 2011
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Title: One Crazy Summer Author: Rita Williams-Garcia Genre: Historical MG (Mid-sixties) Publisher: Amistad Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 218 pages Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern,…
Book Review: The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Smugglers’ Ponderings: on the Book Blogger Convention and the relationship between Bloggers and Publishers
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Book Review: What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Hello folks, and welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. Big Fat I’m-Not-Going-to-BEA-but-I-Want-Books-Too Giveaway Winners: The contest has closed, and the sorting hat has spoken. The winners of our BEA-inspired giveaway are: Batch 1: Equations…
“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…
Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness (inspired by an idea by the late Siobhan Dowd) and with illustrations by Jim Kay Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary YA Publisher: Walker UK / Candlewick US Publication date: 5 May 2011 (UK) / 27…
Title: The Demon’s Surrender Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: UF/YA Publisher: Simon Pulse UK / Margaret K. McElderry US Publication date: June 9 2011 (UK) / June 14 2011 (US) Paperback/Hardcover: 400 pages The Goblin Market has always been…
Title: The Warrior Heir Author: Cinda Williams Chima Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion/Disney (US)/Indigo (UK) Publication Date: April 2006 (US)/September 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 432 Pages Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life…