Smugglers’ Stash: Middle Grade Appreciation Week
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Got a few things to talk about then it’s all about our upcoming MG Appreciation Week.
Working Stiff Giveaway Winner
The winner of a copy of Working Stiff by Rachel Caine is…
Amelia
Congratulations! You know the drill [...]
A few weeks ago, our UK HQ received what can only be described as the coolest book-related invitation ever. To celebrate the release of Nightshade, the sequel to The Poison Diaries, I was to be whisked away to Alnwick Castle in the North of England and take part in a two-day event visiting the locations [...]
Joint Review: Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Author: Rosemary Clement-Moore
Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy (Rural Fantasy?), Mystery, Young Adult
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books (US)/Corgi Children’s (UK)
Publication date: July 2011 (US & UK)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Amy Goodnight’s family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries [...]
Author: Rachel Caine
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Roc
Publication date: August 2011
Paperback: 306 pages
Bryn Davis was killed on the job after discovering her bosses were selling a drug designed to resurrect the dead. Now, revived by that same drug, she becomes an undead [...]
Author: Jesse Petersen
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Speculative Fiction, Zombies
Publisher: Orbit
Publication date: June 2011
Paperback: 261 pages
Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse. They stood side by side and fought the undead, mad scientists, and even bionic monsters until the unthinkable [...]
Title: Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
Author: Ben Loory
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Short Fiction, Literary Fiction
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: July 2011
Paperback: 208 pages
Loory’s collection of wry and witty, dark and perilous contemporary fables is populated by people–and monsters and trees and [...]
Author: Karsten Knight
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Publication date: July 2011
Hardcover: 400 pages
Every flame begins with a spark.
Ashline Wilde is having a rough sophomore year. She’s struggling to find her place as the only [...]
Author: Victoria Schwab
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Publication date: August 2nd 2011
Hardcover: 288 pages
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.
If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and [...]
Hi everyone, and happy Sunday! We hope everyone is staying cool in this crazy stupid heat!
Hunger Games Pretties:
Yeah, we know you’ve probably seen all the awesome new shiny poster (HERE), but have you taken the time to scour the official movie Facebook page? All of the tributes are up, side by side, [...]
“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 [...]
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