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Smugglers’ Stash & News

Posted on November 6, 2011

Hello everyone and happy Sunday! Ready for another week?

Giveaway Winners:

We have quite a few winners to announce. First up is our Halloween Week giveaway! And the winners are…

Batch 1: Megan Chapman

Batch 2: Robi

The winner of Rose Lerner’s A Lily Among Thorns is…

Gerd D.

The winner of the Glow audiobook is…

Kate

Congratulations to the winners! You all know the drill – send an email to contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com with your snail mail address and we’ll get your winnings out to you as soon as possible.

Aussie YA Month:

Over at The Crooked Bookshelf, Carla is throwing an awesome month-long event dedicated to Australian Young Adult fiction. With reviews and interviews of authors like Melina Marchetta and Bill Codon, we highly recommend you check it out.

This Week on The Book Smugglers:

On Monday, Ana reviews contemporary fairy tale Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord.

Tuesday, Ana’s back with a review of YA novel Also Known As Rowan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher.

On Wednesday, we have a joint review of The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson, the highly anticipated sequel to the much-loved Mistborn trilogy!

Thursday, Thea reviews the charmingly bizarre science fiction novel Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez.

And Friday, we have a joint review of dystopian YA novel Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, followed by a guest post from the author and a giveaway!

Saturday, we close out the week with a long overdue From the Page to the Screen special feature: we will have a review of both the book and film Water for Elephants, followed by an interview with the author of the book, Sara Gruen!

Until tomorrow, we remain…

The cutest Halloween costume EVER.

~ Your Friendly Neighborhood Book Smugglers

Thea James is one half of the maniacal duo behind The Book Smugglers. She is Filipina-American, but grew up in Hawaii, Indonesia, and Japan. A full-time book nerd who works in publishing for her day job, Thea currently resides in Astoria, Queens with her partner and rambunctious cat. COOKING FOR WIZARDS, WARRIORS & DRAGONS (available August 31, 2021) is her first cookbook.

3 Comments

  • The Book Memoirs (Elle)
    November 6, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    I cannot tell you how COMPLETELY and STINKINGLY JEALOUS I am that you’re going to get to do an interview with Sara Gruen. I love Water for Elephants more than I can explain to you and I want to steal that entire feature and make off with it into the night. 😯 – Elle

  • capillya
    November 7, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    You’re reviewing Shatter Me!

    !!!!! <– my excitement.

  • Kasey Sk
    July 1, 2020 at 5:17 am

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