Welcome to Smugglivus 2015! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2015, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2016, and more. Who: Sarah…
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Ana says goodbye to Sarah McCarry’s girls. Title: About a Girl Written by Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 14, 2015 Hardcover: 256 pages Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything:…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2014! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2014, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2015, and more. Who: Sarah…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Ana talks about Sarah McCarry’s books and why she loves them so much… It’s all about the girls, really. Go HERE to hear why and to see her take a…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2013! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2013, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2014. Who: Sarah McCarry…
Title: All Our Pretty Songs Author: Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Greek Mythology retelling, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 30 Paperback: 240 Pages The first book in an exciting YA trilogy, this is the story of…
Speculative Fiction is a series that celebrates the best in online non-fiction – the top book reviews, essays and commentary of the year and we have exciting news to share today! Edited by Foz Meadows and Mark Oshiro, Speculative…
In which we Book Smugglers present our top 10 books of 2015… Ana: Hello, I’m Ana. Thea: And I’m Thea. Ana & Thea: And we are…BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!! *play facemelting riffs on air guitars* We’ve brought you some of our…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2015! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2015, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2016, and more. Who: Elana…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2015! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2015, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2016, and more. Who: Laura…
Hello Everybody, happy Sunday to all: To those who celebrate Thanksgiving, we hope you had a wonderful long weekend! Speaking of celebrating! The Inaugural Vuelio Blog Awards took place this last Friday! The Award was set up by Vuelio…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! Thea is having fun at San Diego Comic Con and I am here pretending I don’t care. But down to business, this week is going to be SUPER AWESOME. Giveaway winners:…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! Down to business! Giveaway winners: The winner of the Percy Jackson’s tenth anniversary giveaway is: Allison The winner of The Land of 10,000 Madonnas is: Lauren Tao Thoman If you missed…
There are those books that grab you by the throat and don’t let go. Infandous is one such book. This is a short review of a short novel that is perfectly concise in its telling, beautiful in its writing,…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday to all! This week was not cool, friends. It gave us a lot of heartbreak and headache. Andrew Smith, Systemic Sexism and the Call for Kindness: If you were not on Twitter or around…
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! It is currently freezing in New York, so let’s just get down to business, shall we? Around the Interwebs: Lots of interesting things happened this week, starting with Malinda Lo’s series of posts on…
It’s that time of year again – awards season is here! Today we will be talking about the Hugo Awards! The Hugo Awards are among the most prestigious under the SFF umbrella, and each year the winners are announced…
2014 is over, 2015 has begun, and Smugglivus is nearly complete! Which means that we must also undergo another very important ritual… THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES! (In which we air out any dirty laundry from 2014. Warning: plenty of…
Smugglivus Presents: Ana & Thea’s Most Excellent Books of 2014
Ana: Hello, I’m Ana. Thea: And I’m Thea. Ana & Thea: And we are…BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!! *play facemelting riffs on air guitars* We’ve brought you some of our favorite authors and bloggers with their reflections on 2014… We’ve once again…
Hello everyone and Happy post-Christmas-it’s-almost-2015 Sunday! Over the holidays, we made two announcements, so in case you missed it… Book Smugglers Publishing – NEWS! First up, we published six original short stories this year, all following the theme of…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2014! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2014, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2015, and more. Who: Kelly…
We can hardly believe it, but 2014 is almost gone and it’s already time for Smugglivus!!! Yay! For the uninitiated, here is a quick primer: Smugglivus, what? Smugglivus is our month-long (ok, technically it’s about five weeks long) end…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Old School Wednesdays: The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Ana here, bouncing off the wall with excitement over the official launch of Book Smugglers Publishing this week (but more on that below). Giveaway Winners: The winners of ARCs of Rivals in the City…