Title: The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle Author: Christopher Healy Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: April 2013 Hardcover: 496 Pages Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You remember them, don’t you?…
Today we are thrilled to be part of the official blog tour for middle grade fantasy adventure novel The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy! Thea thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series, The Hero’s…
Title: The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom Author: Written by Christopher Healy, Illustrated by Tod Harris Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) nter a world…
“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 our guest authors are given free rein so they can go…
Title: Sidekicked Author: John David Anderson Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Superheroes, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 384 Pages With not nearly enough power comes way too much responsibility. Andrew Bean might be…
Hello everyone and happy Sunday! Let’s keep it short and sweet and get down to business. Giveaway Winner: The winner of a copy of The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle and a signed illustration from the book is:…
Hello everyone, and happy Sunday! It’s sunny outside and neither freezing nor snowing for once (leading us to believe that the White Witch hath been slain and Narnia free from her curse of eternal winter… seriously, it has been…
Title: Poison Author: Bridget Zinn Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Disney Hyperion Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 288 Pages Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which…
Title: The Hunt Author: Andrew Fukuda Genre: Dystopia, Horror, Post-Apocalypse, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) Don’t Sweat. Don’t Laugh. Don’t draw attention to…
Howdy, and a good Sunday to all! First, a giveaway announcement, then on to the Big Stuff. Unrest Giveaway: The winner of the Most Awesome giveaway is… IRIS Congratulations! You know the drill – send an email to contact…
Superior by Jessica Lack Published 08/16/2016 | 16,757 Words A superhero’s intern falls in love with a supervillain’s apprentice in this star-crossed LGBT YA story from The Book Smugglers. Here’s the thing about being a superhero intern: there’s a…
“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 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)…
Title: Breadcrumbs Written by Anne Ursu Illustrations by Erin McGuire Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press (HarperCollins) Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 313 pages Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends.…
Title: American Gods Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Dark Fantasy, horror Summary: (from amazon.com)Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a mysterious stranger offers him a job. But Mr. Wednesday, who knows…