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Hello, everyone! Book Smuggler Thea, here.
A few months ago, I posted a survey and asked for your help in completing the market research portion of my graduate thesis. Thanks to you – 919 of you, to be precise – I had amazing data to work with and was able to back my [...]
Hello, everyone! Book Smuggler Thea, here.
As you may know in addition to being a Smuggler, I’m also an NYU grad student, working on my degree in digital publishing. Today I write to you in my capacity as a sleep-deprived, book-loving grad student.
I’m in my final [...]
Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, is back with the scoop on The Amazing Spiderman Sneak Peek Fan Event. Give it up for Lavanya, folks!
A few days ago, my friend invited me to go to a “sneak peak” preview of The Amazing [...]
Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time – rejected by countless publishers before finally finding a home with FSG in 1962 – was a formative novel for me as a young girl. With its sympathetic heroine, the socially awkward (but mathematically savvy) Meg, the exceptionally empathetic Charles, the admittedly crushworthy Calvin, and [...]
Hello fellow Smugglers!
I’m here today to talk to you about an exciting new opportunity — Nope, that sounds like an infomercial. Thea and Ana are kind enough to let me guest post about World Book Night America, so let’s get to down the basics, shall we?
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Author: N. K. Jemisin
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Orbit
Publication date: November 3rd 2010
Paperback: 411 pages
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange [...]
Author: Beth Bernobich
Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Publication Date: October 2011
Hardcover: 336 pages
Once upon a time, the king of Lóng City held a contest for a lot of money and the princess’s hand in marriage. Kai and his [...]
Nerds Heart YA is an annual bracket-style tournament dedicated to appreciating and showcasing new titles that are underrepresented in YA fiction.
In 2011, the third year of the event, the central focus of the tournament continued to be on diversity, with a list of book contenders that were [...]
Hello everybody! Today we welcome Elizabeth Miles, author of Fury (which is AWESOME) to the blog with a guest post on her inspirations & influences.
Please give it up for Elizabeth!
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In recent years, the Superhero has been making it to the Silver Screen in a big way. Beyond just the usual Batman and Superman reboots, select lesser-known heroes have been getting their turn in the mainstream spotlight. This summer, four superhero films grace the screen, and, as fellow movie junkies and nerds, we decided to [...]
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