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Joint Review: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

By On August 17, 2009 · 18 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Joint Review, YA Appreciation Month

Title: A Countess Below Stairs (UK Title: The Secret Countess)

Author: Eva Ibbotson

Genre: Historical, Romance, Young Adult

Publisher: Speak (US) / Young Picador (UK)
Publication Date: 1981
Paperback: 400 pages

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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Bonus Week Schedule

By On August 16, 2009 · 8 Comments · In Smugglers Stash, YA Appreciation Month

Greetings earthlings! Before you get the wrong idea and start throwing us into “prawn” slums, we have some breaking news before we give you the skinny on our final week of Young Adult Appreciation Month:

District 9 totally, completely rocked. Go watch it. Immediately.

Now for the stash.

Giveaway winners: [...]

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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Join the Party!

By On August 15, 2009 · 22 Comments · In Guest Blogger, YA Appreciation Month

Since July 19th, we have been celebrating all things Young Adult with guest posts, authors interviews, reviews and giveaways.

Now it is time to open the floor to you, dear reader so that you can be part of the party as well!

Throughout the day today, this post will be open to anyone with [...]

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KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Diana Peterfreund on Inspirations & Influences (and Giveaway)

By On August 14, 2009 · 59 Comments · In Giveaways, Inspirations and Influences, YA Appreciation Month

Earlier this year, after Thea read (and loved) Secret Society Girl, Diana Peterfreund’s debut novel, we Book Smugglers started to follow her blog and look for more titles and news from this talented author. When we first heard about her upcoming Young Adult book, we were instantly hooked: Rampant is a novel that [...]

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KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Joint Review: Rampant by Diana Peterfreund

By On August 14, 2009 · 23 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Joint Review, YA Appreciation Month

Title: Rampant

Author: Diana Peterfreund

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: August 2009
Hardcover: 416 pages

Stand alone or series: Book 1 of a planned series, though can be read on its own.

Why did we read this book: Two simple [...]

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Soul Screamers Special: Rachel Vincent on Inspiration and a giveaway

By On August 13, 2009 · 79 Comments · In Giveaways, Inspirations and Influences, YA Appreciation Month

Rachel Vincent is a popular UF novelist, author of the Shifter series. Her first book in her new Young Adult Soul Screamer series has just hit the shelves and Ana reviewed it here. We invited the author to be part of our YA Appreciation Month by writing a piece on her Inspiration to write [...]

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Soul Screamers Special – Book Review: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

By On August 13, 2009 · 8 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews, YA Appreciation Month

Title: My Soul to Take

Author: Rachel Vincent

Genre: YA – Fantasy/Romance

Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Publishing date: August 1, 2009
Paperback: 384 pages

Stand Alone or series: It is the first full length novel in the Soul Screamers series. The author also released a novella called My Soul to Lose, which [...]

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Book Review: The Poison Garden by Sarah Singleton

By On August 12, 2009 · 4 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews, YA Appreciation Month

Title: The Poison Garden

Author: Sarah Singleton

Genre: YA – Mystery/Fantasy/Historical

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Date: 5 May 2009
Paperback: 288 Pages

Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone

Summary: It is the 1850′s, and a young boy, Thomas, leaves his family to be apprenticed to a pharmacist, at the [...]

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Series Review & Giveaway: The Devouring & Soulstice by Simon Holt

By On August 12, 2009 · 51 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Giveaways, YA Appreciation Month

I happen to love horror. I love the thrill of mortal fear, the rush of terror that washes over you and drowns your logical mind, the giddy and jittery sense of having experienced something truly terrifying. Ever since I was a little kid and my dad let me watch my very first Tales from the [...]

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Book Review: Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

By On August 11, 2009 · 17 Comments · In 4 Rated Books, 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, YA Appreciation Month

Title: Tender Morsels

Author: Margo Lanagan

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Publisher: Knopf Young Adult (US) / David Fickling Books (UK)
Publication Date: October 1998 (US) / July 2009 (UK)
Hardcover: 448 pages

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