Title: The Dark and Hollow Places
Author: Carrie Ryan
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult
Publisher: Delacorte (US) / Gollancz (UK)
Publication Date: March 2011 (US) / April 2011 (UK)
Hardcover: 374 pages
There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look [...]
Authors: Team Unicorn edited by Holly Black – Kathleen Duey, Meg Cabot, Garth Nix, Margo Lanagan, Naomi Novik & Diana Peterfreund; Team Zombie edited by Justine Larbalestier – Libba Bray, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, Carrie Ryan & Scott Westerfeld
Genre: Speculative Fiction, [...]
Welcome to our sixth guest post of YAAM, the 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we have invited authors from different genres to write articles about the books and the genres they write.
Today’s guests are none other than Smuggler favorite authors [...]
Anthology Review: Kiss me Deadly edited by Trisha Telep
Author: Edited by Trish Telep with 13 contributors (listed below)
Genre: YA/Paranormal
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Publication Date: August 3, 2010
Paperback: 432 pages
If you can possibly thirst for more mysterious metaphysical accounts of love, Trisha Telep has organized some of the [...]
Today marks the second stop on the official Blog Tour for author Carrie Ryan’s newest release, The Dead-Tossed Waves – book 2 in her planned trilogy documenting a world ravaged by the zombie apocalypse. You can check out the first stop on the tour over atCynsations and her interview with Carrie yesterday.
Poignant. Memorable. [...]
Author: Carrie Ryan
Genre: Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult
Publisher: Delacorte
Publication Date: March 2010
Hardcover: 416 Pages
Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She’s content to let her friends dream of [...]
Howdy folks, and happy Sunday!
As the first part of our official Steampunk Week comes to a close, we return to our regularly scheduled programming…but fret not! If you want more dirigible-inspired goodness, we’ve got our second installment of Steampunk Week coming at you next month…
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Hello everybody, hope you are all having a good Sunday!
We start this mini-stash with some news:
Change of Address
Two of our favorite bloggers have moved to new and shinning adobes:
Racy Romance Reviews is no longer. Jessica has not only moved her blog but also renamed and revamped it (or sort of).
Hola compadres!
Another Sunday, another stash, another installment with some fabulous news to share!
Book Blog Covention
A couple of Sundays ago we reported that the first ever con for book bloggers, The Book Blogger Convention, will happen in New York on the 28th of [...]
Today’s Guest: Katiebabs, aka KB, of the Romance blog Babbling About Books, and More!. KB puts a Herculean Effort into running her blog – she (and a certain demon sheep) post every day, multiple times a day, about all things romance. As one of the very first bloggers to welcome us and introduce us [...]
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