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On the Smugglers’ Radar

By On January 30, 2010 · 11 Comments · In On the Radar

“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’ Radar was born, and because there are far too many books that we want than we [...]

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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Lisa Mantchev on Young Adult novels (and a giveaway)

By On July 31, 2009 · 69 Comments · In Giveaways, Inspirations and Influences, YA Appreciation Month

Lisa Mantchev is a YA debut author, writer of the recently published Eyes Like Stars – an absolutely fabulous, fun book which became one of Ana’s favorite reads this year (reviewed here). We invited Lisa to write a guest post for our YA Appreciation Month and she came up with something….different.

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Smugglers Stash

By On July 5, 2009 · 13 Comments · In Smugglers Stash, YA Appreciation Month

Greetings from your friendly neighbourhood book smugglers!

We open the stash today with a Very Special Ceremony: the official unveiling of our banner for the upcoming YA Appreciation Month. Excuse us for the pomp and circumstance, but we happen to be totally in love with the beautiful banner that our good friend Kmont from

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