Author: Lia Habel
Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Steampunk, Alternate-Victorian, Speculative Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Zombies (THIS, this genre description! THIS is a large reason why the book was DNF’d)
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: October 2011
Paperback: 470 Pages
Love can never die.
Love conquers all, so they say. [...]
Ana’s Smugglivus 2011 Feats of Strength
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as to put it in another galaxy altogether. This year, we [...]
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 [...]
“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 the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
Title: The Scorpio Races
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Scholastic Press US/ UK
Publication date: October 2011
Hardcover/Paperback: 404 pages
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to [...]
“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 the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
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 homeless man [...]
Title: Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow
Author: Daniel Nayeri
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Western, Young Adult, Novellas
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication Date: October 11th 2011
Hardcover: 432 pages
Written entirely on an iPhone, this quartet of YA novellas by Another Pan and Another Faust author Daniel Nayeri showcases four different [...]
Joint Review & Giveaway: All Men of Genius by Lev A.C. Rosen
Author: Lev A.C. Rosen
Genre: Comedy, Steampunk, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: Tor
Publication date: September 2011
Hardcover: 416 pages
Inspired by two of the most beloved works by literary masters, All Men of Genius takes place in an alternate Steampunk Victorian London, where science makes the [...]
Title:Goliath
Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson
Genre: Steampunk, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse (US & UK)
Publication Date: September 20th 2011 / September 29th 2011
Hardcover: 537 pages
Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World [...]
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