Title: Blood Red Road
Author: Moira Young
Genre: Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (Simon & Schuster)
Publication Date: June 2011
Hardcover: 459 pages
Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by [...]
Joint Review: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Title: The Alloy of Law
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Western
Publisher: Tor (US)/Gollancz (UK)
Publication date: November 2011
Hardcover: 336 pages
Fresh from the success of The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson, best known for completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of [...]
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 [...]
Author: Patricia C. Wrede
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Western(ish?)
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: April 2009
Hardcover: 320 Pages
Eff was born a thirteenth child. Her twin brother, Lan, is the seventh son of a seventh son. This means he’s supposed to possess amazing talent [...]
Welcome everyone, to The Book Smugglers’ Nebula Readathon 2011! In honor of the annual Nebula Awards, we will be hosting an interwebs readathon, in which we will attempt to read all of the titles on the Best Novel and Andre Norton Award for YA ballots. You can see the full details, schedule, and related posts [...]
Author: David Macinnis Gill
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: August 2010
Hardcover: 352 Pages
Durango is playing the cards he was dealt. And it’s not a good hand.
He’s lost his family.
He’s lost his crew.
[...]
Author: M.K. Hobson
Genre: Fantasy, Western, Alternate History, (Old) Weird
Publisher: Spectra
Publication Date: August 2010
Paperback: 400 pages
In the tradition of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, this brilliant first novel fuses history, fantasy, and romance. Prepare to be enchanted [...]
Author: Felix Gilman
Genre: Fantasy (I ain’t calling it Steampunk, SORRY).
Publisher: Tor
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
Hardcover: 480 pages
The world is only half made. What exists has been carved out amidst a war between two rival factions: [...]
Author: Justin Allen
Genre: Young Adult, Western, Adventure, Fantasy
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Publication Date: October 2009
Hardcover: 352 pages
A thrill-ride adventure novel capturing the adventure, mystery, legend, and lore of America
Year of the Horse is literary [...]
Joint Review: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & Nathan Hale
Title: Rapunzel’s Revenge
Author: Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
Illustrator: Nathan Hale
Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Graphic Novel, Young Adult
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication Date: August 2008
Hardcover: 144 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel.
Why did we read this book: [...]
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