Title: Break My Heart 1,000 Times Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Horror, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children (Disney Books) Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 352 Pages Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the…
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Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 21 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Title: Passing Strange Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Disney/Hyperion (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 (US & UK) Hardcover: 400 pages Karen DeSonne is used to pretending to be something…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 6! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.…
Title: Kiss of Life Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion Publication Date: May 2009 Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the ongoing Generation Dead series. Why did I read…
Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Title: Generation Dead Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion Books (DBG) Publication Date: May 2008 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Generation Dead series. Book 2, Kiss of Life,…
Book Review Double Feature: Rise of the Corpses and Queen of the Dead by Ty Drago
I haven’t had the pleasure of reading Ty Drago before, but I’ve had my eye on this middle grade/young adult series for a while, featuring a very different type of zombie. So, to kick off our Halloween Week 2012-style,…
Book Review & Giveaway: Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
Title: Early to Death, Early to Rise Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: May 2010 Hardcover: 240 Pages Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven’s dark angels—all itching to kill someone. Madison…
Anthology Review: Kiss me Deadly edited by Trisha Telep
Title: Kiss me Deadly 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…
Braziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil!!!! Ana here, taking a break from World Cup’s Concentration to bring you the latest Stash. First up: Giveaway Winners The 15 winners of Paper Towns by John Green are: Paul Carroll (comment#5) Ali (comment#13) Laura Blakemore (comment#20) Nikki…
Hello everybody! Kathryn McKenna, Children’s Marketing & Publicity Assistant for Simon and Schuster UK is back with another fabulous swag of upcoming titles to giveaway. Please give it up for Kat! That’s right… we’re back! The Book Smugglers have…
Format is as follows: Title, Author, Rating, Genre * Denotes JOINT REVIEW ** Denotes GUEST DARE RED denotes favorite of 2009 BLUE denotes honorable mention of 2009 JANUARY: Thea: Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James, 7, Romance (Contemporary) Titan…
Format is as follows: Title, Author, Rating, Genre * Denotes JOINT REVIEW ** Denotes GUEST DARE RED denotes favorite of 2009 BLUE denotes honorable mention of 2009 JANUARY: Thea: Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 8, Mystery Desperate Duchesses…
Today’s suggested BBAW topic is: Today we encourage you to blog about a book you read only because you discovered it on another book blog. Preferably, this will be a book you loved! You might also write a bit…
Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Week 2 Schedule
We leave week 1 (which we hope you enjoyed as much as we did) behind us and kick off week 2 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month as of now. But first, we have a few winners to announce.…
Title: Once Dead, Twice Shy Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: May 2009 Hardcover: 240 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Madison Avery series, though there is a preceding…
As we hit (and passed) the half year mark AND our 18 month blog-o-versary (yay us!) , we decided to take a look at what we read so far this year and list our current favourites (Note: this is…
Zombie Appreciation Week: A Brief History of the Zombie
Zombies in film have come a very long way since their inception in the early 1930s–from under the control of diabolical voodoo priests, to infectious shambling swarms, to talking & sentient creatures, to Olympic speed sprinters. With all the…
Day 4 of Smugglivus Who: Karen Mahoney, writer of YA and Urban Fantasy whose first story will be published in 2009. She talks about her writing and life at her livejournal: Karen Mahoney. Karen is one of our buddies…
Finding excellent short SFF can often feel like hunting for buried treasure. Sometimes it takes a guide to help fill in the map, connecting readers with fantastic fiction and showing where X Marks The Story–a new monthly column from…
With the goal of discovering the best voices in speculative fiction from across the world, Book Smugglers Publishing publishes original short fiction featuring subversive, feminist, and diverse perspectives. Book Smugglers Publishing’s Summer 2017 theme is…
Superior by Jessica Lack Published 08/16/2016 | 16,757 Words A superhero’s intern falls in love with a supervillain’s apprentice in this star-crossed LGBT YA story from The Book Smugglers. Here’s the thing about being a superhero intern: there’s a…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! I am back from holidays in Spain, already missing the tapas, the cerveza, the weather and history. How am I going back to work tomorrow? Nebula Nominees Announced: The 2015 Nebula Awards Nominees have…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…