Ana’s adventures in Reading Comics continue with Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Title: Nimona Author: Noelle Stevenson Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Comics Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: May 2015 Hardcover: 275 pages The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle…
History, self-awareness, negotiated boundaries and family secrets are at the heart of Gone Crazy in Alabama, the third – and final – book in Rita Williams Garcia’s excellent Gaither Sisters series. Title: Gone Crazy in Alabama Author: Rita Williams-Garcia…
Only four issues into this new comics and my love for it knows no bounds. Bitch Planet is a pulpy dystopian series written by Kelly Sue DeConnick (Of the excellent Pretty Deadly and Captain Marvel) and artist Valentine De…
“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…
Will Frances Hardinge ever write a book I won’t like? Title: The Lie Tree Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Historical Murder Mystery Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication Date: May 7 2015 Paperback: 400 pages The leaves were cold and…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! How is everybody doing? I am still recovering from the heartbreaking results of Britain’s General Election last Friday…it might take a while. Giveaway winners: The winners of Speculative Fiction 2014 edited…
“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…
It’s Friday! Which means we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana takes a look at a new YA novel, Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley It’s a good, if uneven, novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Go HERE for more.…
Originally a self-published novel and soon to be published as hardcover by Hodder in the UK, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers has earned acolytes, enthusiastic reviews and a Kitschies nomination. We had to…
The results for our…
Ana’s adventures in Reading Comics continue with Lazarus, Vol. 1. Title: Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family Author: Greg Rucka / Art by Michael Lark Genre: Dystopian Science Fiction,, Comics Publisher: Image Comics Publication Date: October 2013 Hardcover: 106 pages Eisner-winning…
“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…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
My experience reading The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne can be boiled down to: this was an amazing novel until it wasn’t anymore. I am deeply conflicted about it. Title: The Girl in the Road Author: Monica…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! Around the Interwebs: Guided by the Beauty of Their Weapons: An Analysis of Theodore Beale and his Supporters – Yes, we are still thinking about the Hugo Awards. This post is…
“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…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana is talking about female-led stories to read before Avengers: Age of Ultron releases next week in the US. Go HERE to check it out.…
In which Lucy Hounsom talks about the inspirations behind the new Fantasy novel Starborn “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this…
We’ve got some really cool news to share today on behalf of Solaris Books and editors Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin! Djinnthology: a collection of stories and tales inspired by the unseen world Introducing the first-ever anthology of original…
The Grace of Kings is excellent in many ways and highly disappointing in one major aspect. There is a lot that that can be said about it but my review will concentrate on structure, narrative, ideas and… women. Title:…
Beginning in February 2014, the Ms Marvel series written by G. Willow Wilson, launched a storyline that sees the first Muslim superhero to headline a comic series. Beginning in February 2014, the Ms Marvel series written by G. Willow…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALL. Ahem. Giveaway winners: The winner of Seraphina/Shadow Scale is Megan The three winners of The Walls Around Us are: Jen Chasia Meshell Meagan Messina…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn with a review of The Stars Seem So Far Away by Margrét Helgadóttir Go HERE for the full scoop.…
There are those books that grab you by the throat and don’t let go. Infandous is one such book. This is a short review of a short novel that is perfectly concise in its telling, beautiful in its writing,…
Ana has been reading The Dark Is Rising Sequence for the past few months. Today, she takes on the final book in the series, Silver on the Tree. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came…