Alive boils down to a familiar formula: awesome premise, not-so-awesome execution. Don’t get me wrong–I enjoyed this book very much and it certainly has its strong points, but hot damn does it have some low ones as well. Title:…
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Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! It’s a busy week, so let’s get down to business. Giveaway Winners: The winner of the Trollhunters Giveaway is… Ashley Kolpak The winner of our SDCC giveaway is… Lisa Legendre Congratulations to the winners!…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Thea is talking about Wytches by Scott Snyder, Jock, and Matt Hollingsworth (a graphic novel she was lucky enough to pick up at Comic Con)!…
In which we unveil the trailer for the newest book from Sonia Gensler. Today we are thrilled to reveal the trailer for new horror middle grade novel Ghostlight by Sonia Gensler. We love middle grade fiction, especially of the…
Celebrating a new, digital-interactive ebook in the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan! This year marks the 10th anniversary of Percy Jackson and the Olympians–a five book series, starring the son of Poseidon and his…
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Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson 2)
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)…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
A brilliant, realistic look at the future of space exploration and the fate that awaits humans among the stars, Aurora is the best book I’ve ever read from Kim Stanley Robinson. It’s also the best book I’ve read so…
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Luminous: A.E. Ash on Inspirations & Influences
“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 feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Hello everyone and HAPPY SUNDAY! It’s nice to be back in NYC, although I am very jealous of Ana’s shenanigans right now at London Comic Con! Let’s get to it, shall we? Giveaway Winner The winner of our giveaway…
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On The Smugglers’ Radar: The Book Smugglers’ Comic-Con Roundup Edition (& Giveaway)
In which we roundup our favorite things from San Diego Comic Con, and offer up a giveaway of some of the goodies snagged from SDCC! Last weekend was San Diego Comic Con–a ginormous annual congregation of literally hundreds of…
It’s Friday Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Thea is talking about book one in a new series, A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin today! Stranje House takes a familiar…
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Old School Wednesdays Dark Tower Reread: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Old School Wednesdays presents Thea’s epic reread of The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. May we be well-met, fellow traveler. THIS MONTH ON THE DARK TOWER: Wolves of the Calla sees the return of the main storyline as…
It’s Friday Wednesday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! It’s Thea’s turn today as she reviews thought-provoking science fiction novel Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper. Oh, guys. Edge of Dark is a…
Joel Ross makes a triumphant middle grade debut with The Fog Diver – a swashbuckling, science fiction-fantasy that conjures comparisons to Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn and Jenn Reese’s Above World. In other words: READ THIS BOOK NOW. Title: The Fog…
Hello everybody! Tomorrow is JULY, which means it is that time of year again: time for us to look back at our reviews and list our fave books of 2015…at least, so far. We Book Smugglers are proud to…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Let’s hop to it. This Week on The Book Smugglers: Tomorrow, we kick off the week with a cover reveal and giveaway for The Land of 10,000 Madonnas by Kate Hattemer (author of the…
It’s Friday Wednesday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea is STILL going on about Jurassic World and is list-making… Because Jurassic World is deeply flawed, and yet still somehow incredibly entertaining.…
Book Smugglers Publishing First Contact Inspirations and Influences
The Merger: Sunil Patel on Inspirations & Influences
“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 feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
“I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here. It didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the knowledge for…
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Old School Wednesdays Dark Tower Reread: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Old School Wednesdays presents Thea’s epic reread of The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. May we be well-met, fellow traveler. THIS MONTH ON THE DARK TOWER: Wizard and Glass is a departure from the other books in the…
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A Smugglerific Cover: The Merger by Sunil Patel
In which we reveal the cover for The Merger: A Romantic Comedy of Intergalactic Business Negotiations, Indecipherable Emotions, and Pizza by Sunil Patel Today we are most delighted to unveil the first official cover of Book Smugglers Publishing’s First…
Hello hello hello everyone! Happy Sunday! Let’s dive in, shall we? We’re still recovering from our awesome Jurassic Park watchalong on Saturday–more to come on that front shortly. This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, we kick off…
The results for our June Old School Wednesdays Readalong are in! After a week of voting, the book we will be reading is Morning Glories (Vol. 1) by by Nick Spencer! Morning Glory Academy One of the most prestigious…
He knew me because he said I was awesome. And I was awesome. Maggie Cunningham, The Awesome. Fuck yeah. Title: The Awesome Written by Eva Darrows Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Ravenstone Publication Date: May 2015…