Title: The Glass Casket Author: McCormick Templeman Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: February 2014 Hardcover: 352 Pages Death hasn’t visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl.…
Hello, everyone! HAPPY SUNDAY! Ana and I are currently staging an impromptu-simultaneous viewing of The Faculty (can you believe Ana has never seen it!) – and now taking a quick break for today’s stash! This Week on The Book…
Title: The Twistrose Key Written by Tone Almhjell, Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Little, Brown UK Publication Date: October 2013 (US) / January 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 336 Pages A striking middle-grade debut…
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks! It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Thea is list-making (yes, AGAIN) with romance and science fiction on the brain. Thea lists some of her favorite and anticipated romantic science fiction novels to…
Grave is the newest book by Joan Frances Turner, and the third entry in her Resurgam trilogy. Thea was a huge fan of Dust, book 1 in this zombie saga, and so we were thrilled when we were given…
Title: Hollow City Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 399 Pages Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix…
It’s SFF awards season! The Hugos and the Nebulas are now open for nominations, and after running through our longlists earlier this week, I found myself appalled at the lack of short stories, novelettes, and novellas I had read…
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)…
Title: Caszandra (Touchstone Trilogy Book 3) Author: Andrea K. Höst Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: June 2011 Paperback: 232 Pages Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she’s for. But she knows she’s running out of time.…
Hello everyone, and Happy Super Bowl Sunday (to those in the United States)! Let’s get down to business, shall we? Giveaway Winners: Looks like we were remiss last week and didn’t announce some winners! The winner of a copy…
It’s Friday which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today, Thea tackles disaster science fiction thriller The Martian by Andy Weir… And she LOVED it. The Martian has just the right amount of humor, combined with a strong dose of…
Title: Enders Author: Lissa Price Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2014 Hardcover: 288 Pages With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out…
It’s that time of year again – awards season! While the Hugo Awards aren’t without their (significant) issues, we’re still happy and proud to be able to nominate and vote for the biggest SFF annual fan awards. The Hugo…
Title: The Girl with All the Gifts Author: M.R. Carey Genre: Horror, Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: January 2014 (UK) / March 2014 (US) Paperback: 416 Pages Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell…
Today, we are delighted to bring you an interview with M.R. Carey, the author of the recently published apocalyptic speculative fiction novel The Girl with All the Gifts. (Thea loved it.) Please give a warm welcome to M.R. Carey,…
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…
Title: Golden Girl Author: Sarah Zettel Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Diversity, POC Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 320 Pages Callie LeRoux has put her grimy, harrowing trip from the depths of the Dust…
Hello everyone, and a belated Happy Sunday! Thea finally here, checking in (it has been a long day – let’s just say food poisoning from bad seafood is not fun). Let’s get down to business, and keep this short…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Thea is list-making once again with dystopias on the brain. Thea lists 2014 dystopian fiction for readers of all persuasions – YA dystopian fans, Sci-Fi dystopian fans, literary dystopian types,…
Today we’re very excited to host a stop on the blog tour for the release of werewolf epic novel Red Moon. You might even say, we’re howling at the moon (too much?) to have author Benjamin Percy over to…
Today, we are thrilled to host a stop on the blog tour for the UK release of The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by the incomparable Catherynne M. Valente. We are huge fans…
Title: Independent Study Author: Joelle Charbonneau Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2013 Hardcover: 310 Pages In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United…
Title: Dust Girl Author: Sarah Zettel Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication Date: June 2012 Hardcover: 304 Pages Callie LeRoux lives in Slow Run, Kansas, helping her mother run their small hotel…
Title: The Burning Sky Author: Sherry Thomas Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 465 Pages It all began with a ruined elixir and an accidental bolt of lightning… Iolanthe Seabourne is…
HAPPY SMUGGLIVUS, FOLKS! It is official: we have been Book Smuggling since January 7, 2008, which makes us six years old today. We repeat, six years old. If we were kids, we’d be starting first grade! We can hardly…