It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reads Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, one of the first novellas recently released by Tor.com. Go HERE for the full scoop.…
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Prunella Gentleman is my patronus and Zen Cho a new favourite author. Title: Sorcerer to the Crown Author: Zen Cho Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace / Macmillan Publication Date: September 2015 Paperback: 416 pages In this sparkling debut, magic and…
I don’t know that I ever read anything quite like A History of Glitter and Blood, a novel so edgy and dramatic and dark and uneasy and different and so, so weird, it almost exists on a realm of…
In which we discuss the brilliant, beauteous, dark, and enchanting new fairy tale from Naomi Novik. Title: Uprooted Author: Naomi Novik Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Del Rey / Macmillan Publication Date: May 18 / May 21 Hardcover: 437 Pages Agnieszka…
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Old School Wednesdays Dark Tower Reread: The Waste Lands 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: The Waste Lands has long been Thea’s favorite book in the Dark…
Bone Gap is a book about perspective. About the difference between looking and seeing. About fairytales, self-image, the heavy burden that beauty can be and the pernicious ways we look at and treat women. It’s awfully tense and there…
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Over at Kirkus: Dream Houses by Genevieve Valentine
It’s Friday, which means we Book Smugglers are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana, having started the frantic reading for awards season, is talking about a novella by Genevieve Valentine (author of one of Ana’s top of 2014: The Girls…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
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Joint Review: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Title: The Three-Body Problem Author: Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu) Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Publication Date: November 11 2014 Hardcover: 400 Pages With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, Three-Body Problem is…
Hello! It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus. Today, Ana reviews Scale-Bright, the novella by Benjanun Sriduangkaew! And it’s fucking awesome, pardon my French. Go here to get the full story!…
Title: Through the Woods Author: Emily Carroll Genre: Horror, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication Date: July 2014 Hardcover: 208 Pages A fantastically dark and timeless graphic debut, for fans of Grimm Tales, The Melancholy…
Title: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club Author: Genevieve Valentine Genre: Historical Fiction, Fairytale Retelling Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: June 2014 Hardcover: 277 Pages From award-winning author Genevieve Valentine, a “gorgeous and bewitching” (Scott Westerfeld) reimagining of the…
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)…
It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Thea reviews a very highly anticipated book today: The Bees by Laline Paull. (Isn’t that the best cover image?! LOVE IT.) Imaginative, fascinating, utterly memorable. In other words, THEA…
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Old School Wednesdays: Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor
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)…
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Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
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: Cuckoo Song Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Middle Grade Publisher: Pan MacMillan Publication Date: May 8 2014 Paperback: 416 Pages When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably…
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Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Dawn by Octavia E Butler
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)…
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Joint Review: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Title: The Goblin Emperor Author: Katherine Addison Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: April 1 2014 Hardcover: 448 Pages The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court…
Title: Trading Rosemary Author: Octavia Cade Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Masque Book Publication Date: January 2014 eBook In a world where experience is currency, Rosemary is the owner of a very special library—a library of memory, where scented coins…
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.…
Title: Wake Author: Anna Hope Genre: Historical, World War I Publisher: Doubleday / Random House Publication Date: January / February 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages Five Days in November, 1920: As the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way…
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.…
Welcome, dear readers, to the next stop on The Book Smugglers’ tour of Halloween! Today, we celebrate the wondrous subcategory of the Horror genre that is the Short Story. A little background: Thea actually detests most short stories. Not…
Title: Boxers/Saints Author: Gene Luen Yang Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Graphic Novel Publisher: First Second Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 336 / 176 Pages One of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this…