It’s Friday! And we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews the excellent The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle…. and recommends other excellent read-alikes. Go here to read the review and list.…
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Joint Review: Space Hostages (Mars Evacuees #2) by Sophia McDougall
In which we review the sequel to Mars Evacuees, one of our favourite Middle Grade reads of 2014. Title: Space Hostages Author: Sophia McDougall Genre: SF, Middle Grade Publisher: Egmont Publication Date: July 2015 Hardcover: 304 Pages From bestselling…
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…
It’s Friday Tuesday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea reviews The Death House by Sarah Pinborough. This book…was not what I thought it was. Think: The Fault in Our Stars meets…
Don’t be deterred by the ill-advised cover or the generic book description; The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall is a smart, emotionally powerful ghost story with a ton of heart–and one of the best ghost-perspective novels, not to mention…
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Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Morning Glories, Vol.2 by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma
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)…
In which we take a look at the first YA novel by Kate Elliott Title: Court of Fives Author: Kate Elliott Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: August 18 2015 Hardcover: 448 Pages In this imaginative escape into…
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Old School Wednesdays Book Review: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld (Midnighters #1)
Fun midnight-hour shenanigans from Scott Westerfeld–yes, please. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers 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…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea talks about a(nother) book she picked up and had autographed at San Diego Comic Con this year: The Fold by Peter Clines. The…
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Decoding the Newbery: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author Catherine Faris King. This month, Catherine examines the 1959 medalist The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George…
Only Ever Yours is 1984, Mean Girls and Handmaid’s Tale rolled into one, featuring a brave if completely pessimistic magnifying glass to how we treat women right here right now. It takes everything that is misogynistic about our world…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana takes a look at the challenging, fascinating, thought-provoking Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman Go HERE to check it out.…
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Joint Review: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
In which a N.K. Jemisin novel is awesome. Again. Title: The Fifth Season Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: August 4 2015 Hardcover: 449 Pages This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things…
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Old School Wednesdays Book Review: The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones is made of awesome and The Time of the Ghost is yet another great novel. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when…
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:…
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)!…
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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)…
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…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews the latest entry in the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone, one of her favourite ongoing series. Go HERE to read her review. And you can still enter the…
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Old School Wednesdays: Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede
New Old School Wednesdays series! Ana reads The Enchanted Forest Chronicles! Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted…
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…
It’s Friday! So we are over at Kirkus… Today, Ana reviews the short novel by Elizabeth Hand, Wylding Hall She liked it very much even though it scared the shit out of her. Go HERE to read more.…
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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…
Ana says goodbye to Sarah McCarry’s girls. Title: About a Girl Written by Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 14, 2015 Hardcover: 256 pages Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything:…
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Decoding the Newbery: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author Catherine Faris King. This month, Catherine examines 1948 Newbery Medalist The Twenty-One Balloons By William Pene du Bois.…