Today we are thrilled to be part of the blog tour for the release of The Trap, book 2 in Michael Grant’s middle grade series The Magnificent Twelve! In order to celebrate the release, we have a guest post…
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The Gray Wolf Throne Blog Tour & Giveaway: Cinda Williams Chima on Inspirations & Influences
Greetings, fellow readers! Today we are very excited to have Cinda Williams Chima over for a guest post about her newest release and penultimate novel in the Seven Realms Series, The Gray Wolf Throne. Please give a warm welcome…
Title: Ruby Red (original title Rubinrot – Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten) Author: Kerstin Gier Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (US)/Arena (Germany) Publication date: May 2011 (US)/January 2009 (Germany) Hardcover: 324 pages…
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The Poison Diaries: A Book Smuggler on Location (& a Giveaway)
A few weeks ago, our UK HQ received what can only be described as the coolest book-related invitation ever. To celebrate the release of Nightshade, the sequel to The Poison Diaries, I was to be whisked away to Alnwick…
Title: Working Stiff Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication date: August 2011 Paperback: 306 pages Bryn Davis was killed on the job after discovering her bosses were selling a drug designed to resurrect the dead. Now,…
Title: The Map of Time Author: Felix J. Palma Genre: Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Historical, Victorian Publisher: Atria (US)/Algaida (Spain) Publication Date: June 2011 (US)/October 2008 (Spain) Hardcover: 611 Pages Set in Victorian London with characters real and imagined,…
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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Morgan Matson on Inspirations & Influences
Today, are super excited to be the next stop on the official Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour UK blog tour with a guest post by debut author Morgan Matson on the inspirations and influences for writing the book. Please…
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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Cornelia Funke on Reckless & Collaboration
Today we are thrilled to be the next stop on the official Reckless blog tour. We have Young Adult author Cornelia Funke over for a guest post to talk a little bit about collaboration and writing. Please give a…
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Book Review (& Giveaway): Naamah’s Blessing by Jacqueline Carey
Title: Naamah’s Blessing Author: Jacqueline Carey Genre: Fantasy, Alternate History Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: June 2011 Hardcover: 624 Pages Returning to Terre d’Ange, Moirin finds the royal family broken. Wracked by unrelenting grief at the loss of…
Even though we Smugglers were less than impressed with Beauty Queens (make sure to check out our review later today), that doesn’t mean that you won’t like it. Courtesy of Scholastic, This Is Teen, and Big Honcho Media, we…
Hello everyone, and welcome to our stop on the official Relic Master blog tour! Today we are thrilled to have YA author Catherine Fisher over to celebrate the re-release of the second book in her Relic Master quartet, The…
Not going to BEA? Tired of listening to everybody babbling about how they are having a good time and getting tons of FREE books? Well dear friend, despair no more! We, The Book Smugglers have the solution to your…
Today we are thrilled to be the second stop on Justin Cronin’s official video blog tour to celebrate the paperback release of the first novel in his post-apocalyptic vampire saga, The Passage. As The Passage was Thea’s favorite book…
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Juniper Berry Blog Tour & Giveaway: M.P. Kozlowsky on Inspiration & Influences
Hello everyone, and welcome to our stop on the Juniper Berry official blog tour! Today we are thrilled to have debut author M.P. Kozlowsky over to celebrate the release of his YA/MG novel – a tale of terror and…
Hello everybody! Today we are going to be talking about – and celebrating – Diversity in YA. Diversity in YA Fiction is a website and book tour founded by two young adult authors, Malinda Lo (author of Ash and…
Hello all!! Thank you for all the comments in our SHIFT giveaway. We have a couple of winners to announce. Winner of Prize #1: signed copy of Shift plus a Newgrange magnet: Book Sp(l)ot (comment #136) Winner of Prize…
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Shift Blog Tour & Giveaway: Jeri Smith-Ready – Newgrange & the Mysteries of Ireland
Hello everybody and welcome to our stop on the Shift blog tour! To celebrate the release of the second book in the Shade trilogy – about a world where only the young can see ghosts – we are super…
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Abandon Blog Tour & Giveaway: Meg Cabot on Inspirations & Influences
Welcome fellow mortals to the first official stop on Meg Cabot’s Abandon Blog Tour! In celebration of the release of the first book in a brand new trilogy, we are thrilled to have the lovely Meg Cabot over to…
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Guest Post & Giveaway: Kate Noble on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
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Guest Author & Giveaway: Daniel Kraus on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Hello everybody! Back in 2009, we read, loved and reviewed Give Up The Ghost by Megan Crewe. The book features a character-driven story about a girl who can communicate with ghosts better than with living people. It is a…
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Guest Author and Giveaway: Jackie Morse Kessler on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Hello and welcome! Caitlin Kittredge is one of our favourite UF writers – we read and loved Street Magic, the first in her Black London series (reviewed HERE) and the two books in the Icarus Project series which she…
Howdy, folks! Today it is our pleasure to host the latest stop on M.J. Putney’s blog tour for the release of her debut YA novel, Dark Mirror. In addition to our review later today, we have a mini-interview and…
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Joint Review & Giveaway: The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier
Title: The City in the Lake Author: Rachel Neumeier Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Afred A. Knopf Publication Date: June 2008 (original) / March 2011 (reprint) Hardcover & Paperback: 304 Pages THE KINGDOM’S HEART is the City. The City’s…