Title: Otherbound Author: Corinne Duyvis Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, LGBTQIA Publisher: Amulet Books Publication Date: June 17 2014 Hardcover: 400 Pages Amara is never alone. Not when she’s protecting the cursed princess she unwillingly serves. Not when they’re fleeing…
It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews Aliette de Bodard’s award-winning novelette “The Waiting Stars” (first published in the anthology The Other Half of the Sky) It’s a really brilliant story. Go HERE…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
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: Mars Evacuees Author: Sophia McDougall Genre: Science Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Egmont Publication Date: March 27 2014 Paperback: 336 Pages The fact that someone had decided I would be safer on Mars, where you could still only SORT…
Title: One Man Guy Author: Michael Barakiva Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, LGBTQIA Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication Date: May 27 2014 Hardcover: 272 Pages Funny and heartfelt, One Man Guy serves up the raucous family humor and gentle…
Title: Deep Blue Author: Jennifer Donnelly Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Disney Publication Date: May 6 2014 Hardcover: 320 Pages The first in a series of four epic tales set in the depths of the ocean, where six mermaids…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana comments on the short stories nominated for this year’s Hugo Awards. It’s a great list and a difficult choice for top 1 story. Go here to read more.…
Title: Zero Sum Game Author: S L Huang Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Self published Publication Date: April 2014 ebook Deadly. Mercenary. Superhuman. Not your ordinary math geek. Cas Russell is good at math. Scary good. The vector calculus blazing…
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: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy Author: Kate Hattemer Genre: Contemporary YA, POC Publisher: Knopf Books Publication Date: April 8 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three friends decide to take down the reality TV…
Title: Fat Angie Author: e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Genre: Contemporary YA, LGBTQIA Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: March 12 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
Title: Boy, Snow, Bird Author: Helen Oyeyemi Genre: Historical Fiction, Magic Realism, PoC Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover Publication Date: March 6 2014 Hardcover: 320 Pages In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in…
Title: Every In Between Author: Erzebet YellowBoy Genre: Novella, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Post-Apocalyptic, Young Adult Publisher: Masque Books Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 136 Pages They killed my mother. You are everything I ever wished for, she said before…
Title: Honor’s Knight Author: Rachel Bach Genre: Science Fiction, Romance Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: February 2014 Paperback: 384 Pages Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her…
Title: The Posterchildren: Origins Author: Kitty Burroughs Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superheroes, Young Adult Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: May 2013 Hardcover: 290 Pages Nestled in the Cascade mountains in the Pacific Northwest, Maillardet’s Foundation for the Future of Humanity is…
Title: Nightingale’s Nest Author: Nikki Loftin Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: February 20 2014 Hardcover: 256 Pages Twelve-year-old John Fischer Jr., or “Little John” as he’s always been known, is spending his summer helping his father…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
This review is brought to you in conjunction with Hodderscape and the Hodderscape Review Project: Twenty hand-picked reviewers. Twelve carefully-selected books. One year. Here’s how it works: On the first of every month (or the Friday before, if it…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today Ana reads two short stories in preparation for Hugo Awards nominations “Selkie Stories Are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar and “Of Alternate Adventures and Memory” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz are both…
Title: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Author: Meg Medina Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: March 26 2013 Hardcover: 272 Pages One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates…
Title: Grasshopper Jungle Author: Andrew Smith Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: February 11 2014 Hardcover: 388 Pages Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the storyof how he and his…