In which we reveal the cover for Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap…
Happy Monday! We are delighted to be hosting today an exclusive excerpt from Passing Strange, an upcoming Tor.com book by Ellen Klages “A slice of history, filled with memorable characters, topped by fabulous writing — a recipe for great…
Hello everybody, and a happy Sunday to all. We only have a few more weeks to go before the end of the year, we can TOTALLY DO IT. This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, we will be…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
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Over at Kirkus: Arrival and Story of Your Life
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana does a compare/contrast of Arrival, the new movie with Amy Adams and Ted Chiang’s short story Story of Your Life that inspired it. Go over there to check it…
Thanksgiving is a time for food, family, turkey, more family, mashed potatoes, football, and did I mention food? The other thing that is wonderful for Thanksgiving time is television watching. Particularly, Thanksgiving episode television watching. Here are a list…
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Graphic Novel Double Feature: The Wake by Scott Snyder & Survivors’ Club by Lauren Beukes and Dale Halverson
Buckle up your seatbelts, kiddos. Today Thea reviews two horror standalone comics that are pretty gruesome and a whole lot of meta-fun. Title: The Wake Written by Scott Snyder, Art by Sean Murphy Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction,…
Title: Scythe Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Hardcover: 448 Pages In a world where disease has been eliminated, the…
Hello, world! Ana has left NYC back for the UK, and it’s time to get back to our regular programming. So let’s dive right in! This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, Thea kicks off the week with…
It’s Friday Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus! (Well, you know, usually we’re over there on Fridays, but still.) Today it’s Thea’s turn, and she tries to make sense of the world by turning to hopeful SFF……
Originally appearing in the second volume of our Quarterly Almanac, Where to Start with Portal Fantasies is the part of an ongoing series of essays detailing where one can start with any number of SFF/popgeekery topics. For this round,…
Daisy and Hazel are back in their fifth mystery – this time, a mystery in a Cambridge college during the Christmas holidays. Title: Mistletoe and Murder Written by Robin Stevens Genre: Middle Grade, Murder Mysteries Publisher: Puffin Publication Date:…
Introducing Book Smugglers Publishing’s first four official novellas for our Novella Initiative 2017! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Four Novellas for the Savvy Reader Earlier this year, we announced our newest venture: The Novella Initiative. Starting in 2017, we…
Sometimes we need to find comfort whichever way we can – so I thought about putting together a list of happy, beautiful reads in YA and Middle Grade that I read and reviewed here over the years. This is…
Hello everyone. It’s been a hard week–but it’s time to get back to work. Let’s dive right in, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers: We kick off the week on Monday, with Ana’s list of comfort middle…
Hello, friends. We were supposed to be posting book reviews and essays this week but frankly, we haven’t been able to focus or muster the energy to do so because of the result of the United States presidential election.…
Title: A Torch Against the Night Author: Sabaa Tahir Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: August 30, 2016 Hardcover: 452 Pages Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial,…
Title: Certain Dark Things Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Publication Date: October 25 2016 Hardcover: 323 Pages Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires… Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid,…
Hello everyone, and happy Sunday! Let’s dive into it, shall we? An Extrahuman Ebook Sale Guess what? The first two books in the Extrahuman Union series, Broken and Sky Ranger, are currently available as an ebook for $0.99 for…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana starts her annual freak-out tradition… … of looking at ALL the books that need to be read before the end of the year.…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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Three Horror reads for this Halloween Season: TWO TO KEEP, ONE TO SKIP
Three Horror reads for this Halloween Season: TWO TO KEEP, ONE TO SKIP. The Family Plot by Cherie Priest (Tor Books, September 2016) is Southern Gothic meets Haunted Mansion: Dahlia works at a salvage shop contracted by one Augusta…
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Halloween Novella & Giveaway: The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade
In which we celebrate Halloween and the publication day of The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade. We are delighted to announce the official publication day of The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade. This is the…
Hello everyone, and Happy almost Halloween Sunday! Let’s dive into it, shall we? An Extrahuman Ebook Sale Guess what? Sky Ranger, book 2 in the Extrahuman Union series, is now available as an ebook for $0.99 for a limited…