Mystery, science, and intrepid investigative skills–ON THE MOON–all collide in this smart, fast-paced middle grade adventure. Title: Space Case Author: Stuart Gibbs Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date:…
A Diana Wynne Jones book is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get – except for a guaranteed good time. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the…
The Time Travel Project is a new regular feature in which Ana reads Time Travel novels, new and old. More on the feature here. Passenger is the first in a duology by Alexandra Bracken and Ana’s first official read…
Today, we are delighted to host an exclusive excerpt of Forest of Memory–the new novella from Hugo Award winning author Mary Robinette Kowal. Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients…
Hello everyone, from sunny (but still freezing cold) New York City! Ana is in town visiting, and we Book Smugglers have been hard at work all weekend, coming up with manic plans towards world domination. (Per usual.) Let’s get…
It’s that time of year again – awards season is here! Today we will be talking about the Hugo Awards! The Hugo Awards are a fan award and one of longest-running and most prestigious under the SFF umbrella. Each…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews Midnight Taxi Tango, the sequel to Half-Resurrection Blues. The post is up at Kirkus. Go HERE to read the review.…
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 presents an epic reread of The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. THIS MONTH ON THE RE-READ: we rediscover young Harry Potter as he finds his way to Hogwarts for the very first time in Harry…
Deceivers and Reclaimers clash in The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman–a tantalizing opening to a brand new trilogy. Title: The Dark Days Club Author: Alison Goodman Genre: Speculative Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Viking Books…
Octavia Cade is the author of Book Smugglers Publishing’s The Mussel Eater. Food & Horror is the monthly food-and-horror series by Octavia that will be appearing on The Book Smugglers over the year ahead. Recently I was discussing with…
Hello everybody, Happy X-Files day! This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, our contributor Octavia Cade is back with another entry for her Food & Horror column On Tuesday, Thea reviews The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman…
One of our favorite TV Shows of ALL TIME is back to the small screen 14 years after the last episode aired. IS THIS REAL LIFE? It is with a mix of emotions that range from uncontrollable excitement to…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! It’s Thea’s turn today with her review of graphic novel The Fall of the House of West by Paul Pope, J. T. Petty and David…
Presenting Trope Anatomy 101! In which we introduce a new column, and Carlie St. George breaks down beloved and not-so-beloved tropes. Trope Anatomy 101 is a monthly column in which familiar tropes, particularly in speculative fiction and pop culture,…
The Time Travel Project is a new regular feature in which Ana reads Time Travel novels, new and old. More on the feature here. Passenger is the first in a duology by Alexandra Bracken and Ana’s first official read…
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)…
Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky is out soon - learn about the Inspirations behind the novel and enter the giveaway for a chance to win a signed copy. …
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken, is the first review of The Time Travel Project. …
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! On this edition of the Smugglers’ Stash… Giveaway Winners: The winner of a signed copy of Updraft by Fran Wilde is… Evelyn Sadeli The winner of a copy of The Tiara on the Terrace…
“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, as a follow-up to Ana’s introduction to The Time Travel Project, she listed all the upcoming 2016 time travel books (that she knows of) Go HERE to see the list.…
Today we are thrilled to host the brand new cover reveal for Sarah Porter’s upcoming new novel, Vassa in the Night. Inspired by the Russian folktale Vassilissa the Beautiful, Vassa in the Night will be published by Tor Teen…
In this episode of Decoding the Newberry, Catherine Faris King reads Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and…
Introducing a new regular Book Smugglers feature! The other day I was wondering about what new features I could introduce in 2016 that would be simultaneously cool and comforting. The answer, went it came to me, was pretty obvious:…