Title: Ascendant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy (Urban/Contemporary), Unicorns Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Now a fully trained unicorn hunter, Astrid Llewelyn is learning that she can’t solve all her problems with…
Happy Sunday to all! Just like Thea, I have been watching Football a lot, but of the fictional type: Any Friday Night Lights Fans around? Isn’t it an awesome show? I can’t believe it took me so long to…
Title: Zombies vs. Unicorns Authors: Team Unicorn edited by Holly Black – Kathleen Duey, Meg Cabot, Garth Nix, Margo Lanagan, Naomi Novik & Diana Peterfreund; Team Zombie edited by Justine Larbalestier – Libba Bray, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Clare,…
Welcome to our sixth guest post of YAAM, the 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we have invited authors from different genres to write articles about the books and the genres they write. Today’s…
Title: Kiss me Deadly Author: Edited by Trish Telep with 13 contributors (listed below) Genre: YA/Paranormal Publisher: Running Press Kids Publication Date: August 3, 2010 Paperback: 432 pages If you can possibly thirst for more mysterious metaphysical accounts of…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Welcome to Smugglivus – Day 24! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010. Today’s…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 16! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.…
It’s Adios! to week 2 of Smugglivus and Hola! to week 3. But before we tell you the line-up for another MUY LOCA week, we need to announce last week’s giveaways winners! Simon and Schuster UK giveaway (swag with…
For today’s guest, we are very lucky to have young adult authors Diana Peterfreund (of Rampant fame) and Carrie Ryan (genius behind YA zombie novel, The Forest of Hands and Teeth) over to guest blog. For their topic, they’ve…
Earlier this year, after Thea read (and loved) Secret Society Girl, Diana Peterfreund’s debut novel, we Book Smugglers started to follow her blog and look for more titles and news from this talented author. When we first heard about…
Title: Rampant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of a planned series, though can be read on its own. Why did…
Hello, welcome and good Sunday to all! Week 3 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month is down – 2 more to go! This week on The Book Smugglers Monday – Kristi, the Story Siren, is interviewed by us on…
Title: Secret Society Girl Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Publisher: Bantam Dell Publication Date: May 2007 Paperback: 320 Pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the Ivy League Novel series. Why did I read this book:…