Title: The Road Home Author: Ellen Emerson White Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Historical Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: 1995 Paperback: 469 pages Stand alone or series: Can be read as stand alone but is the 5th book in a series…
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“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’…
Title: The Dust of 100 Dogs Author: A. S. King Genre: YA (and a mish-mash of Romance! Pirates! History! Reincarnation!) Publisher: Flux Publishing Date: January 2009 Paperback: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone Why did I read…
Title: The Maze Runner Author: James Dashner Genre: Dystopian/Apocalyptic, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication Date: October 2009 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: First book in a planned series. How did I get this…
Title: Blood Promise Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin) Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 512 pages Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the ongoing Vampire Academy series How did I get this book:…
For the past few months, we have been including an “On our Radar” section in our weekly stash for books that have caught our eye; books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular…
We’ve got a special, unexpected treat for you today – we’re kicking off a long-awaited Richelle Mead Book Blog Tour, in honor of her most recent release, the fourth book in her ongoing Vampire Academy series, Blood Promise! Rose…
Halloween Week Guest Post: Diana Peterfreund & Carrie Ryan talk Christopher Pike
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…
Halloween Week Guest Post: Kristen Reviews Whisper of Death
Greetings, friends! Our next guest for Halloween Week is the lovely Kristen of Fantasy Cafe. Kristen isn’t much of a horror reader, but when we invited her over for the week, she was eager to give one of Thea’s…
Halloween Week Book Review: Never Slow Dance with a Zombie
Title: Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Author: E. Van Lowe Genre: YA (Horror) Publisher: Tor Teen Publishing Date: August 2009 Paperback: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone Why did I read the Book: It is a…
Halloween Week Book Review & Giveaway: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Title: The Monstrumologist Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Young Adult, Horror Publisher: Simon & Schuster (US & UK) Publication Date: September 2009 (US)/October 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 448 pages (US) Stand alone or series: First novel in what appears to be…
For the past few months, we have been including an “On our Radar” section in our weekly stash for books that have caught our eye; books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular…
Title: Little Black Lies Author: Tish Cohen Genre: YA – Contemporary Publisher: Egmont USA Publishing Date: October 13, 2009 Hardcover: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Why did I read the book: The author offered a review…
Book Review: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (a Powerpuff Girls Collaboration)
This is a Powerpuff Girls Collaboration, brought to you by Ana (aka Bubbles) and Katiebabs (aka Blossum) and on this occasion Kmont (aka Buttercup II). A Powerpuff Girls review is a fun way of combining forces between blogs: we…
Joint Review: Worldweavers – Gift of the Unmage by Alma Alexander
Title Gift of the Unmage – Worldweavers Book 1 Author: Alma Alexander Genre: YA (Fantasy) Publisher: Harper Teen Publishing Date: March 2007 Hardcover: 400 Pages How did we get this book: Ana bought her copy. Thea received a review…
Title: Hush, Hush Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Genre: YA (Urban Fantasy) Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children Publishing Date: October 13 (US) / October 29 (UK) Hardcover: 400 pages Stand Alone or series: first in a planned duology Why did I…
Happy Sunday y’all! Ana here, making the most out of a cloudy Sunday and preparing myself for Halloween Week and watching episodes of The Twilight Zone. Speaking of Halloween Week – what do you think of our banner made…
Title: Pastworld Author: Ian Beck Genre: YA (Fantasy/Dystopian) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books/ Bloomsbury PLC Publishing Date: Sep 29 (US) / Oct 5 (UK) Hardcover: 368 pages Stand alone or series: At the moment, stand alone but the author…
Title: The Ask and the Answer Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books (UK) / Candlewick Press (US) Publication Date: May 2009 (UK) / September 2009 (US) Hardcover: 528 pages (US) Stand alone or…
Title: Ash Author: Malinda Lo Genre: YA (Fantasy/ GLBT) Publisher: Little, Brown / Hodder Children’s books Publishing Date: September 1, 2009/ March 2010 Hardcover: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: In the wake of her father’s…
Darren Shan’s bestselling Cirque du Freak series makes its way to the big screen this fall, with The Vampire’s Assistant – and we are offering some goodies to get in the spirit of the film! The Book: THE VAMPIRE’S…
Title: Leviathan Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson Genre: YA (Steampunk) Publisher:Simon and Schuster’s Children/Simon Pulse Publishing Date: 1 Oct 2009/ 6 Oct 2009 Hardcover: 448 pages Stand Alone or series: First in a planned trilogy Summary:…
Welcome to stop #12 on Kristin Cashore’s “Getting to know the characters of Fire” Blog Tour! If you haven’t heard of young adult sensation author Kristin Cashore, you must have been living under a rock for the past year.…
Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…
Title: The Declaration Author: Gemma Malley Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury (UK & USA) Publishing Date: May 2008 (UK)/ August 2008 (USA) Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a two book duology. Summary: (from amazon.com) It’s…