“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…
Ana
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana looks back at 2013 and talks about some of the best (and some of the most disappointing ) SFF books so far: Go HERE to read the whole…
Title: Absent Author: Katie Williams Genre: Ghosts, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: May 21st 2013 Hardcover: 184 pages When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound…
Title: The Water Castle Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore Genre: Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Walker Childrens Publication date: January 8th 2013 Hardcover: 304 pages Ephraim Appledore-Smith is an ordinary boy, and up until his father’s stroke, he lived…
It’s been a funny couple of days here at Casa de Smugglers with our internal emailing system gone awry (i.e. Ana’s yahoo is not communicating well with Thea’s gmail) but those frustrating moments aside, it’s been a very interesting…
“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…
Title: Silhouette of a Sparrow Author: Molly Beth Griffin Genre: Historical, Young Adult, LGQBT Publisher: Milkweed Editions Publication date: September 11th 2012 Hardcover: 224 pages In the summer of 1926, sixteen-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent to a lake resort…
September Girls by Bennett Madison (Harper Teen, May 21st 2013, 342 pages) September Girls flew completely under my radar – not much of a mermaid fan here – until the reviews started rolling. And that was when I became…
Joint Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Title: The Ocean at the End of the Lane Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Fantasy Publisher: William Morrow (US) / Headline (UK) Publication date: June 2013 Hardcover: 248 pages THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable…
“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…