Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Genre: Thriller Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson/ Crown Publication date: January 2012 Hardcover: 419 pages Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today we are reviewing Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff. This is a spooky thriller and we were basically on the same page about it. Go over there to check our…
Hello everyone, and welcome once again to Mystery Appreciation Week! It wouldn’t be a *real* Appreciation Week without some kind of list, so today we bring you two: Thea’s list of recent Mystery/Thriller YA releases, On the Smugglers’ Radar-style…
Title: The Girl is Murder Author: Kathryn Miller Haines Genre: Mystery, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Publication date: July 2011 Paperback: 352 pages Iris Anderson is only 15, but she’s quickly mastering the art of deception in…
Hello everybody! It’s been a while since we had one of our Full-on EPIC Appreciation Weeks (in which we pick a topic or a genre to glom for a whole week) and it was one of our 2013 goals…
“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: The Best of All Possible Worlds Author: Karen Lord Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books / Del Rey Publication date: January 31st / February 12th 2013 Hardcover: 352 pages A proud and reserved alien society finds its…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana is reviewing a highly anticipated title: Dark Fantasy/Noir Fade To Black by Francis Knight. First of all: NOT a superhero novel like Ana thought (naughty, naughty misleading cover).…
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has previously read and reviewed. This feature arose because of a very serious dilemma we faced at…
Welcome, everyone, to a brand new weekly Smugglerific feature: Old School Wednesdays! We came up with the idea towards the end of last year, when both of us were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of new and shiny…
