It’s sayonara Week 2, and konnichiwa Week 3! The madness continues with another ridiculously full week of reviews, but first, a few announcements: Giveaway Winners: First up, we’ve got our winner of For the Win by Cory Doctorow: Amanda…
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Joint Review: A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott
Title: A Wish After Midnight Author: Zetta Elliott Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Speculative Fiction Publisher: CreateSpace Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 254 Pages Fifteen-year old Genna Colon believes wishes can come true. Frustrated by the drug dealers in her…
Can you feel it in the air? Is it so close you can practically taste it? It is almost here! We’re talking about the official release of the third and final book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay!…
Title: East Author: Edith Pattou Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Harcort Publication Date: September 2003 Paperback: 400 pages Rose has always felt out of place in her family, a wanderer in a bunch of homebodies. So when an…
Title: Passing Strange Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Disney/Hyperion (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 (US & UK) Hardcover: 400 pages Karen DeSonne is used to pretending to be something…
Book Review & Giveaway: Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
Title: Early to Death, Early to Rise Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: May 2010 Hardcover: 240 Pages Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven’s dark angelsβall itching to kill someone. Madison…
Book Review & Giveaway: For The Win by Cory Doctorow
Title: For The Win Author: Cory Doctorow Genre: Thriller, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Tor Teen Publication Date: May 2010 Hardcover: 480 pages In the virtual future, you must organize to survive At any hour of the day or…
YAAM: (Post-)Apocalypse/Dystopia Day 1
Last year, we had two days of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness β and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal this year (this is the first of a few dedicated days!). Today,…
Well folks, it’s finally here. This Sunday, we cordially kick off our second annual Young Adult Appreciation Month! Because we had SO much fun last year with YAAM, we of course had to make it an annual event. This…
This week’s Smugglers’ Stash & News is being forgone – because we have Young Adult Appreciation Week to usher in! BUT, we do have some winners to announce. The six lucky winners of Johannes Cabal The Detective are… lulu…


















