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Book Review: Veracity by Laura Bynum

Title: Veracity Author: Laura Bynum Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopian, Thriller Publisher: Pocket Books Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 376 pages Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism wiped out one-half of the…

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On the Radar

On the Smugglers’ Radar

“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’…

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7 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Captivate by Carrie Jones

Title: Captivate Author: Carrie Jones Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury (USA & UK) Publication Date: January 2010 (USA) / April 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Zara and her friends knew they hadn’t solved the pixie problem for…

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Cover Matters

Cover Matters: An Introduction

Following Bloomsbury’s Whitewashing Cover Fiasco ’09-’10 (Justine Larbalestier’s Liar and Jaclyn Dolamore’s Magic Under Glass), readers were able to make some small positive change resulting in the publisher’s book jacket retraction and subsequent re-issuance of new, race-conscious covers. This…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers’ Stash & News

Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. First up, we’ve got some fan-freakin-tastic news. Bloomsbury Retracts Cover: On Thursday afternoon, Bloomsbury officially announced that they will no longer be printing the offending cover of Magic…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers’ Stash & News

Hi folks, and welcome to another Sunday roundup on The Book Smugglers! First, we’ve got a few announcements… Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Last Sunday we set up a reader opinion survey about how we could make The Book Smugglers even better for…

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