The results for our September Old School Wednesdays Readalong are in! After 139 votes, the book we will be reading is: Jackaroo (Kingdom #1) by Cynthia Voigt There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo,…
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It’s Monday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea reviews pre-apocalyptic mystery novel Countdown City by Ben H. Winters. And while it wasn’t as good as The Last Policeman, Thea still enjoyed it. Go HERE to get the…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Apologies for the late post – Ana is still living it up in Rome, and Thea is just back from the beach. (Happy Labor Day, y’all!) Let’s get down to business, shall we? Giveaway…
โOn The Smugglersโ Radarโ 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 Smugglersโ Radar was…
Hello everyone and happy Friday! To kick off the long weekend in style, we are thrilled to have Sarah Beth Durst over for a guest post. To celebrate the upcoming release of her new novel, paranormal contemporary young adult…
Title: The Bone Season Author: Samantha Shannon Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 280 Pages It is the year 2059. Several major world cities are under the control of a security force called…
Title: The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi Author: Neal Bascomb Genre: Historical, Nonfiction, WWII, Young Adult Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 256 Pages A…
Title: The Dark Between Author: Sonia Gensler Genre: Horror, Historical (Victorian), Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 2013 Hardcover: 352 Pages A supernatural romance about the powers that lie in the shadows of…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
The Year of Shadows Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Claire Legrand on Believing in Ghosts
We are thrilled to be kicking off the blog tour for Claire Legrand’s second novel, The Year of Shadows, a middle grade ghost story about love, loss, and friendship! Today, Claire is over to talk about ghosts – specifically,…