Title: Shades of Milk and Honey Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Genre: Fantasy, Historical (Regency), Romance Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover: 304 Pages The fantasy novel you’ve always wished Jane Austen had written Shades of Milk and Honey…
Title: The Lost Gate Author: Orson Scott Card Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: January 2011 Hardcover: 384 Pages Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his…
Title: Cold Magic Author: Kate Elliott Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: September 2010 Paperback: 544 pages From one of the genre’s finest writers comes a bold new epic fantasy in which science and magic are locked in a…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Title: The Replacement Author: Brenna Yovanoff Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Razorbill (US) / Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK) Publication Date: September 2010 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages Mackie Doyle is a…
It’s hard to believe that we have been running The Book Smugglers for three years now (and also that we have no intentions of stopping anytime soon…or ever). When we started the dinky blogger-hosted incarnation in 2008, we never…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In the Feats of Strength, we each dare each other to read a book that we know is so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 32 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are insane, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
Goodbye, 2010, HELLO 2011! Happy New Year, everyone! This also means that we’ve reached the final week of Smugglivus! Here’s what we have planned: Giveaway Winners: We have a bunch of giveaway winners to announce. First up, Simon &…
