Title: The Different Girl Author: Gordon Dahlquist Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: February 2013 Hardcover: 240 Pages Four nearly identical girls on a desert island. An unexpected new arrival. A gently warped near…
The Kitschies are the UK based awards that reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic. The Golden Tentacle is awarded annually to the debut novel that best fits the…
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…
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…
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…
Title: Academy 7 Author: Anne Osterlund Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Speak (Penguin) Publication Date: May 2009 Paperback: 272 Pages With a past too terrible to speak of, and a bleak, lonely future ahead of her, Aerin Renning…
Today we are mixing things up a bit! Both Ana and I read The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher, and we both had different interpretations and reactions to the book. So, to give a dual perspective, Ana reviewed the…
Title: Indigo’s Star Author: Hilary McKay Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade/Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication date: 2003 Paperback: 244 pages It’s back to school for the start of a new term, and the eccentric Cassons are up…
Title: The Siren Depths Author: Martha Wells Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Night Shade Books Publication date: December 2012 Paperback: 320 pages All his life, Moon roamed the Three Worlds, a solitary wanderer forced to hide his true nature — until…
