Title: Paper Towns Author: John Green Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Speak (US -reprint edition)/ Bloomsbury (UK) Publication date: September 22, 2009 (US first edition: 2008)/ 3 May 2010 (UK) Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Who…
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Title:Shade Author: Jeri Smith-Ready Genre: YA/ Fantasy Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: May 4th 2010 Hardcover: 320 pages Stand alone or series: First in a planned series Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan’s…
Title: Lies Author: Michael Grant Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: May 2010 Hardcover: 464 pages It’s been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. It happens in one night. A girl who…
Title: White Cat Author: Holly Black Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: May 2010 (US) / June 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 320 pages Cassel comes from a family of curse…
Steampunk Week – Book Review: The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
Title: The Alchemy of Stone Author: Ekaterina Sedia Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Publisher: Prime Books Publication Date: August 2008 Paperback: 301 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds…
Steampunk Week – Novella Review: Here There Be Monsters by Meljean Brook
Title: Here There be Monsters (in the Burning Up anthology ) Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Romance/ Steampunk Publisher: Berkley Publication date: August 2010 Paperback: about 120 pages Stand alone or series: First entry in the authorβs upcoming Steampunk Romance…
Title: Anti-Ice Author: Stephen Baxter Genre: Science Fiction, Steampunk Publisher: Eos Publication Date: September 1994 Paperback: 304 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel A new element has been found by millionaire industrialist Josiah Traveller – a mysterious…
Steampunk Week – Joint Review: Girl Genius (Omnibus Vol. 1) by Phil and Kaja Foglio
Title: Girl Genius (Omnibus Vol. 1) Author: Phil and Kaja Foglio Genre: Comics, Steampunk, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Studio Foglio Publication Date: November 2006 (omnibus edition) Softcover: 312 pages Stand alone or series: Collects volumes 1-3 of…
Steampunk Week – Book Review: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Title: The Anubis Gates Author: Tim Powers Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace (US)/ Gollancz (UK) Publication date: January 1997/September 2005 (first edition 1983) Paperback: 400 pages/464 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Brendan Doyle is a twentieth-century English professor…
Title: The Summer of You Author: Kate Noble Genre: Romance/ Historical Publisher: Berkley Trade Publication date: April 6,2010 Paperback: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone but characters first appeared in Revealed Lady Jane Cummings is certain that…