Title: Fragments Author: Dan Wells Genre: Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: February 2013 Hardcover: 564 Pages Kira Walker has found the cure for RM, but the battle for the survival of humans…
Book Reviews
It’s Friday Monday and we are over at Kirkus! Ana read Rituals by Roz Kaveney, this super fun Fantasy/Adventure/Myth featuring awesome queer ladies. Pretend this cover is not real and go read the review HERE.…
Title: These Broken Stars Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Romance Publisher: Disney Hyperion Publication Date: December 2013 Hardcover: 374 Pages It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes:…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, and she reviews future post-apocalyptic science fiction novel The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough. In short: it’s fun. Go here to get the full scoop!…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews Twinmaker by Sean Williams – a futuristic, dystopian SciFi featuring body transmitters: BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY (sorry, this was inevitable). Go here to get the full scoop.…
Old School Wednesdays Readalong: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Beggars in Spain (Original Novella) Author: Nancy Kress Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: William Morrow and Company Publication Date: 1991 (Novella) Ebook: 100 Pages PLEASE NOTE: This is the original novella which won the Hugo and Nebula awards. Leisha…
Title: The Thing About Luck Author: Cynthia Kadohata Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade, PoC Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2013 Hardcover: 288 Pages There is bad luck, good luck, and making your own luckβwhich is exactly…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea reviews The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason – a Victorian work of speculative fiction starring Mina Holmes (Sherlock’s niece) and Evangeline Stoker (Bram’s sister). Holmes & Stoker! Egyptology!…
Title: Winterling Author: Sarah Prineas Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: January 2012 Hardcover: 256 Pages Jenniferβ Things here have gotten very bad. My girl, when you opened the Way, something happened. It has been weeks since…