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)…
Book Reviews
Title: Blackberry Blue Author: Jamila Gavin (illustrated by Richard Collingridge) Genre: Fairytales Publisher: Tamarind Publication Date: November 7 2013 Hardcover: 240 Pages Prepare to enter a world of magicians, enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches . . .…
Contemporary YA Round-up: The Blonde of the Joke by Bennett Madison & Wise Young Fool by Sean Beaudoin
Another quick round-up of recent reads – Contemporary YA this time (can you tell I am catching up with ALL THE THINGS before the end of the year?) “There are three and only three rules for shoplifting,” Francie instructed…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana reviews Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone, the companion novel to Three Parts Dead one of her top 10 books of 2012. Go here to read what she thought.…
Title: Not a Drop to Drink Author: Mindy McGinnis Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 320 Pages Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water.…
Graphic Novel Round-Up: Atomic Sheep by Sally Jane Thompson & The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
Iβve been reading a few graphic novels lately and wanted to share two of my recent favourites. Sixteen year old Tamrika Fuller is happy with her life. With good friends and good grades, sheβs content to keep her options…
Title: Fortune’s Pawn Author: Rachel Bach Genre: Science Fiction, Romance Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: November 5 2013 Paperback: 368 Pages Devi Morris isn’t your average mercenary. She has plans. Big ones. And a ton of ambition. It’s a combination…
Title: Drakenfeld Author: Mark Charan Newton Genre: Historical Fantasy, Crime Publisher: Pan Macmillan / Tor UK Publication Date: October 2013 Hardcover: 429 Pages βI am Lucan Drakenfeld, second son of Calludian, Officer of the Sun Chamber and peace keeper.…
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: Allegiant Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: October 2013 Hardcover: 526 Pages One choice will define you. What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single…