Hello everybody! Back in 2009, we read, loved and reviewed Give Up The Ghost by Megan Crewe. The book features a character-driven story about a girl who can communicate with ghosts better than with living people. It is a…
Book Reviews
Title: Darkness Becomes Her Author: Kelly Keaton Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher:Simon Pulse Publication date: February 22, 2011 (US) / June 2011 (UK) Hardcover/Paperback: 288 pages Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver…
Title: Sleight of Hand Author: Peter S. Beagle Genre: Fantasy Publisher:Tachyon Publications Publication date: March 1, 2011 Paperback: 288 pages Abundant with tales of quiet heroism, life-changing decisions, and determined searches for deep answers, this extraordinary collection of contemporary…
Title: Mermaid Author: Carolyn Turgeon Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Broadway (US) / Headline (UK) Publication date: March 2011 Paperback: 352 pages While in hiding at a remote convent, a king’s daughter sees a magical being dragging a shipwrecked man to…
Title: I Don’t Want to Kill You Author: Dan Wells Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Thriller/Crime Publisher: Tor (US)/Headline (UK) Publication Date: March 2011 (US)/June 2011 (UK) Paperback: 320 Pages Dan Wells introduced us to John Wayne Cleaver in the…
Title: The Emerald Atlas Author: John Stephens Genre: Young Adult (upper Middle Grade), Fantasy Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (US)/Doubleday (UK) Publication Date: April 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 432 Pages (US & UK) Kate, Michael, and Emma…
Title: Rage Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Harcourt Graphia Publication date: April 2011 Paperback: 228 pages Stand alone or series: Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Book 2 Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after…
Title: The Folk Keeper Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Atheneum (US)/ Bloomsbury (UK) Publication Date First edition: 1999/ New edition: April 2011 Paperback: 176 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Corinna Stonewall is fifteen years old and…
Welcome everyone, to The Book Smugglers’ Nebula Readathon 2011! In honor of the annual Nebula Awards, we will be hosting an interwebs readathon, in which we will attempt to read all of the titles on the Best Novel and…
Title: Chime Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Dial (US)/ Bloomsbury PLC (UK) Publication date: March (US) / April (UK) 2011 Hardcover: 361 pages Before Briony’s stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family’s hardships.…