Today, we are thrilled to launch a new feature here at Casa de Smugglers, and it is called: Learn, Grow, Improve: Progressive Publishers Doing Cool Things In this new monthly feature, we will spotlight new ventures and publishers that…
Smuggler Specialties
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
Title: Tooth and Claw Author: Jo Walton Genre: Fantasy, Historical Publisher: Tor Fantasy Publication date: First published 2004 Paperback: 336 pages A tale of love, money, and family conflict–among dragons. A family deals with the death of their father.…
New logo designed by the wonderful KMont The results for our first Old School Wednesdays Readalong are in! 213 (wow!) of you voted and the book we will be reading is: Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) by Tamora Pierce Tamora…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
As an unabashed Susan Jane Bigelow fan (seriously folks, please read her woefully underated Extrahuman Union series), I am delighted that we are hosting the reveal of the cover for her next book The Daughter Star, the first in…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
Orleans Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Sherri L. Smith on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Middle Grade Review Bonanza: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken, Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a new feature of 2-3 mini-reviews for short (typically 250 pages or less) MG books we both really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts…