“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…
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Old School Wednesdays: Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman
Welcome, everyone, to a brand new weekly Smugglerific feature: Old School Wednesdays! We came up with the idea towards the end of last year, when both of us were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of new and shiny…
Title: The Runaway King Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 352 Pages A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Find out in…
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What She Said: The Princess Curse & The Name of the Star
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has previously read and reviewed. This feature arose because of a very serious dilemma we faced at…
Happy Sunday, everyone! Let’s dive in. 2013 Nebula Nominees The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards (presented 2013), nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and…
“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…
Hello everyone! For this edition of From the Page to the Screen, we celebrate Oscars style. Each year, film adaptations of books seem to be increasingly prevalent. Case in point: this year, a whopping 10 Oscar-nominated films were originally…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana reviews an anthology edited by Rich Horton and with superhero stories by heavy hitters like Peter S Beagle and Kelly Link, among others. Did it break Ana’s recent…
Title: Heroes’ Reward Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Self-Published (via Smashwords) Publication Date: December 2012 Ebook: 98,810 Words Shield Dunleavy Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish have lived in Flown Raven for five years, protecting its residents from…
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A Smugglerific Cover (& Giveaway): These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Today, we are happy to be hosting the cover reveal for Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s upcoming YA science fiction novel, These Broken Stars! We loved Meagan’s debut novel, Skylark, and as science fiction fans (especially YA SF) have…
