“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…
Hello everybody! It’s time for the traditional Halloween Week Giveaway! Based on Thea’s fabulous The Book Smugglers’ 10 Recommended Halloween Reads (which we posted over at Kirkus last Friday), we are giving away 6 books from that list! One…
Book Review Double Feature: Rise of the Corpses and Queen of the Dead by Ty Drago
I haven’t had the pleasure of reading Ty Drago before, but I’ve had my eye on this middle grade/young adult series for a while, featuring a very different type of zombie. So, to kick off our Halloween Week 2012-style,…
The Undertakers Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Ty Drago 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…
It’s Friday so this means we are over at Kirkus! This week, Thea kicks off Halloween Week 2012 with a list! A list of 10 recommended, lesser-known (ok, mostly lesser-known) Halloween Reads. No Stephen King (ok, ONE Stephen King…
BOO! Wait, is this…a Stash post on a FRIDAY? Yes, dear boys and ghouls, your eyes do not deceive you. Because today we start our Halloween Week 2012!!! (Cue to Thea’s cry of delight and Ana’s groan of “not…
Title: Crow Country Author: Kate Constable Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication date: May 4 2012 Paperback: 252 pages From the author of the Chanters of Tremaris series comes a contemporary time travel fantasy, grounded in…
Title: Venom Author: Fiona Paul Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel (Penguin Young Readers) Publication Date: October 2012 Hardcover: 432 Pages Cassandra Caravello is one of Renaissance Venice’s lucky elite: with elegant gowns, sparkling jewels, her…
Today, we are taking part in the Venom blog tour, celebrating the release of the debut YA historical novel from Fiona Paul. Each stop on the tour reveals a new excerpt for “Venomous” – a short story prequel to…
Title: Small Change for Stuart (or Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure in the US) Author: Lissa Evans Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Middle Grade Publisher: Corgi / Sterling Children’s Books Publication date: 2011 Paperback: 282 pages…


















