Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! Not much news to report but a lot of things are coming up this week, so let’s just get down to business. This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, we kick off the…
“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…
Title: Gods and Warriors Author: Michelle Paver Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, Historical Publisher: Puffin / Dial Publication date: August 28 / September 4 2012 Hardcover: 283 pages An action-packed new series set in the mysterious, dangerous Bronze Age.…
Hello everybody and happy Friday! Today we are over at Kirkus trying to break out of our post-Olympics, pre-Hunger Games fugue with a list of essential reads, inspired by Ted Kosmatka’s The Games. Go HERE to read our list…
Title: Gullstruck Island/The Lost Conspiracy Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication date: January 2009 Hardcover/Paperback: 512 pages On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is…
Title: Between Shades of Gray Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Books Publication Date: March 2011 (HC) Hardcover: 344 Pages Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws,…
Title: Ungifted Author: Gordon Korman Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade Publisher: Balzer & Bray Publication date: August 21 2012 Hardcover: 288 pages The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It’s usually more like Don’t…
Title: The Games Author: Ted Kosmatka Genre: Horror/Thriller, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: March 2012 Hardcover: 368 Pages This stunning first novel from Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist Ted Kosmatka is a riveting tale…
“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 cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Hello everybody! The Olympic Games end today (boo!) and I have to say, I caught the Olympic Fever in a way I never did before. Rooting for Team GB and Team Brazil as well as admiring all the other…
