Ana says goodbye to Sarah McCarry’s girls. Title: About a Girl Written by Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 14, 2015 Hardcover: 256 pages Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything:…
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The August Birds: Octavia Cade on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
In which Octavia Cade talks about writing The August Birds… “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers…
OK, I am SO in love with Archivist Wasp. It’s a top 10 from me. 2015, you are WONDERFUL so far. Title: Archivist Wasp Written by Nicole Kornher-Stace Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Adventure, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia Publisher: Small Beer Press…
Joel Ross makes a triumphant middle grade debut with The Fog Diver – a swashbuckling, science fiction-fantasy that conjures comparisons to Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn and Jenn Reese’s Above World. In other words: READ THIS BOOK NOW. Title: The Fog…
Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
This month sees the 10th Anniversary of The Lightning Thief, Book 1 in the super mega successful Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan and we are running a special giveaway today to celebrate! ABOUT THE SERIES…
Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Morning Glories, Vol.1 by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Old School Wednesdays Dark Tower Reread: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Old School Wednesdays presents Thea’s epic reread of The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. May we be well-met, fellow traveler. THIS MONTH ON THE DARK TOWER: Wizard and Glass is a departure from the other books in the…
Reading Comics: Thor: Goddess of Thunder Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman
Ana’s adventures in Reading Comics continue with Thor: Goddess of Thunder. Title: Thor: Goddess of Thunder Author: Jason Aaron (Text), Russell Dauterman (Illustrator) Genre: Fantasy, Comics Publisher: Marvel Publication Date: May 26 2015 Hardcover: 136 pages Mjolnir lies on…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea takes a look at YA speculative fiction novel Undertow by Michael Buckley. Undertow is NOT what she was expecting. In a good way.…