“Inspiration and Influences” is a new 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 reign so they can go…
Fantasy
5 weeks, several guests posts and giveaways and a grand total of 49 books reviewed later, we hereby declare our YA Appreciation Month closed. It was the best of times, but also the most mental of times and we…
Joint Review: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & Nathan Hale
Title: Rapunzel’s Revenge Author: Shannon Hale & Dean Hale Illustrator: Nathan Hale Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: August 2008 Hardcover: 144 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel.…
Title: Everlost Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: YA (Fantasy/ Paranormal) Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster Children (UK) Publishing Date: Nov 6 2007/ Jul 6 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand alone or series: First in the Skinjacker trilogy…
Double Review: The Giver & Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
When we were brainstorming our plans for the final week of our YA Appreciation month, we realized the need to do a second Apocalypse/Dystopia day. And, when looking over what titles we both wanted to read, we decided to…
YA Appreciation Month: (Post-) Apocalypse/Dystopia Day 2
Two weeks ago, we had our first day of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal. Today, we take a look at some old favorites and…
KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Diana Peterfreund on Inspirations & Influences (and Giveaway)
Earlier this year, after Thea read (and loved) Secret Society Girl, Diana Peterfreund’s debut novel, we Book Smugglers started to follow her blog and look for more titles and news from this talented author. When we first heard about…
KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Joint Review: Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
Title: Rampant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of a planned series, though can be read on its own. Why did…
Soul Screamers Special – Book Review: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Title: My Soul to Take Author: Rachel Vincent Genre: YA – Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publishing date: August 1, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: It is the first full length novel in the Soul Screamers series.…
Title: The Poison Garden Author: Sarah Singleton Genre: YA – Mystery/Fantasy/Historical Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Date: 5 May 2009 Paperback: 288 Pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: It is the 1850’s, and a young boy,…