We are thrilled to have William Ritter, author of the Jackaby series–a YA historical paranormal mystery series following the irascible R. F. Jackaby, and his assistant Abigail Rook. Give it up for Will, folks. All The People That You…
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Today, we are delighted to kick off our long weekend countdown to Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Join us from today until Monday November 30 as we celebrate all things Star Wars. To start the event, we invited writer…
Welcome to Halloween Week 2015! Over the course of the week, you will hear from guest authors, bloggers, and your very own Book Smugglers about all things Halloween–including reviews of horror novels and films, essays on the genre, and…
On The Smugglers’ Radar: The Book Smugglers’ Comic-Con Roundup Edition (& Giveaway)
In which we roundup our favorite things from San Diego Comic Con, and offer up a giveaway of some of the goodies snagged from SDCC! Last weekend was San Diego Comic Con–a ginormous annual congregation of literally hundreds of…
Today we are thrilled to be a stop on the blog tour for Inked, the debut speculative fiction young adult novel from Eric Smith! This is no ordinary blog tour post – because today not only do we get…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
It’s Wednesday which means… well, it doesn’t usually mean that we’re over at Kirkus, but today we are! Thea is over at Kirkus talking about Guardians of the Galaxy. Inspired by that awesome movie (SERIOUSLY GO OUT AND WATCH…
Hello, friends! As you may or may not know, we Book Smugglers have made the final ballot for the impending Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine. Naturally, we are very invested in the Hugos this year and are planning on…
Joint Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline Genre: Science Fiction, Gaming Publisher: Crown (US)/Century (UK) Publication date: August 16 2011 Hardcover/Paperback: 384 pages Itβs the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity,…