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)…
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Title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Genre: Contemporary Young Adult, Magical Realism Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: May 13 2014 Hardcover: 240 Pages A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political…
Title: Expiration Day Author: William Campbell Powell Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Tor Teen Publication Date: April 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages What happens when you turn eighteen and there are no more tomorrows? It is the…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. In this series, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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Old School Wednesdays Round-up: Diana Wynne Jones’ The Homeward Bounders and Black Maria
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)…
Title: Earth Star Author: Janet Edwards Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Pyr (US) / Harper Voyager (UK) Publication Date: April 2014 (US) / August 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 285 Pages Romance, science fiction, action, and a look at the…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Yesterday (Part I) we reviewed The Kairos Mechanism; today we review…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Today’s review (Part I) is for The Kairos Mechanism; tomorrow we…
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Book Review: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer
Title: The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy Author: Kate Hattemer Genre: Contemporary YA, POC Publisher: Knopf Books Publication Date: April 8 2014 Hardcover: 336 Pages Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three friends decide to take down the reality TV…
Title: Plus One Author: Elizabeth Fama Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Girroux Publication Date: April 2014 Ebook: 373 Pages It takes guts to deliberately mutilate your hand while operating a blister-pack sealing machine, but…
