Book Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
By Ana On February 10, 2012 · 20 Comments · In 10 Rated Books, Book Reviews
Title: Code Name Verity
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Genre: Historical, Young Adult
Publisher: Egmont (UK) / Disney-Hyperion (US)
Publication date: February 6 2012 / May 15 2012
Hardcover/Paperback: 452 pages
I have two weeks. You’ll shoot me at the end no matter what I do. [...]
Guest Author: Elizabeth Wein on Inspirations & Influences
By Ana On February 10, 2012 · 8 Comments · In Inspirations and Influences
“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 and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
Joint Review & Giveaway: The Thief’s Covenant by Ari Marmell
By Ana On February 9, 2012 · 72 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Giveaways, Joint Review
Title: The Thief’s Covenant
Author: Ari Marmell
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Pyr
Publication date: February 14 2012
Hardcover: 240 pages
Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city’s aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from [...]
Guest Author & Giveaway: Ashley Hope Peréz on Inspirations & Influences
By Ana On February 8, 2012 · 46 Comments · In Giveaways, Inspirations and Influences
“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 and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
Book Review: The Knife and the Butterfly by Ashley Hope Pérez
By Ana On February 8, 2012 · 2 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews
Title: The Knife and the Butterfly
Author: Ashley Hope Pérez
Genre: Contemporary, Magic Realism, Young Adult
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: February 1 2011
Hardcover: 216 pages
After a marijuana-addled brawl with a rival gang, 16-year-old Azael wakes up to find himself surrounded by a familiar set of concrete [...]
Book Review: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
By Thea On February 7, 2012 · 1 Comment · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews
Title: Incarnate
Author: Jodi Meadows
Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Dystopian, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins)
Publication Date: February 2012
Hardcover: 384 pages
New soul
Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and [...]
The Amazing Spiderman Sneak Peek Fan Event
By The Book Smugglers On February 7, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Miscellaneous, Popgeekery
Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, is back with the scoop on The Amazing Spiderman Sneak Peek Fan Event. Give it up for Lavanya, folks!
A few days ago, my friend invited me to go to a “sneak peak” preview of The Amazing Spiderman, the reboot of [...]
Book Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott
By Thea On February 6, 2012 · 6 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews
Title: Pure
Author: Julianna Baggott
Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Horror
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: February 2012
Hardcover: 448 pages
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . .
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet [...]
Book Review: When We Were Executioners by J. M. McDermott
By Ana On February 6, 2012 · 1 Comment · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews
Title: When We Were Executioners
Author: J. M. McDermott
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Publication date: February 7 2012
Paperback: 246 pages
J. M. McDermott returns to Dogsland in the stunning novel When We Were Executioners, book two of a sweeping fantasy series that revels in the small details of [...]
Smugglers’ Stash & News
By Thea On February 5, 2012 · 8 Comments · In Smugglers Stash
Hello everyone, and Happy Superbowl Sunday! Just a short stash today, before diving back into pre-game preparations.
World Book Night:
As you may have heard, World Book Night has extended the book giver sign-up deadline to Monday, February 6, at midnight EST. If you haven’t signed up, or want to learn [...]
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