The Book Smugglers

I've become particularly fond of The Book Smugglers. Collaboration. Books. Reviewing. They're marvelous. They share my love of bookery (and unreliable narrators! aww, they're so precious) and especially my liking of young adult books. Quite often those get overlooked or disregarded as unimportant, but many of the books that shaped who I am and how I view the world are young adult books. Oh yes, I value other books too, but it's nice to see a website paying attention to young adult novels and speculative fiction and what not. I'm not very fond of romance (as a genre. I don't mind when it's incorporated into other books), but there is plenty to like at the Book Smugglers. They review everything from the super popular and obvious choices (Neil Gaiman, Suzanne Collins) to the not-so-expected (Margo Lanagan, Megan Whalen Turner). Their reviews are thoughtful and engaging, and you can tell they love reading and writing about what they read. I've found all kinds of new series and authors by reading their reviews, and for that I am ever so grateful.