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The Book Smuggler's Den is an interactive blog where readers discuss books that are on my reading 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. It is also a place where authors can send me their books to be reviewed. I allow guest posts from both readers and authors.
Tanks And Tractors By Mac Moonstone
2024-03-07 19:36
Bullying is all too common these days Genre: Children’s Cars & Trucks Books, Children’s Folk Tales & Myths Moonstone Books LLC November 21, 2023 Paperback ‏ 49pages G… Read More
My Hearing, My Way By Dr. Stacey Armas
2024-01-25 17:53
“These devices help them hear better, like glasses help you see” Genre: Teen Health, Children’s Health, Teen & Young Adult Social & Family Issue Fiction‎ Little… Read More
Gnome Anne’s Land By David Wilson
2024-01-10 16:34
Gnome Anne’s Land is a bright and cheerful read Genre: Children’s Cartoon Books, Children’s New Family Experiences Books, 8280 Publications February 14, 2023 Kindle, 14 pag… Read More
Harold Heard Butt Cake By B.Z. Humdrum
2023-12-15 22:16
The difference between hearing and listening Genre: Children’s Humor Books, Children’s Beginner Readers Books, Children’s General Humor Books Humdrum Industries December 1… Read More
The Ring Of Destiny By Brianna Duttry
2023-12-12 23:19
What power can one ring have over another one’s destiny? Genre: Children’s Fantasy Novels, Children’s Mythical Stories, Middle School Blossom Spring Publishing October 17… Read More
The Floating Zoo By Shiloh Moyo
2023-11-24 04:06
Get ready for an EPIC adventure on The Floating Zoo! Genre: Children’s books, 38 pages, Published Shiloh Moyo, August 21, 2023 Get your copy hereWhen God asked Noah to build an ark and… Read More
Feeling All My Grief By Kim T. S.
2023-11-02 21:57
Grief is a complex and often difficult emotion to navigate, not just for adults but for children as well. Genre: Children’s books on health, emtions and feelings, chidlren’s book… Read More
Gerry The Likable By Al Tran
2023-10-29 20:00
Gerry How do we teach kids to stop cyberbullying? Genre: children’s, fiction, middle school, paperback 33 pages, Published December 2, 2022 by Benefits, The; Large type / Large print e… Read More
A Kind Of Homecoming By Gary Baysinger
2023-10-24 14:00
A Kind of Homecoming by Gary Baysinger is a captivating journey of rediscovery. Genre: Historical European Fiction, British & Irish Literature 133 pages, Square Press June 21, 2023 Get y… Read More
Future Proof By David Atkinson
2023-10-20 20:54
Future Proof by David Atkinson, as reviewed by Abby Rose Genre: Time travel romance 263 pages Published January 16, 2023 Get your copy hereFuture Proof is one of the few books I have ever re… Read More
Sundae Sundays By Kelly Sargent
2023-07-08 22:26
Heartwarming NICU support book for families Genre: Children’s Growing Up & Facts of Life 36 pages Austin Macauley Published April 28, 2023 Get your copy hereEvery Sunday for 23 yea… Read More
Feeling All My Worry By Kim T. S.
2023-06-30 21:14
Feeling All My Worry is a delightful and compassionate rhyming book designed specifically to address the concerns and anxieties of children who worry too much. Genre: Children’s books… Read More
Lilles On The Deathbed By Oisín Breen
2023-04-28 02:46
Genre: Poetry, 54 pages, Beir Bua Press, Published January 01, 2023. Get your copy hereOisín Breen is an Irish poet, journalist, and academic. He is currently working in the field of… Read More
Lou And Jonbenet By John Wesley Anderson
2023-04-18 21:20
Genre: Crime, Criminal Biographies 290 pages, ‎WildBlue Press, Published February 14, 2023,  Get your copy hereOn Christmas Night 1996, six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in… Read More
Buy Build Sell By Paul Seabridge
2023-04-08 14:18
Genre: Entrepreneurship Personal Success Publisher Rethink Press Published January 04, 2023 Pages 200 Get your copy hereOne of the best business books for entrepreneurs is Buy, Build, Sell b… Read More
Maya Fairy By Stanislava Buevich
2023-03-22 20:14
In case you’re looking for a middle school book recommendation… I have to tell you a big secret, but you can’t tell anyone… Fairies are real! They are as real as y… Read More
Revealed At The Edge By Allison Davis
2023-02-13 22:46
Revealed at the edge is a book of photography, and all images are copyrighted under Allison  Davis. To see a sample set of images, please visit Allison’s website at https://www.al… Read More
The Sound Of Violet By Allen Wolf
2023-02-06 16:14
Genre: Romance, romantic comedy Morning 226 pages Morning Star Publishing, Published September 21, 2021 Get your copy hereIntroducing The Sound of Violet! Desperate to find a soulmate, Shawn… Read More
Ron And Jazz By Ronald Hudkins
2022-05-23 14:34
Genre: Children’s fiction, Family, Children Family life fiction, family life, American literature Paperback 68 pages Published Independently April 12, 2022, Get your copy hereWhen Ron… Read More
Carmine And The 13th Avenue Boys
2022-05-08 20:10
Genre: Organized Crime True Accounts, Crime Print 364 pages Publisher ‎WildBlue Press April 22, 2022 Get your copy hereThis is the true story of Carmine Imbriale – a gambler, a bra… Read More
Mossy The Manatee By Nika Tomljenovic
2022-05-02 20:32
Genre: Children’s Marine Life Books, Children’s Sleep Issues, Family, Children Family life fiction, family life, American literature Paperback 39 pages Published Independently Ap… Read More
2021-10-30 17:48
Genre: Family life fiction, family life, American literature Paperback 448 pages Published by ‎Unsolicited Press October 8, 2019 Get your copy hereThe year is 1972, and Randy Walls is fr… Read More
2021-10-09 17:19
This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a purchase, I’ll be compensated at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products I love! Mo… Read More
15 Writing Guides You Absolutely Need
2021-09-22 17:45
When starting out writing a short story, a poem, a novel, anything for that matter, it is helpful to have guidance. Taking a creative writing class or attending a writer’s Meetup in yo… Read More
The Machine Murders By CJ Abazis
2021-09-16 04:42
Genre: Technothrillers, crime, action fiction, 350 pages, Published July 1, 2021 by Publisto Ltd Get your copy hereSummary via Amazon In The Machine Murders, data scientist Manos Manu arrive… Read More
2021-09-14 04:13
In 1819, John Keats wrote six poems that would become known as the Great Odes. Some of them—including “Ode to a Nightingale” and “To Autumn”—are among the… Read More
2021-08-13 21:59
Hi, Bookworms! I know the blog has been dormant for over a year and my publication, information, and resources halted. The reason being is that I had a baby that came a bit early and impacte… Read More
2021-08-12 17:36
Hello Book Smugglers! I had the chance this week to interview the author of The Chair Man, and Sleeping with the Blackbirds, Alex Pearl. Keep reading to see what advice Pearl has for his fe… Read More
2021-08-12 17:36
Hello Book Smugglers! I had the chance this week to interview the author of The Chair Man, and Sleeping with the Blackbirds, Alex Pearl. Keep reading to see what advice Pearl has for his fe… Read More
Home School Rules by Michael Honig
2021-03-25 19:58
Home School Rules is a look at the world of lockdown through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy. If you ever wondered what we adults look like to kids when we’re stressed, caged and on an… Read More
Jarkata By Rodrigo Márquez Tizano
2020-07-24 03:20
Reviewed by Desiree Willis Genre: Hispanic American Literature, Alternate History Science Fiction Paperback 160 pages Published by Coffee House Press November 5, 2019 Get your copy hereJakar… Read More
Repentance By Andrew Lam
2020-07-24 03:09
Reviewed by Cara LaVigne “Kodomo no tameni… It means, ‘for the sake of the children.’”
 Genre: Military historical Fiction, war fiction, world war II Pap… Read More
The End We Start From By Megan Hunter
2020-06-26 17:05
Reviewed by Kelsie Colclough Genre: Literary fiction, dystopian fiction Paperback 144 pages, Published by Grove Press September 18, 2018 Get your copy hereThe End We Start From is Megan… Read More
Maid By Stephanie Land
2020-05-14 16:15
Genre: Memior, nonfiction Hardcover 288 pages, Published by Hachette Books January 22, 2019 Get your copy hereSummary via Amazon At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free fro… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author Regina G. Hanson
2020-05-13 20:28
Hello Book Smugglers! I recently got the chance to read an unpublished chapter of, Racism: The Real Reason I Left The South, and am so excited to announce that I had the opportunity to speak… Read More
Great Plains Birds By Larkin Powell
2020-05-12 18:01
Reviewed by Cheyenne Marco Genre: Bird field guides Paperback 224 pages Published by Bison Books on November 1, 2019 Get your copy on Amazon hereUniversity of South Dakota Let’s get on… Read More
Nature’s Best Hope By Douglas W. Tallamy
2020-05-11 19:56
Reviewed by John C. Krieg Genre: Environmental science, organic gardening, sustainable development economics  Kindle 256 pages Published by Timber Press on February, 4 2020 Get your cop… Read More
Adrift On The Nile By Naguib Mahfouz
2020-05-08 16:19
Reviewed by Nadia Benjelloun Genre: Historical fiction Kindle 176 pages Published by Anchor on June 15, 2016 Get your copy on Amazon hereBombs, beards, and belly-dancing. Rather than just a… Read More
Pantheon By Eric Syrdal
2020-03-28 01:21
Reviewed by Candice Louisa Daquin Genre: Poetry, Mythology & Folk Tales,Epic Fantasy Paperback 396 pages Published by Sudden Denouement Publishing on October 2, 2018 Get your copy on Ama… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author Julian K. Jarboe
2020-02-25 16:36
MORE ABOUT EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL Genre: Fairy tales Paperback 222 pagesPublished by Lethe Press March 5, 2020Find it on Amazon hereIn the titular novella, Jarboe situat… Read More
Other Words For Home By Jasmine Warga
2020-02-25 04:49
Reviewed by Sascha Harris Genre: Children’s Fiction on Social Situations,Children’s Books on the U.S. Hardcover 352 pages Published by Balzer + Bray May 28, 2019 Find it on Amazo… Read More
Fever Dream By Samanta Schweblin
2020-02-25 04:42
Reviewed by Karisma J. Tobin Genre: Psychological Fiction,Cozy Animal Mysteries,Ghost Mysteries Paperback 192 pages Published by Riverhead Books March 6, 2018 Get your copy from AmazonSamant… Read More
The Slayer: Hell Awakens By Meg Sechrest
2020-02-17 18:18
Genre: Vampire Romance, Paranormal Vampire Romance, Paranormal Witches & Wizards Romance Paperback 245 pages Published by Static Pen Publishing on June 4, 2019 Get your copy on Amazon he… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author Carole Mertz
2020-02-14 16:46
Genre: Poetry Paperback 17 pagesProlific Press, 2019Get your copy hereCarole Mertz, author, poet, and editor, has had works published in literary journals, U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and A… Read More
The Soft Path By Joshua Harmon
2020-01-26 02:05
Reviewed by Katy Scrogin Genre: Poetry, Paperback 92 pages Published by The University Of Akron Press on September 17, 2019 Get your copy on Amazon hereThe atmosphere of Joshua Harmon’… Read More
When Breathe Becomes Air By Paul Kalanithi
2020-01-26 01:58
Reviewed by Lauren Jahn Genre: Memior, Hardcover 228 pages Published by Random House January 12, 2016 Find it on Amazon hereWhen taking a birthing class, it is often recommended to pack plen… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author David Ellis
2019-11-14 02:34
Hi, Book Smugglers! We’re super excited about giving you the chance to get to know two fantastic authors this week, Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis. They are the cofounders of … Read More
The Handmaid’s Tale By Margaret Atwood
2019-10-26 01:22
Reviewed by Zhenbang Yu Genre: Fiction, classic, dystopia Paperback 311 pages, Published by 1st Anchor Books March 16, 1998 Get your copy on AmazonOffred is a victim of a regime th… Read More
Sun & Moon By Michel Weatherall
2019-09-18 15:07
Reviewed by Mark Antony Rossi Genre: Poetry Kindle, 27 pagesPublished September 6, 2019 by Broken Keys PublishingFind it on Amazon hereThe trip of transcendence reaches its zenith when demol… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author Aaron Sommers
2019-08-09 07:05
We had the chance to get to know Book Smuggler’s Den contributor and author Aaron Sommers better. Sommers is the author of several short stories and plays. We can all learn a thing or… Read More
The Wanderers By Sarah Barkoff
2019-08-06 14:18
Reviewed by Aaron Sommers Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Paperback, 267 pages Published July 16, 2019 by Evernight Teen Find it on Amazon here“We pursue that which retreats from… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author C.B. Anderson
2019-07-23 21:37
Book Smuggler Den contributor, Carol Smallwood had the chance to speak with C.B. Anderson about his new book available on Amazon. Smallwood is a literary reader, judge, and interviewer who r… Read More
Let’s Chat With Author Sandra Julian
2019-07-19 03:25
Hello Book Smugglers! Today we had the chance to speak with Sandra Julian who is the author of Women Who Made the World. In Julian’s book, she provides snapshots of the lives and caree… Read More
Let’s Chat With Poet Theresa Rodriguez
2019-07-15 20:17
Today we have a very special interview with poet Theresa Rodriguez by fellow author Carol Smallwood. Smallwood is a literary reader, judge, and interviewer who recently published a poetry co… Read More
Home Remedies By Xuan Juliana Wang
2019-06-25 17:26
Reviewed by Chengyuan Bian Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Contemporary, CulturalHardcover, 240 pagesPublished May 14, 2019 by Hogarth Publishing.Find it on Goodreads hereClick here to purcha… Read More
Outer Order, Inner Calm By Gretchen Rubin
2019-06-21 20:08
Reviewed by Aaron Sommers Genre: Self Help Hardcover, 240 pages Published March 5, 2019 by Harmony  Find it on Goodreads hereYou probably know that person. The one who’s always la… Read More
2019-04-16 16:28
Reviewed by Sherif Ibrahim Genre: Fantasy Hardcover, 620 pagesPublished February 5th 2019 by Riverhead BooksFind it on Goodreads hereA few reviewers of ​Black Leopard Red Wolf (BLRW)… Read More
2019-03-18 16:47
Hello Smugglers! It’s been a while, yes? But I haven’t forgotten you or the reading challenge! I’m playing a bit of catch up with my reading as my digital marketing busines… Read More
2019-02-21 16:59
Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir, History Paperback, 432 pagesPublished December 19th 2017Find it on Goodreads hereHorse Soldiers is the exciting account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers… Read More
2019-02-15 19:14
Genre: Nonfiction, memoirHardcover, 171 pagesPublished July 2018Find it on Goodreads hereAbout My Mother is written by Peggy Rowe, mother of TV’s Dirty Jobs Mike Rowe. This is Peggy&rs&hell…Read More
2019-01-30 17:09
Every child should have access to books and ways to strengthen their reading skills. Unfortunately, that is not always the case in some parts of the world. Check out this video of one man he… Read More
2019-01-25 19:29
Genre: Fiction, Chick Lit, ContemporaryHardcover, 453 pagesPublished November 6th 2018Find it on Goodreads hereEveryone needs some way to relax and unwind, but not everyone knows exactly how… Read More
Wanted In Paradise By Kate Ashenden
2019-01-10 02:39
Genre: Self-Help, nonfiction, BusinessPaperback, 245 pagesPublished November 26th 2018Find it on Goodreads hereRomeo, a popular pop singer in the UK is in the midst of planning a concert whe… Read More

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