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  The Eye of Minds by James Dashner Hardcover, 308 pages Published October 8, 2013 by Delacorte Press   Michael is a gamer. And like most gamers, he almost spends more time on the VirtNet than in the actual world. The VirtNet offers total mind and body immersion, and it’s addictive. Thanks to technology, anyone with enough money can experience fantasy worlds, risk their life without the chance of death, or just hang around with Virt-friends. And the more hacking skills you have, the more fun. Why bother following the rules when most of them are dumb, anyway? But some rules were made for a reason. Some technology is too dangerous to fool with. And recent reports claim that one gamer is going beyond what any gamer has done before: he’s holding players hostage inside the VirtNet. The effects are horrific—the hostages have all been declared brain-dead. Yet the gamer’s motives are a mystery . The government knows that to catch a hacker, you need a hacker. And they’ve...

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green YA realistic fiction Hardcover, First Edition, 313 pages Published January 10th 2012 by Dutton Books Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. by Caitlin T. The Fault in Our Stars is a book that demands to be talked about. All of my closest friends have read this book--even one who says they rarely read because they can never get into books. She read the entire novel in less than 24 hours--and it has affected each of us in different ways. Why is this novel so popular and widely read? Well, for one, John Green's portrayal of teenagers is very accurate. The teenagers in this book are witty, intelligent, and interesting, just like most are in...

On this cold wintry Saturday in January, we have the right kind of blog tour to warm things up. Reader Girls is one of today's blogs featured on the Embrace Blog Tour . For our stop, we have our review of author Lisa Burstein's Sneaking Candy . Enter the giveaway too. Thanks and enjoy! Sneaking Candy  by Lisa Burstein New Adult contemporary romance Paperback/eBook, 205 pages Published December 9th 2013 by Entangled Publishing All I ever wanted was to make a name for myself as Candice Salinas, creative writing grad student at the University of Miami. Of course, secretly I already have made a name for myself: as Candy Sloane, self-published erotic romance writer. Though thrilled that my books are selling and I have actual fans, if anyone at UM found out, I could lose my scholarship…and the respect of my faculty advisor, grade-A-asshole Professor Dylan. Enter James Walker, super-hot local barista and—surprise!—my student. Even though I know a relationship is totally ...

Title : Unfiltered & Unlawful Author : Payge Galvin & Ronnie Douglas Series : Unfiltered #1 Genre : Adult Romance Expected Publication : January 15, 2013 After a night-shift shooting of a drug dealer in The Coffee Cave, thirteen strangers each walk out with more than $100,000 in dirty money, a pact never to meet again, and the chance to start over … Until that night, Sasha "Sugar" Kovac spent her days selling coffee to the co-eds at ASU Rio Verde and her nights trying not to run back to her ex…or join the throngs of girls lusting after her friend, Adam. But why should Sugar give in to the Harley-riding tattoo artist when his longest relationships haven't lasted more than a weekend? Sugar's life takes a turn for the dangerous when someone comes looking for the people connected to the Cave shooting and the cash they split. To protect herself and those she cares about, Sugar has to get out of town --and fast.  When Adam insists on coming with her, ...

Title : The One Author : Lorhainne Eckhart Genre : Adult Romance Publication : December 23, 2013 Margaret Gordon was once a prominent  Seattle surgeon, until a slip of the knife leaves a young boy without a future. Margaret is fired and returns to her hometown, the perfect spot to hide out from everyone and to lick her wounds, with no one around but her horse. Margaret never considered herself a horse person. In truth, she understands horses better than people. And when the now-widowed Joe Wilde drives in one morning with a teenage boy and a horse with a problem, Margaret turns into that klutzy teenage misfit that silently carried a torch for Joe all through school. But when smooth-talking Joe convinces Margaret into working with the temperamental horse, she grows closer to his son Ryan, and soon learns the horse’s issues have more to do with father and son, and Ryan’s anxiety over the fact his father is now dating a woman who is only interested in the sexy Joe...

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to our stop on the Blog Tour for Alexandra Ivy's latest book, Born In Blood . We have a special excerpt which is also important to the giveaway the author is running for the entire tour. Enjoy! Born In Blood The Sentinels, Book #1 Publisher: Zebra Publication Date: December 31, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1-4201-2514-6 In a stunning new series, Alexandra Ivy lures readers into the dark, seductive world of the Sentinels—humans outcast by their hidden abilities, treading the line between life and death, good and evil, pleasure and pain. . . In The Heart Of Darkness Sergeant Duncan O'Conner has seen it all before. Beautiful erotic dancer, murdered at home, no suspect, no motive. But there's one clue: she's missing her heart. It's enough to make the hard-bitten Kansas City cop enlist the help of a necro--one of the dead-channelling freaks who live in the domed city of nearby Valhalla. It's a long shot, but desperate crimes cal...

Flood by Alvaro F. Vila Hardcover, 32 pages Published January 1st 2013 by Picture Window Books A beautiful wordless picture book about the effects of a flood on a family and their home. The beauty of Mother Nature can change instantly into something else, something completely different and dangerous. Illustrator Alvaro F. Vila's picture book, Flood , showcases this with its tale of one family as they deal with the preparation for and the subsequent aftermath of a flood. Without one word, the stark illustrations convey the emotion, the details, the feelings and reality of a storm. As a father covers the windows of their house, mother gazes upon her two children as they go about their day watching TV and such. As night falls, the parents worry about those gray clouds rolling in. There is also the importance of community as neighbors drive over the next day to erect sandbag walls to hold back the river.  The author and illustrator of Flood doesn't sugarc...