Reader Girls Blog

On Monday we reached another milestone: our blogoversary . Has it already been one year since we decided to blog about our love of reading and books? One year of seeing how amazing the community of book reviewers and bloggers really is. Wow. We have enjoyed the weekly memes and contests, meeting and reading the variety of opinions around the blogosphere, participating in book tours and contacting authors. We find we approach our reading a little differently and keep a pen handy to jot down page numbers and make notes.  The one thing that hasn't changed is the simple joy we get from being enveloped by a story--the power of words on a page or screen. With the growing popularity of e-readers our own reading experiences have changed to include digital books. The YA market is incredibly hot and we think it's great. Unfortunately a happening market can make our deciding what to read next difficult (since there are so many titles we would like to dive right into). And with the glut

We wanted to post and share something we thought was simply wonderful: the Book Blogger Holiday Swap . On their site they say the swap is "...an annual Secret Santa gift exchange between book bloggers, now in its fourth year! You can read a little more about its history if you click over to the  About page ." We decided to participate and signed up last month. We soon received an email with our Santee information so we could decide on a great gift. After we did, we sent our information about our package (tracking info) to the Swap crew and that was it! Easy and fun.  When an unexpected  package arrived at our house, we realized it was from the Swap. Our gift included The Book of the Bizarre (a cool book of information), a gorgeous Celtic bookmark and a very cute desktop aquarium.  Whomever our Santa was we would like to say THANK YOU!  And thanks to everyone at the Book Blogger Holiday Swap site for their work. Their motto is: Where book bloggers celebrate the holiday

Recently we reached what we considered a milestone: 500 followers ! For some this may not seem like a lot, but to us it is. We started our blog to share our love of reading and have been amazed by the tremendous amount of book lovers who share our love and blog. We wanted to thank everyone by having a contest. We have an ARC of Sisters Red by Jackson Pierce we would like to give away to one of our readers. This giveaway is open internationally. Here's a summary of Sisters Red : Scarlet March lives to hunt the Fenris--the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She's determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead. Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts ferociously alongside h

Midwinter's Eve Giveaway Hop, run by Inspired Kathy at I Am A Reader, Not A Writer blog, is on! From today until midnight of the 22nd, over a hundred blogs are participating. Please check them out and enter. ReaderGirls is giving away an ARC of Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. Summary: BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.  PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape. Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi fi