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Reader Girls has joined the  WinterHaven Sleigh Tour hosted by WinterHaven Books .   This is the first week of this month-long tour and we are posting our choice of a YA Winter Book Review. We chose Let It Snow , three romantic short stories written by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle. To see who else is sitting on Santa's book helper sleigh, go to WinterHaven Sleigh Tour  for a list of participating blogs. Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances by Maureen Johnson,  John Green and Lauren Myracle Paperback & e-book, 352 pages*Published October 2nd 2008 by Speak Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not norm...

This Sunday our blog is all about urban fantasy, particularly the type of engrossing novels author Suzanne Johnson writes. We host River Road Blog Tour today and we celebrate this title with an excerpt, our interview with the author, and a tour wide giveaway. River Road ( Sentinels of New Orleans, Book 2) by  Suzanne Johnson Urban Fantasy*Number of pages: 336*Tor Books* ISBN: 978-0765327802* ASIN: B00842H5VI   Purchase:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Book Depository  |  Indiebound Hurricane Katrina is long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New Orleans. New species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the hurricane destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the preternaturals peaceful and the humans unaware. But a war is brewing between two clans of Cajun merpeople in Plaquemines Parish, and down in the swamp, DJ learns...