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The Symptoms of My Insanity blog tour: review

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Reader Girls is the last stop on The Symptoms of My Insanity Blog Tour presented by YA Books Central . Head on over to their site to enter their giveaway. We have our thoughts on this contemporary YA below. Happy Friday everyone! The Symptoms of My Insanity by Mindy Raf YA contemporary*Hardcover, 384 pages Expected publication: April 18th 2013 by Dial Books for Young Readers A laugh-out-loud, bittersweet debut full of wit, wisdom, heart, and a hilarious, unforgettable heroine. When you’re a hypochondriac, there are a million different things that could be wrong with you, but for Izzy, focusing on what could be wrong might be keeping her from dealing with what’s really wrong. I almost raised my hand, but what would I say? “Mr. Bayer, may I please be excused? I’m not totally positive, but I think I might have cancer.” No way. Then everyone at school would know, and they would treat me differently, and I would be known as “Izzy, that poor girl who diagnosed hers

The Syrenka Series blog tour: excerpts & giveaway

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Enchanted Book Tours schedule Promises (Book One of The Syrenka Series)   by Amber Garr Purchase: Amazon | Smashwords | Barnes and Noble  |  Series Website Sometimes following your heart can end up destroying the ones you love.  When seventeen-year-old Eviana Dumahl is faced with the responsibility of an arranged marriage and clan leadership, she is forced to choose between the life required of a mermaid and one of a teenage girl simply infatuated with the wrong guy. Kain, her devoted fiancé, would make a wonderful husband except that she’s been in love with Brendan, a shape-shifting selkie, ever since they were kids. Choosing to abandon her family, her clan, and her life with Kain will have dire consequences far beyond anything she could have imagined. A war is brewing amongst the clans and Eviana unwittingly becomes a pawn in the intricate schemes of a twisted mastermind. With Brendan’s life on the line, she has no choice but to involve those she once