Reader Girls Blog

Reader Girls is part of a very special blog tour which celebrates an exciting milestone for a particularly beloved children's book. We bring you "Tuck Everlasting 40 Days for 40 Years" blog tour presented by Macmillan Publishing. A special edition of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt was released on January 20th and author Gregory Maguire (Wicked) has penned a cool and touching introduction.  Some books come into our lives and go out of it soon after. Then there are 'the classics'--the ones with "staying power," the ones we cherish and remember fondly just about forever . For Meg, one of our own Reader Girls, Tuck Everlasting is one such book. Read in fourth grade, Tuck Everlasting touched a chord in her. Then there was the movie, a discussion followed afterwards about adaptation, but the book is the true force of her love and admiration. The story, its characters and a certain magical spring will forever remain etched in this reader's hea...

Welcome! This Thursday it is FREEZING in the Hudson Valley but we are managing to stay warm. We didn't the huge amounts of snow predicted for the so-called blizzard earlier in the week and we hope for those affected that everything is okay. We have a celestial feature today as we bring you one of a handful of stops for the Sing For Me tour. We have our review and there's a tour-wide giveaway too. Enjoy!  Sing For Me by Gracie Madison Publication date: January 23rd 2015 Genres: New Adult, Paranormal Romance Madeline Noel fled war-torn Heaven to hide within the mortal world, but the blessing that could protect her from evil is the holy realm’s forbidden power. As a talented soprano for the Eden Theatre Company, Madeline hides among prima donnas and tone-deaf flutists. Her perfect voice may entertain audiences, but a careless laugh may shatter glass, and her greatest scream can kill. To control her unrestrained voice, the angels forbid Madeline from embracing the emoti...