Reader Girls Blog

This week we received from book tours to review:  Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly The Broken Lake (The Pace Series, No. 2) by Shelena Shorts Grace by Elizabeth Scott Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap We received from publishers for review: Vampire Crush by A. M. Robinson (a lovely surprise-thanks to Harper Teen) Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (another terrific surprise, thanks to Simon & Schuster) We purchased: Vanished: A Greywalker Novel by Kat Richardson The Pace by Shelena Shorts (picked up a while ago, forgot to include in past photos) We received from swapping:  Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman Don't Kill the Messenger by Eileen Rendahl The 10 P.M. Question by Kate De Goldi The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa (YAY!) In My Mailbox  was started by   Kristi at   The Story Siren . 

Our post this week have been low, but don't think we haven't been reading. We have. A LOT. We haven't posted reviews yet because many of these titles haven't been released yet and we'd rather wait until closer to the publication date. We've read Delirium by Lauren Oliver (2011), Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler (October), The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff (September), Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart (August), Grace by Elizabeth Scott (September), and Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (October). What I can say are words like "amazing," "superb" and "engrossing" to describe them.  We will be getting into books we can immediately review this week. Meg will post her thoughts on Hex Hall and Crossing , and I'm reading The Pace and The Broken Lake . Caity has a bunch of Middle grade novels and one required title for school to finish. So this is our update. We're still here, busy reading and writing reviews. Hope everyo...

We fell behind posting this week. There are so many interesting books on the publishing horizon we would like to showcase. This week we chose Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill. Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Greenwillow Books (August 24, 2010) Book summary: Durango is playing the cards he was dealt. And it’s not a good hand. He’s lost his family. He’s lost his crew. And he’s got the scars to prove it. You don’t want to mess with Durango. Oh-oh, sounds goods! We loved Gill's first novel, Soul Enchilada . That book had us laughing and we enjoyed the author's clever twist on demons. Can you imagine a demon popping up in your passenger seat telling you he's come to repossess your car? That happens to Bug, the book's snarky heroine, when an unexpected guest appears next to her inside her dad's beloved Cadillac. Her interactions with her friends, allies and otherworldly creatures in this bizarre and humorous world kept ...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  hosted by MizB of   ShouldBeReading .  Our teaser this week is from Beth Kephart's new novel, Dangerous Neighbors . "That night Katherine gave up trying to talk sense into Anna. That night she did not try to argue her twin sister out of her gargantuan joy; she did not try to save her. It was on New Year's Eve that Katherine decided to begin to look the other way on purpose, but this time without anger, without the intent to prove a point. She decided to stop protecting Anna, so that she might love her more truly."  (Page 94, ARC edition)

Mass Market Paperback: 322 pages Publisher: Leisure Books (June 29, 2010) Book summary: When a demon breaches the barrier between death and life, the salvation of the world depends on the passions of a beautiful banshee just coming into her power and the man willing to use her to avenge the destruction of his family. My review: Kellison's debut novel was a wonderful book to read on the beach during my vacation. I was absorbed into Talia's world where shadows wrap themselves around her like a cloak and wraiths suck power from human victims. From the cover I first thought this was a paranormal YA until I read the sexy prologue and realized this was adult, but this could be a crossover read for older teens.  We first learn how Talia was conceived through an eerie meeting between a sickly artistic woman, Katherine, and the Fae creature we learn is actually Death. Katherine has been able to sense otherworldly beings and feels someone inside her room one night. De...

Back from vacation and our mailbox held lots of goodies. We received from tour blogs: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff Anxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda Linger by Maggie Stiefvater We won from an ARC from the publisher: Dracula In Love by Karen Essex We swapped: Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala (ARC) Dark Flame by Alyson Noel The Knife of Letting Go by Patrick Ness Jars of Glass by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson Captivity by Deborah Noyes And we preordered some exciting mid-July and August titles which we can't wait to read. How was your week? In My Mailbox  was started by   Kristi at   The Story Siren . 

Publisher: Amulet Books (an imprint of ABRAMS) (April 2010) Page Count: 242 Reading Level: YA Summary: "Evangeline," he repeated, calling at a whisper. "Evangeline." He was not calling that she may hear, he was calling that somehow her soul might know that he was devoted entirely to her, only to her. "Evangeline, I will find you." Eva and Gabe explore the golden forest of their seaside Maine town, unknowingly tracing the footsteps of two teens, Evangeline and Gabriel, who once lived in the idyllic wooded village of Acadia more than one hundred years ago. On the day that Evangeline and Gabriel were be wed, their village was attacked and the two were separated. And now in the present, Gabe has mysteriously disappeared from Eva.  A dreamlike, loose retelling of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous love poem "Evangeline," "Anxious Hearts" tells an epic tale of unrequited love and the hope that true love can be reunited.  My re...