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Our Waiting on Wednesday pick this week has resulted in a tie: The Lost Saint: A Dark Divine Novel by Bree Despian and Richelle Mead's  Last Sacrifice ( Vampire Academy book 6).  Summary: The non-stop sequel to The Dark Divine delivers an even hotter romance and more thrilling action than Bree Despain's first novel. Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She gave her soul to the wolf to save him and lost her beloved mother. When Grace receives a haunting phone call from Jude, she knows what she must do. She must become a Hound of Heaven. Desparate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot - a newcomer to town who promises her that he can help her be a hero. But as the two grow closer, the wolf grows in Grace, and her relationship with Daniel begins to crumble. Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace becomes prideful in her new abilities - not realizing that an old enemy has returned and deadly trap is about to be sprung. Readers, ravenous for m...

To participate in  Teaser Tuesdays  is simple: take your current read, choose two sentences from any page and post (be sure to not post any spoilers).  Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of  ShouldBeReading . Our choice this week is from page 158 of Lara Adrian's latest Midnight Breed novel, Taken by Midnight (book #8). "His smile spread lazily, those sensual lips parting to reveal the white flash of his teeth--and the growing length of his fangs. Jenna stared at his mouth, knowing that basic human survival instincts should be throwing off all sorts of alarms, warning her that getting too close to those sharp canines could be deadly." Adrian's Midnight Breed series is one of my favorite adult paranormal book indulgences. Opening up any of these novels will surely keep any vampire fan engrossed until the very last page. Book summary: The eighth novel in Adrian's Midnight Breed series. In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state troope...

Thanks to everyone who entered our Spooktacular Book Blog Giveaway Hop contests. The response to our Prize Packs was awesome and we're so happy so many entered.  The winner of Prize Pack #1 is Lisa McGeen ! Lisa has won a new hardcover edition of Burned and the ARC of Blood Feud .  The winner of Prize Pack #2 is Audrey ! She won a new ARC of Spells and You Are So Undead to Me . Both winners have been notified and have until Wednesday night to contact us. Thanks to everyone for entering. ReaderGirls will be participating in I Am A Reader, Not a Writer's Gratitude Giveaways this month (begins on November 17, ends on November 27).  We are also gathering more prizes for our Blogoversary celebration which we will announce at the end of this month. The winner of our Sophie Simon ARC is Brooke !  Congratulations everyone!  All Prizes have been claimed and will be shipped soon.

Reading Level: YA Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Speak; Original edition (October 14, 2010) Book Summary: Ashlyn Greenfield has always known when bad things are going to happen. Each time that familiar tingling at the back of her neck begins, she knows what’s to come - a trance. She’s pulled in, blindsided, an unwilling witness to a horrible upcoming event. But she’s never been able to stop it’s not even when the vision was of her mother’s fatal car accident. When soulful Jake enters Ashlyn’s life, she begins having trances about another car accident. And as her trances escalate, one thing becomes clear: it’s up to her to save Jake from near-certain death. My Review:  Ashlyn and her sister Kyra are gifted; they can see events in the future. The way it works is that both sisters witness the same vision, but are limited to observe specific details. The sisters have yet to figure out how exactly they can piece their trances together. One night, while at a party, Ashlyn igno...

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Candlewick (October 26, 2010) Book summary: Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling and her insecure freshman brother, John, are hitting the books at the Marlowe School. But one tome consumes their attention: THE BOOK OF GATES, a coveted Egyptian artifact that their professor father believes has magical powers. Soon Wendy and John discover that the legend is real—when they recite from its pages and descend into a snaking realm beneath the Manhattan school. As the hallways darken, and dead moths cake the floor, a charismatic new R.A. named Peter reveals that their actions have unleashed a terrible consequence: the underworld and all its evil is now seeping into Marlowe. Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri return to reimagine Peter Pan as a twisty, atmospheric, and fast-paced fantasy about the perils of immortality. My review: Another Pan has an interesting premise with its updated version of Peter Pan. The Lost Boys are networked ac...

This week we picked Always a Witch by Carolyn McCullough. We really enjoyed reading the first book, Once a Witch , and patiently await the continuation of witch Tamsin's story. And we'll say it now: just look at the COVER! Isn't it gorgeous? Reminds us of Fallen  with the blue and the model's pose, but we are definitely not complaining. If you can, also check out the author's website for this book by clicking the title above. Here's the summary: The adventures of Tam and Gabriel continue with more time travel, Talents, spy work, and of course, the evil Knights.  Since the gripping conclusion of Once A Witch , Tamsin Greene has been haunted by her grandmother's prophecy that she will soon be forced to make a crucial decision—one so terrible that it could harm her family forever. When she discovers that her enemy, Alistair Knight, went back in time to Victorian-era New York in order to destroy her family, Tamsin is forced to follow him into the past. Str...

To participate on  Teaser Tuesdays  is simple, take your current read, choose two sentences from any page and post.  Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of  ShouldBeReading . This week our pick is from Demonglass (Hex Hall #2) by Rachel Hawkins: "I rubbed my nose with the back of my hand and said, "In stories like this, there's usually a magical diary hidden in a trunk that gives you all the answers. Any chance of that happening here?" (Page 71, ARC) Book summary: Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch.  That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.  Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that...