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** Adult title ** Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Dell; Original edition (September 28, 2010) Book summary: AT THE CROSSROADS OF DEATH AND DESIRE, A WOMAN TASTES A PLEASURE NO MORTAL IS MEANT TO SURVIVE.   In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an unspeakable breach of body and soul. But with her narrow escape comes an even greater challenge. For strange changes are taking place within her, as she struggles to understand—and control—a new hunger. To do so, she will seek shelter in the Boston compound of the Order, an ancient race of vampire warriors whose very existence is shrouded in mystery. Perhaps the most mysterious of them all is Brock, a brooding, dark-eyed alpha male whose hands hold the power to comfort, heal . . . and arouse. As she recovers under Brock’s care, Jenna finds herself drawn to the Order’s mission: to stop a ruthless enemy and its army of assassins from subjecting Earth to a reign of terror. Yet in spite...

Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Original edition (November 23, 2010) Book summary:  A dancer driven to succeed. A musical prodigy attempting to escape his past. The summer they share. And the moment it all goes wrong. Dance is Soledad Reyes’s life. About to graduate from Miami’s Biscayne High School for the Performing Arts, she plans on spending her last summer at home teaching in a dance studio, saving money, and eventually auditioning for dance companies. That is, until fate intervenes in the form of fellow student Jonathan Crandall who has what sounds like an outrageous proposition: Forget teaching. Why not spend the summer performing in the intense environment of the competitive drum and bugle corps? The corps is going to be performing Carmen, and the opportunity to portray the character of the sultry gypsy proves too tempting for Soledad to pass up, as well as the opportunity to spend more time with Jonathan, who int...

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...