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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 . This week we chose a YA novel, Rival , by Sara Bennett Wealer. "I stand and make my way back through school, back into the night. As I walk through the parking lot I think about Matt at home in front of his computer, typing conversations with online friends who are more real to him than real life these days. Without Matt, I am untethered--floating free without anything to anchor me." Page 275, ARC. Summary: What if your worst enemy turned out to be the best friend you ever had? Meet Brooke: Popular, powerful and hating every minute of it, she’s the “It” girl at Douglas High in Lake Champion, Minnesota. Her real ambition? Using her operatic mezzo as a ticket back to NYC, where her family lived before her dad ran off with an up and coming male movie star....

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition (September 28, 2010) Summary: Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription at the pharmacy. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, their car is being stolen--with her inside Griffin hadn't meant to kidnap Cheyenne, all he needed to do was steal a car for the others. But once Griffin's dad finds out that Cheyenne's father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes--now there's a reason to keep her. What Griffin doesn't know is that Cheyenne is not only sick with pneumonia, she is blind. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare, and if she does, at what price? Our review: Imagine you're sick, just diagnosed with pneumonia and on the way back from seeing your doctor. Your mom has the prescription and stops at the drugstore on the way home. You're not up to goin...

It's November 17th and that means today is the launch of the Gratitude Giveaways Book Blog Hop . ReaderGirls are participating in Inspired Kathy's twelve day hop. There are over 170 book blogs joining in on the giveaway train. Please stop over at the other blogs and support them through the Mr. Linky below. We would like to thank our readers for their comments and support by giving back to them. Our contest is open to U.S. , Canada and International readers. Our only stipulation is to be a follower of our blog in order to enter. One entry per person per prize pack (so enter for all 4 prize packs, just once) . Okay! Ready for what we're giving away? Get ready, here they are: Prize Pack #1: For the Girls Taken by Storm by Angela Morrison (ARC)  YA paperback: 304 pages, Razorbill Summary: Leesie Hunt has many rules: No kissing. No sex. No dating outside the Mormon faith. When Michael Waldenaa deep-sea diver who lost his parents in a violent hurricane arrives ...

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 . This week we chose our teaser from Girl, Stolen by April Henry. "There was a long silence. When it was broken, it was not by a gunshot, but by Griffin's voice, weary and disappointed." (Page 173, ARC) Book summary: Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription at the pharmacy. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, their car is being stolen--with her inside Griffin hadn't meant to kidnap Cheyenne, all he needed to do was steal a car for the others. But once Griffin's dad finds out that Cheyenne's father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes--now there's a reason to keep her. What Griffin doesn't know is that Cheyenne is not only sick with p...

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ace; Original edition (November 30, 2010) Book summary: As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black is responsible for escorting the souls of the dearly departed to the afterlife. It's a 24/7 job with a lousy benefits package. Maddy's position may come with magical powers and an impressive wingspan, but it doesn't pay the bills. And then there are her infuriating boss, tenant woes, and a cranky, popcorn-loving gargoyle to contend with. Things start looking up, though, when tall, dark, and handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in Maddy's building. It's probably just a coincidence that as soon as he moves in demons appear on the front lawn. But when an unholy monster is unleashed upon the streets of Chicago, Maddy discovers powers she never knew she possessed. Powers linked to a family legacy of tarnished halos. Powers that place her directly between the light of Heaven and the fires of Hell... My review: ...

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers (December 21, 2010) Book summary: Hunter Wild is the youngest in a long line of elite vampire hunters, alegacy that is both a blessing and a curse at the secret Helios-Ra Academy, where she excels at just about everything. Thanks to her friendship with Kieran Black, Hunter receives a special invitation to attend the coronation of Helena Drake, and for the first time, she sees the difference between vampires that must be hunted and vampires that can become friends—or even more. When students at the academy fall victim to a mysterious illness, Hunter suspects they are under attack from within. She will need someone she can trust to help her save the future of Helios-Ra . . . help that shockingly comes in the form of Quinn Drake, a drop-dead gorgeous vampire. Who said senior year would be easy? My review: Just when I think vampires in YA lit have become boring and predictable, Harvey relea...

Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Candlewick (January 25, 2011) Book summary: Quincie P. Morris, teen restaurateuse and neophyte vampire, is in the fight of her life -- or undeath. Even as she adjusts to her new appetites, she must clear her best friend and true love, the hybrid werewolf Kieren, of murder charges; thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of Bradley Sanguini, the seductive vampire-chef who "blessed" her; and keep her dead parents’ restaurant up and running. She hires a more homespun chef and adds the preternaturally beautiful Zachary to her wait staff. But with hundreds of new vampires on the rise and Bradley off assuming the powers of Dracula Prime, Zachary soon reveals his true nature -- and a flaming sword -- and they hit the road to staunch the bloodshed before it’s too late. Even if they save the world, will there be time left to salvage Quincie’s soul? My review: I liked Tantalize but found myself not caring much for the main ...