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Let's see, second day of the work week. Check. List teaser from what we're reading. Check. This week's tease is from Chime by Franny Billingsley. "But it's my own blood!" I said, because that's how the Old Ones like it best--the personal touch. "And still warm." Here's the summary from Goodreads : Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death. Briony lives in fear her secret will be found out, even as she believes she deserves the worst kind of punishment. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. A...

Today we are delighted to be a part of The Trouble With Spells: The Witches and Warlocks Blog Tour . We have begun reading the first book of this series by Lacey Weatherford and are hooked ! We welcome the fabulous Lacey Weatherford. The Magic of Romance What is it about romance that has the power to reach out and grab a reader’s heart and leave them sighing in a puddle of delight? Is there a chemistry, a secret formula if you will, that automatically triggers those emotions, sending us into sensory overload? It would be nice if there were such a formula, waiting for every writer to tap into it and produce a book of perfection, just waiting for readers to fall and swoon over incessantly. (Sign me up for that please!) It doesn’t work that way, unfortunately, but that’s okay because if we didn’t know the bad, we couldn’t adore the good. As a writer I have learned to write to please myself. Don’t get me wrong, I for sure I want everyone else to like my work, and I hold my breath over ...

What are we anxiously waiting to read? Hm, there are soooo many upcoming titles we would like to read so making a decision this week was very hard. One book we can't wait to read is Nightshade, The Poison Diaries, Book 2 by Maryrose Wood. Read this summary and you'll see why: A dark, gothic tale of romance… and murder. Our heroine, Jessamine, has lost her faith in the men she loved, and her innocence as well. She turns to the dark side and plots to kill her father, using his own poisons, before becoming an assassin, a poisoner for hire. Can she recover from her heartache and reunite with her true love, Weed? Find out in this thrilling story where poisons, darkness and horror are a part of everyday life, and love is the only cure.(From Goodreads ) Nightshade will available on October 25 from HarperCollins books. A nd since we just learned about this one, we had to add on the next and final installment of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, Book 4 simply titled Inheri...

We're playing catch up again. Our Teaser Tuesdays pick this week is from Where She Went (If I Stay , book #2 ) by Gayle Forman. "But I think we both know I'm lying. And the truth is, there isn't any avoiding Mia's ghost. Bryn and I wouldn't even be together if it weren't for her." Book summary from Goodreads : It's been three years since the devastating accident ... three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Julliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other. Told from Adam's point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that defined If I Stay , Where She Went explores the devastatio...

Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 228 pages Publisher: Graphia (April 4, 2011) Summary: Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after the party where she was humiliated in front of practically everyone in school, who could blame her for wanting some comfort? Sure, most people don’t find comfort in the touch of a razor blade, but Missy always was . . . different. That’s why she was chosen to become one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War. Now Missy wields a new kind of blade—a big, brutal sword that can cut down anyone and anything in her path. But it’s with this weapon in her hand that Missy learns something that could help her triumph over her own pain: control. My review: What really struck me with Kessler's first book,    Hunger ( Horsemen of the Apocalypse series), was the ingenuity of her storyline. The author  gave the lore of the  Apocalypse a spooky, supernatural twist and singled out one rider (Famine) by pairing this role with  a...

Happy Saint Patrick's Day ! What a better way to spend the day than by offering a prize. The Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop is hosted by Books Complete Me and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer   blogs. The giveaway hop has over 250 participating blogs so don't forget to check out all of the other blogs. Our contest runs today through Sunday, March 20th and ends at midnight. Our only request is that to enter our contest you must be a Follower. Our contest is open internationally (one entry per person). Our first prize is an ARC of Night Road by Kristin Hannah (400 pages, published by St. Martin's Press on March 22). Summary: Jude Farraday is a happily married, stay- at-home mom who puts everyone’s needs above her own. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three ...

ReaderGirls welcomes Cara Chow, author of the YA novel, Bitter Melon . Here's the summary: What would you do if your mother planned every step in your life...and demanded you follow? Frances has one job in life. To get into Berkeley and become a doctor so that her mother's ambitions for her will be realized. And Frances doesn't think there's anything wrong with that - until the day she accidentally steps into a speech class. Frances turns out to be a natural at debate and public speaking. But to win in competition, Frances needs to say things she really believes - and to hide what she's doing from her mother. And once Frances steps out beyond her narrowly prescribed life, she begins to question many things about the way she is raised. Frances knows she must be obedient to her mother, who has sacrificed so much for her education. But how much is Frances living out the life her mother wants her to have, instead of the life that's right for Frances? We wel...