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Reader Girls has joined the  WinterHaven Sleigh Tour hosted by WinterHaven Books .   This is the first week of this month-long tour and we are posting our choice of a YA Winter Book Review. We chose Let It Snow , three romantic short stories written by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle. To see who else is sitting on Santa's book helper sleigh, go to WinterHaven Sleigh Tour  for a list of participating blogs. Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances by Maureen Johnson,  John Green and Lauren Myracle Paperback & e-book, 352 pages*Published October 2nd 2008 by Speak Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not norm...

This Sunday our blog is all about urban fantasy, particularly the type of engrossing novels author Suzanne Johnson writes. We host River Road Blog Tour today and we celebrate this title with an excerpt, our interview with the author, and a tour wide giveaway. River Road ( Sentinels of New Orleans, Book 2) by  Suzanne Johnson Urban Fantasy*Number of pages: 336*Tor Books* ISBN: 978-0765327802* ASIN: B00842H5VI   Purchase:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Book Depository  |  Indiebound Hurricane Katrina is long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New Orleans. New species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the hurricane destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the preternaturals peaceful and the humans unaware. But a war is brewing between two clans of Cajun merpeople in Plaquemines Parish, and down in the swamp, DJ learns...

Let's hear it for medieval romance! What I enjoy about reading medieval romance is the ultimate ability to fall into another time and place when so many things mattered: fashion, manners, societal roles, speech and more. Award-winning romance writer Laurel O'Donnell does that with her books, especially the title featured today. This Saturday we are hosting Angel's Assassin Blog Tour . We have our interview with the author and she is also sharing an excerpt from her book. This tour is presented by ABG Read Book Tours . Angel’s Assassin  by Laurel O’Donnell  Publisher: Self  Number of Pages: 274  Buy Links:  Kindle  |  Nook   |  Smashwords   |  AllRomanceeBooks   |  OmniLit   |  Kobo   Diesel   |  iBooks   Sony   Damien is an assassin, a man with no home and a tortured past. Sold into slavery as a young boy, he is trained to kill with cold calculation, without re...

It's Saturday and we're featuring  Mia's Heart,  a fantastic contemporary YA book by the equally fantastic Courtney Cole. Let me tell you that after reading the excerpt below this book jumped to the top of my TBR list. There's a giveaway too! Mia's Heart by Courtney Cole Release Day Blizz is hosted by Kismet Book Tours . An Excerpt from Mia's Heart I flip over and suddenly, I’m terrified. I’m panicky. The sea is so very vast. And I’m so very alone. I scream. I can’t help it. And as I do, I accidentally gulp in a huge mouthful of water. Everything that follows is a blur. I start coughing and flailing my arms and even though I’m wearing a life-jacket, I’m thrashing around like a lunatic. I hear the boat motor start up and then I feel the wake of the boat as it crests up to me. Gavin is next to me and before I know it, he’s hauling me over the side of The Shining. I’m in his lap, on the floor of the boat and he is holding me and I am shaking. Oh...

We are saying a final goodbye to our  Indie Author of the Month, KaSonndra Leigh . The author is giving our readers this final sneak peek at the second book in The Lost Immortals series,  When Silver Moons Rise . Enjoy! When Silver Moons Rise (Lost Immortals #2) by KaSonndra Leigh  YA dystopian/sci-fi, expected publication December 2012                                                       Facing an unstable future, Chela Prizeon leaves Castle Hayne and crosses over to enemy territory in pursuit of Faris--the boy of royal blood who is cursed by a bitter rival. But soon Chela learns that he has been taken deep into the treacherous frozen prisons--a majestic, but deadly place where people enter and are never seen again. To find the boy she loves and his lost sister, Chela must join forces with one of her greate...

The "Christmas Books" Giveaway Hop has begun! Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer &  Laurie Here , this hop runs from December 1st to 7th, and has over 100 blogs offering holiday books to readers. Check out these fantastic blogs on the linky list below. Reader Girls is giving away a paperback copy of  Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances . Our giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada. Enter below. Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances  by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle  Paperback, 352 pages  Published October 2nd 2008 by Speak Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a deli...

Loving Summer (Loving Summer #1) by Kailin Gow YA contemporary romance*Paperback, 250 pages  Published May 28th 2012 by theEDGEbooks.com Summer has always looked forward to spending her summers at her Aunt's beach house with the Donovans. To her, summers at Aunt Sookie's beach house was magical, especially getting to spend time with the Donovans - her best friend Rachel and Rachel's brothers Nathaniel, and Drew. Here at Aunt Sookie's beach house, they can be anyone and anything they dreamed. For Summer, she had always wished to become as pretty as Rachel and for her brothers to think of her as more than Rachel's friend. For Nat and Drew, summers at Aunt Sookie's beach house meant fun and escape, a place where they go to with their mom and sister for the summer, away from city life. They never thought this summer would be different. They never thought things would change as much as they did...and it all began with them falling for and loving Summer....