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Preternatura Book Club: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, Chapters 25-End

Welcometo this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura Book Club! Today, we finish thefirst book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series, Halfway to the Grave. After today, the book club will go on hiatusuntil early December, when we'll tackle MoonCalled, the first book in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series. This isone of my favorite series but I haven't re-read it in a long time, so it willbe fun to visit it again. I hope you'll join in! I'll post the starting datewell ahead of time.
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Want a copy of THE HUNGER GAMES COMPANION?

Okay, an up-front confession here. Ihaven't read The Hunger Games trilogy yet. There, I said it. 
I have all of the books. They'rein my towering to-read pile. I just haven't gotten to them yet. So when Ireceived a copy of the new The HungerGames Companion in the mail, I wouldn't read it. I don't want any spoilers—I'mtrying to ignore all the movie buzz for the same reason. I know I'm going tolike these books….just not yet. So…I'm passing it on to one of you.
I will read far enough to tell you...

New Releases Nov. 22-28 and Reader's Choice

Kindof a medium-sized list this week, given that it's Thanksgiving week—but holycow are there a bunch next week, so enjoy the lull before the onslaught! Whichof these do you most want to read? Comment with your pick, and good oldRandom.org might choose your name to win a copy!
Asalways, Reader's Choice is an international giveaway, so dig in. (And if a bookin a series catches your eye, you can always request the first in the seriesinstead.)
*Genrekey (at the end of each listing): SF=science...

YA Featured Book and Autographed Copy

How about a special Sunday featured book this week? We're looking at a new YA paranormal called Bound, by debut author C.K. Bryant. Like many good YA books, it's a coming-of-age story with a paranormal twist. Read on for a chance to win an autographed copy from the author!

ABOUT THE BOOK: When a photo shoot ends in tragedy, Kira discovers her best friend, Lydia, has been keeping a secret. Knowing the truth, and accepting it, will change Kira's life forever and thrust her into a world of...

Did You Win a Book This Week?

HappySunday! You know what time it is :-)
Didyou win a book from Preternatura last week? Here are our weekly winners—and remember the GentlyUsed Kindle giveaway continues with four more chances to win next Friday (sixteen chances total over the four-week period of the giveaway).
Emailme at suzannej3523@gmail.com with your snail-mailinfo if you see your name.
Congratsto LINDA for winning M.D. Lachlan'swolfy new historical fantasy, Fenrir.
Congratsto MARIE-CLAUDE for winning theweek's Reader's...

From the Royal Street Photo Album and Last Call for Entries

My giveaway announcements have moved to SUNDAYS so just a reminder today that you can still enter this week's contests. Read on for the links (and if the links don't work for some reason...like I messed them up...you can always keep scrolling down).
First, a couple of photos from my Royal Street photo album. My characters live in New Orleans, and the story takes place just before and after Hurricane Katrina. My heroine, DJ, is a junior wizard sentinel. She lives in the Uptown area--I will...

Review: Kindle Fire - You Want My Old Kindle?

So, sort of a departure today for reviews. I'm not reviewing a book, but thought I'd give my thoughts on the new Kindle Fire, which I've had for a couple of days now. Instead of a book, I'll be giving away my much-loved basic Kindle. Read on for details.

I bought the Kindle Fire because I'm exactly the customer Amazon was targeting. I'm already a member of Amazon Prime, which means I pay a flat sum once a year and enjoy "free" two-day shipping the rest of the year. 
I've also had iPad envy for ...

UF Review: FENRIR by MD Lachlan--and Get a Copy for Yourself

Somebooks call me by their clever blurbs, some by the reputation of their authors.And sometimes, I see a book cover and just know I have to read it. Such was thecase with M.D. Lachlan's Fenrir,which has one of my favorite opening lines in recent memory: He had never seen a sight so beautiful asParis under flame.

Readon for more on today's featured book, as well as a chance to win a copy.
Okay,first, it has a cool trailer:
THEOFFICIAL BLURB: The Vikings are laying siege to Paris. They want the...

Preternatura Book Club: Jeaniene Frost's Halfway to the Grave, Chapters 23-24

Welcome to this week's "meeting" of the Preternatura BookClub! Today, we continue with the first book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntressseries, Halfway to the Grave.
We'll finish up Halfway to the Grave next week. Afterthat, I'm going to let the book club go inactive for six weeks or so and do a series of shamelessself-promotion posts, talking about Royal Street, introducing some more of DJ's playlist, and providing somebehind-the-scenes info until after the first of the year. In...

Review and #Win: NORTH OF NEED, by Laura Kaye

Readyfor some romance? So...when I first started reading Laura Kaye's North of Need,I'd never thought about a snowman being sexy. I mean, big round balls ofcold wet stuff? Eww. It didn't take many pages to change my mind, and now I'manxious waiting for winter to see if we have any snow this year (not aguarantee here in the sultry South). Want to win a copy? Read on…THEOFFICIAL BLURB: While attempting to escape theagonizing memories she associates with Christmas, twenty-nine-year-old...