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As we know new Vampire Diaries won’t be back on until April 7th (in the U.S. anyway), we feel safe having our group read chat on Thursday, March 31. That’s right, we’re giving you until the very end of the month to finish reading Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Angel. We’ll talk Will vs. Jem, the Dark Sisters, vampires, clockwork and all things London Institute. The Clockwork Angel discussion chat will be... 
Note: Clockwork Angel is the Vampire Book Club group read for March 2011. We’ll be announcing the date of our group read chat shortly. Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) Cassandra Clare Published: Aug. 2010 (Margaret K. McElderry) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Cassandra Clare knows how to give us what we like. Clockwork Angel is full of vampires, steampunk, urban...
We may have told you a time or two how much we enjoy Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. We even had the first book, City of Bones, as a group read. Well, now we’re taking on Clockwork Angel, the first novel in her Infernal Devices series. Expect a complicated love story and plenty of action. The Infernal Devices series is in the same world as The Mortal Instruments, just centuries ago. New...
You know we loved this month’s group read, but we’re pretty sure the discussion is going to be fantastic. Andrea Cremer’s Nightshade has some great substance for us to talk about — the way she created the pack, strong women and mostly the big division between those who think Ren is ideal and those of us who adore Shay. Even in our love triangle discussion post, we heard from those who didn’t get the... 
One of the highlights of this month’s group read pick — Nightshade by Andrea Cremer — is the fantastic love triangle. Sure, the love triangle is a tried plot point in romance. To the point it can be tired if not done right (or at least uniquely). That’s the beauty of the love push-and-pull in Nightshade, it’s a true triangle. Both options are good. It’s one book where friends will end up on opposite...
It was a close call in this month’s group read poll, but Andrea Cremer’s Nightshade claimed the title with 29 percent of the votes. (Cynthia Hand’s Unearthly was a near second at 27 percent.) We are incredibly excited you guys are ready to read Nightshade, because we love this book. We tapped it as one of our Best Books of 2010. We talked Cremer into telling us about writing a sexy book without any sex...
We love Jeanine Frost’s writing, and we’re looking forward to finding out if you feel the same. This month’s group read was her first book in the Night Huntress series, Halfway to the Grave. Whether you’re a long-time Cat and Bones fan, or you just took your first step into the series, we want to talk about Halfway to the Grave. The humor, the chemistry between Cat and Bones, the ‘Red Reaper’, all of it....
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) Jeaniene Frost Published: 2007 (Avon) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Catherine Crawford kills vampires. She’s been hitting the bars to find undead to slay since she turned sixteen and her mother finally told her what she is: half-vampire. Incredibly rare, Cat’s mom was raped by a vampire. She holds the vampire part of her daughter...
After a week of voting, there was no question — you guys want a Cat & Bones fix. The hands-down winner for our January group read is Jeaniene Frost’s first Night Huntress novel Halfway to the Grave. We did an early review of the fifth book in the series during the Winter Book Preview (don’t read it if you haven’t already dived into the world of Night Huntress). And from the comments we know many of you... 
Ed. note: Just a reminder that we’ll be discussing this novel — the December group read — over at The Spinecracker tomorrow, Jan. 2. Join us to talk Merit, vampires and Ethan/Morgan/Catcher. Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires #1) Chloe Neill Published: 2009 (NAL) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Merit has a chance to reinvent herself, and that would be great if she’d... 
