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Update: You have spoken. With 35 percent of the votes, our August group read will be J.A. Saare’s Crimson Moon. Group read details and book review posts coming soon. August is edging toward us, so we need to select a new book for our group read. For July we talked about Julie Kagawa’s epic fantasy opener The Iron King (review), with discussion points related to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Labyrinth. For... 
The other night a reader asked us for book recommendations that would be worthy of re-reading. She told us she wanted to limit her budget, so she wanted books that wouldn’t just collect dust. It was all too easy for us to churn out series (and specific novel) suggestions for her. We opened it up to our Twitter followers, too, and many went with the same addictive series we did. Of course the first words... 
A couple primo contests are close to closing this week. We suggest entering today, lest you miss out on a free copy of Linger, Other or The Iron King. In birthday celebration, SmokinHotBooks is giving you a present. Well, one of you. One copy of Linger (Wolves of Mercy Falls #2) by Maggie Stiefvater will go to a lucky contest winner. Giveaway ends Friday, July 9. We’re nearing the end of Mundie Moms’... 
