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Whoa! This week there are a few mega contests with multiple winners and big prizes. We’ll get right to the good stuff. This is the last week to enter our contest for Vampire Academy swag. There will be four winners and it’s open internationally. Score shirts, bookmarks and keychains. Get your name in the ring while you can. 25 books. 3 winners. Total awesomeness from in which a girl reads. Books up for... 
We were updating our to-be-read list and realized just how many noteworthy titles are being released in September. Honestly, we were a little blown away. With this many books on deck, we all might benefit from a couple week’s time to prioritize. September release highlights are as follows (we know we’re forgetting several, so please add in the comments!): * denotes books currently on our review list. If... 
We spotted contests this week offering several books we either already love or are very excited about reading. That and a giveaway of the Kindle 3. (We were surprised, too.) Read on to find our favorites this week. We like Jaye Wells. Book Addicts also like Jaye Wells. They have a set of her Sabina Kane books to giveaway to a lucky entrant. Just comment on Book Addicts’ giveaway blog post to enter.... 
Lots of upcoming releases available across the book blogs this week. More than one of the fall-release books we’re excited for are in the contests below. Several winners will be chosen for A Good Addicition’s Six Big Fall Releases contest. In addition to swag bags, copies of Firelight (I want!), Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles #2), Personal Demons, Torment (Fallen #2) and others. The contest is... 
Sophie Jordan’s novel Firelight, the first in a new Draki series, is already on the top of my to-read list. It doesn’t come out until September. When this one comes out, expect a view same week from us. Synopsis from the publisher: With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda’s... 
