Tour Schedule: THE PEARL THIEF by Elizabeth Wein

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the THE PEARL THIEF Blog Tour which begins on Monday, May 1st!

The tour runs from May 1st-5th & 8th-12th , will have one stop per day, and will consist of reviews, & blogger posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 finished copies of the book, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/1/2017- YA and Wine- Blogger Post

5/2/2017- Beauty and the Bookshelf- Review

5/3/2017- The Blonde Bookworm- Review

5/4/2017- The Autumn Bookshelf- Blogger Post

5/5/2017- Rants and Raves of a Bibliophile- Review

Week Two

5/8/2017- Booklove- Review

5/9/2017- Tales of the Ravenous Reader- Blogger Post

5/10/2017- Mundie Moms- Review

5/11/2017- YA Books Central- Spotlight

5/12/2017- History from a Woman's Perspective- Review

About the Book

Title: THE PEARL THIEF

Author: Elizabeth Wein

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Pages: 336

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Goodreads

Before Verity . . . there was Julie.

When fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, she knows the lazy summer break she’d imagined won’t be exactly like she anticipated. And once she returns to her grandfather’s estate, a bit banged up but alive, she begins to realize that her injury might not have been an accident. One of her family’s employees is missing, and he disappeared on the very same day she landed in the hospital.

Desperate to figure out what happened, she befriends Euan McEwen, the Scots Traveller boy who found her when she was injured, and his standoffish sister Ellen. As Julie grows closer to this family, she experiences some of the prejudices they’ve grown used to firsthand, a stark contrast to her own upbringing, and finds herself exploring thrilling new experiences that have nothing to do with a missing-person investigation.

Her memory of that day returns to her in pieces, and when a body is discovered, her new friends are caught in the crosshairs of long-held biases about Travellers. Julie must get to the bottom of the mystery in order to keep them from being framed for the crime.

In the prequel to Printz Honor Book Code Name Verity, this exhilarating coming-of-age story returns to a beloved character just before she learned to fly.

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Tour Schedule: THE GAME OF LIVES by James Dashner

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the THE GAME OF LIVES Paperback Blog Tour which begins on Monday, May 1st!

The tour runs from May 1st-5th & 8th-12th , will have one stop per day, and will consist of reviews, re-posted reviews, blogger posts, & excerpts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 5 complete paperback sets of the series, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/1/2017- jrsbookreviews- Review

5/2/2017- She Dreams in Fiction- Spotlight

5/3/2017- Margie's Must Reads- Excerpt

5/4/2017- YA and Wine- Review

5/5/2017- The Pages In-Between - Review

Week Two

5/8/2017- The Not So Public Library- Excerpt

5/9/2017- Book Stacks Amber- Review

5/10/2017- Books,Dreams,Life- Excerpt

5/11/2017- Literary musings- Spotlight

5/12/2017- YA Book Madness- Review

About the Book

Title: THE GAME OF LIVES

Author: James Dashner

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Ember

Pages: 384

Formats: Paperback

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes the final book in the Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts. 

Includes a sneak peek of The Fever Code, the highly anticipated conclusion to the Maze Runner series--the novel that finally reveals how the Maze was built! 

Michael used to live to game, but now, the games are over. The VirtNet has become a world of deadly consequences, and cyber terrorist Kaine grows stronger by the day. The Mortality Doctrine--Kaine's master plan--has nearly been realized, and little by little the line separating the virtual from the real is blurring. If Kaine succeeds, it will mean worldwide cyber domination. And it looks like Michael and his friends are the only ones who can put the monster back in the box--if Michael can figure out who his friends really are.

The author who brought you the #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER series and two #1 movies--The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials--now brings you an electrifying adventure trilogy that takes you into a world of hyperadvanced technology, cyber terrorists, and gaming beyond your wildest dreams . . . and your worst nightmares.

Praise for the Mortality Doctrine Series: 

 -Dashner takes full advantage of the Matrix-esque potential for asking 'what is real.'- --io9.com

-Set in a world taken over by virtual reality gaming, the series perfectly capture[s] Dashner's hallmarks for inventiveness, teen dialogue and an ability to add twists and turns like no other author.- --MTV.com

-A brilliant, visceral, gamified mash-up of The Matrix and Inception, guaranteed to thrill even the non-gaming crowd.- --Christian Science Monitor

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Tour Schedule: AIR AND ASH by Alex Lidell

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the AIR AND ASH Blog Tour which begins on Monday, May 1st!

The tour runs from May 1st-5th & 8th-12th , will have two stops per day, and will consist of reviews, interviews, excerpts, & guest posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for a finished copies of the book and a copy of A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN by Sarah J Maas, INTERNATIONAL. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/1/2017- Wandering Bark Books- Excerpt

5/1/2017- Twinning for Books- Review

5/2/2017- Don't Judge, Read- Interview

5/2/2017- History from a Woman's Perspective- Review

5/3/2017- Fiction Fare- Review

5/3/2017- Book Princess Reviews- Review

5/4/2017- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

5/4/2017- Reading for the Stars and Moon- Review

5/5/2017- Margie's Must Reads- Review

5/5/2017- Angelic Book Reviews- Review

Week Two

5/8/2017- BookHounds YA- Guest Post

5/8/2017- Book Briefs- Review

5/9/2017- A Backwards Story- Interview

5/9/2017- Mundie Moms- Review

5/10/2017- Book Sniffers Anonymous- Excerpt

5/10/2017- J.R.'s Book Reviews- Review

5/11/2017- Bibliobibuli YA- Review

5/11/2017- Booklove- Review

5/12/2017- Reese's Reviews- Review

5/12/2017-A Dream Within A Dream- Review

About the Book

Title: AIR AND ASH

Author: Alex Lidell

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Danger Bearing Press

Pages: 284

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it: Amazon, B&N, Goodreads

Master and Commander meets Tamora Pierce in a seafaring adventure of duty, love, magic, and a princess’s quest to protect her kingdom on her own terms. 

After a lifetime of training, seventeen-year-old Princess Nile Greysik, a lieutenant on the prestigious Ashing navy flagship, sails into battle with one vital mission—and fails.

Barred from the sea and facing a political marriage, Nile masquerades as a common sailor on the first ship she can find. With a cowardly captain, incompetent crew, and a cruel, too-handsome first officer intent on making her life a living hell, Nile must hide her identity while trying to turn the sorry frigate battleworthy. Worse, a terrifying and forbidden magic now tingles in Nile’s blood. If anyone catches wind of who Nile is or what she can do, her life is over.

But when disaster threatens the ship, Nile may have no choice but to unleash the truth that will curse her future.

AIR AND ASH is the thrilling first installment of the TIDES series. Recommended for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Tamora Pierce, and Naomi Novik.

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Book Blitz- AIR AND ASH by Alex Lidell

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a Book Blitz that we're hosting for Alex Lidell's AIR AND ASH Paperback, which releases on May 2, 2017.

The blitz is scheduled for, Friday, May 5th and can go up at Midnight Eastern or any time after that on release day, and we'd love to have you take part!

If you'd love to participate but won't be able to get your post up by Midnight Eastern on Friday the 5th, posting later that day or the following day will be absolutely fine!

You do NOT need to be signed up as a host with Rockstar Book Tours to participate. EVERYONE is welcome to sign up.

The sign-up for the blitz will be super simple. We will provide the excerpt, cover, the blurb, buy and Goodreads links, Rafflecopter code, author details and links, and any other information for the post in a Word document.

And for those who don't want to do more than "tweak" their posts, we will provide a coded post for Blogger blogs that you can just add your own formatting to.

We will send everything you need for your posts by, May 3rd . But if you do sign up after the 3rd we'll send you the details out on the 4th.

***Sign-ups will be open until May 3rd at noon PST***

SIGN UP HERE

We both are anxiously awaiting AIR AND ASH's release on May 2nd (Jaime read and loved!) and are super excited to share the news about its release.

About the Book

Title: AIR AND ASH

Author: Alex Lidell

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Danger Bearing Press

Pages: 284

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it: Amazon, B&N, Goodreads

Master and Commander meets Tamora Pierce in a seafaring adventure of duty, love, magic, and a princess’s quest to protect her kingdom on her own terms. 

After a lifetime of training, seventeen-year-old Princess Nile Greysik, a lieutenant on the prestigious Ashing navy flagship, sails into battle with one vital mission—and fails.

Barred from the sea and facing a political marriage, Nile masquerades as a common sailor on the first ship she can find. With a cowardly captain, incompetent crew, and a cruel, too-handsome first officer intent on making her life a living hell, Nile must hide her identity while trying to turn the sorry frigate battleworthy. Worse, a terrifying and forbidden magic now tingles in Nile’s blood. If anyone catches wind of who Nile is or what she can do, her life is over.

But when disaster threatens the ship, Nile may have no choice but to unleash the truth that will curse her future.

AIR AND ASH is the thrilling first installment of the TIDES series. Recommended for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Tamora Pierce, and Naomi Novik.

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Tour Schedule: UMBERLAND by Wendy Spinale

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the UMBERLAND Blog Tour which begins on Monday, May 1st!

The tour runs from May 1st-5th & 8th-12th , will have one stop per day, and will consist of reviews, interviews, excerpts, & guest posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 signed finished copies of the book, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/1/2017- Tales of the Ravenous Reader- Interview

5/2/2017- A Glass Of Wine Blog- Review

5/3/2017- Margie's Must Reads- Excerpt

5/4/2017- Swoony Boys Podcast- Review

5/5/2017- Brittany's Book Rambles- Guest Post

Week Two

5/8/2017- BookHounds YA- Review

5/9/2017- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

5/10/2017- History from a Woman's Perspective- Review

5/11/2017- YA Books Central- Interview

5/12/2017- Emily Reads Everything- Review

About the Book

Title: UMBERLAND

Author: Wendy Spinale

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Pages: 288

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TBD, iBooks, Goodreads

What began with a reimagining of Peter Pan and Wendy now twists into a stunning version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass!

Gwen, Pete, and the others have escaped from Everland. But the safe haven they hoped to find at Alnwick Castle doesn't exist. With the Queen of England on her deathbed, Duchess Alyssa has stepped in to lead, but things have gotten worse as the cure Doc created for the Horologia virus has mutated, accelerating the disease. The only possible solution he can think of is to go back to the virus's origin: an extinct poisonous apple.

Legend has it a tree bearing the apple might be found at the center of a deadly labyrinth hidden deep within Germany. A place that no one in their right mind enters. Leaving Pete in charge of the survivors, Alyssa sets out with only her sword, her wits, and the help of Maddox Hadder, a wild boy who oversees the castle gardens. To get to the center of the maze, she'll be forced to battle monsters more terrifying than her darkest nightmares.

But can anyone truly survive the madness of the maze? And what if there's no apple to be found there?

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Release Day Sign Ups- WHEN PLANETS FALL Paperback by Abby J. Reed!

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a Release Day Blitz that we're hosting for Abby J. Reed's WHEN PLANETS FALL Paperback, which releases on May 10, 2017.

The blitz is scheduled for its release date, Wednesday, May 10th and can go up at Midnight Eastern or any time after that on release day, and we'd love to have you take part!

If you'd love to participate but won't be able to get your post up by Midnight Eastern on Tuesday the 1st, posting later that day or the following day will be absolutely fine!

You do NOT need to be signed up as a host with Rockstar Book Tours to participate. EVERYONE is welcome to sign up.

The sign-up for the blitz will be super simple. We will provide the excerpt, cover, the blurb, buy and Goodreads links, Rafflecopter code, author details and links, and any other information for the post in a Word document.

And for those who don't want to do more than "tweak" their posts, we will provide a coded post for Blogger blogs that you can just add your own formatting to.

We will send everything you need for your posts by, May 8th . But if you do sign up after the 8th we'll send you the details out on the 9th.

***Sign-ups will be open until May 8th at noon PST***

SIGN UP HERE

We both are anxiously awaiting WHEN PLANETS FALL's release on May 10th  and are super excited to share the news about its release.

About the Book

Title: WHEN PLANETS FALL (Stars Fall Circle #1)

Author: Abby J. Reed

Pub. Date: April 12, 2017

Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing

Pages: 420

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TBD,  Goodreads

On a planet where the only difference between three tribes is their blood color, war is on the horizon. Breaker, an amputee, wants peace for his family and home. Malani, a kidnapped POW, wants to return home. Luka wants justice for his home. All three teens come together when Breaker is given seven days to fix a wrecked enemy starship or their home, and peace, is forfeit..

"In this richly imagined start to a new sci-fi series, Reed brings optimism to the goal of solving entrenched violence in a galaxy far, far away . . . A propulsive, sharply crafted tale about a planetary war." -Kirkus Reviews

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Tour Announcement: JULIA DEFIANT by Catharine Egan

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a tour we're hosting for JULIA DEFIANT by Catharine Egan which releases on June 13th!

The tour will run for two weeks - from June 5th-9th & 12th-16th- will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of reviews, interviews, excerpts, and guest posts.

The bloggers who are chosen as hosts for a guest post or an interview will be required to come up with guest post topics (at least three) or interview questions (at most five). Interviews will be author or character interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by the publisher.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form HERE.

***Sign-ups open until May 2nd Noon PST***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are totally stoked for the tour for JULIA DEFIANT this June! We can't wait for everyone to read it!

About the Book

Title: JULIA DEFIANT (Witch's Child #2)
Author: Catharine Egan
Pub. Date: June 13, 2017
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, B&N. TBD, iBooks, Goodreads

Fans of The Rose Society, Graceling, and Six of Crows will thrill to the masterful world-building and fiercely flawed heroine in this heart-pounding follow-up to Julia Vanishes, book two in the Witch's Child trilogy.

Adventure, murder, romance, intrigue, and betrayal with a 16-year-old heroine that is both fierce and flawed at the same time. Hypable.com

Julia and a mismatched band of revolutionaries, scholars, and thieves have crossed the world searching for a witch. But for all the miles traveled, they are no closer to finding Ko Dan. No closer to undoing the terrible spell he cast that bound an ancient magic to the life of a small child. Casimir wants that magic will happily kill Theo to extract it and every moment they hunt for Ko Dan, Casimir's assassins are hunting them.

Julia can deal with danger. The thing that truly scares her lies within. Her strange ability to vanish to a place just out of sight has grown: she can now disappear so completely that it's like stepping into another world. It’s a fiery, hellish world, filled with creatures who seem to recognize her and count her as one of their own.

So . . . is Julia a girl with a monster lurking inside her? Or a monster wearing the disguise of a girl?

If she can use her monstrous power to save Theo, does it matter?

In this riveting second book in the Witch s Child trilogy, Catherine Egan goes deep within the heart of a fierce, defiant girl trying to discover not just who but what she truly is.

Praise for Julia Vanishes: 

Egan’s debut novel sparkles. A beautifully rendered world and exquisite sense of timing ensure a page-turning experience. Publishers Weekly, starred review

Readers will find themselves immediately immersed in the narrative and invested in the fate of Julia, who is both feisty and flawed. Booklist, starred review

Julia’s a wonderful, fully realized heroine. . . . For those readers waiting for the sequel to Marie Lu’s The Rose Society, a well-realized page-turner in the same vein. Kirkus

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Tour Schedule: THE PRINCIPAL'S UNDERWEAR IS MISSING BY Holly Kowitt

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the JUST A NORMAL TUESDAY Blog Tour which begins on Monday, April 24th!

The tour runs from April 24th-28th & May 1st-5th , will have one stop per day, and will consist of reviews & blogger guest posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 signed finished copies of the book & swag, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

4/24/2017- So Few Books- Interview

4/25/2017- Never Too Many To Read- Review

4/26/2017- Twirling Book Princess- Excerpt

4/27/2017- BookHounds YA- Review

4/28/2017-Page Turners- Excerpt

Week Two

5/1/2017- Booklove- Review

5/2/2017-Novel Novice- Excerpt

5/3/2017- Book Review Becca- Review

5/4/2017- Don't Judge, Read- Review

5/5/2017- Rockin' Book Reviews- Review

About the Book

Title: THE PRINCIPAL'S UNDERWEAR IS MISSING

Author: Holly Kowitt

Pub. Date: May 2, 2017

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Pages: 224

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Goodreads

When you're a sixth-grade nobody, the last person you wan to accidentally zonk with a volleyball is Sloan "Selfie" St. Clair--the eighth-grade glamour queen of the school. But that's what happens to Becca Birnbaum, and it only gets worse when she tries to do Selfie a favor. She grabs the wrong shopping bag from the principal's office -- one containing a very personal item. and even that might not be so bad, if only Selfie didn't immediately lose it.

If they don't get it back ASAP, they're toast. They try not to panic--until they hear that the Biggest Prank Ever is about to happen. Can the school's oddest couple stop the disaster of a lifetime?

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Tour Schedule: BLOOD ROAD by Amanda McCrina

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the BLOOD ROAD Blog Tour which begins on Monday, April 24th!

The tour runs from April 4th-28th & May 1st-5th, will have one or two stops per day, and will consist of reviews, interviews, excerpt, spotlights, & guest posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for a 1 month subscription to Owl Crate, US Only. So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

4/24/2017- Rockin' Book Reviews- Review

4/24/2017- Month9Books- Excerpt

4/25/2017- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

4/25/2017- Doodle's Book Reviews- Review

4/26/2017- Don't Judge, Read- Interview

4/26/2017- Book-Keeping- Review

4/27/2017- A Backwards Story- Review

4/27/2017- Hazel West's Character Purgatory- Excerpt

4/28/2017- LILbooKlovers- Interview

4/28/2017- Wishful Endings- Review

Week Two

5/1/2017- Exploring the Inner Universe- Review

5/1/2017- So Few Books- Interview

5/2/2017- Book Review Becca- Review

5/2/2017- Bibliobibuli YA- Interview

5/3/2017- Reading for the Stars and Moon- Review

5/3/2017- I am not a bookworm!- Review

5/4/2017- YA and Wine- Guest Post

5/4/2017- Mundie Moms- Review

5/5/2017- Never Too Many To Read- Review

About the Book

Title: BLOOD ROAD

Author: Amanda McCrina

Pub. Date: April 25, 2017

Publisher: Month9Books

Format: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 329

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | TBD

Nineteen-year-old Torien Risto has seen dissidents dealt with before. He knows the young local girl who just knifed him will hang for assaulting an Imperial officer, unless he can stop it.

Someone inside the provincial government is kidnapping Imperial citizens and selling them across the desert to the salt mines, silencing anyone who tries to intervene. The girl’s brother is one of those who has been taken. Rejected by the corrupt courts, she’s waging a personal war against the Empire.

Determined to save her life, Torien sets out in search of answers on the Salt Road, the ancient trade route running deep into the heart of a desert—territory claimed by the hostile Mayaso tribe.

Now, Torien is no longer sure where his own loyalty lies, or how far he will go to break the cycle of tyranny, political bullying, and social injustice in an empire that seals its borders in blood.

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