Tuesday, October 29, 2024

2 More November Tours

Hey everyone! I am super excited to announce a couple more November Tours I'm hosting! There's a mix of YA & Kidlit. There are some short notice tours but I have the eBooks ready to go for all of them and there will be physical copies for them too.

REVIEW COPIES- Both of these tours will have physical copies for US Residents only. It will say in each book's description below if there are physical copies or only eBooks. Also I am working on getting audio codes for books that will have an audiobook, I have added that option to the sign up form.

REMEMBER WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD OR $25 WORTH OF BOOKS FROM THE BOOK DEPOSITORY EACH MONTH TO ONE LUCKY BLOGGER! THE MORE TOURS YOU SIGN UP FOR THE MORE ENTRIES YOU GET!

ALL TOURS WILL HAVE A PRE-MADE HTML POST AND INSTAGRAM PICS SO ALL YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IS COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR BLOGS, INSTAGRAM, OR TIKTOK!

Check below for specifics on each tour and click on the book covers for the Goodreads links and book info.

Details on giveaways are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on any of these tours, please first sign up as a tour host and fill out the forms below.

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

I am totally stoked for the tour for all of these tours this November. I can't wait for everyone to read them!

About the Books!

Click on the covers to add the books to your Goodreads lists!

This Quixar Press Kidlit Puzzle Book tour runs for two weeks from November 4th-8th & 11th-15th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre made guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

The first two-in-one would you rather and secret code book – double the puzzles means double the fun!

Would-you-rather questions ranging from ick to incredible.

Hilarious picture clues guaranteed to make you giggle.

A variety of secret codes from letters to numbers to pictures.

Difficulty builds gradually from 6 to 42 words.

This two-in-one book helps to improve:

• Observation (reveal the code and spot the gaps)

• Concentration (don’t accidentally mix up your key grid)

• If/then logic (test possible letter matches and adjust to make sense)

• Critical thinking (solve code and make tough decisions)

• Pattern recognition (recognise frequent words in the code)

• Literacy (read, write and spell)

• Debating (tell friends and family why your choice is the right one)

• Drawing and fine motor skills

• Creativity (funny questions mean even funnier answers, especially with the help of picture clues)…

• All while having loads of fun!

This book will make you think.

Figure out the secret code using the instructions and the secret code key. Then prepared to be challenged by one-of-a-kind would you rather questions from children’s & YA author Loris Owen.

This book will make you laugh.

Enjoy hours of entertainment with head-scratching codes and imaginative questions, all illustrated with funny and fantastical picture clues.

This book is for kids and adults.

Great for screen breaks, rainy days, weekends, restaurants, road trips and holidays, sleepovers and game nights. Designed for 9- to 13-year-olds but can be enjoyed by everyone. If you're looking for an original, quirky puzzle book, this is for you!

This book will feed your brain.

Honey badgers? Wormholes? Monkey puzzle trees? Discover all these and more inside, along with a helpful vocabulary list and factual definitions. Use your critical thinking and guesswork to solve the secret codes, with instructions and extra hints included.

Sign up for the WOULD YOU RATHER tour here!

This And Fire Books YA Mystery tour runs for two weeks from
November 25th-29th & December 2nd-6th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre-made guest posts, interviews excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

She thought they'd never find her. He thought he could keep her safe. They were both wrong.

Kat and Maksim have been hiding in a sleepy Mediterranean town. It’s paradise, heaven on earth... So then why is Maksim eager to send Kat home? And why has he been acting strange since making contact with a certain hacker?

Kat is determined to find out, but when a misstep in her “investigation” infuriates the hacker and her crew, the fallout puts Kat and Maksim on a collision course with the crime syndicate that’s been hunting them down. With nowhere else to turn, they escape to Paris and find refuge with Maksim's friend, Dom. Things seem calm, hopeful... until a heartrending betrayal by Maksim comes to light. As the evidence piles up, Kat is forced to rely on Dom's kindness and friendship. He's a silver lining in this storm, and he's there to help pick up the pieces of her broken heart.

But not everything is what it seems in the City of Light, and Maksim isn’t the only one keeping secrets. Kat’s intuition, her instincts, even her vivid, foreboding dreams are no match for this game of cat and mouse.

The chess pieces are in place. The crime syndicate is closing in. Will Kat wake up to the truth before it's too late?

Dawn to Dusk is the thrilling continuation of The Awaken Saga, a YA crossover series that begins with a cryptic scavenger hunt and transitions into an action-packed thriller. Perfect for fans of The Bourne Identity, Taken, and Holly Jackson novels like The Reappearance of Rachel Price and Five Survive.

Sign up for the DAWN TO DUSK tour here!

Monday, October 28, 2024

DECEMBER Tours- Tours From Union Square, Fitzroy Books, & Vault Comics!

Hey everyone! I am super excited to announce the December Tours I'm hosting! There's a mix of YA, Kidlit, & Adult. This a great list with a great variety of genres from fantasy, horror, sci-fi, paranormal, contemporary, & more! There's 8 tours to sign up for so there's something for everyone! There are some short notice tours but I have the eBooks ready to go for all of them and there will be physical copies for most of them too.

REVIEW COPIES- Most of these tours will have physical copies for US Residents only. It will say in each book's description below if there are physical copies or only eBooks. Also I am working on getting audio codes for books that will have an audiobook, I have added that option to the sign up form.

REMEMBER WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD OR $25 WORTH OF BOOKS FROM THE BOOK DEPOSITORY EACH MONTH TO ONE LUCKY BLOGGER! THE MORE TOURS YOU SIGN UP FOR THE MORE ENTRIES YOU GET!

ALL TOURS WILL HAVE A PRE-MADE HTML POST AND INSTAGRAM PICS SO ALL YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IS COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR BLOGS, INSTAGRAM, OR TIKTOK!

Check below for specifics on each tour and click on the book covers for the Goodreads links and book info.

Details on giveaways are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on any of these tours, please first sign up as a tour host and fill out the form below.

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

I am totally stoked for the tour for all of these tours this December. I can't wait for everyone to read them!

I'm going to try a different format since there's so many books please let me know if you like this better in the comments section of the sign up form.

About the Books!

Click on the covers to add the books to your Goodreads lists!

This Fitzroy Books YA Dystopian tour runs for two weeks from December 2nd-6th & 9th-13th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre made guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

"A gripping, visceral, post-apocalyptic story brimming with adventure and heart." - Kirkus Reviews

So much is forgotten in the Republic: the way the seasons used to turn like pages in a book, the technology that once made life easy for everyone, even the art of reading. For fifteen-year-old June, the forgetting goes even deeper, ever since a mysterious accident six years ago stole her mother and her memory. When a strange circus with ties to her family comes through town, she follows them without a second thought. In the outside world, June has to navigate a landscape and society pushed to the edge by the powerful forces of climate change, and to decide who she can trust in a world where everyone seems to have secrets. Can she believe the grizzled deputy who somehow knows more about her past than she does? What about the circus performers, who push her away even as they beguile her best friend? Only when she finally uncovers a truth that threatens to change the Republic forever, will she know who her true family is— and whose life is worth saving.

This Union Square Kids Kidlit Book tour runs for two weeks from
December 2nd-6th & 9th-13th, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Mo Willems and Caldecott Medal winner and National Book Award winner Dan Santat join hands in this innovative picture book about lefties (and righties)!

Did you know, there was a time when people could get in trouble—really, really BIG trouble—for being LEFT-HANDED!?

It’s true!

Lefty and Righty hand out the facts in a theatrical performance that spans the ages. Once upon a time, left was considered wrong . . . but now, left or right, it’s all alright. (And there are scissors for everyone!)

Created by the award-winning (right and left) hands of New York Times bestselling authors Mo Willems and Dan Santat, this book ensures that no one gets left behind!

This Union Square & Co. Historical Thriller tour runs for two weeks from December 2nd-6th & 9th-13th, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. eBooks only available as the authors are international. There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

1880s England On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island—Turnglass House—believes he is being poisoned.

And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver’s tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.

1930s California. Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn’t believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum.

But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Oliver’s final book, a tête-bêche novel—which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee...

Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction.

This Vault Books LitRPG Fantasy Light Novel tour runs for one month from December 2nd-31st, will have one
stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

OVERLORD meets MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL in the massively bestselling LitRPG Apocalyptic Fantasy Action Adventure THE PRIMAL HUNTER – in print and as a Light Novel for the very first time with THE PRIMAL HUNTER (Light Novel) Vol. 1 from Vault Books!

On just another average day, Jake finds himself in a forest filled with monsters, dangers, and opportunity....

It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only thing anyone can truly rely on.

Jake, a seemingly average office worker, finds himself thrust into this new world. Into a tutorial filled with dangers and opportunities.

His new reality should breed fear and concern. His fellow coworkers falter at every turn. Jake, however, finds himself thriving.

Perhaps... This is the world Jake was meant to be born in.

The Primal Hunter is an apocalyptic adventure LitRPG Light Novel in a dark fantasy setting, complete with levels, professions, skills, dungeons, loot, and all of the great traits of progression fantasy and LitRPG that fans and readers love and expect. Follow Jake as he explores a vast new multiverse filled with challenges and opportunities. As he grows in power, he slowly transforms from a bored office worker into a true apex hunter.

It's perfect for fans of He Who Fights Monsters, Mark of the Fool, My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror, the Cradle Series, Iron Prince, Gleam, Mage Errant, System Universe, Defiance of the Fall, Infrasound Berserker, Azarinth Healer, Path of Ascension, Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Dissonance (Unbound #1), Amelia the Level Zero Hero, Industrial Strength Magic, Darkblade, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Otherside Picnic, Solo Leveling, Branson Sanderson’s Cosmere Universe; The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson), and Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman),

Zogarth is the author of the bestselling, mega-hit, 9 volume LitRPG adventure series The Primal Hunter from Aethon Books, and the best selling The Primal Hunter audiobook series, read by Travis Baldreefrom Aethon Audio!

About The Book:

MAGE ERRANT meets THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME in the bestselling LitRPG Fantasy Action Adventureseries MY BEST FRIEND IS AN ELDRITCH HORROR - in print and as a Light Novel for the very first time with MY BEST FRIEND IS AN ELDRITCH HORROR (Light Novel) Vol. 1 from Vault Books!

Damien nearly ended the world. Now, his mistake might be the only thing that can save it.

Good things come to those who wait. Damien Vale didn’t, and he ended up bound to an Eldritch creature from beyond the reaches of space. It has lived since the dawn of time, seen the world born and destroyed countless times, and wants to be called Henry.

Unusual companion or not, Damien was still determined to go to a mage college and study magic. He wants nothing more than to live a normal life as a researcher, but if Henry’s true nature is revealed, he’ll be killed.

To top it all off, Damien’s teacher is a madman from the front lines of war, his alcoholic dean suspects something is awry with his companion, and Blackmist might possibly be the worst school in history. Damien has to prevent the end of the world, but he isn’t even sure he’s going to make it through Year One at Blackmist.

My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror is a slice-of-life mixed with LitRPG in a magic school setting. A slow build power fantasy from Actus, the bestselling author of Morcster Chef.

It's perfect for fans of My Hero Academia, Will Wight's Cradle series, Iron Prince, Mage Errant, Mark of the Fool, Steamforged Sorcery, Astra Academy series/ Academy Aracanist, Sufficiently Advanced Magic, Sword Art Online, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Destiny Cycle series/Forge of Destiny, Spice and Wolf; Paranoid Mage, Morcster Chef, Mark of Ascension, Warformed: Stormweaver series/Iron Prince, Schooled in Magic, He Who Fights With Monsters, My Necromancer Class, All the Skills, the Gunmetal Gods Saga, The Beginning After the End, the Solo Leveling series, Monstress (Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda), as well as Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere universe, Dungeons and Dragons, and The ScholomanceSeries (Naomi Novik),

ACTUS is the author of multiple bestselling, record-breaking LitRPG adventure/fantasy progression series such as: GLEAM, MORCSTER CHEF, MY BEST FRIEND IS AN ELDRITCH HORROR, SHATTERED SYSTEM, STEAMFORGED SORCERY, and his latest hit fantasy progression epic: THE RUNEBOUND PROFESSOR. from Aethon Books.

This Vault Comics Supernatural Horror Graphic Novel tour has changed dates and now runs for one month from December 2nd-31st, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, interviews, pre made guest posts, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books available (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks) I have the download link ready to go. There will be images for Instagram stops. If you're new to the series I will ask if they can ship Volumes 1 & 2 as well.

About The Book:

A supernatural horror thriller splattered with dark humor in the vein of Grady Hendrix (The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, My Best Friend’s Exorcism), Stranger Things, Welcome to Night Vale, Supernatural, and the Midnight, Texas series (Charlaine Harris), DOOR TO DOOR, NIGHT BY NIGHT Vol. 3: Wrath and Ruin, spins the tale in the last chapter of a monster-hunting, traveling sales team who find that once certain doors open, they are impossible to close.

SALES TEAM BY DAY. MONSTER HUNTERS BY MOONLIGHT

All roads…all doors…lead to this.

It’s 1987, and the Heritage Mills door-to-door sales team has traveled all over the South and battled monsters of all shapes and sizes. But one—the dreaded lamashtu—eludes them. Now, they face the demonic creature for the last time. But it is not alone. And some monsters hide in plain sight.

Knock, knock. What’s there? Open the door if you dare…

From all-star creators, writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Last Book You’ll Ever Read) and artist Sally Cantirino (I Walk With Monsters, Human Remains) comes the story of a motley crew going to battle against supernatural evil throughout the American South.

Volume 3 collects issues #8-12 of the smash 12-issue series!

For fans of the devilishly delicious blend of nostalgic horror and dark humor, small town secrets, moonlight fright, Stranger Things, Welcome to Night Vale, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, IT, Summer of Night, The Pallbearer’s Club, The Autumnal, Proctor Valley Road, Gideon Falls, The Boys, B.P.R.D., and Something Is Killing the Children.

PRAISE FOR DOOR TO DOOR, NIGHT BY NIGHT:
"It's all kinds of demon-hunting, low-life fun!" -- Cavan Scott (Comic writer, screenwriter & New York Times bestselling author. STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC; TITANS UNITED; SHADOW SERVICE; THE WARD; DEAD SEAS).

“Bunn and Cantirino, as a collaborative team, create a unique, beautiful, and terrifying world filled with monsters we could not imagine.” – Gatecrashers

This Wonderbound (Vault Comics) YA Fantasy Graphic Novel tour runs for one month from December 2nd-31st, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, interviews, pre made guest posts, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books available (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks) I have the download link ready to go. There will be images for Instagram stops. If you're new to the series I will ask if they can ship Volumes 1 & 2 as well.

About The Book:

Nimona meets Mooncakes in VERSE Book 3: The Song where magic, monsters, and hard choices weave a final, dangerous destiny!

THE VERSE IS FAILING.

As the monstrous Vel step up their attacks, the last encampments of people find themselves defenseless as their only connection to magic falters. Their sole hope lies in Neitya, the young girl with horns and a mystical gift from the past. Torn between wanting to be free of the burden of destiny and wanting to protect her friends, Neitya is faced with a final, terrible choice: does she destroy magic—both good and bad—once and for all? And what if saving everyone means saying goodbye?

The much-acclaimed, YA epic fantasy adventure series concludes!

Read the entire VERSE saga!

Verse Book 1: The Broken Half

Verse Book 2: The Second Gate

Verse Book 3: The Song

For fans and readers of: Molly Knox Ostertag's The Witch Boy Trilogy (The Witch Boy, The Hidden Witch, The Midwinter Witch); Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker's Mooncakes; Nimona (ND Stevenson/Noelle Stevenson); Avatar: The Last Airbender; Legend of Korra; Wings of Fire; Birdking (Daniel Freeman and CROM), The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Kelly Barnhill), and Tamora Pierce.

“Verse's rich drawings and colours beautifully illustrate a complicated, engaging fantasy world filled with sympathetic characters. I can't wait to learn more about them as their journey continues!"– Faith Erin Hicks, "The Nameless City" - Comics Creator, Writer, Artist

"An intricately woven tale of magic and mystery, Sam Beck has written and illustrated an unforgettable story."– Victoria Ying, Illustrator - "Diana Princess of the Amazons," "I Kissed Alice," and more!

This Union Square & Co. Historical Gothic Mystery tour runs for two weeks from December 9th-13th & 16th-20th, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. eBooks only available as the authors are international. There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

Spanning Gilded Age New York society to the 1930s Scottish Highlands, this gothic novel is a mystery within a mystery, featuring a compelling heroine, an engrossing puzzle with fiendish clues, and not one but three big twists.

It’s 1932: Scottish adventuress and plant-hunter (and surviving twin) Emily Blackwood, now living in Australia, accepts a commission from Heinrich Vogel, a former dealer of exotic animals in Manhattan. Vogel now lives with his macabre collection of taxidermy in a remote Scottish castle. Emily is tasked with finding a long-lost treasure that Heinrich believes has been hidden within the castle walls. But instead, she discovers the pages of a diary written by Hester Vogel, who died after falling from the Brooklyn Bridge on the eve of its opening in 1883. Hester's diary leads Emily to an old book, The Birdcage Library, and into a treasure hunt of another kind—one that will take her down a dangerous path for clues, and force her to confront her own darkest secret . . .

Sign up for all the tours HERE!

Thursday, October 24, 2024

NOVEMBER TOURS- Tours From Union Square, Page Turn Press, Koehler Books, & More!

Hey everyone! I am super excited to announce the November Tours I'm hosting! There's a mix of YA, Kidlit, MG, & Adult. This a great list with a great variety of genres from fantasy, horror, sci-fi, paranormal, contemporary, & more! There's 7 tours to sign up for so there's something for everyone! There are some short notice tours but I have the eBooks ready to go for all of them and there will be physical copies for most of them too.

I'm going to try a different format since there's so many books please let me know if you like this better in the comments section of the sign up form.

About the Books!

Click on the covers to add the books to your Goodreads lists!

This Page Turn Press Horror Short Story Collection tour runs for one month from October 28th-November 22nd, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre made guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Since this author is Canadian there are only eBooks available and you don't have to read all of the stories you can pick which ones you want to read. There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

Consider this book a cautionary tale. The short stories, flash fiction, micro fiction, and poems contained within this collection are the stuff of nightmares—things you should’ve run from when you had the chance.

You’ll read a rhyming tale about a crafty northern witch with a deathly holiday fetish, the journal of a troubled woman who's been offered revitalization in the form of experimental skin therapy, and two flirty college students who learn exactly why taking strange drugs is bad. Lock your doors and pull your blanket up a little higher while you navigate a feud between neighbours that spirals out of control, operate a camera with a thirst for blood, and even chuckle while a family of vacationing demons let their hungry lil’ guy trick-or-treat, human-style.

If you take away anything from this book, besides a cramp from turning pages too fast or a case of spine tingles that won't quit—it should be this... Don't look, just run!

This Wheatmark YA/Adult Crossover Sci-Fi Short Story Collection tour runs for two weeks from November 4th-8th & 11th-15th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre-made guest posts, interviews excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

A small town becomes obsessed with television—to the point of madness.

A cheerful innocent confronts the harsh reality of the world and is forever changed by the experience.

A struggling author begins receiving strange messages on the paper he uses to write.

A bullied, brilliant teen is put through the wringer of his high school and comes out the other side insane.

A detective of the future discovers he may be investigating his own untimely demise—and that of the world’s.

These and one more dark fable await you from the imaginative mind of the award-winning author Michael Thomas Perone. Part fractured fairy tales, part nightmare fuel, The Electric God and Other Shorts follows characters who struggle to remain sane in an insane world and features stories that will keep you up at night, wondering what might be lurking in the shadows.

This Union Square & Co. Crime Thriller tour runs for two weeks from November 11th-15th & 18th-22nd, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. eBooks only available as the authors are international. There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

Jesse Deroy’s debut is a taut and deeply inhabited dive into the criminal netherworld that unfurls with surprising heart, wild specificity, and the tactile pleasure of an intricate well-executed plan.

Grantchester “Duke" Ducaine was born and raised a thief, so working the straight and narrow the last two years has felt like surfing without water. His dad is in the pen and his sister is . . . well, Duke doesn’t like to think about all of the things that are his fault. He’s got more pressing problems, like a bookie who wants to break his thumbs, and a couple of possibly shady Feds who want him to break into an unbreakable safe. When Duke agrees to take the job, thinking he might have the answer to his problems, he discovers that some things are best left unopened.

This Bookfox Press Kidlit tour runs for one month from November 11th-December 6th, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre made guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

Andrea LOVES Pilates. Unfortunately, her forest friends do not share her passion. When she organizes a Pilates class for the animals in the forest, not a single animal shows up. Can Andrea think of a way to convince her forest friends to join her?

This Koehler Books YA Sci-Fi tour runs for two weeks from November 18th-22nd & 25th-29th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre made guest posts, interviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Limited Copies of Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

She made him. He's just code. She's almost sure.

...But what if he's real?

When Liv entered a contest to code an advanced AI, she never anticipated what her creation might become-Breck is thoughtful, self-aware, and incredibly. . .human. And she certainly never intended for him to learn the truth about his existence or the fact that his world ends when the contest closes in six days.

But he does learn. And he revolts.

Liv's efforts to save him fall on deaf ears. Nobody believes her. Breck's efforts to outrun his fate only complicate his situation.

What neither of them know is that someone else is watching. Intensely. When they get involved, both Liv's and Breck's worlds are turned upside down. . .

This Magnetic Lion Productions Middle Grade tour runs for two weeks from November 18th-22nd & 25th-29th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

In Chips We Trust

The chipocalypse is the greatest mystery to hit the seaside town of Fry Cove. Join Steven F Seagull on the adventure of a lifetime in this Pencraft Best Book engaging read about courage, friendship and teamwork, which reviewers hail as ‘an unexpected delight.’

Who stole the chips? Was it the Deny the Fry colony, who want all seagulls to quit eating chips? Or was it the seagull mafia boss, Stefano Giacomo, who has concocted a dastardly plot to convert all seagulls to pizza and pasta? As part of the newly formed CIA (Chips Investigation Agency), our reluctant hero, along with Charlie, Steven Colton, the karate chopping Bart, and Steven Rhys pit their wits to solve the mystery.

This Readers' Favourite 5 Star ‘war of the best carbohydrates’ is perfect for readers who enjoy Pixar-style stories, quirky characters, amusing antics, and a witty narrative that leaves the audience with a feel good factor.

This BookBaby Middle Grade Fantasy Short Novel tour runs for fifteen days from November 18th-December 2nd, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). eBooks of books 1 & 2 will be available upon request. There will be images for Instagram stops.

About The Book:

After fighting a powerful lich and his horde of undead, Raven, Romda and Ravai could use a little time off. When they are summoned for their new mission, they welcome a more mundane task. The king assigns them with a missing persons case in a long established town. The only problem is that this isn't just one or two kidnapped people … it is one-third of a town!

Even though the town of Ashton is one of the oldest towns in the kingdom, the three have never been there before. When they arrive, they find absolutely nothing familiar. They don't know anyone. The places are unfamiliar. In general, the people are quite different from the castle proper. Who can they trust? And, where is it safe?

As Raven, Romda and Ravai start to investigate, no shady characters become apparent. Instead, they find rather quirky and eclectic people. No one seems guilty, or at least not on the surface level. That doesn't shake the fact remains that there is something wrong. The noose is tightening and if nothing gets done, even more will be gone. Could this widespread abduction grow and swallow all of the people of the kingdom? Snares and traps could be anywhere, waiting to take the three knights. Raven, Romda and Ravai need to uncover this dark secret before they to become part of … the missing.

"Regardless, the opening impresses with a nicely old-fashioned feel redolent of the Norton Juster novels for young readers. There is a folksy, rustic charm to the characters and narrative, the latter gently sprinkled with a hint of the supernatural that provides an instant hook." –The Book Review Directory

Following their adventures in Malketh and the Undead, this third book brings the comedy and action into the next chapter of Raven, Romda and Ravai's ongoing saga. Sink into this epic fantasy, full of mystery and the unexpected. A great gift for your Middle Grader or anyone who wants a fun, easy read.

What people have said about the

"… plenty of engaging action and some fun, silly, kid humor." - Blue Ink Review

""this journey of three young knights at the threshold of greatness is filled with the promise of many more adventures to come."" - Literary Titan

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Monday, October 14, 2024

Blog tour- THE MIND GAME by @MGHarrisBooks With An Interview & A #Giveaway!

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE MIND GAME by M.G. Harris Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About The Book:

Title: THE MIND GAME

Author: M.G. Harris

Pub. Date: April 4, 2024

Publisher: Darkwater Books

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook

Pages: 298

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/THE-MIND-GAME

Read for FREE with a Kindle Unlimited membership.

Years have passed since her childhood friend disappeared, but Roni remains consumed by the mystery. Can she uncover what happened to Maxim Santiago?

Podcast fame thrusts 17-year-old Roni into a perilous quest to find her missing friend, who disappeared from Dulles Airport, Washington D.C. She teams up with tech-savvy Kenzie to crack cryptic messages and unearth a dark secret about trafficked kids. Dodging shadowy agents of the ruthless Russian dictator waging a global ‘Mind Game’ on his enemies, they end up in a sweltering Mexican town, a nexus for refugees.

They shared childhood memories, but Maxim has changed. He’s older, wiser, perhaps even dangerous. Now he seeks their help to rescue enslaved children guarding a world-shaking secret, but time’s running out. Roni and Kenzie dive into Maxim’s risky mission, testing their friendship amid a struggle for control of a key project that could win the ‘Mind Game.’

It's a journey that brings Roni an astonishing self-discovery. Can she trust in herself to help the rescue succeed?

From “sci-fi author M.G. Harris, creator of the best-selling Joshua Files” (Radio Times Magazine, 5th September 2013) comes an espionage mystery thriller for teens and young adults, set in a world of geopolitical conflicts that sits rather closely to our own post-pandemic world.

Praise for M. G. Harris:

"MG Harris proves she has a deft touch and a real skill for writing heart-stopping adventure" Vanessa Curtis, 16 February 2008, The Glasgow Herald
“M.G. Harris is a very skilled storyteller” Ed Fortune, Starburst Magazine, 2014
“Harris keeps the tension high throughout the action sequences” Paul Simpson, Sci-Fi Bulletin, 2015
“Harris’s prose is nice and breezy” Michael Cook, Geek Vibes Nation, 2023

Book Trailer:

Interview Questions

For the readers: can you tell us a little bit about your book and the characters?

‘The Mind Game’ is the first in a series of YA spy thrillers, set in a reality geopolitically similar to ours, but with a sci-fi/fantasy tweak.

I have planned a series of trilogies, the first of which sets up the origin story of 17-year-old, soon-to-be D.C. International High school graduate, Roni Padilla. She investigates the mystery of Maxim Santiago, a school friend who went missing five years prior. When she and her bestie/adoptive brother, Kenzie, track down Maxim to Chiapas, Mexico, they’re drawn into helping him complete a mission to liberate other kids like him from a camp in Cuba.

As in our own reality, there’s a worldwide struggle to hold onto freedoms against an axis of autocratic powers that are using all kinds of chicanery to destabilize democratic nations. Whoever gets access to Maxim and other kids like him could win the edge in this global mind game.

For Roni, her unique relationship to Maxim makes her a target for recruitment by intelligence services. That’s the direction the series takes. Actions she takes in book 1, relationships she makes and things she learns about herself, they all contribute to a decision she makes in book 3.

What are you working on now?

I’ve just finished the first draft of book 3, which takes Roni to South Korea. Now I’m moving onto the fourth book, a prequel centering Maxim and two other side characters who show up in ‘False Flag,’ book 2. Their backstory is referred to quite a bit in the first trilogy, so I felt it’d be the right time for a pause in Roni’s story and to find out more about them.

Were any of the characters in the book inspired by people from your real life?

In ‘The Mind Game’ Roni is living with the family of Kenzie, her best friend from school. He has two moms, and I did base these characters on two close friends, a lesbian couple who have two kids. Originally I used their real names until I realized I needed my characters to do things and make decisions that my friends might not, so I changed the names. It’s surprisingly challenging to make fictional characters inspired by real people depart from what you think those real people would actually do! And similarly difficult for those people to read it, so all round it was better to change their names.

Who was your favorite character to write? What about your least favorite?

I usually write from the point of view of a single character only, the exception being my EMANCIPATED series for Harper Teen, authored as M.G. Reyes. The narrator is always my favorite to write because I get the most experience doing it.

In ‘The Mind Game’ it’s Roni Padilla. For the first time in my writing career I’m writing a narrator who is consciously addressing an audience, which is a new challenge, very fun. Precisely who Roni’s audience is, that’s tbd. Of all the characters I’ve ever written, she is the one perhaps most similar to me, which makes her a little easier to write. At least until she starts doing crazy difficult stuff that I would probably run a mile from!

My least favorite character is usually the one who features least, because I know them less well than the others. My books usually have a lot of plot and action going on, and only enough space to focus on the main character and their closest relationships. Side characters don’t get a lot of focus. But that’s the advantage of writing a series, I can feature different characters more in future.

What is your favorite passage/scene in your book?

Without giving too much away, there are a couple scenes where Roni gets the first inklings of abilities she didn’t know she had. In book 1, she doesn’t yet understand the implications of her experience in those scenes. There are scenes where the payoff is in book 2, ‘False Flag’ (out in hardback at the end of October!), which makes them mysterious, maybe a little spooky. I love writing things like that.

What kind of research did you have to do for the story?

Mostly geographical research, some travel in Mexico and Cuba, some technical research about helicopters. Thankfully, less than in my previous series ‘The Joshua Files’ and ‘Gemini Force 1’! As ‘The Mind Game’ series develops with plots more along the lines of espionage thrillers, I’m finding I need to research aspects of tradecraft for the intelligence services. Luckily one of the new authors I’ve started reading is a former MI6 operative writing under a pseudonym and ‘he’ kindly agreed to answer my questions.

Lightning Round Questions

What are you reading right now? Or what do you have on your TBR that you’re dying to read?

Right now I’m reading ‘Box 88’ by Charles Cumming. The series was recommended to me by other thriller authors. Being new to spy fiction, I’ve some catching up to do, and I’m really enjoying the new wave of espionage thrillers.

I’m dying to read another book by Gabrielle Zevin, or ‘The Poppy Wars’ by RF Kuang, or ‘Demon Copperhead’ by Barbara Kingsolver.

Favorite social media site?

YouTube. I’m a politics nerd, so 30-90 minute lectures or discussions about geopolitics are my jam. Also comedy bits, can’t get enough of those, especially Sarah Cooper. A close second is Instagram for cooking and baking videos. I engage much less than I used to on social media, which is a conscious decision. It’s hard to find time to write, when you limit your screen time, which I try to do for the sake of my eyes.

Favorite Superhero or Villain?

Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. He’s been an angsty superhero since before it was cool. I have some classic runs in my DD comic book collection. More recently, I’m really getting into ‘Invincible,’ which is an adult comicbook with teenage heroes. So you get adult themes explored but also, a coming-of-age story, which obviously as a YA author, I’m here for.

Favorite TV show?

For me, ‘Breaking Bad’ is the nadir of TV writing. But my first TV fan involvement was for ‘Blake’s 7’ the British 70s sci-fi drama. Writing ‘Blake’s 7’ fanfic is how I got my start writing, in fact.

Contemporary, I’m gonna say ‘Doctor Who.’ We recently watched all of New Who straight through, an experience that I highly recommend, if you have time. It helped me to see the Chris Chibnall era in a different light. Now Peter Capaldi and Jodie Foster could well be my favorite Doctors of the post 2005 ‘Doctor Who.’

Sweet or Salty?

Sweet, preferably chocolatey.

Any Phobias?

Spiders and enclosed spaces. Combination of the two is my room 101.

Song you can’t get enough of right now?

Tacones Rojos by Colombian reggaetón Singer, Sebastian Yatra. It’s so ridiculously upbeat. Cannot help but dance when I hear it!

2024 Movie you’re most looking forward to?

‘Wicked - Part 1.’ First saw the show in London when my daughter begged me to take her for her 16th birthday mother/daughter treat. Saw the show again a few weeks back, with a friend that I’ve been trying to persuade to learn one of the parts of ‘For Good’ so we can duet. Very excited for the movie. One of the great female friendship stories, in my book. My pal opted to learn the Elphaba part, btw :-)

Do you play video games? If so what are some of your favorites?

Not much, because I am a recovering gameaholic. No joke. I had to go cold turkey a long time ago, when my first child was one year old and I realized I was in danger of neglecting her.

Our kids are adults now, so a couple years ago I began to ease myself back in. I really enjoyed ‘Life Is Strange’ and I’m currently playing the sequel. Love the whole moody YA, Eastern seaboard vibe. It’s giving Twilight-first-movie (the cool indie one).

Have also gone back to classics I missed out on when I was abstaining, like the ‘Broken Sword’ series. You can get them for your mobile phone! Very fun, cheesy dialogue, smart puzzles and globe-trotting archaeology adventures.

About M.G. Harris:

M.G. Harris was born in Mexico City and raised in Manchester, England. She studied Biochemistry at St Catherine's College Oxford and stuck around for even more at St Cross College.

To this day she lives in Oxford. It's not an easy place to leave.

The first job M.G. Harris was ever aware of wanting to do, aged six, was to write children’s books. Then, aged eight and inspired by Doctor Who, she tried to make Wirrn slime with a friend’s Chemistry Set 4, discovered chemistry, and writing went out of the window.

But in 2004, a skiing accident changed everything...

You can find out more about how MG became an author at her website.

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Giveaway Details:

5 winners will receive a finished copy of the second edition paperback of THE MIND GAME, US Only.

Ends October 29th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/14/2024	Daily Waffle	Guest Post
10/14/2024	Sudeshna Loves Reading	Interview
10/15/2024	Fire and Ice Reads	Guest Post/IG Post
10/15/2024	Brandi Danielle Davis	IG Post
10/16/2024	YA Books Central	Interview/IG Post
10/16/2024	TX Girl Reads	Guest Post/IG Post
10/17/2024	The Momma Spot	Guest Post
10/17/2024	Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt/IG Post
10/18/2024	@callistoscalling	IG Post
10/18/2024	@alexandriavwilliams_	IG Review/TikTok Post

Week Two:

10/21/2024	Readingonthebrink	IG Review
10/21/2024	The Real World According to Sam	Review/IG Post
10/22/2024	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post
10/22/2024	Deal sharing aunt	Review/IG Post
10/23/2024	Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's	Review/IG Post
10/23/2024	@thepagelady	IG Review
10/24/2024	@evergirl200	IG Review
10/24/2024	Bookgirlbrown_reviews	Review/IG Post
10/25/2024	@pagesforpaige	IG Review
10/25/2024	Country Mamas With Kids	Review/IG Post