I am thrilled to be hosting a spot
on the LIVE YOUR BEST LIE by Jessie Weaver Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out
my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Author: Jessie Weaver
Pub. Date: January 24, 2023
Publisher: Melissa de la Cruz Studio
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 368
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/LIVE-YOUR-BEST-LIE
Sometimes the prettiest Instagram
feeds mask the darkest, and bloodiest, secrets.
Social media influencer Summer Cartwright leads a very charmed life:
millions of followers, the hottest designer and vintage clothes at her
fingertips, a newly minted book deal, the coolest friends, and, until recently,
the hottest boyfriend at her über-elite prep school. Every moment of her life has
been carefully planned and cultivated to complement her “imperfectly perfect”
social media persona. She is truly #LivingHerBestLife.
But when Summer goes missing during her annual Halloween party and then an
unscheduled post appears on her feed stating that she’ll be dead within the
next five minutes, those closest to Summer know something isn’t quite right―or
on-brand. Grace, Summer’s camera-shy best friend; Adam, Summer’s gamer
ex-boyfriend; Laney, Summer’s moody camp roommate; and Cora, an influencer
wannabe, all decide to investigate. And when they come upon Summer’s lifeless
body, they soon realize that no filter is strong enough to mask the lies we
tell ourselves.
Told in multiple POVs interspersed with social media posts and
flashbacks, Live Your Best Lie has twists and turns that will
keep readers turning the page and no one will be able to guess the ending.
I'm both excited to see what this debut author writes next AND to see where Melissa de la Cruz's publishing line goes.
About Jessie Weaver:
Before
writing about flawed, funny teens with big hearts, Jessie Weaver spent ten
years teaching them English. She completed the Stanford University online novel
writing program in 2019. Though she’s an East Coast girl at heart, originally
from Baltimore, MD, she currently lives just outside Denver, Colorado with her
husband and two daughters. Live Your Best Lie is her first novel.
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Ends February 14th, midnight EST.
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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE RUMOR GAME by Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours.
About The Book:
Authors: Dhonielle Clayton and Sona
Charaipotra
Pub. Date: March 1, 2022
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 480
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, BandN, iBooks(audiobook), Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
All it takes is one spark to start a blaze.
At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC’s elite, a single
rumor has the power to ruin a life.
Nobody knows that better than Bryn. She used to have it all—the perfect
boyfriend, a bright future in politics, and even popularity, thanks to her best
friend, cheer captain Cora. Then one mistake sparked a scandal that burned it
all to the ground.
Now it’s the start of a new school year and the spotlight has shifted: It’s
geeky Georgie, newly hot after a summer makeover, whose name is on everyone’s
lips. When a rumor ignites, Georgie rockets up the school’s social hierarchy,
pitting her and Cora against each other. It grants her Foxham stardom . . . but
it also makes her a target.
As the rumors grow and morph, blazing like wildfire through the school’s social
media, all three girls’ lives begin to unravel. But one person close to the
drama has the power to stop the gossip in its tracks. The question is—do they
even want to?
From Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra, authors of the Tiny Pretty Things
duology (now a Netflix series), comes the edge-of-your-seat social thriller
everyone will be talking about.
Author Quote:
"A juicy, elegant, absolutely flawless thriller with a twist. It's the diverse Gossip Girl we've been waiting for!"―Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times best-selling author of Grown and White Smoke
About Dhonielle Clayton:
Dhonielle Clayton is the New York Times best-selling author of the
Belles series, The Mirror: Shattered Midnight, and the coauthor of Blackout
and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, now a Netflix original series. She
hails from the Washington, DC, suburbs on the Maryland side. She taught
secondary school for several years, and is a former elementary and
middle school librarian. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse
Books, and president of Cake Creative, an IP story kitchen dedicated to diverse
representation. She’s an avid traveler, and always on the hunt for magic
and mischief. Up next: The Marvellers, her middle grade fantasy debut.
You can find her on social media @brownbookworm.
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Sona Charaipotra is the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How
Maya Got Fierce, and coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, now a
Netflix original series. She earned her master’s in screenwriting from NYU and
an MFA in creative writing from the New School. A working journalist, Sona has
held editorial roles at People, TeenPeople, ABCNews.com, MSN, and
most recently, the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog (RIP), and contributed to
publications from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She is a
former We Need Diverse Books board member, and co-founder of CAKE Literary, a
boutique book packager focused on high-concept diverse titles. Find her on the
web talking about books, Bollywood movies, and chai.
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About the Books:
Stuffed:
Everyone thinks that Clark is too old to still play with stuffed animals. He's almost eleven! Bullies target him at school while his mother tries increasingly un-subtle ways to wean him off his toys and introduce more "normal" interests. But Clark can't shake the feeling that his stuffed friends are important, even necessary. Sometimes they move around in the night, and sometimes in the morning they look a little worse for wear, as if they've engaged in battle. And it turns out . . . he's right.
Clark's dad is under attack by a nefarious, shadowy monster called a King Derker, and only Clark's stuffies are able to fight him off. The problem is, no one believes Clark, and when his mom attempts to rid the house of stuffed animals to try to get him to grow up, she's actually putting Clark's dad and the entire household in mortal peril. Now it's up to Clark's grandma-made sock animal, Foon, to save the day. Luckily, being handmade by a loved one gives Foon extra battle points, but he's still a brand-new stuffy. Does he have what it takes to rid Clark's house of all its monsters?
Told through both Clark's and Foon's points of view, Stuffed confirms every kid's dream: that stuffed animals do have a life and a purpose, and that sometimes the most unconventional friendships are also the most valuable.
Stuffed Into Darkness:
Clark can’t wait to go away to camp this year. For the first time ever, he has actual friends to hang out with. Catherine-Lucille and D. A. will both be at Camp I Can with Clark, and C. L. has already promised to induct him into her exclusive camp club—the one for campers who know everything there is to know about the world of Monsters and how Stuffies protect kids from them.
But once Clark gets to camp, he and his friends discover things are off. There are strange, gooey findings in some of the bunks, the adults are acting weird, and, worst of all, their Stuffies and dolls go missing right at the moment they need them the most—when they go on the intersession camping trip and end up trapped in a creepy old cabin.
She lives in Brooklyn with a husband, two children, a cat, a part-time dog, three fish and five coffee trees she insists will start producing beans any day.
Chatting with Liz:
Did you have a favorite stuffy as a kid (and is that the same stuffy you sleepy with today?)
Oh I always hate this question! What if my other Stuffies are listening? Raccoony was my girl, a strong racoon with (sustainably imagined) sharp teeth who could rip any Monster to shreds. There was also Duckie, who could change into any other type of bird, and Mousie, who was kind of a wizard. My mother made Mousie and all of these cute little outfits for her that were kept in a bureau made from matchboxes.
The Stuffies I sleep with today are mostly my husband, my cat, and occasionally Gorilla, when he falls off the window ledge onto the bed.
I have one called Honey Bear that's been with my forever. A little worn out with love, but still adorable.
What were your adventures like in the woods with your stuffy?
Wish I had pictures of my adventures to show you, but I don't think the dragons and unicorns (and vampires) show up on film. We would catch (real) frogs, build little dams in the stream, and save magical kingdoms from shadowy evildoers. I had this one climbing tree that was tall enough so that balanced precariously at the top I could see far away hills in the sunset; I always imagined if I could climb just a little bit higher I'd be able to see dragons gliding along the horizon.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
I love this book idea - how did you come up with it? (Is it based on your childhood adventures)
When I was little I used to sleep with all my stuffed animals on either side of me, facing away from me so they could see the Monsters coming. This was just reality and not anything I felt like I made up.
Many years later when I was working in the video game industry I had an idea for a game in which you played a stuffed animal who had to defend his Boy at night...then I re-conceived it as a graphic novel, and finally it lives where it belongs: as a book. The first Stuffed took over twenty years in the making!
What are your favorite and least favorite parts about summer camp?
My favorite parts of summer camp are living in the woods, archery, and canoeing. My least favorite parts are the food and the occasional bully (see: Kris, in Into Darkness).
Are there more books in this series? And if not, what are you working on now...
There is so much left to explore in the world of Stuffies (and Darkness). Can't reveal anything yet, but along with continuing Foon and Clark's adventures there are other tales to tell, starring other kids and other Monsters...Plus I address the very important question: Where do cats fit in? They can be sort of like Stuffies, right? And they often see things that aren't there...
I am also finishing up copy edits for What Once Was Mine, a retelling of the movie Tangled for Disney's Twisted Tales series. And writing a short story for a secret Disney book. Um, and finishing up the first book in a new midgrade series.
Whew, having just read that I think I'm gonna need a bigger cup of coffee. Much bigger.
That does sounds like you're very busy!
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot
on the 10 TRUTHS AND A DARE by Ashley Elston Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out
my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About the Book:
Author: Ashley Elston
Pub. Date: May 4, 2021
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 304
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B and N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
This companion to Ashley Elston's beloved 10 Blind Dates follows Sophie's high-achieving cousin Olivia as she juggles last-minute P.E. credit, end-of-year parties, and a secret new romance in the chaotic week before graduation.
It's Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have
ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute
bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready. Class
salutatorian and confident in her future at LSU, she's poised to sail through
to the next phase of her life.
But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia
in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight
without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family. Volunteering to
help at a local golf tournament should do it, but since Olivia's mom equipped
her phone with a tracking app, there'll be no hiding the fact that she's at the
golf course instead of all the graduation parties happening at the same time.
Unless, that is, she can convince the Fab Four--her ride-or-die cousins and
best friends Sophie, Charlie, and Wes--to trade phones with her as they go
through the motions of playing Olivia for the week.
My Thoughts: I really loved 10 Blind Dates, so I was happy to snag a copy of 10 Truths and a Dare. I loved coming back to this large, noisy, meddling family. I missed them! I loved Oliva and her ambition. I felt terrible for her about the off campus PE form and how that threatened everything. I loved how the Fab Four passed Olivia's phone back and forth between them and answered her mom's texts. Very funny. I loved learning more about the Evil Jos. I really hope there's one (at least) more book in this family. The parties were clever and would be a fun addition to graduation week. Also I loved the speech at the end! I didn't want to put this one down!
About Ashley:
Ashley Elston is the author of
several novels including: 10 Blind Dates (a Top Ten ALA Quick
Pick and the companion to this book), The Rules for Disappearing (a
finalist in the Best Young Adult Novel category of the International Thriller
Writers Thriller Awards), This Is Our Story, and The Lying
Woods. She has a liberal arts degree from Louisiana State University in
Shreveport and worked for many years as a wedding photographer before turning
her hand to writing. Ashley lives in Shreveport with her husband and three
sons. For more information about Ashley and her books, please visit
www.ashleyelston.com.
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Sophie's heading to her grandparents for the Christmas vacation while her parents visit her very pregnant sister. On her way to her family, she stops off at a party to tell her boyfriend the good news. Only she overhears him telling his best friend that this break will be good for them - that Sophie's no longer fun.
Bruce's home is already a full house.
But when a big storm brings all his woodland neighbors knocking, he'll have to open his door to a crowd of animals in need of shelter-whether he likes it or not.
Readers will love this next installment of the uproarious, award-winning Mother Bruce series.
Ryan T. Higgins is a New York Times
Bestselling author/illustrator residing in Southern Maine. He lives with his
two dogs, two cats, one gecko, one tortoise, one son, one daughter, and one
wife. As a child, he lived on a diet of cartoons, cheese sandwiches, and
climbing trees. At the age of four he decided to become a cartoonist and he’s
been making his own cartoons ever since.
Just when Private I thinks all is calm-now that he's cracked the case of 7 Ate 9-Question Mark storms into the office.
Mark is worried. All the uppercase letters are M-I-S-S-I-N-G! But that's absurd. This is CAPITAL City!
Private I is the last letter standing. Will he solve his BIGGEST mystery yet, the UPPER CASE, before it's too late?!
Filled with the same humor, wit, and quirkiness of the hit 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story, comes another laugh-out-loud whodunit.
Street magic performer. Hog-calling champion. Award-winning ice sculptor.
These are all things Tara Lazar has never been.
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