TBR Thursday #9

 All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power.

Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.

As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.

BLOG TOUR: In Light of Recent Events by Amy Klinger

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS by Amy Klinger Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS

Author: Amy Klinger

Pub. Date: March 22, 2022

Publisher: The Story Plant

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 336

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, TBD, Bookshop.org

In the 1990s American workplace, survival of the fittest is sometimes less about clawing your way to the top than developing good camouflage. And Audrey Rohmer is doing her very best to blend in as an undistinguished middle manager. Uninspired by her job and uneasy about her father's new marriage, Audrey coasts through the work week leaning on her “partner in apathy” – an admin assistant named Pooter – to keep her relationship with the married head of her department from becoming water cooler gossip.

But when an old family friend-turned-Hollywood-superstar crashes on her doorstep in the midst of a publicity crisis, Audrey's under-the-radar status quo gets upended, and the writing may literally be on the bathroom wall that secrets will find a way out.

Equally acerbic and heartfelt, In Light of Recent Events is both an endlessly engaging piece of storytelling and a fascinating commentary on workplaces, families, and fame. 

Reviews:

“I really enjoyed IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS. It's a fast, fun, emotionally engaging novel about friendship, family, and the day-to-day horrors of middle management. Amy Klinger gives us a delightful cast of characters to relate to, laugh with, and, ultimately, root for.” -- Matthew Norman, author of DOMESTIC VIOLETS

“With a wit as precise as an edge of a carefully cut diamond, In Light of Recent Events navigates universal workplace intrigues in this thoughtful story about love, friendship, and growing up.” -- Jane Ward, author of In the Aftermath

 

About Amy Klinger:

Amy Klinger is a fiction writer and essayist, a freelance copywriter and message strategist. She is also an amateur baker, a mediocre mountain biker, and whatever the opposite of "handyman" is. Amy has an MFA from University of Utah and lives with her family in Vermont where she is currently working on her next novel. Visit AmyKlinger.com for blog posts and other updates.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card courtesy of Rockstar Book Tours, International.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

3/14/2022	BookHounds	Guest Post/IG Post
3/15/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Guest Post
3/16/2022	Lady Hawkeye	Excerpt/IG Post
3/17/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post
3/18/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post

Week Two:

3/21/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
3/22/2022	The Girl Who Reads	Review
3/23/2022	boozybook blog	Review/IG Post
3/24/2022	Fire and Ice	Review
3/25/2022	The Reading Wordsmith	Review/IG Post

Week Three:

3/28/2022	Ravenz Reviewz	Review/IG Post
3/29/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review
3/30/2022	Excuse Me, I’m Reading	Review
3/31/2022	@jypsylynn	Review
4/1/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review

Week Four:

4/4/2022	onemoreexclamation	Review/IG Post
4/5/2022	@coffeesipsandreads	Review
4/6/2022	pickagoodbook	Review/IG Post
4/7/2022	The Momma Spot	Review
4/8/2022	Momfluenster	Review

SPRING BREAK!!!!!!// Sunday Post #29

 The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly from The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

This week is our spring break and it will be a much needed break. I homeschool my kids and I always schedule their spring break for the last week of March because our school district has theirs the following week. My husband also request a week long vacation from his job and is much needed because it will give us more time to think and consider his new job and if it will work with our family. The new job doesn't have a consistent schedule because it is swing shift, meaning he would work days one week and then nights the next and it is hard to wrap my head around.

In other news, out first full week with Si was great. We are learning and making a routine. She stays outside and never comes in because we have three indoor cats who are very territorial and would be completely stressed out. Si is obsessed with her toys from her Marvel barkbox, and she demands belly scratches constantly. She is also trying to be a lap dog.

My 12 year old and Si

Taken on National Puppy Day

My hubby is obsessed

my oldest and youngest giving Si a "makeover"

Also, her kennel that I bought from Wayfair is almost finished. Here is a little PSA: NEVER BUY FROM WAYFAIR. They sent so many wrong parts and left so many of the required pieces out. I thankfully got some of the pieces I needed with the replacement option, which I have to say is a little to easy to get. It's like they do it on purpose just to make people wait longer. I have now had to make a second replacement order because the top of the door frame to her kennel doesn't line up with the bottom. Wayfair sucks.

Monday: Review: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Wednesday: Blog Tour: It's the End of the World and I'm In My Bathing Suit

Thursday: Blog Tour: A Measure of Serenity

In Light of Recent Events blog tour

WWW wednesday

tbr thursday

updated reviews

I have two books that I received this week for upcoming blog tours and I am excited to get to them. One is a middle grade about dragons and the other is a ya coming of age contemporary.

Hope everyone has a great week. I sure hope to have a little bit of fun during all of the errands I have to run, but that will be in next weeks post.

BLOG TOUR: A Measure of Serenity by Bryan Prosek

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the A MEASURE OF SERENITY by Bryan Prosek Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: A MEASURE OF SERENITY

Author: Bryan Prosek

Pub. Date: July 20, 2021

Publisher: CamCat Books

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 368

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

A million thoughts, but only one right thing to do.

Eighteen-year-old Serenity Ashdown has a brilliant mind: she counts, calculates, and analyzes everything, even when she doesn’t want to. Her memory is also far beyond photographic, surpassing her physicist father’s abilities. But her world was otherwise normal right up until dimension-hopping enemies forced her into a parallel reality. The feds she meets on the other side claim to want to help her go home. All she has to do is use her memory to reconstruct the right sequence of codes. But it’s soon clear they want something more: a gateway for invasion, because this version of Earth is dying.

Serenity can’t risk returning home with a deadly force behind her, but the feds aren’t about to let her escape. Then she learns that the “other Serenity,” her alter-ego in this dimension, was a resistance leader recently betrayed and killed. She has a chance to assume her alter-ego’s identity and use her unique ability to lead the resistance in their fight against the tyrannical super-government that is poised to invade her universe. Serenity has no idea how to be someone she’s not, but she has to try—or she may not even have a home to return to.

Review:

"Readers will enjoy following Serenity as she learns to become a leader . . . in this dystopian thriller showcasing a strong young woman in STEM." -Kirkus Reviews

 

 

About Bryan Prosek:

Bryan Prosek is a young adult writer and business attorney. Along with his first two novels, The Brighter the Stars and A Measure of Serenity, he has published books and articles in legal trade journals and magazines. When he isn’t writing or practicing law, you can probably find him watching dystopian and science fiction movies or television shows. He loves the big screen and the small screen. There’s a good chance that he’ll be watching one of the numerous Star Trek movies or series, but he could be watching anything from Guardians of the Galaxy to The Conjuring.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of A MEASURE OF SERENITY & swag, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

3/14/2022	Lady Hawkeye	Excerpt/IG Post
3/14/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt
3/15/2022	Mythical Books	Excerpt/IG Post
3/15/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
3/16/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post
3/16/2022	BookHounds YA	Excerpt
3/17/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
3/17/2022	@bookwormvera	Review
3/18/2022	Writer of Wrongs	Excerpt
3/18/2022	Sadie's Spotlight	Excerpt

Week Two:

3/21/2022	Jazzy Book Reviews	Excerpt
3/21/2022	One More Exclamation	Review
3/22/2022	The Reading Wordsmith	Review/IG Post
3/22/2022	Fire and Ice	Review
3/23/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
3/23/2022	@coffeesipsandreads	Review
3/24/2022	Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog	Review
3/24/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review
3/25/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review
3/25/2022	More Books Please blog	Review

BLOG TOUR: It's The End of the World and I'm In My Bathing Suit by Justin A Reynolds

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AND I’M IN MY BATHING SUIT by Justin A. Reynolds Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AND I’M IN MY BATHING SUIT

Author: Justin A. Reynolds

Pub. Date: April 5, 2022

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 304

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... especially the dreaded L-A-U-N-D-R-Y. If he can wear all the clothes he owns, he'll only have to do the laundry once during his school break.

On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie's monstrous pile of dirty laundry is found by his mom. And Eddie's day has just taken a turn for the worst. Now he's stuck at home by himself, missing the bash, and doing his whole pile of laundry. But mid-cycle, the power goes out!

With his first load of laundry wet and the rest of his stuff still filthy, he sets out to explore the seemingly empty neighborhood in his glow-in-the-dark swim trunks, flip-flops, and a beach towel. He soon meets up with other neighborhood kids: newcomer Xavier (who was mid-haircut and has half his head shaved), Eddie's former friend Sonia (who has spent her entire break trying to beat a video game and was mid-battle with the final boss), and siblings Trey and Sage (who are dealing with major sibling drama).

As they group up to cover more ground and find out what happened, they realize that their families aren't coming back anytime soon. And as night falls, the crew realizes that they aren't just the only people left in the neighborhood, they might be the only people left... anywhere.

Book Trailer:

Justin talks about IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AND I’M IN MY BATHING SUIT

 

About Justin A. Reynolds:

JUSTIN A. REYNOLDS has always wanted to be a writer. Opposite of Always, his debut novel, was an Indies Introduce selection, a School Library Journal Best Book, has been translated in 17 languages, and is being developed for film with Paramount Players. He hangs out in northeast Ohio with his family and likes it, and is probably somewhere, right now, dancing terribly. His second novel, Early Departures, published September 2020. In spring 2021, he teamed up with Marvel and Graphix to release his debut graphic novel, Miles Morales: Shock Waves. You can find him at justinareynolds.com.

 

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon | BookBub

 

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AND I’M IN MY BATHING SUIT, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

3/21/2022	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt
3/21/2022	For the Love of KidLit	Excerpt
3/22/2022	BookHounds YA	Excerpt
3/22/2022	@jael_and_jenessa_reads	Review
3/23/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review
3/23/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review
3/24/2022	Nerdophiles	Review
3/24/2022	Cindy's Love of Books	Review
3/25/2022	Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog	Review
3/25/2022	The Reading Wordsmith	Review

Week Two:

3/28/2022	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review
3/28/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review
3/29/2022	Nonbinary Knight Reads	Review
3/29/2022	One More Exclamation	Review
3/30/2022	@drewsim12	Review
3/30/2022	Ravenz Reviewz	Review
3/31/2022	More Books Please blog	Review
3/31/2022	@coffeesipsandreads	Review
4/1/2022	The Momma Spot	Review
4/1/2022	fictionologyst	Review