Blog Tour: Kenzie's Kingdom by Shea Fontana

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the KENZIE'S KINGDOM by Sam Beck Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: KENZIE'S KINGDOM

Author: Shea Fontana, Agnes Garbowska (Illustrated), Rebecca Taylor (Editor)

Pub. Date: July 26, 2022

Publisher: Wonderbound

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 128

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

When modern meets medieval, Kenzie must help a squire get back to the past in this time-traveling fantasy adventure!

A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRINCESS

Kenzie hates that her family moved to a castle to start a Medieval-themed resort, but all that changes when a time-traveling squire needs Kenzie’s help to get back home to the past! From the best-selling creative team behind DC Superhero Girls, this is a perfect read for fans of Phoebe and her Unicorn, The Baby-Sitter’s Club, or Witches of Brooklyn.

 

About Shea Fontana:

Shea Fontana is a writer for film, television and graphic novels. Her credits include developing and writing the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts, TV specials, movies and graphic novels; Polly Pocket (developed and story editor), Doc McStuffins, The 7D, Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets (wrote show bible and first season), Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (story editor), the new Muppet Babies series; two Disney on Ice shows where she wrote new material for the worlds of Mickey Mouse, Inside Out, Disney Princesses, Finding Dori, Frozen, and other Disney and Pixar properties; and the feature film, Crowning Jules. She has also written for top comic titles including Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman: Overdrive (coming 2019), Catwoman/Looney Tunes, and contributed anthology pieces starring Deathstroke and Teen Titans.

Her DC Super Hero Girls graphic novels have been New York Times Best Sellers. Her debut graphic novel, Finals Crisis, was honored with Diamond's 2016 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel, and DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High won the 2017 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel as well as the Comixology Reader's Pick award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel of 2017. DC Super Hero Girls won the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel. She was listed 61st on Bleeding Cool’s Power List of Comics for 2018. The London Free Press declared her “not afraid to be corny,” which is an accurate assessment of her persona both on and off the page.

She lives in sunny Los Angeles where she enjoys hiking, hanging out with her beagle, Ziggy, and changing her hair color. Using the secret identity “Shea Q. Off,” Shea played roller derby until her angry knees forced her into early retirement. 

 

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About Agnes Garbowska:

Agnes has worked with many of the major comic book publishers illustrating such titles as the New York Times Best Sellers & Gem Award winner DC Superhero Girls for DC Comics, My Little Pony, Care Bears, and Jem and the Holograms for IDW, Grumpy Cat, Boo: the World's Cutest Dog, and Li’l Vampi  for Dynamite Entertainment, Sonic Universe Off-Panel Stripes for Archie Comics, and Victories for Dark Horse. She has worked with Marvel Comics, providing artwork for Girl Comics and Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special. She is also the artist for the 2014 Halloween Comic Fest comic, The Adventure of Ernie from Aspen Comics.

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Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive a finished copy of KENZIE'S KINGDOM, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

7/11/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
7/12/2022	Write. Read. Live.	Excerpt/IG Post
7/13/2022	BookHounds YA	Guest Post/IG Post
7/14/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt
7/15/2022	Ya Books Central	Guest Post
7/16/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post

Week Two:

7/17/2022	@allyluvsbooksalatte	IG Post
7/18/2022	Lady Hawkeye	Excerpt/IG Post
7/19/2022	@meetcuteromancebooks	IG Post
7/20/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
7/21/2022	@just_another_mother_with_books	IG Post
7/22/2022	One More Exclamation	Review/IG Post
7/23/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	Review/IG Post

Week Three:

7/24/2022	Books and Zebras	Review/IG Post
7/25/2022	The Clever Reader	Guest Post/IG Post
7/26/2022	Little Red Reads	Review
7/27/2022	Books a Plenty Book Reviews	Review
7/28/2022	FictionalFey	Review/IG Post
7/29/2022	Nerdophiles	Review/IG Post
7/30/2022	More Books Please blog	Review/IG Post

Week Four:

7/31/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review/IG Post
8/1/2022	hodophile_z	IG Review
8/2/2022	Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf	IG Review
8/3/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
8/4/2022	@enjoyingbooksagain	Review/IG Post
8/5/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review

Goodbye July// Sunday Post #36

 

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

This past week was a good one. I got a lot done and I only had to watch the toddlers for 3 days instead of 4. They got registered for school and the three year old is excited. The four year old not so much. I have a feeling that he is going to be crying everymorning at school for a while because he does it when he is dropped off. It's weird how worried I am about him and I am definitely going to miss these little hell beasts. 

I planned out our 180 days of the upcoming school year. We start in two weeks and our last day will be May 12, 2023. I am looking forward to this school year, but I am nervous because I will be doing high school prep with my oldest who is in 8th grade this year. 

I started reading a book that I have been meaning to get to for a year and a half. It is a sequel to a book that I loved last year called Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore by Stella Duffy. It is fictional story about the Empress Theodora of Constantinople. The sequel The Purple Shroud has been staring at me from my shelf and I decided to finally pick it up and I CANNOT  put it down. I have become obsessed with Ancient Civilizations again and I want to read all of the books that are re-tellings or non fiction. So if you are interested in Ancient Civilizations particularly Roman or Byzantine, then I highly recommend this duology.

The only pictures I took this week are of the toddlers and I obviously am not sharing that or their names due to privacy and respect for their parents. 

Monday: #5onmytbr

Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday: Not Read Seasonal

Wednesday: Review: The Blood of Olympus

#5onmytbr

Top Ten Tuesday

WWW Wednesday

Scarecrow Has A Gun Blog tour

I got a pretty big haul this week. Most of the books were sent from publishers for upcoming blog tours and then I bought two. I bought Dragonfly in Amber which is book 2 in the Outlander series. My love for Scotland has been rejuvenated thanks to this book and my dreams of running away to Scotland have resurfaced....lol. I also bought Secrecy World from Dollar Tree. It is a nonfiction about the Panama Papers which I know next to nothing about, except that it was a huge ass leak of almost 3 TB of data and there is a Meryl Streep movie about it. 

I didn't watch that much TV this week because I was getting Sh*t done, but I had to take some breaks. Obviously Ghost Adventures is my go to for the toddlers nap time. I finished the latest season that is on Discovery+ and finally watched the Cecil Hotel investigation. It made me really sad.

I finished Season 1 of Outlander the day I didn't have the toddlers and my kids were sleeping in and my hubby was at work, so peace and quiet. I miss it. I can't wait to read Dragonfly in Amber next month and get to season 2. 

I also watched a movie yesterday that is an adaptation of a nonfiction that I read back in 2019 and didn't get the time to watch it on streaming, so I had to utilize my hoopla account and I got to watch it that way. 

I know there was an indie film made about the Bling Ring kids that I think has Austin Butler in it that I want to watch to see if it is better. 

Review: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

 

I have finally completed the Heroes of Olympus series. I started this series in May 2019 and it has been a ride to say the least. I didn't think I would like this series because it involved Roman mythology and I didn't know much about it and kept getting confused at the very beginning, but throughout the years reading this and other myths, I learned more and could finally keep Roman gods and goddess in check.

The third book is still my favorite because of the places they visit and Reyna, Nico and Coach Hedge visit South Carolina in this one and I fact checked and actually learned more about my state's history from the Revolutionary War. I was also thinking of a character death that I thought took place in this book, but then found out that it is in the next series I am supposed to read. Which will be a while because I really need to read Rick Riordan's Egyptian series.

In this book, our seven demigods who are on a big quest together, have split into two groups. Nico, Reyna and Coach Hedge are tasked with bringing a statue that was stolen by the Romans back to Camp Half Blood. Percy, Jason, Leo, and Annabeth and the others are going to Athens to stop the giants from raising Gaea. They have all the stops along the way with battles and a little down time. I giggled a lot through this one an it is my second favorite of the series.

My hope is that the Disney+ show of Percy Jackson and the Olympians does so well that they can adapt this series and keep the actors in the age brackets. 

Top Ten Tuesday: Books Not Read from Previous Seasonal TBRs... whoops!

 

Thanks Jana for hosting Top Ten Tuesday. This post is kind of embarrasing because it is all about the books that I didn't get to in my seasonal TBRs. I have not been very good with sticking to my TBRs lately because LIFE! But as I go through my posts, I see that I did read some of the books I mentioned and of course there are ones I didn't pick up. Maybe this post and how I am roasting myself will keep my accountable and actually read these before the end of the year.

#5OnMyTBR// Kindle Reads for August

 

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook where you chose five books from your to-be-read pile that fit that week’s theme.

There is not a theme this week that I can see. The creator is on a hiatus, so I decided to come up with my own little prompt to try to keep me accountable for the month of August. I kind of have a plan for my topics that I want to do next month and I am excited. So my prompt today is Kindle reads I want to read in August. I have a ton of ebooks that I have not read because out of sight out of mind. So here we go. 

Can Summer Slow Down? // Sunday Post #35

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

Where did July go? It is coming up on the last week of the month and I am not happy about it. I am a person who looks forward to June and July every year because no schedules to keep and routines can be pushed to the way side so we can just swim and sleep in and be lazy. I am still baby sitting the two toddlers which the days are going by so fast now. When they start pre school next month, I will miss them but I won't miss the 4:30am wake up calls. My reading month is going better than last month as I have surpassed the amount I read last month which was 5, I have read 6 so far this month. 

I am in a reading mood and I want to read everything. I have a lot to do this week to prepare for the upcoming school year as I have been putting it off thanks to the toddlers. So I am hoping that my reading mood doesn't change. I also have been thinking alot about my youtube channel and this blog and just wanting to spend so much time and get back into it, but hesitant to do so because I don't want another hiatus.

We are almost done with the deck, we have the hand rails to install and the lattice to put up and we have to install to solar lights and posts caps and finish staining. So far, this is what we have completed. The last two weeks we have a continuous rain and thunderstroms that just never stopped an we have to keep the pump off hence why the pool is green in the second picture. Those two weeks really brought the mood down and it felt like the whole deck was just a complete waste of time and money because we couldn't enjoy it. 

I just have a great feeling that I am going to get alot done and be super productive. And that I will be back next week with another Sunday Post... hell, even blog this week.

Sunday: Nothing Good Happens After Midnight review

Monday: The Psychic's Memoirs review

Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday

Wednesday: Amulet #7 review

Saturday: Myracles in the Void Blog Tour

Top Ten Tuesday

WWW Wednesday

TBR Thursday or Tag Thursday

the blood of olympus review

I got sent some books from publishers for upcoming blog tours in the next few weeks. I think next week I will be showing an unhaul instead because I need to make some space. 

With the toddlers being here early in the morning, I have been utilizing Disney+ a ton. We watched so many Shark week documentaries last week. It puts them to sleep. My kids who are obsessed with Hamilton watched it three times this week, twice in one day and again the toddlers fell asleep.

We also watched more Ghost Adventures that also put the toddlers to sleep... they don't sleep all the time, but I do have them on a schedule. Morning naps are to Disney+ and afternoon naps go to Ghost Adventures because all that talking that Zak does bore them. I am skilled....lol

I am almost done with season 1 of Outlander. I am going to be reading Dragonfly in Amber next month for the Magical readathon: Autumn Equinox. 

How is everyone's summer going? What are ya'll reading or watching? 

Have a good week!