Lifestyle Of Me: September 2022

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

BLOG TOUR: Charlie Hernandez and The Golden Dooms by Ryan Calejo

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the CHARLIE HERNÁNDEZ & THE GOLDEN DOOMS by Ryan Calejo Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: CHARLIE HERNÁNDEZ & THE GOLDEN DOOMS (Charlie Hernández #3)

Author: Ryan Calejo

Pub. Date: September 13, 2022

Publisher: Aladdin

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 384

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

Inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America, this bold sequel to Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows, which Booklist called “a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan” in a starred review, follows Charlie as he continues on his quest to embrace his morphling identity.

Charlie Hernandez still likes to think of himself as a normal kid. But what’s normal about being a demon-slaying preteen with an encyclopedic knowledge of Hispanic and Latino mythology who can partially manifest nearly any animal trait found in nature? Well, not much. But, Charlie believes he can get used to this new “normal,” because being able to sprout wings or morph fins is pretty cool.

But there is a downside: it means having to constantly watch his back for La Mano Peluda’s sinister schemes. And when the leader of La Liga, the Witch Queen Jo herself, is suddenly kidnapped, Charlie’s sure they’re at it again.

Determined to save the queen and keep La Liga’s alliances intact, Charlie and his good friend Violet Rey embark on a perilous journey to track down her captors. As Charlie and Violet are drawn deeper into a world of monstruos and magia they are soon left with more questions than answers—like, why do they keep hearing rumors of dead men walking, and why is Charlie suddenly having visions of an ancient evil: a necromancer priest who’s been dead for more than five centuries?

Charlie’s abuela once told him that when dead men walk, the living run in fear. And Charlie’s about to learn the truth of that—the hard way.

Grab the first 2 books in the CHARLIE HERNÁNDEZ series now!

Cover Video:

Review: coming soon

About Ryan:

Ryan Calejo is the author of the Charlie Hernández series. He was born and raised in south Florida, where he graduated from the University of Miami with a BA. He teaches swimming to elementary school students, chess to middle school students, and writing to high school students. Having been born into a family of immigrants and growing up in the so-called “Capital of Latin America,” Ryan knows the importance of diversity in our communities and is passionate about writing books that children of all ethnicities can relate to.

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Giveaway Details:

2 winners will win a finished copy of CHARLIE HERNÁNDEZ & THE GOLDEN DOOMS, US ONLY.

Ends October 7^th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/1/2022	Confessions of a YA Reader	Guest Post or Excerpt
9/2/2022	@allyluvsbooksalatte	IG Spotlight
9/3/2022	Author Z. Knight's Guild	Guest Post or Excerpt

Week Two:

9/4/2022	RiverMose-Reads	Guest Post or Excerpt
9/5/2022	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Review/IG Post
9/6/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Guest Post or Excerpt
9/7/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post or Excerpt
9/8/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	Review/IG Post
9/9/2022	@jypsylynn	Review/IG Post
9/10/2022	BookHounds YA	Guest Post or Excerpt/IG Post

Week Three:

9/11/2022	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review/IG Post
9/12/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review/IG Post
9/13/2022	Nerdophiles	Review/IG Post
9/14/2022	hodophile_z	Review/IG Post
9/15/2022	Log Cabin Library	Review
9/16/2022	Ya Books Central	Guest Post or Excerpt
9/17/2022	Novel Novice	IG Spotlight

Week Four:

9/18/2022	More Books Please blog	Review/IG Post
9/19/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
9/20/2022	The Real World According to Sam	Review/IG Post
9/21/2022	@enjoyingbooksagain	IG Review
9/22/2022	Mom with a Reading Problem	Review/IG Post
9/23/2022	@jacleomik33	IG Review
9/24/2022	Little Red Reads	Review

Week Five:

9/25/2022	PopTheButterfly Reads	Review/IG Post
9/26/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post or Excerpt/IG Post
9/27/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review/IG Post
9/28/2022	bookbriefs	Review/IG Post
9/29/2022	onemused	IG Spotlight
9/30/2022	Feed Your Fiction Addiction	Review/IG Post

Top Ten Tuesday: Typographic Book Covers

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week's topic is to share books that have typographic covers and I have been saying this word all day. I am going to be sharing covers that have my favorite fonts and that grab my attention.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Top Ten Tuesday: Fall 2022 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week's prompt is to share our Fall 2022 TBr to celebrate the first day of spring on Thursday. Now I live in South Carolina and the weatherman is calling for the high to be 96 degrees. THAT IS NOT FALL WEATHER!!!! But then it will be in the mid 80's on Friday and after hot summers, mid 80's is chilly to me.

I am going to be sharing some of the books that I did not get to on my summer TBR and what I really want to read off my kindle. I am feeling so bad about not reading any of my ebooks because out of sight out of mind. Let me know if ya'll have read any of these and what I should prioritize.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

BLOG TOUR: The Last Book You'll Ever read by Cullen Bunn

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE LAST BOOK YOU'LL EVER READ by Cullen Bunn & Leila Leiz Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About The Book:

Title: THE LAST BOOK YOU'LL EVER READ: The Complete Series

Author: Cullen Bunn, Vlad Popov, Leila Leiz (Illustrations), Adrian F. Wassel (Editor), AndWorld Design

Pub. Date: September 20, 2022

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 192

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

A supernatural horror thriller for readers of Chuck Palahniuk (Lullaby and Haunted: A Novel), Marisha Pessl,(Night Film), and Scarlett Thomas (The End of Mr. Y), The Last Book You’ll Ever Read tells the terrifying story of a woman who knows the horrific truth about the past – and future - of humankind, and, when captured in her book SATYR, it becomes the catalyst for worldwide, mind-numbing violence.

Read this book at your own peril.
Olivia Kade wrote the book that ended the world. Now she needs someone who won't read it.

Civilization is a lie. Hidden deep in our genes is the truth. And it is slowly clawing its way to the surface. Olivia Kade knows the truth, and she has become the prophet of the coming collapse. Her book, SATYR, is an international bestseller, and it is being blamed for acts of senseless violence and bloodshed all over the world. Olivia's own life is in danger from those who have read her work. Determined to conduct a book tour, she hires security professional Connor Wilson to act as her bodyguard. She only has one requirement: he cannot read her work.

John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness meets Chuck Palahniuk’s Lullaby in this terrifyingly dangerous tale of the descent of humankind where reality and fantasy collide.

Collects the entire smash 8-issue series.

Reviews:

"I truly hope this terrific horror comic is in no way prescient or timely." - Patton Oswalt

“…perfectly disturbing and mysterious.” – The Beat

“It’s creepy stuff… you won’t want to miss it.” - Kurt Busiek (Eisner Award and Harvey Award-winning comics writer of Astro City, The Avengers, Thor, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and more)

Review: coming soon

About Cullen Bunn:

Cullen Bunn is a New York Times bestselling author and prolific writer of horror/supernatural comics series and graphic novels including THE SIXTH GUN, HARROW COUNTY, BONE PARISH, THE DAMNED, THE EMPTY MAN, THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR, BASILISK, SHADOWMAN, and many other titles including The Last Book You'll Ever Read for Vault Comics. He has fought for his life against mountain lions and performed on stage as the World’s Youngest Hypnotist.

About Leila Leiz:

Born and raised in France now living in Italy, Leila Leiz is a self-taught artist who worked for several years at European publishers including Soleil and Sergio Bonelli before fulfilling her lifelong dream of making the leap to American comics. Best known for her work on Paul Jenkins’ ALTERS for AfterShock and Horde with Marguerite Bennet, she has also worked on 451 Media’s NVRLND and was a contributor to AfterShock’s SHOCK anthology. She is working on M.O.M with Emila Clark (from Game of Thrones) and Marguerite Bennet for Image Comics and The Last Book You’ll Ever Read with Cullen Bunn for Vault Comics.

Leila has a HUGE Instagram following: 77,200 followers (!) and 9.2K Facebook followers