BLOG TOUR: Vagabonder by R.T. Coleman

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the VAGABONDER by R.T. Coleman Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: VAGABONDER

Author: R.T. Coleman

Pub. Date: September 20, 2022

Publisher: Aurelia Leo

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 311

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

Humans have always feared Caen’s kind.

Survivors of a mysterious virus, Ruĝa Morto, that killed 80% of Earth’s population two centuries ago, they have endured enslavement as Neurologically Compromised Individuals, or NiCIes, owned by OnyxCorp. Now, in 2261, Caen begins a perilous journey to seek the Vagabonders, the original moon colonists, whom many believe hold the key to freeing his people.

He knows he is hunted. He expects death at every turn.

But he doesn’t anticipate meeting Dr. Ligeia Obumbwe, a human biogeneticist desperate to protect her brother Finn, yet another victim of the endemic virus. When OnyxCorp promises to keep Finn safe in exchange for her work in their lunar lab, she accepts despite her increasing unease regarding the Corporation’s motives.

Ligeia and Caen become unlikely partners in a dangerous quest to reach the Vine, the space elevator that is the first step in their journey to the moon.

What they find along the way could help them bring OnyxCorp to its knees…or destroy everything they love.

 

About R.T. Coleman:

R. T. Coleman grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she nurtured a passion for reading and writing while nestled among blankets and pillows in her bedroom closet. Her love of science fiction was born when she saw Star Wars in the theater in 1977. Imagine her disappointment when she realized she could never actually be Princess Leia.

She lives in Springfield, Arkansas, with her partner Joe on their 25-acre farm, where she works as an instructional designer by day and a writer and editor by night. Vagabonder is her debut novel.

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon

 

Giveaway Details:

1 Winner will receive a finished copy of VAGABONDER, US Only.

Ends October 18^th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/3/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
10/4/2022	@jennareadstuff	IG Review/TikTok Post
10/5/2022	Books and Zebras	IG Review
10/6/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	IG Review
10/7/2022	the.bibliophile.michelle	IG Review/TikTok Post

Week Two:

10/10/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
10/11/2022	Brandi Danielle Davis	IG Review/TikTok Post
10/12/2022	@jacleomik33	IG Review
10/13/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review
10/14/2022	Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf	IG Review

Review: Small Favors by Erin A Craig

Erin A Craig has become one of my favorite authors. Both of her books absolutely blew me away. I can't choose which one I like better because they were both so good. Going into this, I only knew that it was a Rumpelstiltskin retelling. I have never read Rumpelstiltskin and didn't know what it was until the last Shrek movie. Prety sure that that is also a loose retelling of the actual story. 

I was obsessed with the beekeeping that was included because even though I don't like bees near me, I respect them and try to protect them while in my yard and plant flowers every spring. My daughters girl scout troop leader had a beekeeper in the family and he taught the girls some stuff about the boxes and things.

I have also found out that I like horror set in almost puritan times. While reading this, I kept thinking back to my reading of Slewfoot and how I really enjoyed that. There were a couple times that I had to put this book down and just breath because of the animal body horror. 

We follow a girl named Ellerie Downing and she lives with her older brother, two younger sisters and mom and dad. They live in a small village where it is governed by rules to run the town smoothly. The town has to do supply runs before Winter before the snows come and close the only way to the nearest city. One day, nobody returns from the supply run but a horse who has a broken leg and severe wounds in his side. The townspeople start talking of seeing monsters with silver eyes and the divide slowly starts.

Ellerie meets a boy one day while doing laundry and he is mysterious. He won't give his name and Ellerie tells him that names are important. The boy keeps showing up and things in the town start getting worse, especially for Ellerie's family. Her mother is severly injured in a fire and the boy who Ellerie named Whitaker takes her mother and father into the city by a shortcut that will cut the journey down and stay away from the monsters. 

Erin A Craig has a way with doing slow burn romances and leaving the relationship open ended at the end just to leave you guessing and wondering how the relationship will work. I would love to see a sequel to this with the group going into the city and Whitaker having a hard time adjusting and with more creatures. 

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

 

BLOG TOUR: No Admissions by Brittany Geragotelis

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the NO ADMISSIONS by Brittany Geragotelis Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: NO ADMISSIONS (The Infamous Frankie Lorde #3)

Author: Brittany Geragotelis

Pub. Date: October 18, 2022

Publisher: Pixel + Ink

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 304

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

A group of parents looking to buy their less-deserving children into elite schools is about to learn a thing or two from a criminal mastermind in the third book in the Infamous Frankie Lorde series, perfect for fans of Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls and Heist Society.

When Frankie discovers that a classmate’s invention has been stolen the day before a school-wide competition, the once-renowned international thief figures she might as well flex her skills to steal it back. But just when Frankie’s about to call her mission a success, she learns there’s more to the story than she’d originally thought.

A group of wealthy Greenwich parents are using their influence -- and wallets -- to guarantee that their kids get into the most exclusive institutions on the East coast, no matter how undeserving their kids are, or how far they have to go to ensure success. 

Easy peasy for Frankie to crack.  Until she gets to know these classmates of hers...and their parents...and everyone's real motivations and issues.  Frankie sets the bar higher, to take the scam down from the top.  The guy who's been hired to get the kids into their desired schools: "Mr. Admissions."  

Reviews:

"The action sequences are fun. . . ."—Kirkus Reviews

 

Grab the first 2 books in THE INFAMOUS FRANKIE LOURDE Series now!

 

Review: Coming Soon

 

About Brittany Geragotelis:

Brittany Geragotelis, a former Olympic-bound gymnast and magazine editor, is a self-professed pop culture junkie turned author. Her paranormal action book Life’s a Witch received 18 million reads on the writing site Wattpad.com. What the Spell is the first published book in the series, followed by Life’s a Witch and The Witch Is Back. The Infamous Frankie Lorde is her first series with Pixel+Ink. Brittany lives in Los Angeles with her awesome husband, two clever boys, one scaredy-cat, and a crazy dog.

 

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will win a finished copy of NO ADMISSIONS, US Only.

Ends October 25^th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/10/2022	Mom with a Reading Problem	Review/IG Post
10/10/2022	Nerdophiles	Review
10/11/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	IG Review
10/11/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review/IG Post
10/12/2022	Forthenovellovers	Review/IG Post
10/12/2022	BookHounds YA	Review/IG Post
10/13/2022	@hodophile_z	IG Review
10/13/2022	hauntedbybooks	Review/IG Post
10/14/2022	Ya Books Central	Excerpt
10/14/2022	Books and Zebras	IG Review

Week Two:

10/17/2022	Brandi Danielle Davis	IG Review/TikTok Post
10/17/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Excerpt/IG Post
10/18/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
10/18/2022	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt/IG Post
10/19/2022	A Backwards Story	Review/IG Post
10/19/2022	@coffeesipsandreads	IG Spotlight
10/20/2022	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Review/IG Post
10/20/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt/IG Post
10/21/2022	@jacleomik33	IG Review
10/21/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Would Read on Vacation If I Went on Vacations!

 

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

Today's prompt is funny to me because it is books that you read on vacation. I don't take vacations because no money. My life is like a permanent staycation because I am home ALL THE TIME! I work from home and all my stuff is here. When I think about taking a vacation, I get the overwhelming anxiety of all that money being spent and then my animals thinking I have abandoned them. Plus I would have to take my kids with me and that makes it not a relaxing vacation. That is just parenting in a strange place and have I mentioned MONEY!!! To be honest, I don't know how my parents planned so many vacations while I was growing up. 

ANYWAYS, on to the books I would read if I spontaneously went on a vacation. It would be on my kindle because books are heavy and I don't like carrying things now. 

Review: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (No Fear Graphic Novel)

 

Last year I read my first William Shakespeare ever and it was a Bo Fear Shakespeare edition of Macbeth. I really enjoyed the experience reading the original text and a modern version on the very next page. Sadly my library system only had the No Fear Shakespeare and then two graphic novels. So the next one I picked up was this one. I liked the translation and the art, but I definitely had FOMO while reading this because I wanted to read the original text as well.

The only thing I knew about Romeo and Juliet was that they came from rival families and they fell in love and they end up commiting suicide because they can't live without the other. What I didn't know was that Romeo was exiled and Juliet's father was a garbage human being... oh hell who am I kidding. All men are garbage! 

I was not expecting the amount of sexism from Romeo's friend and how he treated Juliet's nurse. It was very disgusting and pathetic. I still want to read the No fear Shakespeare version of this with the original text to see if I will like it better and have more emotions towards it. 

Busy Weeks Ahead!// Sunday Post #39

 

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

Hello all. It's been a long month since my last Sunday Post and it has just been work for me and school with the kids. I got in a minor reading slump thanks to The Tale of Genji. But I am reading some good books at the moment. I am hoping that my reading pace will stay steady in the coming weeks because it is about to get busy. 

Tomorrow, my middle daughter will be turning 12 and I am not prepared to have another teenager in the house. Since her birthday is tomorrow, we are only having a 4 day school week and then on the 15th, which is next Saturday, my best friend is having a huge party. 

It will be an adoption celebration for her 2 year old son. We will also be celebrating his birthday and to top it all off, her and her boyfriend of 10 years decided to finally get hitched this week, so we will be celebrating their marriage. I can't wait to just party the night away with her because she has had the not greatest two years because of fostering and the adoption constantly being pushed back. She deserved it so much and her little man is lucky to have my best friend as his mama.

Wednesday: Watchmen review

Thursday: Blog Tour: Where David Threw Stones

Friday: The Tale of Genji Review

Romeo and Juliet Review

Top Ten Tuesday

No Admissions Blog Tour

Vagabonder Blog Tour

Wrath Blog Tour

No books this week. I am mainly buying Halloween costumes and birthday presents for my kid and my dad. Also working on Christmas shopping. 

I have been watching a lot of TV lately with my kids. It is spooky season and we always watch seasonal shows. We started watching two new shows (to us) this week, and I am absolutely obsessed with one.

Those two shows are:

I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THE HARP AND 100% SURE IT IS AMBER RILEY!

I got interested in this one because it comes on after Halloween Wars which I have been watching from the very beginning.

I was also betrayed by Lego Masters this week because they sent my favorite team home. The Grandpappies were just the most wholesome team and they deserved love. 

Another show that I am obsessed with but will NEVER rewatch is The Handmaid's Tale. I love this show, but I also get major anxiety and all the feels when I watch it. It also hurts that next season will be the last season of the show, but I can't wait for the adaptation of the Testaments!

One that I have been rewatching with my kids because they love the host and learning about different places is fun. If you don't watch Expedition Unknown, then start watching ASAP! Josh Gates has the best humor and wit.

But wait, I have watched more. How I watched all of these shows and still had a productive week is beyond me. We watched Andor on Wednesday and Thursday we watched She-Hulk and Ghost Adventures. 

That's not all. My hubby decided to have a TV day with us today and we watched Werewolf by Night, Drifting Home and Pokemon Journeys. It was a good day. Honestly, with the amount of stuff I have watched this week, I should become a TV show reviewer....lol. I also watched an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot. It was the episode that was adapted from Murder on the Links.

That is all I have watched this week. I am surprised that I found the time to sit and watch all of this and still get work done and have productive school days with my kids, enjoy time reading and clean my house and spend time with my animals. But like the title of this week's post suggest, I have events coming up and the holidays and I kind of hope that I will still have this productivity streak and relaxation time without burnout killing the vibe. 

Have a good week everyone.