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Book Club Giveaway for Black History Month, February 2024

February 2, 2024 By trish

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We have gathered up some wonderful Black-authored titles for this special BLACK HISTORY MONTH book club giveaway!

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The host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold America traces the extraordinary lives and legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers, situating Medgar Evers’s assassination as a catalyzing moment in American history.

MEDGAR & MYRLIE

Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid

Myrlie Louise Beasley met Medgar Evers on her first day of college. They fell in love at first sight, married just one year later, and Myrlie left school to focus on their growing family.

Medgar became the field secretary for the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, charged with beating back the most intractable and violent resistance to black voting rights in the country. Myrlie served as Medgar’s secretary and confidant, working hand in hand with him as they struggled against public accommodations and school segregation, lynching, violence, and sheer despair within their state’s “black belt.” They fought to desegregate the intractable University of Mississippi, organized picket lines and boycotts, despite repeated terroristic threats, including the 1962 firebombing of their home, where they lived with their three young children.

On June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers became the highest profile victim of Klan-related assassination of a black civil rights leader at that time; gunned down in the couple’s driveway in Jackson. In the wake of his tragic death, Myrlie carried on their civil rights legacy; writing a book about Medgar’s fight, trying to win a congressional seat, and becoming a leader of the NAACP in her own right.

In this groundbreaking and thrilling account of two heroes of the civil rights movement, Joy-Ann Reid uses Medgar and Myrlie’s relationship as a lens through which to explore the on-the-ground work that went into winning basic rights for Black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.

Purchase Links

HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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AMAZON’S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

BLACK AF HISTORY

Black AF History by Michael Harriot

America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington’s cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported themselves here with nothing but strong backs and negro spirituals. It is a sugarcoated legend based on an almost true story.

It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights—after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie.

In Black AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research based on primary sources as well as the work of pioneering Black historians, scholars, and journalists, Harriot removes the white sugarcoating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center. With incisive wit, Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, subverting conventional historical narratives with little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americans. From the African Americans who arrived before 1619 to the unenslavable bandit who inspired America’s first police force, this long overdue corrective provides a revealing look into our past that is as urgent as it is necessary. For too long, we have refused to acknowledge that American history is white history. Not this one. This history is Black AF.

Purchase Links

HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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In the vein of America’s First Daughter, Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkable friendship of Portia Washington and Alice Roosevelt, the daughters of educator Booker T. Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt.

AMERICAN DAUGHTERS

American Daughters by Piper Huguley

At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women—separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen—forged a lifelong friendship.

Portia Washington’s father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections. Dedicated to her father’s values, Portia contributed by teaching and performing spirituals and classical music. But a marriage to a controlling and jealous husband made fulfilling her dreams much more difficult.

When Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency, his eldest daughter Alice Roosevelt joined him in the White House. To try to win her father’s approval, she eagerly jumped in to help him succeed, but Alice’s political savvy and nonconformist behavior alienated as well as intrigued his opponents and allies. When she married a congressman, she carved out her own agendas and continued espousing women’s rights and progressive causes.

Brought together in the wake of their fathers’ friendship, these bright and fascinating women helped each other struggle through marriages, pregnancies, and political upheaval, supporting each other throughout their lives.

A provocative historical novel and revealing portrait, Piper Huguley’s American Daughters vividly brings to life two passionate and vital women who nurtured a friendship that transcended politics and race over a century ago.

Purchase Links

HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Welcome to a comedic trip through the life of one of the country’s most exciting comedians. Meet Dulcé Sloan, whose life has been an incredible journey filled with lessons and laughter. In addition to doing stand-up around the world, Dulcé is a trained actor, singer, and has been a correspondent on The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

HELLO, FRIENDS!

Hello, Friends! by Dulcé Sloan

Dulcé Sloan’s first memoir is organized into essays from her life. From a childhood moving between cities, starting her own business selling toys at a Miami flea market, to being a Black kid in a predominately white school, she’s always used her masterful wit to challenge the status quo. Her purpose in comedy unfolded while navigating clubs and the set of The Daily Show. Have you ever dated an adult who roller skated, or went out with a mechanic just to get free auto service? Yup, she’s got that story for you. Her stories are both wildly entertaining and culturally resonant.

Purchase Links

Penguin Random House | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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One of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best of 2023!

“[A] rich and tender story of family, home and love.” —Ms. Magazine

I AM AYAH

I Am Ayah: The Way Home by Donna Hill

Set amid Sag Harbor’s vibrant African American history, bestselling author Donna Hill weaves a stunningly rich story about finding the way home…no matter how long the journey takes.

Alessandra Fleming has spent most of her life running from her past. Her budding photography career, her life in Manhattan, all serve to distract from the secrets and guilt she’s never been able to face. Then the call. Her estranged father is in the hospital…and Alessandra must return home to Sag Harbor, crumbling the first wall between her past and her present.

For some, coming home is a relief. For Alessandra, it’s a reminder of the family she’s lost, of the time she’ll never regain. But the answers–the secrets–of her family are hidden in the house, waiting for her. And the only one who may be able to help her uncover them is her father’s neighbor, Zach, who brings with him an attraction that’s intense and instantaneous, yet oddly familiar.

Now Alessandra is being pulled back not only into her own complex family history, but into the richly documented lives of four extraordinary women. Generations touched by tragedy and triumph, despair and hope. And it’s in these aching echoes of the past that Alessandra’s own story–her mistakes and her capacity to love–will take shape, guiding her to the life she’s meant to live…and the extraordinary person she will become.

Purchase Links

Entangled Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Home is not a place—it’s a feeling.

THE THING ABOUT HOME

The Thing About Home by Rhonda McKnight

Casey Black needs an escape. When her picture-perfect vow renewal ceremony ends in her being left at the altar, the former model turned social media influencer has new fame—the kind she never wanted. An embarrassing viral video has cost her millions of followers, and her seven-year marriage is over. With her personal and business lives in shambles, Casey runs from New York City to South Carolina’s Lowcountry hoping to find long-lost family. Family who can give her more answers about her past than her controlling mom-slash-manager has ever been willing to share.

What Casey doesn’t expect is a postcard-worthy property on a three-hundred-acre farm, history, culture, and a love of sweet tea. She spends her days caring for the land and her nights cooking much needed Southern comfort foods. She also meets Nigel, the handsome farm manager whose friendship has become everything she’s never had. And then there are the secrets her mother can no longer hide.

Through the pages of her great-grandmother’s journals, Casey discovers her roots run deeper than the Lowcountry soil. She learns that she has people. A home. A legacy to uphold. And a great new love story—if only she is brave enough to leave her old life behind.

“. . . a beautifully written story about family, self-discovery, secrets, and forgiveness.” —Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author

  • Inspiring contemporary fiction
  • Stand-alone novel
  • Book length: approximately 100,000 words
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Purchase Links

TNZ Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Two girls’ lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this coming-of-age story that spans decades.

THE LIGHT ON HALSEY STREET

The Light on Halsey Street by Vanessa Miller

In the summer of 1985, Lisa Whitaker is a church kid headed to college on a scholarship while her best friend, Dana, is floundering in the wake of her mother’s latest eviction. Though Lisa tries to help, their paths diverge. Fifteen years later, Lisa has a beautiful family and is stepping into her dream job as the director for a social services organization. Everything is going right—until her future is snatched away by identity theft. Her life begins to unravel, and Lisa wants nothing more than to see the woman responsible pay for her crimes.

When she was a teenager, Dana Jones always felt alone in this world. Her mother was addicted to drugs, her boyfriend was entering a life of crime, and it seemed Dana, too, was heading down the wrong path. The only bright light was her friendship with Lisa. Now, in the new millennium, Dana finally gives herself permission to dream—to believe she is stepping into better days. But when the betrayal of their friendship comes to light, it will take a lifetime to forgive the destruction that youthful summer in Bed-Stuy set in motion.

In this latest story from beloved author Vanessa Miller, two girls from the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, find that their paths have been woven together by the love of community and a friendship that is tested by time, betrayal, and unforgiveness.

  • Inspirational Christian fiction
  • Stand-alone novel
  • Perfect for fans of Tara M. Stringfellow, Terry McMillan, and Kimberla Lawson Roby
  • Book length: approximately 85,000 words
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Purchase Links

TNZ Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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The country is changing, and her own world is being turned upside down. Nothing—and no one—will ever be the same.

HOMEWARD

Homeward by Angela Jackson-Brown

Georgia, 1962. Rose Perkins Bourdon returns home to Parsons, GA, without her husband and pregnant with another man’s baby. After tragedy strikes her husband in the war overseas, a numb Rose is left with pieces of who she used to be and is forced to figure out what she is going to do with the rest of her life. Her sister introduces her to members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee—young people are taking risks and fighting battles Rose has only seen on television. Feeling emotions for the first time in what feels like forever, the excited and frightened Rose finds herself becoming increasingly involved in the resistance efforts. And of course, there is also the young man, Isaac Weinberg, whose passion for activism stirs something in her she didn’t think she would ever feel again.

Homeward follows Rose’s path toward self-discovery and growth as she becomes involved in the Civil Rights Movement, finally becoming the woman she has always dreamed of being.

Purchase Links

Harper Muse | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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On a rare trip home for the holidays, Ella may have finally uncovered the secret to a joy-filled future by getting lost in her past.

SNOW PLACE LIKE HOME

Snow Place Like Home by Lacey Baker

Ella Wilson has avoided home and the holidays for nearly a decade. For her, the season is plagued by a jinx that’s brought nothing but painful memories: her mother’s death nearly two decades ago, her fiancé’s abandonment last year, and now the loss of her job as an art curator. But without work to occupy her, home is exactly where Ella has ended up. And somehow, she’s also been roped into planning the town’s Christmas tree auction—side by side with her first love.

Seth Hamil knows that home is where the heart is, and for him, it’s always been the sleepy community of Bellepoint, Pennsylvania . . . and for a while in high school that included Ella Wilson. Since then, he’s been married and widowed and has spent the year throwing himself into his career as a music teacher and trying to keep his wife’s memory alive, starting with the church fundraiser she launched to support local kids. So, despite their history, Seth isn’t about to let his wife’s vision for the event be easily dismissed by Ella’s temporary presence and big-city ideas.

To find a way to work together, the two strike a deal: Ella can incorporate her splashy ideas into the auction if she will allow Seth to show her why Christmas is about more than decorations. Soon both begin to wonder whether fate has brought them together for a fresh start—and if Christmas wishes really can come true.

  • A romantic holiday novel
  • Perfect for fans of Nancy Naigle and Brenda Jackson
  • Book length: 83,000 words
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Purchase Links

TNZ Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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True friendship never ends.

NO RESERVATIONS

No Reservations by Sheryl Lister

Best friends forever. That’s the vow Joy, Diane, Rochelle and Yvette made when they were children, and even in their mid-thirties, the friends have always been there for each other—through the highs and lows of life and love. Until forever comes up against a terminal cancer diagnosis. Nothing could have prepared them for what life would look like when four became three.

But Yvette was prepared.

Her final gift to her girls is an all-expenses-paid trip to Jamaica like they had always talked about but kept putting off as life got in the way.

The Jamaican getaway seems to come at the perfect time as the remaining friends deal with their grief, dashed hopes, and unexpected relationship drama. Sick of putting her dreams to open a spa on hold, not to mention her husband’s lack of support, Joy decides she’s moving forward with her new business—with or without him. The thunderous ticking of Diane’s biological clock has her wondering if her desire to have a baby will ever come true, and her husband’s bizarre behavior has her questioning if he’s still on board. And after witnessing her friends’ imploding relationships, single mother Rochelle is content to do life on her own, but her heart doesn’t seem to get the memo when a new man unexpectedly enters the picture.

Guided by Yvette’s spirit, the friends must lean on each other now more than ever before as they learn to navigate their new normal, take unexpected risks and live life with no reservations.

Praise for No Reservations:

“At times both deeply emotional and heartwarmingly funny, No Reservations encapsulates the beauty of the unbreakable bond of enduring friendships and true sisterhood.”

—Farrah Rochon, New York Times bestselling author of The Hookup Plan

  • Stand-alone novel with a blend of heart and heartbreak and strong cast of diverse characters
  • Perfect for fans of Jane Green, Nancy Thayer, and Kimberla Lawson Roby
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Purchase Links

Harper Muse | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 – 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life.

THE AMERICAN QUEEN

The American Queen by Vanessa Miller

There is only one known queen who truly ruled a kingdom on American soil.

Over the twenty-four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: hate. Hate for the man who sold her mother. Hate for the overseer who left her daddy to hang from a noose. Hate so powerful there’s no room in her heart for love, not even for the honorable Reverend William, whom she likes and respects enough to marry.

But when William finally listens to Louella’s pleas and leads the formerly enslaved people off the plantation, Louella begins to replace her hate with hope. Hope that they will find a place where they can live free from fear. Hope that despite her many unanswered prayers, she can learn to trust for new miracles.

Soon, William and Louella become the appointed king and queen of their self-proclaimed Kingdom of the Happy Land. And though they are still surrounded by opposition, they continue to share a message of joy and goodness–and fight for the freedom and dignity of all.

The American Queen weaves together themes of love, hate, hope, trust, and resilience in the face of great turmoil. With every turn of the page, you will be transported to a pivotal period in American history, where oppressed people become extraordinary heroes.

Purchase Links

TNZ Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Please fill out our super short registration form (click the “Enter Now” button above) by February 29th for a chance to win a set of up to ten copies of one of these great books for your book club! We will randomly choose a winner at the end of the month. This giveaway is open to clubs in the US only (our apologies to friends in other countries). 

Best of luck!

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Love the review from @theliteraryescapade of FORES Love the review from @theliteraryescapade of FOREST WALK ON A FRIDAY by @lynnegolodner! Head over to @thelitedaryescapade to read the review. My favorite line: "It has the warmth of a hug you wish for after a long, tiring day."
The Knox Book Club won HEAVY HITTER by @katiecotug The Knox Book Club won HEAVY HITTER by @katiecotugno. What a fun book club! I'd totally attend this meeting! 

What's the best book you've discussed at your book club?

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Julie and The Ravenous Readers won THE CAVE by Ama Julie and The Ravenous Readers won THE CAVE by Amani Ballour, M.D. They are excited to discuss this book!

"This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria." Probably the most perfect memoir for a book club that likes a lot to chew on.

@natgeo @amani_ballour
Darlene and the Beth El Synagogue Book Club won A Darlene and the Beth El Synagogue Book Club won A BRILLIANT LIFE through our monthly book club giveaway, and they sent us this fun picture. They're discussing the book at their meeting this month. Looks fun! @rachelleunr @harperperennial
Thanks, Cindy, for featuring this beauty! Repost f Thanks, Cindy, for featuring this beauty! Repost from @lovemybooks2020 
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Bestselling author Joy Callaway returns with a story of the ordinary people behind extraordinary beauty—and the question of who gets to tell their stories in 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧.⁣
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𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆⁣
At this wondrous resort, secrets can easily be hidden in plain sight when the eye is trained on beauty.⁣
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April 1913—Belle Newbold hasn’t seen #mountains for seven years—since her father died in a mining accident and her mother married gasoline magnate, Shipley Newbold. But when her stepfather’s business acquaintance, Henry Ford, invites the family on one of his famous Vagabonds camping tours, she is forced to face the hills once again—primarily in order to reunite with her future fiancé, owner of the land the Vagabonds are using for their campsite, a man she’s only met once before. It is a veritable arranged marriage, but she prefers it that way. Belle isn’t interested in love. She only wants a simple life—a family of her own and the stability of a wealthy man’s pockets. That’s what Worth Delafield has promised to give her and it’s worth facing the mountains again, the reminder of the past, and her poverty, to secure her future.⁣
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But when the Vagabonds group is invited to tour the unfinished Grove Park Inn and Belle is unexpectedly thrust into a role researching and writing about the building of the inn—a construction the locals are calling The Eighth Wonder of the World—she quickly realizes that these mountains are no different from the ones she once called #home. As Belle peels back the facade of Grove Park Inn, of Worth, of the society she’s come to claim as her own, and the truth of her heart, she begins to see that perhaps her part in Grove Park’s story isn’t a coincidence after all. Perhaps it is only by watching a wonder rise from ordinary hands and mountain stone that she can finally find the strength to piece together the long-destroyed path toward who she was meant to be.⁣
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Thanks to @harpermusebooks @joywcal and @tlcbooktours for my gifted copy
We love the sound of this dinner party gone wrong We love the sound of this dinner party gone wrong thriller!! Thanks, Amanda, for this beautiful post ☕️ Repost from @the.caffeinated.reader 

🍂 #minimalistmonday 
I love a good post-apocalyptic thriller so here’s a fantastic recommendation for y’all. 

#WithRegrets 
By: @leeykelly 

A dinner party and it’s frivolities and then an alert that begins the post-apocalyptic nightmare. Glimmering clouds are killing everyone they touch so seeking shelter is crucial.
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Swipe for a full synopsis slide as it’s quite long. 

#firstlineofthebook : “What if aliens snatched your car on the ride over to Avery’s house? Reid asks. “You can’t go to a dinner party if you’ve been abducted!”

🍂Thank you so much to @tlcbooktours & @crookedlanebooks for having me on tour!

🍂What’s for breakfast today?
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#postapocalyptic #dystopian #bookstagrammer #hyggebookstyle #bookaesthetic #darlingdaily #cottagecore #moodytones #thriller #reading #instabook #darkacademiaaesthetic #booklove #cozyandcurrentlyreading #readmore #moodyphotography #bookpic #picsofbooks #bookrecommendations #blogpost #fyp #domesticsuspense #genreblend #suspense
🍔 A tasty way to start off Non-Fiction November 🍔 A tasty way to start off Non-Fiction November 🍟 
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Today’s good feature brings back memories! I remember driving over an hour and a half several times in college just to get In N Out. We drove through the drive thru and back home. We loved it that much. I can remember all the excitement and endless lines when they opened in Oregon! Definitely some nostalgia surrounding In N Out burgers! 

The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger 
- Lynsi Snyder

Thank you @tlcbooktours and @thomasnelson for the gifted copy and including me on your book tour.

🍔Synopsis:
Discover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are so wildly loyal, and what led to its explosive growth and evolution into an iconic part of American culture––as told by In-N-Out Burger’s president, Lynsi Snyder. When Lynsi Snyder’s grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through explosive growth––today, there are three-hundred and eighty stores and counting––and is deeply committed to the well-being of the In-N-Out Burger family.
In The Ins and Outs of In-N-Out, you’ll:
* Gain key insights into why In-N-Out has maintained its very popular and limited menu for more than seventy-five-years and why it has refused to franchise or go public
* Hear behind-the-scenes stories from In-N-Out Associates, including from one gentleman who worked in the very first store
* Learn about the Snyder family’s Christian faith, including her grandmother Esther’s belief in the gospel and her uncle’s “born-again” experience that shaped his life and leadership at the company
* Discover why Lynsi has been ranked as one of the top presidents in the restaurant industry and how her personal challenges have fortified her faith

QOTD: What is your favorite food?
Here’s a spooky read for the kiddos 👻 Repost Here’s a spooky read for the kiddos 👻 Repost from @thelibrariandad 

Looking for a spooky read for this month. Try Ghosts Come Rising. It’s an unfortunate tale of two siblings caught in the schemes of their uncle. Thank you for the copy! Book description below #GhostsComeRising #middlegradebooks #spookybooks ⬇️ 

After twelve-year-old Liza Carroll and her ten-year-old brother John's parents die, they are placed in the custody of their uncle, a traveling photographer named Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer, realizing the gift he has in his young relatives, uses them to help create fraudulent spirit photographs, which he sells to the grieving.

Chased from one town to another, they arrive at a settlement that is different than the others they've been to-a Spiritualist commune in Pennsylvania named the Silver Star Society. Things feel different here. They are told they are at a Thin Place between the worlds of the living and the spirits. Shadows haunt the halls, and strange forms appear in Liza's photographs. Is this real, or is she the one being tricked this time? As Liza and her brother begin to investigate, the Thin Place begins to break, threatening everyone at the society. Can they fix it in time? And will their secret they've been hiding be revealed?
Happy Halloween! Stay safe out there 🎃 Repost f Happy Halloween! Stay safe out there 🎃 Repost from @megsbookclub 

Hi friends! Are you a busy person? I am one of those people that is always busy but I often try to figure out how I can be less busy. I’m a yes person but sometimes just want to slow down and sit in my chair and be on Instagram for like 5 hours and read all your posts and catch up! Haha!
 
I’m here today to share a new young adult release, Curses and Other Buried Things. I don’t read a lot of YA so I always jump on one when it sounds good.
 
Susana wants one thing: to avoid becoming like the mother who abandoned her, no matter the cost. But when her eighteenth birthday triggers a generational curse, prompting Susana to sleepwalk into the Okefenokee Swamp behind her grandparents’ house, she realizes the roots of her family tree run deeper than she believed . . .

Thanks to @TNZFiction @authorcarolinegeorge @tlcbooktoursfor this copy!

#CursesAndOtherBuriedThings #CarolineGeorge #SouthernGothic #YA #Mystery #gifted #booktour
Spooky!! Thanks, Dana! Repost from @readingforthes Spooky!! Thanks, Dana! Repost from @readingfortheseasons 

👻 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 👻

Title: 𝘼 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙮 
Author: 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙭
Pub.Date: 10/24/23
The Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, Book 7

Thank you to @tlcbooktours @shewritespress & @michellecoxwrites for my complimentary copy. 

🔎 Clive and Henrietta return to England to find Castle Linley in financial ruin. When Clive’s cousin, Wallace, invites an estate agent in to assess the home’s value, the agent is later found poisoned, throwing all of the Castle’s guests into suspicion. Clive and Henrietta are soon drawn into an investigation, which is slowed by an incompetent local inspector and several unexplained phenomena?the cause of which many, especially the frail Lady Linley, believe to be the workings of the ghost of a hanged maid.

🔎 Meanwhile, Gunther and Elsie have begun  life on a farm in Omaha. Circumstances are difficult, but they are content–until Oldrich Exely appears, proposing an option Elsie finds difficult to ignore.  Melody Merriweather, still masquerading as a nun to aid Elsie’s escape, likewise finds it difficult to ignore a letter with tragic news from home, while Julia, on the other hand, receives a very different sort of letter from Glenn Forbes.

🔎 Back in England, Clive is called away to London on suspicious business, leaving Henrietta to carry on with the investigation alone.  When she is mysteriously locked in the study one night, however, things take on a more deadly, supernatural feel, leaving her to fear that  Lady Linley’s “ghost” might just be real after all…

My thoughts: I really enjoyed this perfect mix of historical mystery and ghost story with a hint of romance. Clive and Henrietta made such a fun couple. It was well-plotted with multiple storylines that had me intrigued until the end. This can be read as a standalone, but now I want to go back and read the whole series. A perfect read for spooky season! 

#AHauntingatLinley #spookyseason #historicalmystery #romance #historicalfiction #mystery #mysteryreader #shewritespress #tlcbooktours #booktour #bookreview #bookreviewer
Go check out the review of HOLISTIC WEALTH that @a Go check out the review of HOLISTIC WEALTH that @aneedleinmybookstack posted! Especially if you have a hard time saying no to people.
Thanks for the great review, Nicole! Repost: @read Thanks for the great review, Nicole! Repost: @reading_with_nicole 💰 
𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 (𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥): 𝟹𝟼 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 ~ 𝘉𝘺 ~ 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳⁣
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Thank you to @tlcbooktours @tlcdiversity and @keishaoblair for this gifted book⁣
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This is a book I think everyone should take a look at, Holistic Wealth has actionable steps to help you find financial freedom, I wish I had this book when I was younger, but I am still going to put these steps into process in my life now.. ⁣
There are 36 Holistic Wealth principles to help you learn and practice and live by this book, it is well written and straight to the point and filled with so much knowledge and helpful information. I am very grateful to have received this book.. ⁣
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Thank you again @tlcbooktours @tlcdiversity & @keishaoblair for this gifted book ⁣
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𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘣~ ⁣
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Imagine a life where you are financially savvy and independent, living with purpose and generosity while inspiring others. ⁣
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Imagine facing life’s disruption with confidence, knowing how to regain your balance in times of uncertainty. By expanding on the teachings shared in the highly acclaimed first edition of her book and in her viral article, “My Husband Died at Age 34—Here Are 40 Life Lessons I Learned from It,” viewed by more than fifty million people globally, author Keisha Blair presents even more revolutionary strategies—curated for the challenges of today’s world—that will help you find balance and success.⁣
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#holisticwealth #finacialfreedom #nonfiction #bookreview #bookfeature #reading_with_nicole
This sounds like such a cute and fun enemies-to-lo This sounds like such a cute and fun enemies-to-lovers romance! Thanks, @bookbriefs!

Repost: @bookbriefs

QOTD: What are some of your favorite funny TV shows?

I love rewatching funny tv shows, and one I have been recently re-watching is Parks and Rec. If you love parks and rec you should check out Bethany Turner's new novel- Brynn and Sebasian Hate Each Other. It is said to be like Parks and Rec meets The Morning Show.

She’s a sunny morning-show host. He’s a cynical ex-reporter. They’re destined to hate each other . . . Aren’t they?

Brynn Cornell has to be stuck in a nightmare. Just last week, she was riding high as cohost of the popular morning show Sunup. She’s America’s Ray of Sunshine. All it took was one huge on-air mistake to expose her snarky side to the world and make it all come crumbling down. Now she’s back in her hometown of Adelaide Springs, Colorado, in a last-ditch attempt to convince viewers she’s not the mean girl they think she is. All she has to do is apologize and capture some feel-good footage reminding everyone she’s just a girl from humble beginnings who’s grateful for her big break, and she might manage to preserve both her career and her image. But this town holds painful memories that she’s not ready to face.

Sebastian Sudworth was on the fast track to the journalist hall of fame. A superstar reporter with a reputation for being in the center of the action, his fearless, relentless coverage of major events around the globe was winning him awards and accolades–until something snapped inside him and he vanished from the scene under mysterious circumstances.

When Sebastian is assigned to chauffeur Brynn around town, Brynn is sure he can see right through her carefully cultivated, sunny persona. But she’s determined to do what it takes to maintain her image and save her career–so she’ll just have to charm the socks off Sebastian the same way she charmed her viewers. Easier said than done. 

#BrynnandSebastianHateEachOther #BethanyTurner #RomanticComedy #EnemiestoLovers #SmallTown #FoundFamily #BookMagic #IGReader #BookishPhotography #ReadAllTheBooks #AvidReader #BibliophileLife #BookNerds #BookAddiction #ReadersOfIG #AlwaysReading
Doesn’t this sound like the perfect late summer Doesn’t this sound like the perfect late summer read? Thanks for the review, Andrea! Repost from @andrea.c.lowry.reads -

🐚💜𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖💜🐚

Thank you @tlcbooktours @amazonpublishing and @barbaraonealauthor for this #gifted copy.

Synopsis 👉

Barbara O’Neal’s latest, The Starfish Sisters, is a rich story that will touch your heart in so many ways.

💜𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆?

O’Neal has a way of tapping into all your emotions, while drilling straight down into the soul of her characters, and she did this with each of her characters through the theme of found family…which I can never get enough of. I loved the way Pheobe and Suze were basically sisters and how sisterhood played a part in their summers, and everything wasn’t always peachy keen. Their childhoods and teen years slowly unfold throughout the story through dual timelines, as each woman remembers different experiences and traumas, while in the present they seek to find their way back to each other.

🐚 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲?

This was a slow burn character driven story.

💜 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸?

This is a heartbreaking and at the same time heartwarming story about two women coming back together and coming to terms with a tragic past and realizing that they still have each other and more.

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

AOTD: I finally started Strange Sally Diamond and I’m definitely getting the hype!
Need a great page-turner for the weekend? We got y Need a great page-turner for the weekend? We got you! Repost from @audreyoaksreadseverything -

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🌸It’s finally time for me to rave about Come With Me by Erin Flanagan! I read it in June because I couldn’t wait. Flanagan is the Edgar Award winning author of Deer Season so I knew it would be awesome - and it was! It published August 22, so what are you waiting for?

🌸Gwen Manet had the perfect life until her husband died unexpectedly and she needed to provide for her young daughter. Finding a job wasn’t easy until she happened to reconnect with Nicola Kimmel -someone she once interned with. Nicola is a godsend! She helps with housing, salary negotiation, babysitting- you name it! But what is Nicola’s motivation? It might turn out to be deadly! 

🌸This book was a page turner! Just when I thought I had things figured out- there would be another twist.

🌸Thanks to @tlcbooktours @amazonpublishing and @erinlflanagan for the opportunity to read this one! 

🌸What are your plans for the weekend?
THRILLER THURSDAY! Thanks for the great post, @let THRILLER THURSDAY! Thanks for the great post, @letmollyread! Not sure if I’d want to read this while vacationing in a cabin, though!

📚Book Spotlight📚
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger 
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It might still be August, but I am already thinking of what book I want to read on a family vacation in October! The setting is an isolated cabin on the shore of Lake Michigan, and while I wouldn’t describe it as luxurious, it is a trip I’ve been thinking about for months! What would make the trip even better? A suspenseful read about a dreamy vacation gone wrong, and a mystery guest determined to exact revenge!

⛰Synopsis: Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller. 

An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah’s generous brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It’ll be three couples on this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R. But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare.

A deadly storm is brewing. The rental host seems just a little too present. The personal chef reveals that their beautiful house has a spine-tingling history. And the friends have their own complicated past, with secrets that run blood deep. How well does Hannah know her brother, her own husband? Can she trust her best friend? Meanwhile, someone is determined to ruin the weekend, looking to exact a payback for deeds long buried. Who is the stranger among them?

Thank you @parkrowbooks @htpbooks @lisaunger @tlcbooktours for my #gifted copy of this book! 
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#QOTD: Do you ever plan out books specifically for a vacation, or save a book you want to read for the perfect moment? 
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#bookstagram #bookish #booksbooksbooks #bibliophile #reads #reading #igreads #booklover #instabookstagram #bookishcommunity #bookcommunity #bookflatlay #newbookrelease 
#bookmail #tlcbooktours #LisaUnger #SecludedCabinSleepsSix #suspense #thriller #suspensebook
Sometimes we get asked if we coordinate tours for Sometimes we get asked if we coordinate tours for children’s titles, and the answer is YES. Repost from @dropandgivemenerdy:

Today I’m teaming up with @drdeborahserani @kyrateis @freespiritpublishing @tlcbooktours to share the #SometimesWhenSeries #SometimesWhenImWorried book! This is a great tool for strategies a kid can use when worry overwhelms them, which they can take into their daily lives (complete with examples—in story form—of situations where worry might arise and how the character is helped through it)! There are also parent resources in the back for helping your kid through those strategies. This is very sweet and definitely useful for us, as my kids have their worry moments (one borders on pure panic sometimes so this will be extra useful for her).
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#picturebooks #kidlit #childrensbooks #MinorityMentalHealthMonth #healthykids #kidsbook #kidsbookstagram #bookstagram #childrensbook #childrensbookstagram
Happy Thriller Thursday! Repost @ericabingesbooks Happy Thriller Thursday! Repost @ericabingesbooks -

Do you prefer hot weather or cold weather?

I definitely prefer hot weather, but summers in Florida definitely push it beyond what is comfortable. That’s why it’s so fun to be sharing a #booktour post for a book with a wintery-esque cover right now. 

If you guys have been following me for any amount of time, you will know that I love romantic suspense. So I was sooo excited when I heard there was going to be a book tour for the 3rd book in  @rebeccazanetti Laurel Snow series. You can check out the blurb below. And thank you so much to Rebecca, @kensingtonbooks @btc_books and @tlcbooktours for allowing me to be part of the tour and sending me the book! You Can Die is out now! 

Blurb: Men are dying in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies found near churches, charities, and counseling centers—each with valentine candy hearts shoved down their throats. They’re good men with families and community ties–or so they seem until Laurel Snow and her team begin to investigate. Then the case takes a shockingly personal turn when the father she’s never met, a former pastor, turns up among the dead.

Now, besides solving her father’s murder, Laurel is on the hunt to discover the truth of his past. Complicating things is Laurel’s troubled half-sister, Abigail, a brilliant sociopath determined to prove that they’ve both inherited their father’s malignant narcissism.

Assisting Laurel is Washington Fish and Wildlife Captain Huck Rivers, a dangerous loner whose reliance on gut instinct puts him at odds with Laurel’s coolly analytic approach. But the choice may be moot when the killer hones in on Huck’s own dark secrets–putting him and Laurel squarely in the crosshairs.

#readingchallenge #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #newbookstagrammer #bookstack #bookchallenge #bookishcommunity #bookishpost #bookishlife #bookishphotography #readersofinsta #readersgonnaread #bookreviewsofig #readerlife #avidreader #bookreaders #bookpost #booklove #bookstackchallenges #thrillerbooks #bookreview #bookrecommendations #RebeccaZanetti #YouCanDie #ALaurelSnowThriller #romanticsuspense #romanticsuspensebook #giftedbooks #newbookrelease
Great cover, great story, and a surprise ending! T Great cover, great story, and a surprise ending! Thanks, Carla @littlelibraryadventures, for sharing your thoughts on BLURRED FATES! Repost:

✨Book Tour & Review✨

Blurred Fates
Anastasia Zadeik
Pub Date: August 2, 2023

Thank you @tlcbooktours and @shewritespress for the gifted copy and including me on your book tour.

🤫Synopsis: 
KATE WHITTIER has it all: a loving, even-keeled husband, two great kids, and a beautiful home in Southern California. But Kate is living a lie. In a desperate attempt to create the safe, happy family she never had, she has been hiding secrets for decades—things she’s convinced make her unworthy of her wellborn husband, Jacob, and the privileged life he has provided.

Then, one ordinary evening, Jacob confesses to a drunken sexual indiscretion he doesn’t quite remember, and Kate cracks open. Molten memories rise to the surface. Volatile emotions swirl. Triggered in ways she didn’t see coming, Kate is overwhelmed by rage she cannot explain and fear of who she might become.
Her marriage unraveling, Kate returns to her childhood home, hoping to find closure. Instead, as the past invades the present and relationships collide, Kate discovers she’s not the only one lying—and the truth may not set anyone free.

💭Thoughts: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I can’t believe this is a debut. This is a compulsive read. I didn’t want to put it down. The book covers some difficult topics including incest, infidelity, trauma, and mental illness. The author did a great job with the mental health representation. 
The descriptions of bipolar disorder seemed very spot on. 
The ending was a complete surprise, but deals with hope, healing, and redemption. I definitely recommend picking this one up. 

QOTD: What are you doing this weekend?
Thanks @exclusivepalmbeachliving for this amazing Thanks @exclusivepalmbeachliving for this amazing review!! Repost- 
My name is Iris was charged with so much that at moments I felt overwhelmed... but in a good way. This dystopian with a touch of Magical realism story is about our MC Iris Prince, a first-generation Mexican American who has spent her entire life doing what she needs to do (according to her mother) to live up to the American Dream.

Recently divorced, Iris feels she has a second chance at a life she forever dreamed of. Together with her 9-year-old daughter Mel, they move to an upscale mostly white neighborhood where everything just seems right and perfect because her neighbors are people who follow the rules & that is exactly when her "perfect life" starts to crumble.

As soon as she moves into her new home, a magical wall appears in front of their home that only her and her daiughter are able to see. Then a new law goes into effect. All individuals will get an electronic wrist "Band" that will make life more convenient and safer (according to the government UNITY MEANS ONE BAND) To be able to access this bands, you must provide proof of Parents Citizenship. Iris's parents are undocumented making it impossible for them to access this bands, jeopardizing Ines "perfect life & future" and so Your story begins...

This story takes place in the POV of a Mexican American with dark skin. The brown community would easily identify with this take and will feel seen and less alone. Brando Skyhorse did an incredible job at painting the harsh reality for many in the USA, this story was packed with Gender pay inequality, Racism, Classism, Colorism, Crime against Mexicans, Systematic & Institutional racism, Immigration, identity crisis... I mean, this book had it all in one.

This novel is a reflection of the reality POC are currently living under. This is a love letter to finding who you truly are and loving the shit out of you for it. This is about Family and what matters most because at the end of the day We are where We came from and we shouldn't have to be ashamed or discriminated for it. #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookcommunity #brandoskyhorse #dystopian #booklover @tlcdiversity
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