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Testimonials

This is the second time I’ve worked with Trish Collins on promoting a book.  She’s a professional, yet maintains a friendly way of doing business.  All questions are answered and, if you ask, she will make constructive suggestions. She is one of the best online companies you can connect with, and she offers many choices for her promotions. Her rates are reasonable, and she sends you follow-up on all her programs. She provides a service that is truly needed and works some long hours to maintain her excellent reputation. – Linda Nielsen, author of Life Rolls Along

Good morning, Lisa!

Thank you so much for a great tour! I will be re-sharing/sharing out the reviews, interviews, recipes and more from the tour on my blog and other social media over the next months, so the tour stops will continue to get exposure! I know your hard work on the tour is an important part of THE WIDOWS finding readers, and I greatly appreciate it.

All the very best– Jess (Montgomery, author of The Widows)

Hi, Lisa–

I wanted to thank you for doing such a fantastic job of running the tour. Things have rolled along without a hitch, and I feel as if my book has gotten a lot of great attention. I really appreciate all that you’ve done.

Best, Beth (Castrodale, author of In This Ground)

I was extremely happy with my Instagram tour from TLC Book Tours! The team at TLC guided me every step of the way, selected relevant hosts for my tour, and were extremely supportive of me and my book. The Instagram hosts were creative and gracious and resulted in a measurable boost to my author social media platform, but also to awareness of my title, and to online sales! I highly recommend TLC Book Tours and hope to work with them in the future. –Tiffany Elaine, author of Ms. Mulligan and the Enchanted Ice Cream

Beneath Still Waters

I want to thank you for a wonderful experience on my blog tour.  I won’t know until I get my royalties statement in June how effective it was, but I know I loved reading the reviews. They were thoughtful, professional, and well done. This has been a very positive experience for me. So positive, in fact, that I am contemplating doing another tour for a book I have coming out this July.

Thanks again for everything! I appreciate it. –Cynthia A. Graham, author of Beneath Still Waters

Follow the River HomeDear Lisa,

Thank you so very much for including my book, Follow the River Home, in TLC’s June 2016 blog tour.  I appreciate all your work in putting together such a wonderful schedule of reviewers, from whom I learned much!  They all gave thoughtful reviews of my book, and were very professional and timely in their postings.  I also appreciate those who were connected to Goodreads and Amazon, as that further helped to expose my book.  I am grateful for the time and effort all the reviewers put into reading and reviewing Follow the River Home.  And you were very responsive to my pre-tour requests to ensure my author information was accurate on TLC’s website.  I highly recommend TLC Book Tours to other authors.  Many thanks to all of you!
Kind Regards,
Corran Harrington, author of Follow the River Home
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Water on the MoonWhat a pleasure, to have been a part of TLC Book Tours. The bloggers were fantastic, with great insights and wonderful interviews. I especially enjoyed the back and forth between the bloggers and their readers. I loved the reader comments, and it was great fun to be able to send books to the readers who entered the giveaways and contests. The tour was a great experience that i would readily recommend to other authors considering blog tours. Not least of all, kudos to Lisa Munley who runs the tours. You couldn’t ask for a more responsive, friendly, and also professional person at the helm. It was a pleasure working with her. On the business side, my Amazon numbers rose steadily during the tour as my novel was introduced to new readers, both from the bloggers and from the new reviews that were generated. Well done, all!–Jean P. Moore, author of Water on the Moon

Paris Time CapsuleI wanted to say thank you so much for including PARIS TIME CAPSULE  on your blog schedule with TLC book tours.
Your blogs are such a valuable resource for authors as you give us wonderful exposure on the internet.  I appreciated all the interesting insights and creative and fun ways of reviewing the book- in some cases even sharing recipes inspired by Cat’s journey through France!
I have acknowledged and quoted many of your kind reviews in the opening pages of my second novel which is being released in March 2016- thank you.
All the best, Ella Carey–author of Paris Time Capsule

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“It’s truly a pleasure to endorse TLC Book Tours. Although TLC had been recommended by my publisher, before proceeding I did compare how various tours operate, and in what blogs they place fiction for review. I’m very glad I chose TLC. I found Lisa immediately responsive  questions, as well as cheerful, articulate and complete in her responses. She did an excellent job putting together a fifteen blog tour for A MATTER OF MERCY, which is a literary novel, and she did it quickly and efficiently. Not only was there was definitely a bump in sales following excellent reviews, I noticed other sites picking up the book for review as a result. I particularly appreciate the personal attention Lisa gave every aspect of the tour.”–Lynne Hugo, author of A Matter of Mercy

Love and Treasure“It’s so hard nowadays to figure out how to reach readers. Should a writer be spending endless hours on Facebook or Instagram. Should she be tweeting or pinning inspirational photos? And if she does all that, will she have any time left to do the actual hard work of writing? Lisa’s book blog tour made it all so simple. She handled everything, with good cheer and grace. All I had to do was show up (and in some cases not even that!). I can’t say for sure if the on line book tour works to sell books, but it definitely works as well or better than traveling from city to city to read to a handful (or even more than a handful) of people. And you can do it in your pajamas!”–Ayelet Waldman, author of Love & Treasure

Blade of the Samurai“Thank you so much Lisa, I really appreciate the work you put in – this was a wonderful tour. Thank you for giving me the chance to tour with you! I’ll definitely be booking a tour for FLASK OF THE DRUNKEN MASTER next year.”

–Susan Spann, author of Blade of the Samurai

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Trinity Stones“I found TLC through a fellow author at my publisher, and she highly recommended them. My experience was awesome. Lisa was fabulous to work with, I made some great blogger contacts, and captured some wonderful reviews. I went on to recommend TLC to several of the other authors at my publisher… and they went on to have successful tours. Highly recommend using TLC. I plan on using them for my next tour in December.” ~L.G. O’Connor, Author of The Angelorum Twelve Chronicles series.

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Bee Summers“Well, that was a great book tour! Or should I say, another great book tour! Thanks for all the work you did in support of Bee Summers. You did a masterful job matching the book to reviewers. Every single one of them met the book on its own terms, and that doesn’t always happen.

“Thanks again for all your efforts and for your enthusiasm. That support makes the business of promotion (to which I do not take as a fish to water) much more pleasant. I sing TLC’s praises to all the writers and aspiring writers I know.”

— Melanie Dugan, author of Bee Summers

midsummerFI was delighted with the thoughtful and intelligent responses to Midsummer. Because it’s such a literary, language-driven work, I had some concerns about how it would be received, but your choice of bloggers was exactly right. I was encouraged by so many positive comments about my work, and I know I’ll be able to use them to publicize the novella.

I have no hesitation about recommending TLC Blog Tours to other writers. I hope I’ll have the chance to connect with you again.

— Carole Giangrande, author of Midsummer

The Moon Sisters

TLC put together a phenomenal book tour for me, introducing The Moon Sisters to a new readership and its author to a new stable of favorite book bloggers. Some of the reviews received on this tour have made it to “print it out and frame it” status; they were incredible. Thank you, TLC and Lisa Munley, for all of your work, and for this fantastic tour.

— Therese Walsh, author of The Moon Sisters

 

A Different SunThanks, Trish.
It was a great virtual tour!
And I would recommend you to anyone.

— Elaine Neil Orr, author of A Different Sun

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The Isolation DoorHi Lisa,

A big thanks to you and the rest of the TLC team for creating a truly memorable blog tour. It was an exciting and oftentimes touching experience to see others connect with the novel and offer their take on the story.

–Anish Majumdar, Author of The Isolation Door: A Novel

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Oddities and EntitiesI can’t thank you enough for such a wonderful tour!  I’ve done a few tours so far, and my tour with TLC was not only the best managed but offered the greatest exposure.  Although I’m very flattered with all the glowing reviews I received, I have to say that even the reviewers whose tastes resided outside my book’s scope exhibited their professionalism by qualifying their subjective comments with objective commentary on the book’s literary qualities.  In a world of subjective opinions, it’s a great sign to the caliber of the blog reviewers.  All in all, great job!

–Roland Allnach, author of Oddities and Entities

Hungry _3_15_retThis being my first book, I was surprised and a little overwhelmed by the amount of personal involvement required to promote it; I quickly learned that producing a good product is not enough and my agent Christy Fletcher suggested TLC Book Tours as the most cost-effective way to gain broad exposure; Lisa’s company delivered.  The reviews were largely well-written, thorough, thoughtful and on-time and came from all over the country.  I highly recommend TLC as a great use of your marketing dollar.

–Darlene Barnes, author of Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love & the Power of Good Food

swoon coverTLC was a fabulous experience!  It exposed my book to a wealth of smart, influential bloggers, and increased the buzz 100%.  Virtual tours are the future of book publicity, and Lisa was fantastic–targeting great reviewers and insuring the best coverage.There’s no better way to spread the word and no more professional, hands-on team than TLC Tours.  Every author should go for this!

Betsy Prioleau, author of Swoon:  Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them

The Mermaid of Brooklyn final coverHi Lisa,

Just wanted to thank you for the wonderful blog tour in support of The Mermaid of Brooklyn! You did such a great job on such short notice. I really appreciate it, and the time and attention of each of those wonderful bloggers. I’ll be sure to recommend you to writer-friends!
Thanks so much!
Amy

–Amy Shearn, author of The Mermaid of Brooklyn

The Long Way HomeI can honestly say I LOVED the TLC tour for this book. Of course, it helped a lot that 95% of the reviews on the blogs were glowing (!) so I had great quotes for my FB page.

I also appreciated that I was able to do mostly q & a for the blogs that wanted something from me. Time isn’t always on my side here, so I was able to comply with those fewer requests, and every piece I wrote did run on the blog sites, so I was happy about that.

…the reviews … were really really good and gave me some great quotes! I think some of them should be used in the front of the next book.

Thanks again, Marti

–Mariah Stewart, author of The Long Way Home

So LAHi Lisa,

Thank you so much for such a delightful tour! I was really happy with the publicity and the candid reviews!

Thank you!
Bridget
–Bridget Hoida, author of So L.A.

Lasso the StarsI was very pleased with the TLC Book Tour. It was easy to navigate, informative and very well handled. You help was invaluable and I appreciated all the time that you spent with me to get the tour on-line. Your never ending patience with my numerous questions went above and beyond the call of duty!

–Linda Nielsen, author of Lasso the Stars

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I used TLC to help promote my debut novel, THE UNFINISHED GARDEN, and was thrilled with the results. I had weird demands for blog hosts–I wrote a love story about OCD, grief, and gardening–and Trish worked tirelessly to compile a good list for me. The reviews were fantastic, many of the reviewers linked to Amazon or Goodreads, and my TLC  tour really generated a buzz. Plus, Trish went above and beyond to reschedule reviews after several ARCs went missing in the mail. I have already earmarked promotional dollars for a TLC book tour with novel two. Can’t wait!

–Barbara Claypole White, author of The Unfinished Garden

“For me, the “L” in TLC stands for Lisa Munley, And from what I’ve read about those who work with Trish, they feel the same way about the “T”.

“C” for care is an understatement. Lisa’s speed-of-light responsiveness, good humor, and diligent, spot-on research to match tour hosts who might find resonance with the many themes of The Healer of Fox Hollow made the whole process deeply rewarding and more than worthwhile.

One look at the books on their list shows that talent, efficiency, and expertise have earned TLC a prominent reputation. No need to pack a toothbrush or grapple with jet-lag. TLC’s cyber book tour was a splendid way to get the word out about my novel.”

–Joann Rose Leonard, author of The Healer of Fox Hollow

I would like to thank TLC Book Tours for an absolutely amazing experience. Thank you so much for setting all these tour stops up. I was very impressed with all of the sites. For a debut author this was the best tour ever!

— Darlene Panzera, author of The Bet – inside Debbie Macomber’s Family Affair

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“It’s a brave new world out there for authors. Lots of books being published still, but fewer bookstores. TLC is an ingenious way to reach your audience.”

— Max Holland, author of Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat

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“Thank you so much for organizing a great bookblog tour! I had so much fun. I was impressed by the variety of voices, ideas, opinions and responses to my book out there, as well as the geographical reach of the tour. The tour was well worth the cost.

Thanks for all your help and support. Without it, I know my book would not have achieved the attention it has.”

—Melanie Dugan, author of Dead Beautiful

“I also want to say how much I appreciate your excellent organizational skills and efficiency. You do a fabulous job, are always on top of things, and, well, couldn’t be better. I will unqualifiedly recommend you to anyone I know publishing a book.

Let me also add how fascinating and frankly uplifting it’s been to be introduced to the world of book bloggers. I don’t know if I’ve been living under a rock (maybe!), but I wasn’t terribly aware of the extent of book blogging until I began to work with you. I have since discovered a terrifically heartening world of readers who genuinely care about books (!) — and who spend time and effort reading, thinking and writing about them not for pay or professional advancement but simply because they engage with them. This, for a writer, is tremendously encouraging and motivating. There is a lot of hand-wringing out there in the world of so-called professional publishing, saying nobody’s reading or interested in serious fiction. And here is the world of enthusiastic and thoughtful bloggers to say otherwise. The interest and reception I’ve had from bloggers, their words and reviews, even when there are quibbles, have been hugely uplifting to me.”

— Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go

Dearest Trish,

Thank you so much for arranging the 32 CANDLES blogger book tour. You were amazing to work with, and I couldn’t have had a better experience. I’ll be recommending TLC to other authors I know, and can’t wait to work with you again for my second book.

Ernessa T. Carter

“We can’t thank you enough for the extraordinary job you did in organizing the blog tour for our first novel, HIDDEN WIVES. We really had no idea what we were doing when we sent that first e-mail to you.  You were so encouraging and incredibly diligent and professional. You guided us through the process every step of the way and made it effortless. Even though we heard about your services at the last minute, you managed to squeeze us in and get so many thoughtful and competent bloggers lined up immediately to read and review the book. Along the way, we discovered so many creative and fun blogs. We met  kind and talented bloggers who all share a passion for books. We absolutely loved doing the tour and have added these bloggers to our web-site so our readers can discover their wonderful blogs too.

“Our editor showed our marketing department many of the wonderful reviews we received from some of the bloggers. They were impressed with the insightful and poignant reviews and the level of exposure in the blogsphere. Many readers commented that the book seemed to be on-line “everywhere” during the TLC tour. We believe this exposure helped generate some strong early sales, encouraging our publisher to release a mass market edition of the book scheduled for release this coming August.

“We just can’t thank you enough.  We will be lining up another tour for the next novel soon. We really are so grateful to have found your services.”

Warmest Regards,

–Mari Hilburn & Michelle Poche (Pseudonym, Claire Avery), authors of Hidden Wives

“I had no idea what to expect when I contacted TLC book tours. But Lisa Munley acted quickly, efficiently–and kindly. She  targeted bloggers who would be interested in a book of literary fiction that took place during WWII and had a surrealistic tilt. And soon I woke up almost every morning to discover an  articulate blogger shine a new lens on the material. It was great that  Heidegger’s Glasses got cogent, articulate reviews. But beyond that I felt the most important thing an author can feel–namely, that the characters and story were coming alive in someone else’s imagination. Lisa was patient in explaining every mechanical detail that I didn’t understand, and created a calendar I was able to follow. I couldn’t have asked for a better guide. And Heidegger’s Glasses couldn’t have asked for a better navigator in the online world. Lisa Munley is terrific!”

–Thaisa Frank, author of Heidegger’s Glasses

Hi Lisa,

I just want to thank you for setting up the TLC book tour for Queen Hereafter!  It’s been a wonderful tour, well organized and nicely promoted, and it’s been fun to see so many wonderful reviews throughout December. The book got lots of lovely attention as word spread, I’ve made some great new acquaintances, and hopefully I’ve picked up lots of readers along the way too!

Thanks again, and best wishes for the new year!

–Susan Fraser King, author of Queen Hereafter
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“I really enjoyed working with Trish Collins and TLC.  Trish was responsive, diligent, and helpful, and I appreciated the exposure TLC garnered for my book.  One of the nicest things the tour did was to introduce me to a lot of people in the blogging community, which is a wonderful and supportive community with a real passion for books.  It’s a lucky thing for a writer to meet so many people who care deeply about good writing and want to tell others about it.  TLC is so well connected and respected in the blogging community, that I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction.”

–Justin Kramon, author of Finny

“Publishing is changing so fast that it has been compared to the wild, wild west and the explosion of book blogs has made it challenging to know how to best reach the right audience for a book.  TLC Book Tours are the experts!  Lisa Munley found wonderful bloggers to host my tour. She hits the perfect balance between warmth and professionalism, and is just a joy to work with. I would work with her again in a heartbeat.”

–Jean Davies Okimoto, author of The Love Ceiling

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“I didn’t know what to expect from a blog tour, but I knew how important the internet has become as a way to reach readers. TLC was a pleasure to deal with. Lisa treats you like a friend and patiently guides you through the process. The good part for the author is that it is effortless. Lisa makes sure the whole thing runs smoothly. I felt the reviewers were intelligent and thoughtful in their critiques, and that a good dialogue about the book emerged from the process. I would definitely recommend them.”

— Tatjana Soli, author of The Lotus Eaters

“I am hopelessly and famously backward regarding anything involving the Internet and still tend to think of computers as the world’s best typewriters, magically endowed with the power to correct my spelling and let me comb through encyclopedias. So when Penguin told me about TLC’s blog tour, I truly didn’t understand a single thing about it. And then, in the two months before Keeping the Feast came out, I started getting regular notices of reviews that had been posted on the web about my book. They were thoughtful, considered and — what I especially loved, since I live in France — they all seemed to come from very different parts of the U.S. and very different sorts of readers. I liked seeing how readers responded, and once I figured out I could respond too, I really enjoyed it. The best was the last evening, when all the groups were online at once and I was trying to answer their questions as fast as they came up. The whole experience was marvelous, and I believe my book got ‘out there’ in a way it never would have without it. I also loved writing a review for aarti’s blog about a ‘riveting’ female character in literature. I chose Penelope in Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad and had a blast, and now a lot of my friends are reading it too. Thanks all round!”

–Paula Butturini, author of Keeping the Feast
“TLC Book Tours is such a great way to get the word out about your book! The bloggers they work with are reliable and enthusiastic, as well as being smart and savvy readers who write thoughtful and interesting reviews. The buzz they create in the blogosphere is invaluable, and readers respond!”

— Jennie Shortridge, author of When She Flew, Love & Biology at the Center of the Universe, Eating Heaven, and Riding With the Queen
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Precious“I was very impressed with TLC Book Tours.  Lisa was friendly, dedicated, and professional throughout my entire blog tour.  Indeed, the level of professionalism was stellar, both from her and each reviewer.  The reviews were honest, detailed, and helped bolster on-line exposure for my literary debut novel, PRECIOUS.  I noticed jumps in sales as well as increased visitations to my website.  The group also made the experience a fun and lively one; I had several conversations with reviewers that went beyond the standard post and have added all of their sites to my own blogroll.  I would recommend TLC in a heartbeat.  Two thumbs up!”

–Sandra Novack, author of Precious

Laws of Harmony“Lisa is not only very nice, but I think she’s really good at what she does, and she’s very on top of things.  She followed up on every last detail and I noticed she commented on every blog post.  I was very impressed and pleased with the TLC tour.   I really enjoyed the tour and have made some great new friends among the blog hosts.  Thanks for all your efforts; I’ve already recommended TLC to several author friends.”

–Judith Hendricks, author of The Laws of Harmony

fallOnline book promotion has become essential to a book’s success, and TLC arranged a book tour for my new story collection, THE MECHANICS OF FALLING, that gained positive exposure for my book.  My book was reviewed online by articulate, thoughtful reviewers, so the selection of sites was fantastic and well matched to the nature of the book.  TLC organizes the reading tour with a high degree of professionalism and is responsive to reviewers and to authors as the process unfolds.  My online book tour went smoothly thanks to this professional oversight, and I’d recommend TLC to any author hoping to promote her book.

–Catherine Brady, author of The Mechanics of Falling

tea-and-other-ayama-na-tales-miniTrish Collins is very professional and at the same time, fun to work with. She answered all my questions and very patiently educated me about this virtual tour process. She provided all the info. I needed to maximize the experience, trying hard to match my book with appropriate blogs and for the most part, doing that exceedingly well. She did all she promised (and more) on schedule and checked to make sure the bloggers posted their reviews when they were supposed to.

I haven’t done a virtual tour with anyone else, so I have nothing to compare this to, but if I did another virtual tour, I’d definitely use TLC and Trish Collins again. I recommend her with enthusiasm and without reservation.

— Eleanor Bluestein, author of Tea & Other Ayama Na Tales

I want to thank you for the very professional job that you did in setting up and conducting my TLC Book Tour….Overall, I believe that the TLC Book Tour was a sound investment for Staghorn Press. It’s hard to track specific results, but the reader exposure per dollar spent seems to be in balance.”

–David H. Jones, author of Two Brothers – One North, One South

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bookcover“I had a wonderful time, and I really enjoyed interacting with the hosts, writing guest blogs, doing interviews, and just meeting new readers and bloggers. I found every one of the hosts to be incredibly easy to work with and genuinely interested in my book as well as me, the author. In this difficult industry, it’s so gratifying and humbling to know that there are people who actually enjoy reading and who get a kick out of meeting the author. In the same way, I got such a great kick out of meeting them!

I also really appreciate how involved you were, Lisa, with my tour.  I never worried that my hosts might bail, or that I would have to be the one to keep on top of them.  You were great about making sure that the posts were up when they were supposed to be and dealt with all the details so that I didn’t worry at all during the tour!”

–Christine Son, author of Off the Menu

9753ac5156cdaad7fae7d5fe27b03d63“By the end of my virtual tour, my novel was all over the blogosphere.  TLC Book Tours did a fantastic job helping me connect directly with readers and further publicize my book.”

–David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl

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41cqj6ojaxl_sl500_aa240_“TLC” Virtual Book Tours is exactly what it says – tender loving care for your baby, your book. Using Lisa and her rolodex of online book blogs is one of the smartest things I did for the paperback release of my book, Capote in Kansas. She matched me up perfectly with a supportive community of online bloggers who do what they do because they love books. In these days of waning book coverage, it was the perfect way to get the word out – and discover a new world of readers. Using TLC is a no-brainer, for writers with brains…and I can’t wait to sell my new book, and use Lisa again.”

–Kim Powers, author of Capote in Kansas and The History of Swimming

9781401340735househo_m“I didn’t know what to expect when TLC Tours hosted a virtual tour for my first novel. As the tour began, I was happy to find out that my book was going to be reviewed by more than a dozen different book blogs, all of them targeted to my reading audience. During the month-long tour, my website received fifty more hits per day, and my Amazon sales rank rose steadily. TLC’s virtual tour helped spread my book virally—I started to get reviews from other bloggers not on the tour, and from readers who had seen it mentioned on a blog and then bought the book and written about it on Goodreads or another web site. I’m currently finishing up my second novel, and can’t wait to work with TLC Tours again. They were professional, well-organized, and smart about the best places to feature my book. My TLC tour provided a definite bump in interest in the book AND in sales. And they’re a pleasure to work with! ”

— Kathleen McCleary, author of House and Home

May Book Club Giveaway

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California is home to all kinds of people and ever California is home to all kinds of people and every kind of story. I didn’t grow up here, but I’ve lived here my entire adult life, and have started collecting books with California settings. This short story collection fits right in. It’s out now - I hope you’ll check it out ☀️ 
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In present-day Southern California, a diverse group of characters seeks the fulfillment and connection this sunny state has always promised. They come with hopes for a better lifestyle, for a change of perspective, or for the dry, mild West Coast weather. A couple moves to Palm Desert from New York for the arid, warm climate a doctor prescribes and they manage both illness and homesickness. The woman makes an unlikely friend in a young albino boy who teaches her a harsh lesson about the margin for cruelty that resides in us all. A young Mexican woman migrates to California and marries an American man—only to be deserted. A young man is disqualified from the Naval Aeronautical program and returns to his sister’s home, where he struggles with his identity and sexuality. After years of estrangement, a teenage girl travels to California from New York to spend the summer with her father. Between each of the thirteen stories in this collection are interspersed several “snapshot” stories—poetic pauses—that blend a set of images into an artistic visual unit, much like a brief cinematic experience. Every character in this collection is distinct from the next, but all of their stories unfold under the glare of the same Southern California sun—a western desert light so clear and unfiltered that it reveals everything. #allsfairandothercaliforniastories #californiabooks #lindafeyder #storycollection
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Thank You, Mama is a fun new children’s book that I guarantee will make you and your child hungry! I am so excited to add this new book to our shelves. My almost 3 year old is a very picky eater (and her “safe” foods are also limited due to food allergies) so it is hard to get her to try new foods and expand her palate. I’m hoping this book will help! I also love that the book focuses on gratitude, Vietnamese cuisine, and that mealtime is a special time to be together as a family!
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Synopsis:
“TikTok and viral video star Grey (@greyandmama, 6M followers) says “Thank you, Mama!” to healthy foods in this picture book that teaches gratitude, manners, and the joy of sharing meals with those we love.
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We all want to raise happy eaters who enjoy eating new foods, mealtimes with family, and being thankful. That’s why so many parents love Linda Meeker’s charming videos of her son Grey saying “Thank you, Mama!” With colorful illustrations that capture a child’s daily snacks and mealtimes, Thank You, Mama will delight parents and kids alike.
This playful picture book for 3 to 7-year-olds
* follows a little boy as he explores different foods–from vegetables to sushi–and tries to pick his favorite
* encourages children to try new foods and become happy, healthy eaters
* honors the bond between parent and child
* models respect, manners, and thankfulness
* builds vocabulary and prereading skills with colorful food illustrations paired with words for each item”
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Thank you so much @tlcbooktours, @tlcdiversity, @tommynelsonbooks, and @greyandmama for our gifted copy! We also appreciate the extra gifted copy to share in a local LFL!
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Would you consider yourself a foodie, a picky eater, or somewhere in between?
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“ 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓳𝓾𝓭𝓰𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼, 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾.” ᴛᴀᴡɴᴀ ꜰᴇɴꜱᴋᴇ - ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰʟɪɴɢ
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Qᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ: ᴀɴʏ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴇᴀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʏ ꜱᴜʀᴘʀɪꜱᴇ?
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Happy Wednesday said no one in the history of adulting; prove me wrong I dare you… but since we are here, let’s share a mini review with no spoilers below ↴

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙺𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 ➟ ᴍʏ ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ: ★ ★ ★ ★

What’s this? Me reading a best friends to lovers trope… no… but yes, yes I did. I devoured the 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚂𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚎 series & I thoroughly enjoyed it all; 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙺𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 was entertaining, charming, witty and gritty all at the same time. I laughed, cringed and swooned.

The characters were absolutely likable and though not my favorite type of trope it definitely had an easy flow and evolution that felt natural when the romance grew. And the drama, it was a train wreck that I could not look away from, and there was a ton of drama that added to plot.

This was definitely enjoyable; if you are looking for a standalone series that is cute and fun, easy to connect and laugh, this is right up your alley!

Full review posted on blog, link in bio! & thank you to @tlcbooktours for providing a copy for a review!

♥ Stay safe, stay fresh my comrades!
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📚📚📚📖🎧 Book Tour 🎧📖📚📚📚

#superthankful🙏🏻 for @tlcbooktours and @tlcdiversity for selecting me as a #booktourhost for #amillionquietrevolutions by @rockin_robin_1
This is a bright stunning debut for readers like me who loved The Poet X, #felixeverafter and #aristotleanddantediscoverthesecretsoftheuniverse. Plus@orangeskyaudio
produced the audiobook and the narration was excellent. 

Robin Gow’s A Million Quiet Revolutions is a modern love story, told in verse, about two teenaged trans boys who name themselves after two Revolutionary War soldiers. 
For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town with few queer teenagers, let alone young trans men, they’ve shared milestones like coming out as trans, buying the right binders – and falling for each other.
But just as their relationship has started to blossom, Aaron moves away. Feeling adrift, separated from the one person who understands them, they seek solace in digging deep into the annals of America’s past. When they discover the story of two Revolutionary War soldiers who they believe to have been trans man in love, they’re inspired to pay tribute to these soldiers by adopting their names – Aaron and Oliver. As they learn, they delve further into unwritten queer stories, and they discover the transformative power of reclaiming one’s place in history.

Robin Gow is a trans and queer poet, editor, and educator from rural Pennsylvania. They are the director and founder of Transcendent Connections, an organization that provides trans education resources to support trans youth. Gow also founded the New York City trans and queer reading series Gender Reveal Party. They live in Pennsylvania with their pugs, Gertrude and Eddie.

QOTD: Does your area have resources for LGTBQ youth who need them? 
Call 1-866-488-7386 or go to thetrevorproject.org for info!

#RobinGowAuthor #AMillionQuietRevolutions #LGBTQbooks#audiobookstagram #yabooks #orangeskyaudio
#bookstagramgoals #bookstagramcommunity #bookinfluencer #bookobsessedgirl #bookaesthetic #bookwormproblems #ireadeverywhere #readingislife #readersofinstagram #jamestrevinorepost
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𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱⁣
By Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir⁣
Translated by: Philip Roughton⁣
Publisher: Amazon Crossing⁣
Pub Date: 3/1/2022⁣
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Have you ever read a book where the prose is so beautifully descriptive and atmospheric that you feel you could walk right into the book? That’s how I felt about this lovely one.⁣
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The plot's pace is measured, as life in Iceland in the early 1900s was about hard, physical work and family. This story combines a young woman breaking stereotypical roles with Icelandic folklore, customs, and the beauty of a rugged country. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.⁣
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📖 Growing up on a farm in early twentieth-century rural Iceland, Karitas Ólafsdóttir, one of six siblings, yearns for a new life. An artist, Karitas has a powerful calling and is determined to never let go of her true being, one unsuited for the conventional. But she is powerless against the fateful turns of real life and all its expectations of women. Pulled back time and again by design and by chance to the Icelandic countryside–as dutiful daughter, loving mother, and fisherman’s wife–she struggles to thrive, to be what she was meant to be.⁣
Spanning decades and set against a breathtaking historical canvas, Karitas Untitled, an award-winning classic of Icelandic literature, is a complex and immersive portrait of an artist’s conflict with love, family, nature, and a country unaccustomed to an untraditional woman–but most of all, with herself and the creative instincts she has no choice but to follow.⁣
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Thank you @tlcbooktours and @amazonpublishing for a spot on tour and a gifted copy.⁣
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🕯 Use my Code: 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐚𝟏𝟎 and get your personalized @birthdateco candle today! (you may use code unlimited times).⁣
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🌎 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧? 𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.⁣
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Hello, Gorgeous 🥰 Repost from @shook_sbooks • Hello, Gorgeous 🥰 Repost from @shook_sbooks
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✨𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆✨ 
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝗯𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿

Thank you to @authorvanessamiller and @tlcbooktours  for my #gifted copy.
Do  you believe that something good can come out of tragedy? Are you a glass half full or a glass half empty person? Miller’s book sounds like an uplifting read that so many people could use right now!  Looking forward to this one.
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸:

Alexis Marshall never meant to cause the accident that left Jon-Jon Robinson paralyzed—but though guilt plagues her, her husband hopes to put the past behind them. After all, he’s in the middle of selling a tech business—and if Alexis admits to texting while driving, the deal could collapse and cost them millions. Meanwhile, Alexis’s life is not as shiny and perfect as it may seem from the outside. She has secrets of her own. As she becomes consumed with thoughts of the young man she hit, can she reconcile her mistake with her husband’s expectations?

Trish Robinson is just trying to hold it together after the accident that left Jon-Jon dependent and depressed. As the bills pile up, Trish and her husband, Dwayne, find themselves at odds. Trish wants to forgive and move on, but Dwayne is filled with rage toward the entitled woman who altered their lives forever. Trish can’t see how anything good can come from so much hate and strife, so she determines to pray until God intervenes. Then one afternoon Marquita Lewis rings their doorbell with a baby in her arms and changes everything.

Vanessa Miller’s latest inspirational novel reminds readers that differences may separate us, but if we cling to each other, God can bring something good out of our very worst moments.

𝗤-𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.  𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤!  𝐈’𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.

#multiculturalfiction #multicultural #somethinggood #christanfiction #bookfeature
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Hi beauties! Today I have a @TLCBookTours feature, Love Decoded by @JenYenWrites (published by @PenguinTeen). This book sounds so cute and I always love seeing Asian American representation! 
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High school junior Gigi Wong strives to be the best: the top student, the perfect friend, and the ideal daughter. But it's tough when there's always someone who is just a little bit better. With college applications looming, she can't help but worry that she won't make the cut. Thankfully, her best friend Kyle never fails to find the right words--and the perfect bowl of ramen--to cheer her up.

After her teacher, Ms. Harris, announces she'll be nominating students for an app writing contest, Gigi is determined to be picked. After all, first prize is an exclusive tech internship, sure to make her application stand out. There's only one problem: she doesn't have a winning program. It isn't until transfer student Etta admits she's struggling to fit in at Superbia that Gigi stumbles on an idea. She'll use her coding skills--and the matchmaking experience she's gotten from weekends with Auntie Rose--to create a friend matching app! Etta will meet new people, and Gigi will guarantee her acceptance into college. It's foolproof.

What Gigi doesn't expect is for her app to go viral around school. Soon, she finds herself at the center of a scandal--and at odds with both Etta and Kyle. Can Gigi fix what went wrong, or will her desire to be perfect cost her the people she cares about most?
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Thinking of displaced people everywhere this morni Thinking of displaced people everywhere this morning 🌏 Repost from @bookishcatsavant
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📚𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 & 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞📚
𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎 & 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛: 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚘 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚢 @ousmanumar @nasco_ict 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 @kevingerrydunn 
𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛: #amazoncrossing @amazonpublishing 
𝙿𝚞𝚋 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎: 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 1, 2022
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: #memoir #africanliterature 
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Thank you @tlcbooktours {partner} @tlcdiversity and publisher for including me in this tour! 
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📖𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚜📖

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona–and the path that led him home.

Ousman Umar is a shaman’s son born in a small village in Ghana. Though his mother died giving birth, he spent a contented childhood working the fields, setting traps in the jungle, and living off the land. Still, as strange and wondrous flying machines crisscrossed the skies overhead, Ousman dreamed of a different life. And so, when he was only twelve years old, he left his village and began what would be a five-year journey to Europe.

Every step of the way, as he traveled across the Sahara desert, through the daunting metropolises of Accra, Tripoli, Benghazi, and Casablanca, and over the Mediterranean Sea aboard a packed migrant dinghy, Ousman was handed off like merchandise by a loose network of smugglers and in the constant, foreboding company of “sinkers”: other migrants who found themselves penniless and alone on their way north, unable to continue onward or return home.

But on a path rife with violence, exploitation, and racism, Ousman also encountered friendship, generosity, and hope. North to Paradise is a visceral true story about the stark realities of life along the most dangerous migrant route across Africa; it is also a portrait of extraordinary resilience in the face of unimaginable challenges, the beauty of kindness in strangers, and the power of giving back.
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𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮‘𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 
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Wishing everyone peace ✌️ 🙏🏻 Repost from Wishing everyone peace ✌️ 🙏🏻 Repost from @webreakforbooks
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No matter your religious affiliation, I think most of us are yearning for peace right now. Unclutter Your Soul is a perfect remedy 🤗 

Synopsis ⤵️

A unique biblical and practical approach to uncluttering our internal thoughts and feelings.

We all want our lives to change for the better–to become the healthiest versions of ourselves in spirit, soul, and body. Yet we still struggle. Author Trina McNeilly, looking for order in her own life, embarked on an inward journey to the home of her heart and soul to find healing and health from the inside out.

Unclutter Your Soul is for all of us who are cluttered and overwhelmed with loss, fear, chronic stress, unhealthy coping mechanisms, crippling depression, or anxiety. With the Holy Spirit as our guide, Trina says we can learn to

✔️ observe: acknowledge the clutter,
✔️own: make space for a healthy internal environment, and
✔️overcome: take action with tools for living clutter-free from the inside out.

Each chapter in these three sections is written as an essay and concludes with practical and soulful tips as well as prompts to put them into action. With discussion questions and a prayer guide, Unclutter Your Soul is the ultimate resource for finding freedom in our everyday lives by releasing limited mindsets and creating more space for peace and joy.

Thank you @tlcbooktours @thomasnelson and @trina_mcneilly for my #gifted copy 

QOTD: What helps you find peace? 

#UnclutterYourSoul #christiannonfiction #nonfiction #personalgrowth #nonfictionbook  #selfimprovement #selfhelp #selfhelpbook #selfimprovementbook #beingmybestself #ownyourmood #booktour #newpost #newreads
Poetry, anyone? Repost from @hoardingbooks.herding Poetry, anyone? Repost from @hoardingbooks.herdingcats
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“𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝
𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 
𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜.”
— 𝙲𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚗
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#QOTD What kind of poetry, if any, do you like to read?

Like most bibliophiles who were once angsty teenagers, or like most readers who once felt love’s cruel sting, I have often solace in poetry. In both reading and writing them. Very few of my own poems made it out of my diary, of course, but during most of middle school and high school days, and even through my first semester in college, I kept a habit of handwriting and memorizing my favorite poems. The poets I loved back then were Christina Rossetti, Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charlotte Mew, W.H. Auden, and naturally, the Romantics. And to this day, they remain my favorites. But that doesn’t mean I don’t read anything new! 

Currently, for instance, I am indulging in myself with three beautiful poetry collections from @centavepub, each unique but as piercing and heartfelt as the others. 

In 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫, @ari.b.cofer takes us on journey to live life fully, through its highs and lows, while struggling with mental health. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 by @cgcpoems is an ode to love, loss, heartbreak, and grief —a path to peace and closure. And @hinnah.xo’s 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐞𝐚: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 addresses bodily trauma and the process of working through it, highlighting trauma that comes not just from another person, but also from a nation and from within.

Many thanks to @centavepub and @tlcbooktours for my gifted copies! I shall cherish them forever! 📚 

#amreading #bibliophile #book #bookaddict #booklover #books #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer #centavepublishing #centavepubpoetry #currentlyreading #diversebooks #diversereads #favoritebooks #hoardingbooksherdingcats #poem #poems #poetry #poetrylovers #reading #readersofinstagram #tlcbooktours #tlcdiversity #whattoreadnext
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Edward and Annie
By: Caryn Rivadeneira
Illustrated by: Katy Tanis 
 
When your book matches the @littlefreelibrary perfectly, you know it’s gonna be a good day!!
 
What has been a good thing about today for you?
 
The book Edward and Annie is based off the account of what happened at the Shedd Aquarium during the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic when the aquarium was shut down. We watch as the penguin friends get to explore the whole aquarium and meet lots of new pals. Such a fun book to read!
 
I want to thank you with @tommynelsonbooks @carynrivadeneira @shedd_aquarium and @tlcbooktours for not only gofting me a review copy but also a copy for my local Free Little Library to share with others!! Check this book out on its Pub Date on March 8th!! 
 
#EdwardandAnnie #TommyNelson #TommyNelsonBooks #SheddAquarium #childrensbooks #picturebooks #penguinsofinstagram #sponsored #picturebookstagram #littlebookworms #childrensbook #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookstagram #kidsbooks #kidsbook #kidsbookstagram #kidsbookswelove #aquariums #aquarium #animalstories #penguin #penguins #comingsoon #getready #animalfanatics #animalfun #marinelife #animalbooks #penguinlover #🐧
Book clubs! There are still a few more days to ent Book clubs! There are still a few more days to enter our special Black History Month giveaway to win a set of up to ten copies of an amazing Black-authored title for your book club! Go to our bio to find the entry form in our Campsite link. Good luck! #bookclubs #giveaways #bookgiveaway #BlackHistoryMonth #diversifyyourshelves #readdiversebooks
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Where my YA fans? I have a phenomenal book to recommend: WE WERE KINGS by Court Stevens. It’s a coming of age story with some mystery, and throw in some contentious subject matter. It’s available now to order or grab.

s y n o p s i s:

Twenty years ago, eighteen-year-old Francis Quick was convicted of murdering her best friend, Cora King, and sentenced to death. Now the highly debated Accelerated Death Penalty Act has passed giving Frankie thirty final days to live. Surprising everyone, one of the King family members sets out to challenge the woefully inadequate evidence and potential innocence of Frankie Quick.

The at-first reluctant but soon-fiery Nyla and her unexpected ally—handsome country island boy Sam Stack—bring Frankie’s case to the international stage through her YouTube channel, Death Daze. They step into fame and a hometown battle that someone’s still willing to kill over. But who? The senator? The philanthropist? The pawn shop owner? Nyla’s own mother?

Best advice: Don’t go to family dinner at the Kings’ estate. More people will leave in body bags than on their own two feet. And as for Frankie Quick, she’s a gem . . . even if she’s guilty.
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✨𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 ✨⁣
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Thanks to @tlcbooktours @entangled_publishing and  @mirandaliasson for my gifted copy of  The Sweetheart Deal by Miranda Liasson. This is the first in the new Blossom Glen series - a small town romance and the main character is a pastry chef. I am always up for a great foodie romance!⁣
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𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴: Pastry chef Tessa Montgomery knows what everyone in the teeny town of Blossom Glen says about her. Spinster. Ice Queen. Such a shame. It’s enough to make a woman bake her troubles away, dreaming of Parisian delicacies while she makes bread at her mother’s struggling boulangerie. That is until Tessa’s mortal enemy―deliciously handsome (if arrogant) chef Leo Castorini, who owns the restaurant next door―proposes a business plan…to get married.⁣
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Leo knows that the Castorinis and the Montgomerys hate each other, but a marriage might just force these stubborn families to work together and blend their businesses for success. The deal is simple: Tessa and Leo marry, live together for six months, and then go their separate ways. Easy peasy. ⁣
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It’s a sweetheart deal where everyone gets what they want―until feelings between the faux newlyweds start seriously complicating the mix. Have they discovered the perfect recipe for success…or is disaster on the way?⁣
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💬 I decided this new foodie romance should be paired with some delicious baklava. What is your favorite pastry or dessert?⁣
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Good morning my little pudding cups! 
 
💭 Do you have a favorite classic novel? 
 
As a big (big) fan of Wuthering Heights, the premise behind Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson jumped right out at me. While not really similar at all, you know I’m all about ✨vibes✨ and this book definitely screams “creepy gothic romance with some weird shit going down” and I am here for it. 
 
Amelia, a patient at Moorington Cross at the behest of her late husband, suddenly becomes heiress to the estate after a shady death, but first she has to pick between two suitors and marry one of them in order to cash in on that inheritance. The biggest problem? She already had a husband that thought she was nuts and locked her up at Moorington Cross, so what’s to stop one of these men from taking everything away from her again? Oh, and she’s also kind of sort of definitely intrigued by (and very into) the solicitor who drafted the will and is trying to help her pick between the two do-do birds she’s got in front of her. And don’t forget she’s trying to solve a murder at the same time, with the solicitor she’s crushing hard on.
 
This book is creepy and funny and witty, while still somehow elegant and proper, and it has been an absolute joy navigating this batshit situation with Amelia. I’m only a few chapters from the end and I am chomping at the bit to get back to it but, you know, work and life and adult responsibilities say otherwise which is rude, but here we are. I cannot wait to see how it ends, and I am absolutely delighted this book crossed my path so I could go on this gothic nightmare of an adventure. 
 
Once I’m done you’ll find me pacing the moors at dusk with a shawl around my shoulders praying for my lover to return. 
 
Okay not really, but that’s how this book makes me feel and I think it’d be fun. 
 
Thank you, thank you, to #tlcbooktours and #thomasnelson for giving me a chance to read Twilight at Moorington Cross. It always makes me so happy when new novels cross my radar and this one has been a treat ♥️
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“𝙰𝚒𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚢 𝚟𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎.”
— 𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚎
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𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐? 

Originally published in French as 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 is an exceptional lyrical novel written by Emelie Prophéte and translated by Tina Kover. It is a novel about airports and coffee, solitude and grief, freedom and history. It is a book small in stature but gigantic, if you consider its beauty and profundity. It is a work of art that you, my friend, must read. 

Don’t ask me if 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 is poetry or prose or fiction or memoir, especially if you’re looking for a straightforward answer. I won’t be able to give you one, because to me, it is all of these and more. I could give you a general summary of the book, maybe, but that wouldn’t be enough to show you how the palimpsest of memories and meditations that permeate its pages conjures up image after vivid image, evoking emotions so piercing that the rest of the world simply falls away. I won’t be able to describe the heady stupor, the blissful melancholy that grips your chest the entire time you’re reading 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞, and long after it. So instead, here is a jumble of words and phrases that might tell you a little about this book: Haiti, Caribbean, passports, the U.S., migration, family, home, a funeral, three lives, one narrator, many dreams, stream of consciousness. Here are a few more: womanhood, desire, desperation, time, liminality, life. “A thread on the water. A fragile cord.” 

Many thanks to @tlcbooktours and @amazonpublishing for my #ARC, to @tinakover444 for reminding me why I love translations, and to @emmelieprophete for giving me the most compelling reason to pick up French again. 📚

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Sounds like a blast 👽 Repost from @bookdragon21 Sounds like a blast 👽 Repost from @bookdragon217
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If you asked me last year what is a genre I don't really read, I would have told you sci fi. I've always loved to watch sci fi movies or shows but when it comes to reading sci fi books, I always felt it was too confusing and complicated. This year one of my goals is to read more of my least read  genres, which are fantasy and scifi. I want to take myself out of my comfort zone and recapture my love for these genres I once couldn't get enough of.

QOTD: What's your least read genre and why?

Light Years From Home by Mike Chen out 1/25 was a surprise hit for me. At first, I thought it was going to be too much for me to understand because it started off in outer space but Chen's storytelling quickly captured my attention. The story took on a life of its own & the characters introduced  piqued my interest. I found myself captivated by the backstory of this family & I became invested right away.

What I really appreciated was Chen's ability to give just enough scifi elements without it getting too confusing. The story was well developed & once the climax was reached it kicked into high gear. The mind games had me second guessing what I thought was true. Chen's writing really blurred the lines of reality and mental health when the ending began to unfold. Chen also displayed strong writing skills in the ways that he shaped each character and their inner dialogues/dilemmas.

Family dramas are my jam and the added space theme was the cherry on top. This story really makes me think about how I would react if a family member disappeared and then returned years later claiming they were taken by aliens and they had a mission to complete. Would I even believe them, even though as an Aquarian I'm not from this planet anyway?  I could totally relate to the sibling who had to take on the caregiver responsibilities without support. I am so glad I took a chance on this one because it was so good overall. It had the perfect balance between scifi and plot that I needed to get back into the genre. 

Thanks to @_mira_books_ and @tlcdiversity for the gifted copy. 

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Are you a budgeter? Are you a “make a general plan and hope for the best” or a “cash envelope, know where it’s all going” kind of person?
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For most of my grown up life I was winging it, but the last 3-4 months we moved to the envelope system and honestly? We don’t hate it. 
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If you’re in the “I do nothing and play the lottery hoping for a miracle”, this is the book for you. Maybe you’ve started, or you want to and are overwhelmed, this book is for you. 
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I’m going to share our journey soon, but you can get a sneak peek on my blog AND read my full review of this book (thank you @tlcbooktours and @thomasnelson for the copy)!
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👋🏻Hi friends! I’ve struggled with my weight for most of my life. I’ve been low and I’ve been sky high. I was always that girl that looked in the mirror wishing I saw a different body. If I’m perfectly honest, I still do. It’s a hard habit to break. 

I can’t tell you how many times I decided to start being “healthy” at the beginning of a new week only to immediately fail and tell myself o'well, I can start again on Monday….

“𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦  𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨….”

𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 is a revised and condensed version of Lysa’s original book 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦. It’s not about diets. It’s not about elimination. It’s about finding your “want to”. It’s about identifying misguided cravings for food and realizing the craving is for something far greater than we realize. It’s true food for the soul.

Thank you @tlcbooktours @thomasnelson for this copy. 

Image ID - I’ll Start Again on Monday laying on a crocheted blanket with a latte and slippers below. 
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