Book Spotlight - Clara Poole and the Long Way Round by Taylor Tyng + Giveaway

 

About The Book:

Title: CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND

Author: Taylor Tyng

Pub. Date: July 4, 2023

Publisher: Pixel+Ink

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 384

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/CLARA-POOLE-AND-THE-LONG-WAY-ROUND

Mr. Lemoncello meets the Amazing Race in this quirky high-octane balloon-racing middle grade around-the-world adventure.

When an unintended flight over Michigan in her class science project—a lawn chair held aloft by balloons—brings her instant celebrity, Clara Poole is invited to be the spokesperson for a round-the-world adventure race. But when her overprotective father refuses, Clara forges his signature in a moment of defiance and runs away to Paris to take her place in the skies. If only she’d read the fine print first.

Partnered with a veteran aeronaut who wants nothing to do with her, Clara faces down ten treacherous stages in a race around the world—capturing flags in the perilous mountains of Nepal; being a guest of honor at a maybe-wedding in the Saharan desert; flying through rings of fire in Hong Kong—all while learning the ropes alongside a colorful cast of international competitors.

But there are more dangers ahead. Someone is trying to sabotage the competition. And surviving this race means Clara must come to terms with the tragedy that set her fleeing to the skies in the first place, and accepting that forgiving herself isn’t a process she has to undertake alone.

Gorgeous prose and winning characters combine in this quirky, often-hilarious, sometimes heart-breaking, and thoroughly captivating middle grade adventure series starter from an incredible new talent.

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 About Taylor Tyng:

Taylor Tyng has worked as a designer, animator, film editor, and software CEO. He finds endless

joy in writing for middle-grade readers, who are no longer children but not quite adults. He lives

in Massachusetts with his family. Visit him online at TaylorTyng.com.

https://linktr.ee/taylortyng

 

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND, US Only.

Ends August 22nd, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

8/7/2023	YA Books Central	Excerpt/IG Post
8/7/2023	Eye-Rolling Demigod's Book Blog	Excerpt/IG Post
8/8/2023	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
8/8/2023	@allyluvsbooksalatte	IG Review/TikTok Post
8/9/2023	Country Mamas With Kids	Review/IG Post
8/9/2023	Destiny's Path	Review/IG Post
8/10/2023	Lifestyle of Me	Review/IG Post
8/10/2023	Review Thick And Thin	Review/IG Post
8/11/2023	enthuse_reader	IG Review/TikTok Post
8/11/2023	OneMoreExclamation	Review/IG Post

Week Two:

8/14/2023	Two Points of Interest	Review
8/14/2023	@katherinebichler	TikTok Post
8/15/2023	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post
8/15/2023	Gryffindorbookishnerd	IG Review
8/16/2023	@froggyreadteach	IG Review
8/16/2023	@get.outside.and.read	IG Review
8/17/2023	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Review/IG Post
8/17/2023	popthebutterfly	Review/IG Post
8/18/2023	@pagesforpaige	Review/IG Post
8/18/2023	Confessions of the Perfect Mom	Review/IG Post

Book Review - Heart Eyes: The Complete Series by Dennis Hopeless + Giveaway

 

 

 

Heart Eyes: The Complete Series by Dennis Hopeless centers on a young girl, Lupe,l who wanders around San Antonio in a post apocalypse world.  The world has been taken over by monsters that consume humans and their brains. Humanity is at the brink of collapse with the few remaining survivors focused on surviving instead of fighting back.

Rico spots another person, Lupe,  wandering around the rubble. He is curious to know how she survived and why she is smiling. He knows that no one smiles and laughs anymore, especially in the streets where the monsters can get you. Rico finds himself attracted to her and wants to know more about her. How is Lupe able to walk around in the open without being food for the monsters?

The graphic novel was a quick read but I thought the story didn’t explain much. The ending was predictable and a bit of a let down. I wish the story went into more detail about why Lupe was able to do certain things.  I didn’t really care for any of the characters mostly because they didn’t seem developed enough. The graphics were realistic and well drawn. The graphic novel has gore and adult content that might not make it suitable for young readers.

**Disclosure - I received a free in copy in exchange for an honest opinion**

 

About The Book:

Title: HEART EYES (The Complete Series)

Authors: Dennis Hopeless & Víctor Ibáñez (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: July 18, 2023

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 144

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/HEART-EYES-The-Complete-Series

A post-apocalyptic monster story teeming with horror, Lovecraftian-inspired monstrosities, romance, and one devil-may-care teenager named Lupe who is much more than she seems. 

SMILES HIDE WHAT LURKS BENEATH.

Sanity-eating monsters ended humanity. The unlucky few who survived now hide in the cracks of a broken world. And yet somehow, beneath the graveyard that used to be San Antonio, Rico met Lupe, the girl of his dreams - and an enigma. How did she get here? And why is she smiling? No one survives out in the street. No one smiles where the monsters lurk. But Lupe does.

Join teenagers Rico and Lupe as they journey through a the desolate landscape of monstrous devastation - and their own obstacle-ridden relationship.

Heart Eyes explores themes of loneliness, mental illness, being your own worst enemy, and human connection reflecting the pandemic and post-pandemic world in which we live.

For fans of Lovecraftian monsters and horror, weird romance, post-apocalyptic fiction,Caitlin R. Kiernan (Houses Under the Sea ,The Tinfoil Dossier series, Vile Affections, Tales of Pain and Wonder, Daughter of Hounds, Alabaster, Comes a Pale Rider), the Ellen Datlow-edited Lovecraft's Monsters, James Tynion IV's Something is Killing the Children, Robert Kirkman's Oblivion Song, Scott Snyder's Undiscovered Country, Bad Girls, Rick Remender's Low, Justin Jordan's The Spread, and Human Remains.

Collects the complete five-issue series.

About Dennis Hopeles:

Dennis Hopeless is a Harvey Award-winning writer from Kansas City, MO best known for Marvel titles such as X-Men, Avengers, Spider-woman, and Captain America. Hopeless has also written for DC Comics, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, and is the writer and co-creator of HEART EYES for Vault Comics. 

 

Keep in touch here:

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About Víctor Ibáñez:

Victor Ibanez is a critically-acclaimed illustrator based in Barcelona, Spain.

 

Keep in touch here:

Twitter | Instagram

Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive finished copies of HEART EYES (The Complete Series), US Only.

Ends August 5th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

7/1/2023

The Book View

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

7/2/2023	Tara’s Book Addiction	IG Post
7/3/2023	Writer of Wrongs	Excerpt
7/4/2023	Sadie's Spotlight	Excerpt/IG Post
7/5/2023	Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer	Review/IG Post
7/6/2023	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt/IG Post
7/7/2023	Cara North	Excerpt/IG Post
7/8/2023	A Dream Within A Dream	Excerpt/IG Post

Week Three:

7/9/2023	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt/IG Post
7/10/2023	Brandi Danielle Davis	IG Review/TikTok Post
7/11/2023	Jaime_of_gryffindor	IG Review
7/12/2023	@bookish_aly_cat	IG Review
7/13/2023	@enthuse_reader	IG Review/TikTok Post
7/14/2023	Bookish In Bed	Review
7/15/2023	The Book Countess	Review/IG Post

Week Four:

7/16/2023	Books With a Chance	Review/IG Post
7/17/2023	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
7/18/2023	Country Mamas With Kids	Review/IG Post
7/19/2023	Fieldstone_lfl	IG Review
7/20/2023	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post
7/21/2023	OneMoreExclamation	Review/IG Post
7/22/2023	@evergirl200	IG Review

Week Five:

7/23/2023	Lifestyle of Me	Review
7/24/2023	celiamcmahonreads	IG Review
7/25/2023	Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's	Review/IG Post
7/26/2023	FUONLYKNEW	Review
7/27/2023	@jlreadstoperpetuity	IG Review/TikTok Post
7/28/2023	Nerdophiles	Review
7/29/2023	Fire and Ice	Review/IG Post

Week Six:

7/30/2023	Books with Brandie Shanae	YouTube Review/IG Post
7/31/2023	two points of interest	Review