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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Book Spotlight - Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain by T.X. Troan + Giveaway

About The Books:

Title: SOPHIA FREEMAN SERIES

Author: T.X. Troan

Pub. Date: March 25, 2019, June 11, 2021, & June 30, 2022

Publisher: Rise Publishers

Formats: Paperback, eBook, Audiobook (book 1)

Pages: 150, 186, & 172

Find it:

Book 1- Goodreads, https://books2read.com/SophiaFreemanAndTheMysteriousFountain

Book 2-Goodreads, https://books2read.com/Sophia-Freeman-and-the-Gate-of-Jade

Book 3-Goodreads, https://books2read.com/Sophia-Freeman-and-the-Era-of-Darkness

Grab all 3 books for FREE with a Kindle Unlimited Membership or get your eBooks for .99 for a limited time!

What begins as a special trip for eleven-year-old SOPHIA FREEMAN and her billionaire father, leaves her trapped on a mysterious island with a tree boy and other fantastical creatures.

The moment Sophia thinks her situation can’t get any crazier, she is shocked to learn the island is under a deadly eternal curse. All living things are rapidly decaying and soon nothing and no one—including herself—will be left alive.

From competing in a three-round yearly held competition to reviving a long-lost magical spell, Sophia and her new companions must gather every ounce of courage, wit and skill as they are stepping closer to breaking the 150-year-old curse. But will they make it in time while surrounded by enemies and traitors aiming to stop them at any cost?

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About T.X. Troan:

Thuan Doan is an award-winning author of the Sophia Freeman series. He conceived his first middle-grade fantasy novel, Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain, during a trip to Gabriola Island, British Columbia in the summer of 2013. Then he took his work and settled in a small town of Enderby, where it’s peaceful and quiet. 4 years later, the story was complete. While book one, two and three are being shared with the world, he's writing and illustrating book four of the series.

Thuan is writing under a pen name of T.X. Troan. “X” stands for Xu, his grandmother’s name who passed away. And “Troan” is a combination of his parents' names.

“No matter how this turns out, I want my family to be a part of this wonderful journey.”

T.X. Troan married Sarah, his original fan and longtime love, in 2016. They live in Enderby with their pack dogs!

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Giveaway Details:

24 winners will receive an eBook of Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain, International.

Ends May 6^th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

4/1/2023

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

4/3/2023	Mythical Books	Guest Post/IG Post
4/4/2023	Cara North	Excerpt/IG Post
4/5/2023	Crandom	Excerpt/IG Post
4/6/2023	YA Books Central	Guest Post/IG Post
4/7/2023	@jael_and_jenessa_reads	Review/IG Post
4/8/2023	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post

Week Three:

4/10/2023	GryffindorBookishNerd	Review/IG Post
4/11/2023	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post/IG Post
4/12/2023	Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's	Guest Post/IG Post
4/13/2023	Breysreviews	IG Review
4/14/2023	@froggyreadteach	IG Review
4/15/2023	@stargirls.magical.tale	IG Review

Week Four:

4/17/2023	The Momma Spot	Review
4/18/2023	More Books Please blog	Review/IG Post
4/19/2023	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review/LFL Drop Pic
4/20/2023	Two Points of Interest	Review
4/21/2023	Country Mamas With Kids	Review/IG Post
4/22/2023	Review Thick And Thin	Review/IG Post

Week Five:

4/24/2023	Brandi Danielle Davis	IG Review/TikTok Post
4/25/2023	@evergirl200	IG Review
4/26/2023	OneMoreExclamation	Review/IG Post
4/27/2023	@doublethebooksmagazine	Review/IG Post
4/28/2023	@enjoyingbooksagain	IG Review

Friday, August 5, 2022

Book Review - Flipping Forward Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton + Giveaway

Claire is the best gymnast in her school's team. She is even on her way to qualifying for the state championships. Claire does her best at the gym but, in school she is known as the troublemaker. At school, she spends more time in the principal's office than in the classroom. Claire doesn't mind being in trouble because it helps hide the fact that she can't read. She has trouble reading because everything looks like a jumble of mess.

Her principal is sympathetic to Claire and wonders if she is acting out because she has dyslexic. Claire's mother is hesitant to get her tested because she doesn't want Claire to be labeled. Claire never realized that she might be able to get help for her reading problems. Will she be able to convince her mother that she needs help?

I was a bit torn on this book. The book has a great message and shows how everyone can have their own private struggles while appearing differently in public. However, I didn't really like Claire and her mother. Claire was very aggressive and took out her anger on others when things got hard. There was even a scene in the book where Claire was aggressive towards an animal because she was frustrated. Claire and her mother seem to have a close bond but, it seems that her mother never really paid any attention to Claire's school work. They would spend time cuddling and watching movies but, I am hesitant to believe that her mother never noticed anything amiss or that her school never contacted her before about Claire's aggressive behavior since, she seems to have a pattern of aggressive behavior. Then when Claire's mother is called in because Claire pushed a child and he lost a tooth, her mother didn't even try to get to the bottom of the fight. Claire wants to get help but, when she notices a teacher paying attention to her and trying to help, Claire still tries to rebel against the teacher. Also, I am not sure about the part where they require the parents permission to put children into "special programs". I remember being in one because they thought I didn't speak English since I was an immigrant (even though English is the only language I spoke) and they didn't seek my parents' approval before placing me in that program.

**Disclosure - I received a free unedited copy of the book in exchange for an honest opinion**

About The Book:

Title: FLIPPING FORWARD TWISTING BACKWARD

Author: Alma Fullerton

Pub. Date: August 2, 2022

Publisher: Peachtree

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 144

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

A high-energy novel in verse starring a fifth grader who is almost as devoted to competitive gymnastics as she is to hiding her poor reading skills. What happens when Claire’s secret starts unraveling?

Claire is by far the best gymnast on her team, and she’s well on her way to qualifying for the state championships. The gym is where Claire shines. But at school, she’s known as a troublemaker. She seems to spend more time in the office than in class—which is fine with her since it enables her to hide the fact that she can’t read. She has never been able to make sense of the wobbling jumble of letters on a page. No one except her BFF knows.

But when a sympathetic principal wonders if Claire is acting out because she’s dyslexic, her mother balks. She’s afraid Claire will be labeled “stupid” and refuses testing. Claire has always assumed she’s dumb; she never imagined her reading problem could have a solution. Is she strong enough to take on both her reading challenges and her mother’s denial? Is it worth jeopardizing her spot in qualifiers?

Told in clear and poignant verse and featuring black and white illustrations, Claire’s struggle with something that seems to come easily to everyone else will resonate with readers and have them cheering her on.

About Alma Fullerton:

Alma Fullerton couldn’t read until she was in the fourth grade. Today she works with students who have learning disabilities. She is the author of several middle grade and young adult novels that garnered acclaim and awards in her native Canada. Alma is also the author/illustrator of several picture books. She is on faculty with the Highlights Foundation for teaching novel in verse writing and is an RA for SCBWI’s Canada East region.

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of FLIPPING FORWARD TWISTING BACKWARD, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

7/25/2022	hodophile_z	IG Review
7/25/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Excerpt
7/26/2022	The Paperback Princess	Review/IG Post
7/26/2022	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt/IG Post
7/27/2022	One More Exclamation	Review/IG Post
7/27/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
7/28/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
7/28/2022	BookHounds YA	Excerpt/IG Post
7/29/2022	@just_another_mother_with_books	IG Review
7/29/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post

Week Two:

8/1/2022	Strange Brew Reviews	Excerpt
8/1/2022	Yabookscentral	Excerpt
8/2/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	Review/IG Post
8/2/2022	celiamcmahonreads on insta	Review/IG Post
8/3/2022	Little Red Reads	Review/IG Post
8/3/2022	@enjoyingbooksagain	Review/IG Post
8/4/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review/IG Post
8/4/2022	Nerdophiles	Review/
8/5/2022	A Backwards Story	Review/IG Post
8/5/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Book Spotlight - The Last Fallen Moon by Graci Kim + Giveaway

About the Book:

Title: THE LAST FALLEN MOON (Gifted Clans #2)

Author: Graci Kim

Pub. Date: June 14, 2022

Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 384

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

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in Graci Kim's magical and mysterious Gifted Clans trilogy.

"Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."--New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan

For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm’s last fallen star is not all it’s cracked up to be. Her new divine heritage doesn’t even come with cool magical powers; half of her friends and family (including her parents) can’t remember her; and to top it all off, the entire Gom clan is mad at her for killing the Cave Bear Goddess and stripping away their healing abilities.

But when their anger boils over and a group of witches curse Riley’s home, she knows it’s up to her to restore magic back to her clan – even if it means sneaking into the Spiritrealm.

Luckily, Riley has some backup. Along with her sister, Hattie, Riley meets Dahl, a heaven-born boy with shockingly white hair and a fondness for toilets who might not be telling the whole truth about who he is. Together they’ll fight vicious monsters, discover dark underwater worlds, and race to save the land of the dead from a fate that no one could have foreseen.

And this time, Riley won’t let anything get in her way. Because she can’t shake the feeling that something terrible is coming their way – and the gifted community is going to need all the powers they can get.

Grab THE LAST FALLEN STAR now!

About Graci:

Graci Kim is the bestselling author of The Last Fallen Star, book one in the Korean mythology-inspired middle grade adventure series. Called a “sparkling yarn” by Entertainment Weekly, the Gifted Clans trilogy has been optioned by the Disney Channel for a live-action television series, and was a 2021 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for “Best Middle Grade & Children’s Book”.

Graci is also one of the authors of The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities short story collection, published by Rick Riordan Presents (Disney Hyperion), which became an instant New York Times bestseller.

In a previous life, Graci was a diplomat for the New Zealand foreign service, a cooking show host, and once ran a business that turned children’s drawings into cuddly toys. She lives in New Zealand with her husband and daughter. You can find her sometimes on Twitter (@gracikim), more often on Instagram (@gracikimwrites), and always at her website (www.gracikim.com).

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will win a finished copy of THE LAST FALLEN MOON, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

6/1/2022	YABooksCentral	Excerpt
6/2/2022	Feed Your Fiction Addiction	Review/IG Post
6/3/2022	More Books Please blog	Review/IG Post
6/4/2022	onemoreexclamation	Review/IG Post

Week Two:

6/5/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review
6/6/2022	Okie Dreams	Review/IG Post
6/7/2022	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review
6/8/2022	laura's bookish corner	Review/IG Post
6/9/2022	A Court of Coffee and Books	Review/IG Post
6/10/2022	wilted pages	Review/IG Post/TikTok Post
6/11/2022	beersbooksandboos	Review/IG Post/TikTok Post

Week Three:

6/12/2022	@drewsim12	IG Review/TikTiok Review
6/13/2022	Read With Serena	Review/IG Post
6/14/2022	Nonbinary Knight Reads	Review/IG Post/TikTok Post
6/15/2022	meetcuteromancebooks	Review/IG Post
6/16/2022	@coffeesipsandreads	Review/IG Post
6/17/2022	@ReadsReaders	YouTube Review/IG Post/TikTok Post
6/18/2022	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Review/IG Post

Week Four:

6/19/2022	Emmiepooh2	IG Review
6/20/2022	Bookwyrming Thoughts	Review
6/21/2022	The Real World According To Sam	Review/IG Post
6/22/2022	The Girl Who Reads	Review/IG Post
6/23/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
6/24/2022	BookBriefs	Review/IG Post
6/25/2022	Ruei's Reading Corner	Review/IG Post

Week Five:

6/26/2022	onemused	IG Review
6/27/2022	Library of Alexandria Archives	Review/IG Post
6/28/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review
6/29/2022	popthebutterfly	Review/IG Post/TikTok Post
6/30/2022	@enjoyingbooksagain	IG Review