Book Spotlight - The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming + Giveaway

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About the Book:

Title: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHARLES LINDBERGH

Author: Candace Fleming

Pub. Date: February 11, 2020

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 384

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

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Discover the dark side of Charles Lindbergh--one of America's most celebrated heroes and complicated men--in this riveting biography from the acclaimed author of The Family Romanov .

First human to cross the Atlantic via airplane; one of the first American media sensations; Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite; loner whose baby was kidnapped and murdered; champion of Eugenics, the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding; tireless environmentalist. Charles Lindbergh was all of the above and more. Here is a rich, multi-faceted, utterly spellbinding biography about an American hero who was also a deeply flawed man. In this time where values Lindbergh held, like white Nationalism and America First, are once again on the rise, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh is essential reading for teens and history fanatics alike.

About Candace:

Candace Fleming awarded herself the Newbery Medal in fifth grade after scraping the gold sticker off the class copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond and pasting it onto her first novel—a ten-page, ten-chapter mystery called Who Done It? She’s been collecting awards (her own, not Elizabeth George Speare’s) ever since.

Today, Candace is the versatile and acclaimed author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize honored The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of the Russian Empire; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns; the bestselling picture book, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!; the Sibert-Award-winning Giant Squid; and the beloved Boxes for Katje. She contributed the chapter on Katharine of Aragon to Fatal Throne. Photo credit: Michael Lionstar.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will win a signed finished copy of THE RISE AND FALL OF CHARLES LINDBERGH, US Only.

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2/3/2020	Texan Girl Reviews	Excerpt
2/4/2020	BookHounds YA	Interview
2/5/2020	Lifestyle of Me	Review
2/6/2020	She Just Loves Books (Blog) / @shejustlovesbooks (Instagram)	Review
2/7/2020	Hurn Publications	Review

Week Two:

2/10/2020	momfluenster	Excerpt
2/11/2020	Two Chicks on Books	Interview
2/12/2020	ChristenKrumm	Review
2/13/2020	notinjersey	Review
2/14/2020	Two Points of Interest	Review

Book Review - Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim + Giveaway

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Amaya is a captive on a debtor ship when she sees a stranger drowning. When she attempts to save the stranger, she is afraid her good deed will cost her a longer sentence.  The man Amaya saves offers her money and a new identity to start a new life with the chance of revenge. When accepting the man's offer, Amaya must travel to Moray, where riches and deception intertwine with each other.

Amaya only cares about getting revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole her chance at a normal life. As Amaya's plan progresses, her faith becomes intertwined with the son of the man she's trying to ruin. The more Amaya digs into her past, the more she realizes she can't trust anyone.

I thought the novel was an engaging and fun read. The author did a wonderful job building the world and making me feel like I transported there. The novel is billed as a retelling of "The Count of Monte Cristo" but, I haven't read it but, know vaguely of the story.  I found the story to an enjoyable read with a diverse cast of characters. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

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About The Book:

Title: SCAVENGE THE STARS (Scavenge the Stars #1)

Author: Tara Sim

Pub. Date: January 7, 2020

Publisher: Disney Hyperion

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 336

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

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she’s been held captive for years. Instead, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity, setting Amaya on a perilous course through the coastal city-state of Moray, where old-world opulence and desperate gamblers collide.
Amaya wants one thing: revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had. But the more entangled she becomes in this game of deception—and as her path intertwines with the son of the man she’s plotting to bring down—the more she uncovers about the truth of her past. And the more she realizes she must trust no one…
Packed with high-stakes adventure, romance, and dueling identities, this gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo is the first novel in an epic YA fantasy duology, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Sabaa Tahir, and Leigh Bardugo.

About Tara:

Tara Sim is the author of SCAVENGE THE STARS (Disney-Hyperion) and the TIMEKEEPER trilogy (Sky Pony Press) and writer of all things magic. She can often be found in the wilds of the Bay Area, California.

When she’s not writing about mischievous boys in clock towers, Tara spends her time drinking tea, wrangling cats, and occasionally singing opera. Despite her bio-luminescent skin, she is half-Indian and eats way too many samosas.

Tara is represented by Victoria Marini at Irene Goodman Literary Agency.

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Excerpt:

Revenge. It was a simple word when spoken out loud, but it was so much bigger, like the hidden city under the atoll. It was a word of fire and blood, of a knife’s whisper and the priming of a pistol.

It was a word that consumed her, filled her entire being until she knew that she could no longer be Silverfish. Silverfish’s will was to survive, to simply make it to the next day, and hopefully the day after that. But that was no longer her will.

Now it was revenge.

Captain Zharo. Kamon Mercado. Moray.

They would all pay.

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of SCAVENGE THE STARS, US only.

Giveaway ends February 14th at midnight EST.

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1/13/2020	Books,Dreams,Life	Excerpt
1/14/2020	Kait Plus Books	Review
1/15/2020	Starlight Reads	Review
1/16/2020	Here's to Happy Endings	Review
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1/20/2020	Do You Dog-ear?	Review
1/21/2020	fictitious.fox	Review
1/22/2020	The Pages In-Between	Review
1/23/2020	Wonder Struck	Review
1/24/2020	A Gingerly Review	Review

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1/27/2020	Jrsbookreviews	Review
1/28/2020	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
1/29/2020	Nay's Pink Bookshelf	Review
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2/3/2020	Ficticiouswonderland	Review
2/4/2020	Jena Brown Writes	Review
2/5/2020	She Just Loves Books	Review
2/6/2020	Books and Zebras	Review
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2/10/2020	Smada's Book Smack	Review
2/11/2020	Cover to Cover Reviews	Review
2/12/2020	History from a Woman’s Perspective	Review
2/13/2020	Two Points of Interest	Review
2/14/2020	A Bookish Dream	Review