Tour Schedule: The Memory Trees by Kali Wallace

The Memory Trees

by Kali Wallace
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Release Date: October 10th 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Paranormal

Synopsis:

The Memory Trees is a dark magical realism novel about a mysterious family legacy, a centuries-old feud, and a tragic loss that resurfaces when sixteen-year-old Sorrow returns to her mother’s family orchard for the summer.

Sorrow Lovegood’s life has been shaped by the stories of the women who came before her: brave, resilient women who settled long ago on a mercurial apple orchard in Vermont. The land has been passed down through generations, and Sorrow and her family take pride in its strange history. Their offbeat habits may be ridiculed by other townspeople—especially their neighbors, the Abrams family—but for the first eight years of her life, the orchard is Sorrow’s whole world. 

Then one winter night everything changes. Sorrow’s sister Patience is tragically killed. Their mother suffers a mental breakdown. Sorrow is sent to live with her dad in Miami, away from the only home she’s ever known.

Now sixteen, Sorrow’s memories of her life in Vermont are maddeningly hazy; even the details of her sister’s death are unclear. She returns to the orchard for the summer, determined to learn more about her troubled childhood and the family she left eight years ago. Why has her mother kept her distance over the years? What actually happened the night Patience died? Is the orchard trying to tell her something, or is she just imagining things?

PRE-ORDER GIVEAWAY

• There is a preorder giveaway: anybody who preorders by 10/10 can get a signed bookplate and some bookmarks if they send an email to thememorytrees@gmail.com.

Kali Wallace studied geology and geophysics before she decided she enjoyed inventing imaginary worlds as much as she liked researching the real one. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, F&SF, Asimov's, Lightspeed Magazine, and Tor.com. Her first novel, Shallow Graves, was published by Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins in 2016. Her second novel, The Memory Trees, will follow in 2017. She lives in southern California.

October 4th

Pink Polka Dot Books - Welcome Post

October 5th

The Mind of a Book Dragon - Guest Post

Confessions of a YA Reader - Promotional Post

October 6th

My Thoughts Literally - Review + Favourite Quotes

Susan Heim on Writing - Promotional Post

October 7th

JusticeReads - Review + Dream Cast + Favourite Quotes

Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf - Review

Mama Reads Blog - Review + Favourite Quotes

October 8th

postcards for ariel - Interview

Never Too Many To Read - Review + Favourite Quotes

Milky Way of Books - Review

A Dream Within A Dream - Review

October 9th

everywhere and nowhere - Guest Post

Hauntedbybooks13 - Review

YA and Wine - Promotional Post

October 10th

The Introverted Book Nerd - Review + Favourite Quotes

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Tour Schedule: All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry

All the Wind in the World

by Samantha Mabry
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Release Date: October 10th 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary

Synopsis:

Sarah Jacqueline Crow and James Holt work in the vast maguey fields that span the bone-dry Southwest, a thirsty, infinite land that is both seductive and fearsome. In this rough, transient landscape, Sarah Jac and James have fallen in love. They’re tough and brave, and they have big dreams. Soon they will save up enough money to go east. But until then, they keep their heads down, their muscles tensed, and above all, their love secret.

When a horrible accident forces Sarah Jac and James to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch called the Real Marvelous, the delicate balance they’ve found begins to give way. And James and Sarah Jac will have to pay a frighteningly high price for their love.

Samantha was born four days before the death of john lennon. she grew up in dallas, playing bass guitar along to vinyl records in her bedroom after school, writing fan letters to rock stars, doodling song lyrics into notebooks, and reading big, big books.

she spends as much time as possible in the west texas desert.

A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON (Algonquin Young Readers, spring 2016) is her first novel.

October 2nd

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club & Pink Polka Dot Books- Welcome Post

October 3rd

YA and Wine- Review & Favorite Quotes

Little Library Muse- Promo

Here's to Happy Endings- Review

October 4th

Reading for the Stars and Moon- Review

The Mind of a Book Dragon- Review

October 5th

Maddie TV- Review & Playlist

Wishful Endings- Promo

October 6th

Amanda Gernentz Hanson- Review & Favorite Quotes

October 7th

The Clever Reader- Review

Life of a Literary Nerd- Promo

October 8th

Zerina Blossom's Books- Review

October 9th

A Backwards Story- Review

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Tour Schedule: The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed

The Nowhere Girls

by Amy Reed
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: October 10th 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Synopsis:

Three misfits come together to avenge the rape of a fellow classmate and in the process trigger a change in the misogynist culture at their high school transforming the lives of everyone around them in this searing and timely story.

Who are the Nowhere Girls?

They’re everygirl. But they start with just three:

Grace Salter is the new girl in town, whose family was run out of their former community after her southern Baptist preacher mom turned into a radical liberal after falling off a horse and bumping her head.

Rosina Suarez is the queer punk girl in a conservative Mexican immigrant family, who dreams of a life playing music instead of babysitting her gaggle of cousins and waitressing at her uncle’s restaurant.

Erin Delillo is obsessed with two things: marine biology and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but they aren’t enough to distract her from her suspicion that she may in fact be an android.

When Grace learns that Lucy Moynihan, the former occupant of her new home, was run out of town for having accused the popular guys at school of gang rape, she’s incensed that Lucy never had justice. For their own personal reasons, Rosina and Erin feel equally deeply about Lucy’s tragedy, so they form an anonymous group of girls at Prescott High to resist the sexist culture at their school, which includes boycotting sex of any kind with the male students.

Told in alternating perspectives, this groundbreaking novel is an indictment of rape culture and explores with bold honesty the deepest questions about teen girls and sexuality.

Amy Reed was born and raised in and around Seattle, where she attended a total of eight schools by the time she was eighteen. Constant moving taught her to be restless and being an only child made her imagination do funny things. After a brief stint at Reed College (no relation), she moved to San Francisco and spent the next several years serving coffee and getting into trouble. She eventually graduated from film school, promptly decided she wanted nothing to do with filmmaking, returned to her original and impractical love of writing, and earned her MFA from New College of California. Her short work has been published in journals such as Kitchen Sink, Contrary, and Fiction. Amy currently lives in Oakland with her husband and two cats, and has accepted that Northern California has replaced the Pacific Northwest as her home. She is no longer restless. Find out more at amyreedfiction.com.

BEAUTIFUL is her first novel.

October 2nd

Pink Polka Dot Books - Welcome Post

October 3rd

Vicarious Bookworm - Review + Dream Cast + Favourite Quotes
YA Obsessed - Review
Confessions of a YA Reader - Promotional Post

October 4th

Literary Meanderings - Guest Post
everywhere and nowhere - Review
Maddie.TV - Review

October 5th

Reading Wonderland - Interview
Life of a Literary Nerd - Review + Favourite Quotes
Hauntedbybooks13 - Promotional Post

October 6th

Lisa Loves Literature - Review
Books, Boys, and Blogs! - Review + Playlist + Favourite Quotes
A Dream Within A Dream - Promotional Post

October 7th

Tara's Book Addiction - Review
Never Too Many To Read  - Review + Favourite Quotes
Little Library Muse - Promotional Post

October 8th

Postcards for Ariel - Interview
Serial Bibliophile - Review + Favourite Quotes
Here's to Happy Endings - Review

October 9th

BookCrushin - Guest Post
The Mind of a Book Dragon - Review + Playlist
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Tour Sign-Up: All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry

Hello FFBC Team! We are now announcing a new tour we're hosting for All the Wind in the World, that is being released on October 10th, 2017.

The tour will run from October 2nd to October 9th and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited Spots)
• Interview (Only 2 Spots Available)
• Guest Posts (Only 2 Spots Available)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
• Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
• Promotional Post

Remember that October 2nd is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick October 2nd in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via NetGalley. So make sure you have an account on that website before signing up to this tour.

As always, there will be a tour giveaway provided by the author. Details to come soon!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed and the tour schedule has been published.

All the Wind in the World

by Samantha Mabry
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Release Date: October 10th 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary

Synopsis:

Sarah Jacqueline Crow and James Holt work in the vast maguey fields that span the bone-dry Southwest, a thirsty, infinite land that is both seductive and fearsome. In this rough, transient landscape, Sarah Jac and James have fallen in love. They’re tough and brave, and they have big dreams. Soon they will save up enough money to go east. But until then, they keep their heads down, their muscles tensed, and above all, their love secret.

When a horrible accident forces Sarah Jac and James to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch called the Real Marvelous, the delicate balance they’ve found begins to give way. And James and Sarah Jac will have to pay a frighteningly high price for their love.

Samantha was born four days before the death of john lennon. she grew up in dallas, playing bass guitar along to vinyl records in her bedroom after school, writing fan letters to rock stars, doodling song lyrics into notebooks, and reading big, big books.

she spends as much time as possible in the west texas desert.

A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON (Algonquin Young Readers, spring 2016) is her first novel.

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Tour Schedule: 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough

13 Minutes

by Sarah Pinborough
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date: October 3rd 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Fiction

Synopsis:

"Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London)

The New York Times bestselling author known for her thrilling twists is back: 

They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart.

Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely, and Natasha turns to Becca, the best friend she dumped years before when she got popular, to help her figure out what happened.

Natasha's sure that her friends love her. But does that mean they didn't try to kill her?

13 Minutes is a psychological thriller with a killer twist from the #1 internationally bestselling author Sarah Pinborough.

Sarah Pinborough is a critically acclaimed adult and YA author based in London. 

Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 2010 and 2014 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been short-listed for Best Novel. She is also a screenwriter who has written for the BBC and has several original television projects in development.

Her next novel, Behind Her Eyes, coming for HarperFiction in the UK and Flatiron in the US (January 2017) has sold in nearly 20 territories worldwide and is a dark thriller about relationships with a kicker of a twist.

You can follow her on Twitter @sarahpinborough

September 27th

Pink Polka Dot Books - Welcome Post

September 28th

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review

Rurouni Jenni Reads - Review

Ginger Mom & the Kindle Quest - Review

September 29th

Smada's Book Smack - Review

everywhere and nowhere - Review

Tara's Book Addiction - Review

My Thoughts Literally- Review

September 30th

A Dream Within A Dream - Review

Here's to Happy Endings - Review

The Petite Book Blogger - Review

October 1st

Reading Wonderland - Review + Favourite Quotes

Never Too Many To Read - Review

Donnie Darko Girl - Review

October 2nd

The Bibliophile Confessions - Favourite Quotes

Stephanie's Book Reviews - Review

Hauntedbybooks13 - Review

October 3rd

The Candid Cover - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

Staircase Wit - Review + Dream Cast

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Tour Schedule: The Clue in the Trees by Margi Preus

The Clue in the Trees

(Northwoods #2)

by Margi Preus
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Release Date: September 19, 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Mystery

Synopsis:

Francie’s brother Theo has secrets—secrets Francie thinks she wants to know. But what if one of those secrets is that Theo is a murderer? To avoid considering that possibility, Francie plunges into her senior year at a small-town high school near Enchantment Lake in northern Minnesota. It’s a radical change from her private school in New York, but she hopes to keep an eye on her great aunts and maybe finally learn more about the mother she never knew. A small silver box seems to hold the answers, and she is determined to get her hands on it.

But when her long-lost brother turns up, so does a dead body, and once again Francie is drawn into a mystery. A long list of suspects, with Theo at the top, keeps her head spinning. When Francie herself becomes a suspect she starts to feel like she is walking on thin ice, but it isn’t until she is literally walking on thin ice that the pieces start to come together—and by then it may be too late.

In her previous adventure Enchantment Lake, Francie was thrown into northern Minnesota lake living: fishing, berry picking, lost kayaks and scary boat rides, poisoned hotdishes, exploding bulldozers, a forest fire . . . and murder. But if she thinks things have settled down, she’s in for a surprise. A new school with new friends (and a few enemies), a lead role in a play, an encounter with a giant muskie, archaeological twists, secret tunnels, thin ice, and a strangely sticky murder are all coming her way in The Clue in the Trees.

Margi Preus is a New York Times bestselling author of several books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor book, Heart of a Samurai, the Minnesota Book Award winning West of the Moon, and Shadow on the Mountain, a Notable Book for a Global Society. New in 2015 is Enchantment Lake, a northwoods mystery, and The Bamboo Sword, which Bookpage says is “historical fiction at its best.”

“Margi Preus has a remarkable ability to create fascinating, page-turning stories that transport readers to faraway times and places. Whether she’s evoking Norway during World War II or 19th century Japan, Preus combines impeccable research with strong characterization and plot—the very elements that draw readers into history and spark the curiosity to learn more.” Bookpage, Sept. 2015

September 18th

Pink Polka Dot Books- Welcome Post

September 19th

Taylor Fenner's Bookish World- Review

September 20th

Hauntedbybooks13- Review

Bloggin' 'Bout Books- Review

September 21st

Lisa Loves (Books Of Course)- Promo

Never Too Many To Read- Review

September 22nd

Life Within Pages- Q&A

September 23rd

Here's to Happy Endings- Promo

The Critic Uncritical Bookworm- Review & Book 1 Review

September 24th

Will Read Anything- Review

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