Tour Schedule: Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson

Not Now, Not Ever

by Lily Anderson
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Release Date: November 21st 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Synopsis:

The sequel to The Only Thing Worse than Me Is You, inspired by The Importance of Being Earnest.

Elliot Gabaroche is very clear on what she isn't going to do this summer. 

1. She isn't going to stay home in Sacramento, where she'd have to sit through her stepmother's sixth community theater production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

2. She isn't going to mock trial camp at UCLA.

3. And she certainly isn't going to the Air Force summer program on her mother's base in Colorado Springs. As cool as it would be to live-action-role-play Ender's Game, Ellie's seen three generations of her family go through USAF boot camp up close, and she knows that it's much less Luke/Yoda/"feel the force," and much more one hundred push-ups on three days of no sleep. And that just isn't appealing, no matter how many Xenomorphs from Alien she'd be able to defeat afterwards.

What she is going to do is pack up her attitude, her favorite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and go to summer camp. Specifically, a cutthroat academic-decathlon-like competition for a full scholarship to Rayevich College, the only college with a Science Fiction Literature program. And she's going to start over as Ever Lawrence, on her own terms, without the shadow of all her family’s expectations. Because why do what’s expected of you when you can fight other genius nerds to the death for a shot at the dream you’re sure your family will consider a complete waste of time?

This summer's going to be great.

Lily Anderson is a school librarian and Melvil Dewey fangirl with an ever-growing collection of musical theater tattoos and Harry Potter ephemera. She lives in Northern California, far from her mortal enemy: the snow.

November 14th

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

November 15th

Tales of the Ravenous Reader - Interview

the bookdragon - Review

November 16th

YAWednesdays - Guest Post

Amanda Gernentz Hanson - Review + Favourite Quotes

November 17th

BookCrushin - Guest Post

Book Munchies - Review + Favourite Quotes

November 18th

Belle's Bookish Reviews - Review

Life of a Literary Nerd - Review

November 19th

Staircase Wit - Interview

We Live and Breathe Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

November 20th

The Mind of a Book Dragon - Review + Playlist

The Layaway Dragon - Review

November 21st

Boricuan Bookworms - Review + Playlist

forthenovellovers - Review

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Tour Schedule: The Truth Beneath the Lies by Amanda Searcy

The Truth Beneath the Lies

by Amanda Searcy
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: December 12th 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis:

Fight or Flight. 

All Kayla Asher wants to do is run. Run from the government housing complex she calls home. Run from her unstable mother. Run from a desperate job at No Limit Foods. Run to a better, cleaner, safer life. Every day is one day closer to leaving. 

All Betsy Hopewell wants to do is survive. Survive the burner phone hidden under her bed. Survive her new rules. Survive a new school with new classmates. Survive being watched. Every minute grants her another moment of life. 

But when fate brings Kayla and Betsy together, only one girl will live.

Amanda Searcy has a BA from New Mexico State University and an MA in human rights from the University of Essex in England. She works in collection development for a public library system and loves chocolate, cats, and curling up with a good book. She lives in New Mexico. 

Visit her online at amandasearcybooks.com and follow her on Twitter at @aesearcy.

Week 1

December 4th

Pink Polka Dot Books- Welcome Post

Life of A Simple Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes

We Live and Breathe Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

December 5th

Belle's Bookish Reviews - Review

A Dream Within A Dream - Review

December 6th

Literary Meanderings - Guest Post

Books, Boys, and Blogs - Review + Dream Cast + Favourite Quotes

December 7th

Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf - Review

Buried Under Books - Review

December 8th

Wishful Endings - Interview

Here's to Happy Endings - Review

Week 2

December 11th

Everywhere and nowhere - Review

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review

December 12th

A Bookish Abode - Guest Post

YA Obsessed - Review

December 13th

Booked J - Review

MetalPhantasmReads - Review + Playlist

December 14th

Kindle and Me - Review

Reading for the Stars and Moon - Review

December 15th

The Clever Reader - Interview

Hauntedbybooks13 - Review

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Tour Sign-Up: Sparked by Helena Echlin & Malena Watrous

Hello FFBC Team! We are now announcing a new tour we're hosting for Sparked, that was released on October 3rd 2017.

The tour will run from December 16th to December 22nd 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 December 16th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick December 16th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via email in PDF, mobi and/or ePub format.

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.

Sparked

by Helena Echlin & Malena Watrous
Publisher: Geek & Sundry
Release Date: October 3rd 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

Synopsis:

Fifteen-year-old Laurel Goodwin wakes up to find her older sister Ivy missing from their Airstream trailer in the Oregon redwoods. A recurring nightmare convinces her that Ivy was abducted, but no one takes her dream seriously, including her mom. Laurel, a loner, has to learn to ask for help, and Jasper Blake, a mysterious new kid who shares her love of old books, quickly becomes her ally. Together they find their quiet town holds a deep secret and is the epicenter of a dark prophecy. 

Laurel soon learns that her worst enemies, mean girls Peyton Andersen and Mei Rosen, are developing powers that she needs to find and save Ivy. With time running out, Laurel realizes that power doesn't always take the form that you expect. And once she learns to look beyond her snap judgments, she develops an unexpected gift of her own.

Hello! We are both novelists, but if you've ever tried to write anything, you know that writing can be a lonely, angst-filled business. So one night over a cocktail or two, we came up with a solution: write our next book together. Malena already had an idea: a girl's sister is kidnapped and she has to rely on mean girls with superpowers to get her sister back. We couldn't resist seeing where that story would take us – a wild ride that includes a loner girl who wants to be a writer and a gorgeous boy who can shoot fire from his eyes but also loves to talk about books. And an ancient Zoroastrian prophecy. And pie shakes. (OK, so maybe we got a little carried away.)

We've both published solo novels (check them out here and here) and had no idea how co-writing would work out, but we pounded out the first draft in a white-hot frenzy of inspiration we called "the Vortex." One of us would write a scene and send it to the other with a note: "My apartment is a pigsty and I haven't eaten all day. #inthevortex." We wrote the book we wanted to read as teenagers: a supernatural thriller with healthy doses of horror and humor. Oh, and of course there's romance. You have to wait a long time for the only kiss in the book, but isn't that the case with all the best kisses in books?

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Tour Schedule: The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody

The Chaos of Standing Still

by Jessica Brody
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: November 28th 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Synopsis:

Over the course of one chaotic night stranded at the Denver airport, Ryn confronts her shattered past thanks to the charm of romance, the uniqueness of strangers, and the magic of ordinary places in this stunning novel from the author of Boys of Summer.

Ryn has one unread text message on her phone. And it’s been there for almost a year.

She hasn’t tried to read it. She can’t. She won’t. Because that one message is the last thing her best friend ever said to her before she died.

But as Ryn finds herself trapped in the Denver International Airport on New Year’s Eve thanks to a never-ending blizzard on the one-year anniversary of her best friend’s death, fate literally runs into her.

And his name is Xander.

When the two accidentally swap phones, Ryn and Xander are thrust into the chaos of an unforgettable all-night adventure, filled with charming and mysterious strangers, a secret New Year’s Eve bash, and a possible Illuminati conspiracy hidden within the Denver airport. But as the bizarre night continues, all Ryn can think about is that one unread text message. It follows her wherever she goes, because Ryn can’t get her brialliantly wild and free-spirited best friend out of her head.

Ryn can’t move on.

But tonight, for the first time ever, she’s trying. And maybe that’s a start.

As moving as it is funny, The Chaos of Standing Still is a heartwarming story about the earth-shattering challenges life throws at us—and the unexpected strangers who help us along the way.

Jessica Brody knew from a young age that she wanted to be a writer. She started self “publishing” her own books when she was seven years old, binding the pages together with cardboard, wallpaper samples, and electrical tape.

After graduating from Smith College in 2001 where she double majored in Economics and French and minored in Japanese, Jessica later went on to work for MGM Studios as a Manager of Acquisitions and Business Development. In May of 2005, Jessica quit her job to follow her dream of becoming a published author.

Since then, Jessica has sold over twelve novels for teens, tweens, and adults including 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, The Karma Club, My Life Undecided, and the three books in the Unremembered trilogy, the first of which is currently in development as a major motion picture by the producers of The Vampire Academy, Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, and Slumdog Millionaire. In 2016, she will release two new contemporary novels, A Week of Mondays (August) and Boys of Summer (April), and in 2017, her debut middle grade novel entitled, Addie Bell’s Shortcut to Growing Up, will hit bookstore shelves.

Jessica also writes books for the Descendants: “School of Secrets” series, based on the hit Disney Channel Original movie, Descendants!

Jessica’s books are published and translated in over twenty foreign countries. (Click here for a full list of foreign sales and publishers.) She currently splits her time between California and Colorado.

November 27th

Pink Polka Dot Books- Welcome Post

November 28th

Tales of the Ravenous Reader - Interview

the bookdragon - Review

The Mind of a Book Dragon - Review + Playlist

November 29th

The Clever Reader - Guest Post

Quite The Novel Idea - Promo

A Bookish Abode - Review

We Live and Breathe Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

November 30th

The Heart of a Book Blogger - Review

Savings in Seconds - Review + Favourite Quotes

Wishful Endings - Promo

Amanda Gernentz Hanson - Review

December 1st

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review

Donnie Darko Girl - Review

Belle's Book Blog - Review

Latte Nights Reviews - Review + Favourite Quotes

December 2nd

Literary Meanderings - Interview

Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf - Review

Here's to Happy Endings  - Review

Life of A Simple Reader - Review + Favourite Quotes

December 3rd

Vicky Who Reads - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

Supercalireader - Review

Books, Boys, and Blogs - Review + Dream Cast

The Inked In Book Blog - Review + Favourite Quotes

December 4th

BookCrushin - Guest Post

Library of a Book Witch - Review

Rants and Raves of a Bibliophile - Review + Favourite Quotes
Storybook Slayers - Review

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Tour Sign-Up: The Evaporation of Sofi Snow (The Evaporation of Sofi Snow #1) by Mary Weber

Hello FFBC Team! We are now announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Evaporation of Sofi Snow, that was released on June 6th 2017.

The tour will run from December 11th to December 17th 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 December 11th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick December 11th 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.

The Evaporation of Sofi Snow (The Evaporation of Sofi Snow #1)

by Mary Weber
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date: June 6th 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia

Synopsis:

Ever since the Delonese ice-planet arrived eleven years ago, Sofi's dreams have been vivid. Alien. In a system where Earth's corporations rule in place of governments and the humanoid race orbiting the moon are allies, her only constant has been her younger brother, Shilo. As an online gamer, Sofi battles behind the scenes of Earth's Fantasy Fighting arena where Shilo is forced to compete in a mix of real and virtual blood sport. But when a bomb takes out a quarter of the arena, Sofi's the only one who believes Shilo survived. She has dreams of him. And she's convinced he's been taken to the ice-planet.

Except no one but ambassadors are allowed there.

For Miguel, Earth's charming young playboy, the games are of a different sort. As Ambassador to the Delonese, his career has been built on trading secrets and seduction. Until the Fantasy Fight's bomb goes off. Now the tables have turned and he's a target for blackmail. The game is simple: Help the blackmailers, or lose more than anyone can fathom, or Earth can afford.

Mary Weber is the multiple-award-winning author of the bestselling young adult Storm Siren Trilogy, and The Evaporation of Sofi Snow series (all by HarperCollins). An avid high school, middle school, and conference speaker, Mary's passion is helping others find their voice amid a world that often feels too loud. When she's not plotting adventures involving tough girls who frequently take over the world, Mary sings 80's hairband songs to her three muggle children, and ogles her husband who looks strikingly like Wolverine. They live in California which is perfect for stalking L.A. bands, Comic-Con, and the ocean.

Mary's debut, Storm Siren, was featured in the Scholastic School Book Fairs, and her novels have been endorsed by bestselling authors Marissa Meyer, Jay Asher, Wendy Higgins, CJ Redwine, and Jonathan Maberry.

You can also find Mary's fun interviews in the paperback of Marissa Meyer's NYT bestselling, CRESS, and in Jay Asher's 13 REASONS WHY movie tie-in edition. Most recently, you can see her and her family as extras in the NETFLIX Original Series, 13 REASONS WHY.

She gets nerdy at @maryweber.com, FACEBOOK @MaryWeberAuthor, INSTAGRAM @MaryWeberAuthor, TWITTER @mchristineweber, and GOODREADS. Come say hi!!

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