Tour Sign-Ups: Sanctuary by Caryn Lix

/ Jun 29, 2018

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for Sanctuary that is being released July 24, 2018.


The tour will run from July 18th to 24th and there will be available the following types of posts:
  • Review (Limited spots)
  • Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
  • Guest Posts (Limited spots)
  • Inteviews (Limited spots)
  • Creative Option (Blogger's Choice)
  • Promotional Post
Remember that July 18th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick July 18th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via Netgalley or Edelweiss.  So make sure you are able to use those formats before signing up.



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.






Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
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Synopsis:


Alien meets Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds in this thrilling debut novel about prison-guard-in-training, Kenzie, who is taken hostage by the superpowered criminal teens of the Sanctuary space station—only to have to band together with them when the station is attacked by mysterious creatures.

Kenzie holds one truth above all: the company is everything.

As a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goal: to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar’s space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth. As a junior guard, she’s excited to prove herself to her company—and that means sacrificing anything that won’t propel her forward.

But then a routine drill goes sideways and Kenzie is taken hostage by rioting prisoners.

At first, she’s confident her commanding officer—who also happens to be her mother—will stop at nothing to secure her freedom. Yet it soon becomes clear that her mother is more concerned with sticking to Omnistellar protocol than she is with getting Kenzie out safely.

As Kenzie forms her own plan to escape, she doesn’t realize there’s a more sinister threat looming, something ancient and evil that has clawed its way into Sanctuary from the vacuum of space. And Kenzie might have to team up with her captors to survive—all while beginning to suspect there’s a darker side to the Omnistellar she knows.








Caryn Lix has been writing since she was a teenager and delved deep into science fiction, fantasy, and the uncanny while working on her Masters in English literature. Caryn writes novels for teens and anyone else who likes a bit of the bizarre to mess up their day. When not writing, Caryn spends her time obsessively consuming other people’s stories, plotting travel adventures, and exploring artistic endeavors. She lives with her husband and a horde of surly and entitled animals in southern Alberta.





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Tour Schedule: The Year of Living Awkwardly by Emma Chastain

/ Jun 20, 2018


The Year of Living Awkwardly: Sophomore Year

(Chloe Snow's Diary #2)
by Emma Chastain
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
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Synopsis:


High school student Chloe Snow chronicles another year in her life while she navigates the highs and lows of family, friendship, school, and love in her diary.

It’s Chloe Snow’s sophomore year of high school, and life has only grown more complicated.

Last year, Chloe was the star of the musical. This year, after an audition so disastrous she runs off the stage in tears, she’s cast as a lowly member of the ensemble. Will she be able to make it through the show knowing everyone’s either pitying her or reveling in her downfall?

Chloe’s best friend, Hannah, is no help: she’s been sucked into the orbit of Lex, the velvet-gloved, iron-fisted ruler of the sophomore class. Chloe’s dad is busy falling in love with Miss Murphy, and Chloe is no longer speaking to her mother, who is sending her increasingly desperate and unhinged emails from Mexico. As her parents’ divorce negotiations unravel, a custody battle looms.

If only Chloe could talk to Grady about it: his parents are divorced, and he’s easy to talk to. Or he was, until he declared his love for Chloe, and she turned him down because despite all her rational brain cells she can’t seem to get over Mac, and then Grady promptly started going out with Lex.

As the performance of the show approaches, Chloe must find a way to navigate all the messy elements of her life and make it through to the end of the year.








Emma Chastain is a graduate of Barnard College and the creative writing MFA program at Boston University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.
















July 3rd


Pink Polka Dot Books- Welcome Post

July 4th


The Book Return- Review & Favorite Quotes

July 5th


We Live and Breathe Books- Review
Anky's Book Bubble- Q&A

July 6th


Bookmark Lit- Review & Cover Colors/Book Looks
Wishful Endings- Guest Post: Chloe's Rules for Surviving High School

July 7th


Sincerely Karen Jo- Spotlight

July 8th


The Lovely Books- Review
Never Too Many To Read- Creative Option

July 9th


Lost in Storyland- Review
Pink Polka Dot Books- Review

  • 3 copies of THE YEAR OF LIVING AWKWARDLY by Emma Chastain
  • US Only
  • Please read the rules in the Rafflecopter before entering
  • Visit any blog on the tour to enter


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Tour Schedule: So Glad to Meet You by Lisa Super

/ Jun 14, 2018

So Glad to Meet You

by Lisa Super
Publisher: Diversion Books
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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Synopsis:


Seventeen-year-old Daphne Bowman, a bookish drama nerd in public school, might never have crossed paths with Oliver, the popular, outgoing mascot for his private school's football team, but one event has bound them inextricably. Daphne's older sister, Emily, and Oliver's older brother, Jason, who were high school sweethearts, committed suicide together seven years earlier.

When Daphne uncovers Emily and Jason's bucket list—a list comprised of their "Top Ten" places to visit before they die—she knows she has to tell someone. The one person who might actually get what she's going through and who might not think it's silly that she wants to complete the list, is also someone she's never spoken to—Oliver Pagano. Throwing caution to the wind, Daphne sends Oliver a Facebook message that will come to change the course of both of their senior years—and maybe their entire lives.

Tackling grief with a wry voice and an unflinching eye, So Glad to Meet You tells the story of two people who, in searching for what they've lost, end up finding what they never knew they needed—each other.






Lisa Super is a brunch enthusiast based in Los Angeles. She's worked on a number of TV shows ranging from pop culture phenomenons (Flavor of Love) to traumedy gold (One Mississippi). While every day in LA is an adventure, traveling with her husband across the globe is her favorite hobby. SO GLAD TO MEET YOU is her first novel.











July 17th


Pink Polka Dot Books- Welcome Post

July 18th


A Backwards Story- Guest Post
Bibliophile- Review
Literary Meanderings- Q&A

July 19th


We Live and Breathe Books- Review
Blushing Bibliophile- Review
Firstbooklove- Review

July 20th


Belle’s Book Blog- Review & Favorite Quotes
Paperback Princess- Review
Pucksandpaperbacks- Review

July 21st


Confessions of a YA Reader- Q&A
Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf- Review
Merv Reads Book Blog- Review & Favorite Quotes

July 22nd


What's She Reading?- Review
The Reading Life- Guest Post
Malanie Loves Fiction- Review

July 23rd


The Book Dutchesses- Review
Vicarious Bookworm- Review & Favorite Quotes
Supercalireader- Review



  • 1 finished copy of SO GLAD TO MEET YOU by Lisa Super
  • Book Swag (pictured)
  • US only
  • Please read the rules in the Rafflecopter before entering
  • Visit any blog on the tour to enter!


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Tour Sign-Ups: The Year of Living Awkwardly by Emma Chastain

/ Jun 13, 2018

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Year of Living Awkwardly: Sophomore Year that is being released July 10, 2018.


The tour will run from July 3rd to 9th and there will be available the following types of posts:
  • Review (Limited spots)
  • Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
  • Guest Posts (Limited spots)
  • Inteviews (Limited spots)
  • Creative Option (Blogger's Choice)
  • Promotional Post
Remember that July 3rd is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick July 3rd in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via Netgalley.  So make sure you are able to use those formats before signing up.

This book is the 2nd book in the series.  The first book is CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL DISASTER & access is available, but not needed to enjoy the 2nd book!


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 Year of Living Awkwardly: Sophomore Year

(Chloe Snow's Diary #2)
by Emma Chastain
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
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Synopsis:


High school student Chloe Snow chronicles another year in her life while she navigates the highs and lows of family, friendship, school, and love in her diary.

It’s Chloe Snow’s sophomore year of high school, and life has only grown more complicated.

Last year, Chloe was the star of the musical. This year, after an audition so disastrous she runs off the stage in tears, she’s cast as a lowly member of the ensemble. Will she be able to make it through the show knowing everyone’s either pitying her or reveling in her downfall?

Chloe’s best friend, Hannah, is no help: she’s been sucked into the orbit of Lex, the velvet-gloved, iron-fisted ruler of the sophomore class. Chloe’s dad is busy falling in love with Miss Murphy, and Chloe is no longer speaking to her mother, who is sending her increasingly desperate and unhinged emails from Mexico. As her parents’ divorce negotiations unravel, a custody battle looms.

If only Chloe could talk to Grady about it: his parents are divorced, and he’s easy to talk to. Or he was, until he declared his love for Chloe, and she turned him down because despite all her rational brain cells she can’t seem to get over Mac, and then Grady promptly started going out with Lex.

As the performance of the show approaches, Chloe must find a way to navigate all the messy elements of her life and make it through to the end of the year.









Emma Chastain is a graduate of Barnard College and the creative writing MFA program at Boston University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.





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