Tour Schedule: Every Stolen Breath by Kimberly Gabriel

Every Stolen Breath
by Kimberly Gabriel
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Mystery/Thriller


The Swarm is unrecognizable, untraceable, and unpredictable—random attacks on the streets of Chicago by a mob of crazed teens that leaves death in its wake. It’s been two years since the last attack, but Lia Finch has found clues that reveal the Swarm is ready to claim a new victim.

Lia is the only one still pursuing her father’s killers, two years after attorney Steven Finch’s murder by the Swarm. Devastated and desperate for answers, Lia will do anything to uncover the reasons behind his death and to stop someone else from being struck down. But due to debilitating asthma and PTSD that leaves her with a tenuous hold on reality, Lia is the last person to mount a crusade on her own.

After a close encounter with the Swarm puts Lia on their radar, she teams up with a teen hacker, a reporter, and a mysterious stranger who knows firsthand how the mob works. Together, they work to uncover the master puppeteer behind the group. Though if Lia and her network don’t stop the person pulling the strings—and fast—Lia may end up the next target.

Kimberly Gabriel started writing in fourth grade when she wrote, bound, and gave away books of terrible poetry to family and teachers as holiday gifts. Today she is an English teacher, who still squanders all free minutes to write and uses it as the best scapegoat for her laundry avoidance issues. When she is not teaching or writing, Kimberly is enjoying life with her husband, her three beautiful children, and a seriously beautiful boxer in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Every Stolen Breath is her debut novel and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

November 4

That Artsy Reader Girl - Welcome Interview with Kimberly Gabriel

November 5

Lisa Loves Literature - Spotlight
Book Nerd Anonymous - Spotlight
Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Book Review, Creative Post (P)

November 6

The Reading Corner for All - Book Review, Creative Post (P)
Adventures and Reading - Book Review (E)
Clarissa Reads It All - Book Review (P)

November 7

A Book Addict's Bookshelf - Author Guest Post
Feed Your Fiction Addiction - Book Review
Books_AndPoetrii - Creative Post (E)

November 8

Savings In Seconds - Book Review, Instagram Post (P)
Bookishly Nerdy - Book Review + Favorite Quotes, Creative Post (E)

Kait Plus Books - Creative Post (E)

November 9

To All the Books I've Read Before - Author Q&A

Cafeyre - Spotlight
bewitchingworlds - Book Review (E)
Twilight Reader - Creative Post

November 10

Lori's Bookshelf Reads - Author Q&A
Shalini's Books & Reviews - Book Review (E)
Confessions of a YA Reader - Book Review (E)

November 11

Wishful Endings - Author Guest Post, Creative Post
Ya It's Lit - Book Review + Favorite Quotes, Creative Post (P)
The Traveling Inkwell - Book Review (E)
The Reading Life - Book Review + Favorite Quotes (E)

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Tour Sign-ups: Every Stolen Breath by Kimberly Gabriel

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing the blog tour for Every Stolen Breath by Kimberly Gabriel which is releasing on November 5, 2019.

The tour will run from November 4 - 11 and there will be the following types of posts available:

• Book Review 
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's choice)
• Author Interview (Two spots)
• Author Guest Post (Two spots)
• Creative Content (Created by the blogger)

Review copies are available in digital through Netgalley. Print copy availability might be possible, but is not guaranteed.

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.

Every Stolen Breath
by Kimberly Gabriel
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Mystery/Thriller


The Swarm is unrecognizable, untraceable, and unpredictable—random attacks on the streets of Chicago by a mob of crazed teens that leaves death in its wake. It’s been two years since the last attack, but Lia Finch has found clues that reveal the Swarm is ready to claim a new victim.

Lia is the only one still pursuing her father’s killers, two years after attorney Steven Finch’s murder by the Swarm. Devastated and desperate for answers, Lia will do anything to uncover the reasons behind his death and to stop someone else from being struck down. But due to debilitating asthma and PTSD that leaves her with a tenuous hold on reality, Lia is the last person to mount a crusade on her own.

After a close encounter with the Swarm puts Lia on their radar, she teams up with a teen hacker, a reporter, and a mysterious stranger who knows firsthand how the mob works. Together, they work to uncover the master puppeteer behind the group. Though if Lia and her network don’t stop the person pulling the strings—and fast—Lia may end up the next target.

Kimberly Gabriel started writing in fourth grade when she wrote, bound, and gave away books of terrible poetry to family and teachers as holiday gifts. Today she is an English teacher, who still squanders all free minutes to write and uses it as the best scapegoat for her laundry avoidance issues. When she is not teaching or writing, Kimberly is enjoying life with her husband, her three beautiful children, and a seriously beautiful boxer in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Every Stolen Breath is her debut novel and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

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Tour Sign-ups: The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing the blog tour for The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy which is releasing on October 1, 2019.

The tour will run from October 14 - October 21 and there will be the following types of posts available:

• Book Review (25 spots)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's choice)
• Author Interview (Two spots)
• Author Guest Post (Two spots)
• Creative Content (Created by the blogger)

Review copies are available in both print (for USA bloggers only) and digital through Netgalley.

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 Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: October 1, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Fantasy


In the city of Craewick, memories reign. The power-obsessed ruler of the city, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability, and Gifted individuals can take memories from others through touch as they please.

Seventeen-year-old Etta Lark is desperate to live outside of the corrupt culture, but grapples with the guilt of an accident that has left her mother bedridden in the city’s asylum. When Madame threatens to put her mother up for auction, a Craewick practice in which a “criminal's" memories are sold to the highest bidder before being killed, Etta will do whatever it takes to save her. Even if it means rejoining the Shadows, the rebel group she swore off in the wake of the accident years earlier.

To prove her allegiance to the Shadows and rescue her mother, Etta must steal a memorized map of the Maze, a formidable prison created by the bloodthirsty ruler of a neighboring Realm. So she sets out on a journey in which she faces startling attacks, unexpected romance, and, above all, her own past in order to set things right in her world.

Lauren lives in the Chicago area, where she's spent years working with youth, from young children to high schoolers. When she’s not writing, Lauren is usually with her family or exploring the city to find the best deep dish pizza. The Memory Thief, which was inspired by Lauren's own journey with her mother, is her first novel.

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Tour Schedule: Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan

Tiger Queen

by Annie Sullivan
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Fantasy, Retelling, Romance


From Annie Sullivan, author of A Touch of Gold, comes Tiger Queen, a sweeping YA fantasy adventure that tells the story of a fierce desert princess battling to save her kingdom. Fans of Rebel of the Sands and Meagan Spooner will devour this retelling of Frank Stockton’s famous short story, “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

In the mythical desert kingdom of Achra, an ancient law forces sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri to fight in the arena to prove her right to rule. For Kateri, winning also means fulfilling a promise to her late mother that she would protect her people, who are struggling through windstorms and drought. The situation is worsened by the gang of Desert Boys that frequently raids the city wells, forcing the king to ration what little water is left. The punishment for stealing water is a choice between two doors: behind one lies freedom, and behind the other is a tiger.

But when Kateri’s final opponent is announced, she knows she cannot win. In desperation, she turns to the desert and the one person she never thought she’d side with. What Kateri discovers twists her world—and her heart—upside down. Her future is now behind two doors—only she’s not sure which holds the key to keeping her kingdom and which releases the tiger.

Annie Sullivan is a Young Adult author from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her work has been featured in Curly Red Stories and Punchnels. She loves fairytales, everything Jane Austen, and traveling and exploring new cultures. When she’s not off on her own adventures, she’s teaching classes at the Indiana Writers Center and working as the Copy Specialist at John Wiley and Sons, Inc. publishing company, having also worked there in Editorial and Publicity roles. You can follow her adventures on Twitter and Instagram (@annsulliva).

September 4

That Artsy Reader Girl - Welcome Interview

September 5

!Library of a Book Witch - Book Review
!Abellafairytale - Book Review
*Feed Your Fiction Addiction - Book Review
*Careful of Books - Book Review
*Faery Tales Are Real - Book Review

September 6

!Starlight Reads - Book and Book Cover Review
*Sometimes Leelynn Reads - Book Review, Creative Post (Playlist/Dream Cast)
&The Caffeinated Reader - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
!Lost In Storyland - Book Review
&Portals of Paper and Ink - Book Review, Book Aesthetic/Mood Board
&Bookishly Nerdy - Book Review, Creative Post

September 7

*Adventurous Bookworm - Book Review, Author Q&A
*Confessions of a YA Reader - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
!Moonlight Rendezvous - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
A Book Addict's Bookshelf - Author Guest Post
*A Court of Coffee and Books - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
&Belle's Archive - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
Nay's Pink Bookshelf - Creative Post

September 8

*Lisa Loves Literature - Book Review, Author Interview

!Clarissa Reads It All - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

One In a Million - Author Guest Post
!The Shelf Life Chronicles - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
&Book Butterfly In Dreamland - Book Review
&Fictitiouswonderland - Bookstagram Review

*Becky's Book Blog - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

September 9

&A Fictional Bookworm - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
*Devouring Books - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
&&The Book Dutchesses - Buddy Book Review + Favorite Quotes

!Story-eyed Reviews - Book Review
*Sereadipity - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

September 10

*Star Is All Booked Up - Book Review, Bookstagram Post
&To All the Books I've Read Before - Book Review
&Angela Walker's Reviews - Book Review
&Cinnamon Summers - Book Review
&Reading Under the Covers - Book Review
*Mahkjchi's Not-So-Secret Books - Book Review, Creative Post
&The Baroness of Books - Book Review, Creative Post (Quiz)

September 11

*TBR and Beyond - Book Review + Favorite Quotes
!Book Nerd Anonymous - Book Review, Creative Post
!Paper Reader - Book Review
*Wishful Endings - Book Review, Author Q&A
&Popthebutterflyreads - Book Review, Creative Post

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Tour Sign-ups: Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing the blog tour for Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan which is releasing on September 10, 2019.

The tour will run from September 4 - 11 and there will be the following types of posts available:

• Book Review (25 spots)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's choice)
• Author Interview (Two spots)
• Author Guest Post (Two spots)
• Creative Content (Created by the blogger)

Review copies are available in both print (for USA bloggers only) and digital through Netgalley.

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.

Tiger Queen

by Annie Sullivan
Publisher: BLINK
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Genre: Young Adult Fiction -- Fantasy, Retelling, Romance


From Annie Sullivan, author of A Touch of Gold, comes Tiger Queen, a sweeping YA fantasy adventure that tells the story of a fierce desert princess battling to save her kingdom. Fans of Rebel of the Sands and Meagan Spooner will devour this retelling of Frank Stockton’s famous short story, “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

In the mythical desert kingdom of Achra, an ancient law forces sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri to fight in the arena to prove her right to rule. For Kateri, winning also means fulfilling a promise to her late mother that she would protect her people, who are struggling through windstorms and drought. The situation is worsened by the gang of Desert Boys that frequently raids the city wells, forcing the king to ration what little water is left. The punishment for stealing water is a choice between two doors: behind one lies freedom, and behind the other is a tiger.

But when Kateri’s final opponent is announced, she knows she cannot win. In desperation, she turns to the desert and the one person she never thought she’d side with. What Kateri discovers twists her world—and her heart—upside down. Her future is now behind two doors—only she’s not sure which holds the key to keeping her kingdom and which releases the tiger.

Annie Sullivan is a Young Adult author from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her work has been featured in Curly Red Stories and Punchnels. She loves fairytales, everything Jane Austen, and traveling and exploring new cultures. When she’s not off on her own adventures, she’s teaching classes at the Indiana Writers Center and working as the Copy Specialist at John Wiley and Sons, Inc. publishing company, having also worked there in Editorial and Publicity roles. You can follow her adventures on Twitter and Instagram (@annsulliva).

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Tour Sign-Ups: No Place Like Here by Christina June

Hello FFBC team!! We are announcing the blog tour for No Place Like Here by Christina June which is releasing on May 21, 2019.

The tour will run from May 27 - June 3 and there will be the following types of posts available:

• Book Review (30 spots)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's choice)
• Author Interview (Two spots)
• Author Guest Post (Two spots)
• Creative Option (Created by the blogger)

Physical (limited) and digital ARCs (Netgalley) will be available to reviewers.

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.

No Place Like Here by Christina June
May 21, 2019 from BLINK
Genres: Young Adult Fiction -- Contemporary, Retelling
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Synopsis:

Ashlyn Zanotti has big plans for the summer. She’s just spent a year at boarding school and can’t wait to get home. But when Ashlyn’s father is arrested for tax evasion and her mother enters a rehab facility for “exhaustion,” a.k.a. depression, her life is turned upside down.

The cherry on top? Ashlyn’s father sends her to work with a cousin she doesn’t even know at a rustic team-building retreat center in the middle of nowhere. A self-proclaimed “indoor girl,” not even Ash’s habit of leaving breadcrumb quotes—inspirational sayings she scribbles everywhere—can help her cope.

With a dangerously careless camp manager doling out grunt work, an overbearing father trying to control her even from prison, and more than a little boy drama to struggle with, the summer is full of challenges. And Ashlyn must make the toughest decision of her life: keep quiet and follow her dad’s marching orders, or find the courage to finally stand up to her father to have any hope of finding her way back home. 

Christina June

Christina June writes young adult contemporary fiction when she’s not writing college recommendation letters during her day job as a school counselor. She loves the little moments in life that help someone discover who they’re meant to become – whether it’s her students or her characters. Christina is a voracious reader, loves to travel, and hopes to one day be bicoastal – the east coast of the US and the east coast of Scotland. She lives just outside Washington DC with her husband and daughter.

She is the author of IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE, EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO BE, and the forthcoming NO PLACE LIKE HERE.

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Tour Schedule: We Were Beautiful by Heather Hepler

We Were Beautiful by Heather Hepler
April 2, 2019 from BLINK
Genres: Young Adult Fiction -- Contemporary
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Synopsis:

It's been a year since fifteen-year-old Mia Hopkins was in the car crash that killed her older sister and left her terribly scarred. The doctors tell her she was lucky to survive. Her therapist says it will take time to heal. The police reports claim there were trace amounts of alcohol in her bloodstream. But no matter how much she tries to reconstruct the events of that fateful night, Mia's memory is spotty at best. She's left with accusations, rumors, and guilt so powerful it could consume her.

As the rest of Mia's family struggles with their own grief, Mia is sent to New York City to spend the summer with a grandmother she's never met. All Mia wants to do is hide from the world, but instead she's stuck with a summer job in the bustling kitchens of the cafe down the street. There she meets Fig--blue-haired, friendly, and vivacious--who takes Mia under her wing. As Mia gets to know Fig and her friends--including Cooper, the artistic boy who is always on Mia's mind--she realizes that she's not the only one with a painful past.

Over the summer, Mia begins to learn that redemption isn't as impossible as she once thought, but her scars inside run deep and aren't nearly so simple to heal ... especially when Mia finally pieces together her memories of the night Rachel died. 

Heather Hepler

I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which I think is one of the cooler places to be born, because initially people think I’m being funny—like I’m saying I was born on the moon, but then they see I’m actually being serious. It feels like since then I’ve lived nearly everywhere (well, only in the US—which is a bummer because I want to travel so much). In high school, I was in band and honors society and science club and worked on the school newspaper. All this in Texas where football was king and cheerleaders were the school royalty. When people ask me what I remember about middle school and high school, I stand there for several seconds not saying anything. This isn’t because I can’t remember anything, but because I remember too many things and I can’t figure out what to say out loud.

I spent the first part of college in Alaska, which was amazing. The first time I saw Northern Lights, I thought I was imagining it. I just couldn’t get my head around the idea that something so beautiful existed in the real world. That’s when I first started writing. This was my bad poetry phase. I think it was the combination of living there with long very cold winters and being in love with a guy that barely knew I existed that made me do it. People ask me all the time if I write poetry. I wish I could and maybe I will someday, but for now I am firmly a fiction writer.

April 22

That Artsy Reader Girl - Welcome Interview with Heather Hepler

April 23

Wishful Endings - Author Guest Post

Metamorphoreader - Creative Post

Journal of the Lost One - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

Books4Jessica - Book Review

Clarissa Reads It All - Book Review

April 24

Bookish Geek - Book Review

Book-Keeping - Book Review

Moonlight Rendezvous - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

Betwixt the Pages - Book Review

April 25

Musings of a (Book) Girl - Author Q&A

We Live and Breathe Books - Book Review

The Reading Corner for All - Book Review and Instagram Post

April 26

Fangirl Fury - Book Review and Creative Post

Lisa Loves Literature - Book Review

Bookish_Kali - Book Review

Nay's Pink Bookshelf - Book Review
Rhythmicbooktrovert - Book Review + Favorite Quotes

April 27

 Confessions of a YA Reader - Author Guest Post

The Book Duchesses - Book Review

Colleen's Conclusions - Book Spotlight

Here's to Happy Endings - Book Review

April 28

Singer of Stories - Book Review and Song Selection

the bookdragon - Book Spotlight + Favorite Quotes

Cheyenne Reads - Book Review

Amy's Booket List - Book Review

April 29

Kait Plus Books - Author Q&A

Between the Pages - Book Spotlight

Some Books & Rambling - Book Review

Geronimo Reads - Book Review

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