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Tour Schedule: The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry

/ Apr 4, 2016

The Girl I Used to Be
by April Henry
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Release Date: May 3rd 2016

Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary, Suspense

Synopsis:

When Olivia's mother was killed, everyone suspected her father of murder. But his whereabouts remained a mystery. Fast forward fourteen years. New evidence now proves Olivia's father was actually murdered on the same fateful day her mother died. That means there's a killer still at large. It's up to Olivia to uncover who that may be. But can she do that before the killer tracks her down first?

I write mysteries and thrillers. I live in Portland, Oregon with my family.

If you've read one of my books, I would love to hear from you. Hearing from readers makes me eager to keep writing.

When I was 12, I sent a short story about a six-foot tall frog who loved peanut butter to Roald Dahl, the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He liked it so much he arranged to have it published in an international children's magazine.

My dream of writing went dormant until I was in my 30s, working at a corporate job, and started writing books on the side. Those first few years are now thankfully a blur. Now I'm very lucky to make a living doing what I love. I have written 13 novels for adults and teens, with more on the way. My books have gotten starred reviews, been picked for Booksense, translated into six languages, been named to state reading lists, and short-listed for the Oregon Book Award.

I also review YA literature and mysteries and thrillers for the Oregonian, and have written articles for both The Writer and Writers Digest.

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Ink of Blood - Review

A Thousand Words A Million Books - Review + Favorite Quotes

Literary Meanderings - Promotional Post

Curling Up With A Good Book - Promotional Post

Daydreaming Books - Review

Her Book Thoughts - Review

Bibliobibuli YA - Review

Take Me Away To A Great Read - Review + Favorite Quotes

Enchanted Excurse - Review

Beatrice Learns To Read - Review

YA Obsessed - Review

A Book Addict's Bookshelves - Promotional Post

A Dream Within A Dream - Review

Crossroad Reviews - Review

Pink Polka Dot Books - Review

Addicted Readers - Promotional Post

One Night Book Stand - Review + Playlist + Dream Cast

Here's to Happy Endings - Review

soycazadoradesombrasylibros - Review

Once Upon a Twilight - Promotional Post

Bittersweet Enchantment - Review

The Best Books Ever - Review

Adventures in Reading - Review

The Boundless Booklist - Promotional Post

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Tour Sign-Up: Spark by Holly Schindler

/ Apr 3, 2016

Hello FFBC Team! We are now announcing a new tour we're hosting for Spark is being released on May 17th 2016 by HarperTeen.

The tour will run from May 11th to May 17th and there will be available the following types of posts:

Review (Limited spots)
Interview (Only 1 Available)
Video Interview (Only 1 Available)
Character Interview (Only 1 Available)
Character Playlist (Only 1 Available)
Meet The Characters (Only 1 Available)
Top 10 List (Only 1 Available)
Guest Post on Setting
Guest Post on How Spark Originated
Guest Post on Blending Historical and Contemporary Times
Guest Post on Writing Flawed Characters
Playlist (Blogger's Choice)
Dream Cast (Blogger's Choice)
Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
Promotional Post

Remember that May 11th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick May 11th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via Edelweiss, so make sure you have an account before filling out the form. No physical copies available.

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.

Spark
by Holly Schindler
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: May 17th 2016

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy, Magic, Realism

Synopsis:

The local Avery Theater was just a run-down building to Quin—until her mother told her the tragic love story of Nick and Emma that played out on the theater’s stage all those years ago. Quin is convinced it’s the perfect story to rewrite for her drama class, but when she goes searching for more information, she makes a startling discovery—the Avery is rapidly regaining its former splendor and setting the stage for her classmates Dylan and Cass to relive Nick and Emma’s romance. Quin can see the spark between them, but it’s up to her to make sure her friends—and the Avery—can both be saved this time around.

Holly Schindler’s work has received starred reviews in Booklist and Publishers Weekly, has won silver and gold medals in ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year and the IPPY Awards, respectively, has been featured on Booklist’s Best First Novels for Youth and School Library Journal’s What’s Hot in YA, and has been a PW Pick of the Week. She is owned by a Pekingese named Jake, and can be found working on her next book in her hometown of Springfield, Missouri. She can also be found at hollyschindler.com.

Tour Schedule: Unforgivable (Invincible #2) by Amy Reed

Unforgivable (Invincible #2)
by Amy Reed
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Release Date: May 3rd 2016

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Synopsis:

In this raw, gut-wrenching, and beautifully written sequel to Invincible, Marcus continues Evie’s story of their intense romance, a la Gayle Forman’s Where She Went, after saving her life only to find his life—and their relationship—falling to pieces.

Marcus knows pain. The kind that swallows you like a black hole. His brother committed suicide, his mother left him, and his dad mostly ignores him. Relief only seems to come from drugs, alcohol, and secret acts of self-destruction.

Until he met Evie. Together, they lived in the moment. They fell in love—hard—creating their own beautiful world. But they each had their own secrets, their own pain, hovering like a thick fog, suffocating them in a world too small to share.

Unforgivable takes off where Invincible left us—with Evie drowning in San Francisco Bay. Marcus finds her just in time, but her survival is not the happy ending he was hoping for. Forbidden from seeing Evie by her parents and unable to reach her, Marcus learns of a pain that might break him completely.

Marcus spirals into an even deeper darkness and is forced by new events to face the demons of his past. The pain of losing Evie becomes tangled with the loss of his mother and brother, and he must finally face the ghosts he has been trying so desperately to outrun or risk losing Evie forever.

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.