Tour Schedule: The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

The Tenth Girl

by Sara Faring
Publisher: Imprint
Release Date: September 24th 2019

Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Simmering in Patagonian myth, The Tenth Girl is a gothic psychological thriller with a haunting twist.

At the very southern tip of South America looms an isolated finishing school. Legend has it that the land will curse those who settle there. But for Mavi—a bold Buenos Aires native fleeing the military regime that took her mother—it offers an escape to a new life as a young teacher to Argentina’s elite girls.

Mavi tries to embrace the strangeness of the imposing house—despite warnings not to roam at night, threats from an enigmatic young man, and rumors of mysterious Others. But one of Mavi’s ten students is missing, and when students and teachers alike begin to behave as if possessed, the forces haunting this unholy cliff will no longer be ignored.

One of these spirits holds a secret that could unravel Mavi's existence. In order to survive she must solve a cosmic mystery—and then fight for her life.

Born in Los Angeles, Sara Faring is a multi-lingual Argentine-American fascinated by literary puzzles. After working in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, she worked at Penguin Random House. She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in International Studies and from the Wharton School in Business. She currently resides in New York City.

Her first novel, The Tenth Girl, will be released by Macmillan/Imprint on September 24, 2019. Sara is represented by Sarah Bedingfield at Levine Greenberg Rostan Agency. 

September 18th

The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post

September 19th

Book Rambler - Review + Favourite Quotes

Story-eyed Reviews - Review + Conversation with Sara

The Reading Corner for All - Review + Favourite Quotes and author's spin on them

Malanie Loves Fiction - Review

Hauntedbybooks - Review + Favourite Quotes

September 20th

The Reading Chemist - Spotlight

Boston Book Reader - Review

Book-Keeping - Review

Utopia State of Mind - Review + Favourite Quotes and author's spin on them

Musings From An Addicted Reader - Review
The Bibliophile Chronicles - Review

September 21st

Novel Lives - Interview

My Fangirl Chronicles - Review + Favourite Quotes and author's spin on them

Confessions of a YA Reader - Review

The Reading Life - Spotlight

It Starts at Midnight - Review

September 22nd

Jennifer Mitchell, Bibliolater - Review

The Clever Reader - Review

YA/NA Book Divas - Review

everywhere and nowhere - Spotlight

Shalini's Books & Reviews - Review

September 23rd

the Book Dutchesses - Spotlight

Moonlight Rendezvous - Review + Favourite Quotes

Novelishly - Review + Favourite Quotes

Alys in Bookland - Review + Favourite Quotes

September 24th

A Court of Coffee and Books - Review + Favourite Quotes

Here's to Happy Endings - Review

Book Beach Bunny - Review

Devouring Books - Review + Face to Face Interview with Sara

Kris & Vik Book Therapy Cafe - Review + Favourite Quotes and author's spin on them

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Welcome to the FFBC: YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING by Karen Rivers

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You Are The Everything

by Karen Rivers
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Release Date: October 30, 2018

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Synopsis:

Can you want something—or someone—so badly that you change your destiny? Elyse Schmidt never would have believed it, until it happened to her. When Elyse and her not-so-secret crush, Josh Harris, are the sole survivors of a plane crash, tragedy binds them together. It’s as if their love story is meant to be. Everything is perfect, or as perfect as it can be when you’ve literally fallen out of the sky and landed hard on the side of a mountain—until suddenly it isn’t. And when the pieces of Elyse’s life stop fitting together, what is left? 

Interview

Hi Karen!!  We are so excited to have you in our tours and to chat with you about YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING!!

Thank you for having me! 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Favorite Book?

This is an impossible question to answer!    There are so many books out there that give me life.    The book that inspired me most to write this book was YOU by Caroline Kepnes though.   She made second person work in a way I hadn’t seen done before and her work made me brave enough to try my own version of second person on the page.  

Favorite TV show?

Broadchurch.   I’m obsessed with British detective shows.   Obsessed!

Favorite movie?

The Princess Bride

Favorite Song?

Disturbed’s cover of The Sound of Silence.  If you haven’t heard it, dial it up right now and listen, with the volume up.   There is so much power in that song.   

Favorite Food?

Chana masala – as spicy as possible!  

Name 3 fictional places you would move to in a heartbeat.

Hogwarts/Hogsmeade.   Narnia.   Pandora.   

What were your favorite books while growing up?

A Wrinkle In Time;  The Chronicles of Narnia;   Light a Single Candle.

Favorite Quote?

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver

What do you find yourself “Fangirling” over?

Books, of course!    I just finished Severance, by Ling Ma, and it’s now my new favorite in the post-Apocalyptic genre, and while it isn’t YA, it’s going to have broad appeal.      I just started Monday’s Not Coming, by Tiffany Jackson, and it’s amazing.   Kate DiCamillo’s new middle grade, Louisiana’s Way Home is up next.  I will be a fangirl of Kate’s forever.   

What recent book would you recommend to our YA fans?

Elana K. Arnold’s Damsel.   There is so much raw power contained in this fiercely feminist fable.   

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Could you tell our Book Addicts a little bit about YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING?

YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING is a survival story and a love story, unfolding in the wake of a plane crash that only two people survive.   Elyse has loved Josh Harris for as long as she can remember, and now their love story seems to be coming to life, but at what cost?

I wrote this book in the second person because the voice becomes a powerful tool, drawing the reader right into Elyse’s point-of-view, even closer than the first person,  You will become Elyse.   You will crash into the mountain.  You will fall in love with Josh Harris.   It will be you, all along.   The story will become a part of you.    I hope it becomes a piece of your heart, it definitely is a piece of mine.   <3 

What 3 hashtags would you most associate with your book? (Could be a word or phrase or anything that would instantly make you think of YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING.)

#heartbreak  #youaretheleaf   #lovealwayslives

This book sounds really emotional.  What 3 movies/TV shows destroyed you?

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Big Fish

The Iron Giant

Tell us your favorite quote from YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING.

“You are love and umbrellas and conundrums.”

Is there a specific scene that you had the most fun to write?  Or which part was the most difficult to get through?

I have a couple of favourite scenes, but the one where Elyse is in the feed store, involving the horsehead mask was fun.   I also liked the band concert in Paris.    

As far as difficult goes, I’m going to say the last chapters were definitely the hardest.  It’s hard to type when you’re crying!

If you had to pick one song to be the Theme Song for YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING– Which one would you pick?

Well, that would have to be R.E.M.’s You Are The Everything.

Are there any recommendations you could give your readers to be in the “perfect mood” to read YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING (specific music, snacks…)? 

Maybe some crusty French bread to start and then, later, donuts, of course.    (Eat something nutritious in between!)

What’s next for you? 

I have a middle grade coming out next year with Algonquin called NAKED MOLE RAT SAVES THE WORLD about finding the hero that lurks inside all of us; and about friendship, forgiveness, bravery, and showing up.  

After that, LETTUCE, a YA novel about the gulf between who we want people to be and who they really are when the chips are down; about love, disease, death, and all the things in-between.   And competitive sports.   

Thanks so much for chatting with us!!

It was my pleasure.   Thank you so much for hosting!   

Karen Rivers is the author of twenty-one novels for children, teens, and adults, including the highly praised The Girl in the Well Is Me, All That Was, Before We Go Extinct and A Possibility of Whales. She lives in British Columbia, Canada. Find her online at karenrivers.com or on Twitter @karenrivers.

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Welcome to the FFBC: WEST by Edith Pattou-- Interview & Giveaway

West

(East #2)
by Edith Pattou
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Release Date: October 23, 2018

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

In the sequel to the beloved high fantasy East, Rose sets off on a perilous journey to find her true love when he goes missing in a thrilling tale of danger, magic, adventure, and revenge.

When Rose first met Charles, he was trapped in the form of a white bear. To rescue him, Rose traveled to the land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon to defeat the evil Troll Queen. Now Rose has found her happily-ever-after with Charles—until a sudden storm destroys his ship and he is presumed dead. But Rose doesn’t believe the shipwreck was an act of nature, nor does she believe Charles is truly dead. Something much more sinister is at work. With mysterious and unstoppable forces threatening the lives of the people she loves, Rose must once again set off on a perilous journey. And this time, the fate of the entire world is at stake.

First Book in the Series

Interview

Hello Edith! We are super excited to talk to you about WEST and to have you in our FFBC tours. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Favorite Book?  

Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

Favorite TV show?

Polder

Favorite movie?

Princess Bride

Favorite Song?

Fireflies by Lori McKenna

Favorite Food?

Pizza

Name 3 fictional places you would move to in a heartbeat.

Narnia 

Hogwarts 

Hobbiton in the Shire 

What were your favorite books growing up?

The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis

Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Agatha Christie murder mysteries

Favorite Quote?

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.  -John Green

What do you find yourself “fangirling” over?

The actor who plays Poldark, Rainbow Rowell and The Rolling Stones

Name a recent book you read that you would recommend to our YA fans?

Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima (the first book of the amazing Shattered Realms series)

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Could you tell our readers a little bit about the EAST series?

Published over a decade ago, EAST is the story of Rose who agrees to go off with an enormous white bear in order to save her family, to live in a mysterious castle carved into a mountain. While there, Rose makes a terrible choice and must then set out on an epic journey to right the wrong she did. She travels to the land that lies east of the sun and west of the moon to break a Troll Queen’s spell on the enchanted white bear. It was inspired by the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon. 

What can we expect from WEST?

WEST is set three years after the ending of EAST and Rose must once again strap on her boots and set off on another fantastic and deadly journey to rescue all those she holds dear, including her white bear. There is a lot of action, more than a fewcliffhangers (literally!) and a dollop or two of romance. 

Can you tell us 3 interesting/random things about Rose?

She has purple eyes

She is a master weaver

She is incapable of flirting

(sorry, one more 😊)

She has the super power of persistence

What 3 hashtags would you most associate with your book series? (Could be a word or phrase or anything that would instantly make you think of the series). 

#shepersisted

#eastofthesunandwestofthemoon

#roseandherwhitebear

How did you come up with the story? Did you find inspiration in any other story/movie/show and how has this affected your writing?

I hadn’t ever really intended to write a sequel to EAST but a while back I had a “What if” thunderbolt of an idea, which I can’t tell you here because it would be too much of a spoiler, but it set me on the path to telling a new story about Rose and her white bear. As to inspiration, because WEST isn’t based on one fairy tale the way EAST was, I found myself drawing on a whole range of folk and fairy tales—Grimms, Hans Christian Anderson and Greek and Norse mythology. And of course since I’m a big lover of fantasy films and TV, I was inspired by such shows as Game of Thrones and The Princess Bride.  

Tell us your favorite quote from WEST.

I had lost a kingdom, but gained a life. A life with Rose. –White Bear 

If you had to pick one song to be the Theme Song for WEST– Which one would you pick?

One Woman Army by Kate Earl

Are there any recommendations you could give your readers to be in the “perfect mood” to read WEST (specific music, snacks…)? 

Listen to One Woman Army (see above), Ship to Wreck by Florence and the Machine, and East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Diana Krall. 

Snuggle up in polar bear pj’s and drink hot chocolate (not slank!!) and munch on Norwegian pastries and cloudberries. If you don’t happen to have access to Norwegian goodies, substitute any tasty pastry of your choice and some raspberries. 

What’s next for you? 

I’m currently finishing up a chapter book about a girl and some fainting goats. And I’m also making notes for a possible third volume in the EAST series. Haven’t decided if it will be called NORTH or SOUTH! 😊

Thank you so much for everything, Edith!

Edith Pattou is the author of several fantasy novels, including East, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults. She is a graduate of the Francis W. Parker School, Scripps College (B.A., English), Claremont Graduate School (M.A., English) and UCLA (M.L.I.S.). She is married to Charles Emery, a professor of psychology at The Ohio State University. They have one child, a daughter.

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