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Book Details: Book Title: Beverly Bonnefinche is Dead by Kristen Seeley Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 388 pages Genre: Women's / Book Club Fiction Publisher: Rising Action Publishing Release date: September 5, 2023 Tour dates: Oct 2 to Oct 20, 2023 Content Rating: PG + M Please review content warnings in blurb. Author's Note: Books should always bring pleasure, and never cause harm, for this reason if you have any content that may be harmful to your mental wellbeing, I encourage you to visit https://mariestill.com/contentwarnings to ensure Beverly’s story is one you wish to read. Please know that you are never alone. If you are in crisis or in need of someone to speak with, please reach out for help. Below are the crisis lines. US readers dial 988 UK readers, text SHOUT to 85258 Canadian readers (youth) call 1-888-668-6810 or text WELLNESS to 686868; Canadian readers (adults) call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741. Wherever you are, there are people who care, I encourage you to reach out when in need. Beverly’s story, more than any of my other stories, is a personal one. As a society we get physicals annually, we talk openly about physical diseases, and support those battling them. Mental health isn’t treated with the same care and openness. While we have taken great strides, there is still more work to do. Preventative mental health is a lifesaver. You deserve to be happy just like you deserve to be physically and mentally healthy. Each person’s journey with a mental health crisis or disorder is different. This story, while completely fictional, has been my way of processing one of the hardest battles I’ve had to fight. Please show empathy for each other, you never know what demons someone is fighting internally, or if they are fighting a battle for someone they love very much. Take care of yourself and those around you. No matter how different and unique your mind is, you, like Beverly, are perfect the way you are. XOXO, Marie (aka Kristen Seeley)
"Beautifully written, Seeley delivers a brave and poignant tale that is unforgettable." - Kim Michele Richardson, NYT bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series.
Book Description:
Socially awkward, anxiety-riddled Beverly Bonnefinche only loves three things in life: her parents, books, and a homeless man named Bill. Without them, the only way Beverly manages to get by each day is with the help of a peculiar coping mechanism that allows her to dissolve her feelings. Yet everything changes for Beverly when she meets Henry, a persistent, friendly man who sees something in Beverly most people have missed. As their relationship develops, despite her best intentions, Beverly soon finds herself stepping outside of her carefully controlled life and forging new friendships. It’s only when a series of twists and turns threatens to unravel her new life, and her mind, that Beverly must determine if she’s got it in her to stop trudging through life—and finally start living it. Emotional, witty, and uplifting, Beverly Bonnefinche Is Dead is an unforgettable story of love, loss, friendship, and what it means to ultimately find the courage to be who you are. Content Warnings: stillbirth, pregnancy loss, mental health, attempted suicide, suicidal ideation
Meet the Author:
Lover of books, Kristen spends her time overly caffeinated in front of her computer in the Tampa Bay area with her husband and four children. Kristen's debut novel, Beverly Bonnefinche is Dead was selected by Barnes & Noble as a Top Indie Favorites August/September 2023 Kristen Seeley is the pen name of Marie Still (which she writes suspense/thrillers under) connect with the author: website ~ newsletter ~ X ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ tiktok ~ pinterest ~ goodreads
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Oct 2 – Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 2 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 3 – Liese's Blog – book spotlight Oct 4 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 4 –dogmombooklover – book spotlight Oct 5 –Leanne Bookstagram – book spotlight Oct 6 – acg41213 on Bookstagram – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 9 – Black Coffee, Brown Cow – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 10 – From the TBR Pile – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 10 - MacKade/ V V Strange – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 11 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 11- My Reading Getaway – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 12 – Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 12- Diane’s Book Journal - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 13 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 16 – Lady Hawkeye – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 16- Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 17 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 17 – The Sexy Nerd Revue – book spotlight Oct 17 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 18 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 18 - Lisa Everyday Reads - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 18 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 19– FUONLYKNEW – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 20 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 20 - Faith And Books - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 20 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: Call My Name: A Novel by Jenni Ogden Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 384 pages Genre: Literary/Women's/Bookclub Fiction Publisher: Sea Dragon Press Release date: April 2020 Formats Available for Review: print (USA only), ebook (MOBI FILE (FOR KINDLE), EPUB, PDF, NetGalley download), audiobook (Findaway download, NetGalley download) Tour dates: Aug 18 to Sep 14, 2022 Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Has childbirth/abortion/adoption/surrogacy themes, the brief description of a rape in the past by a Japanese guard of a prisoner in a POW camp in Sumatra in WWII (not explicit but of course disturbing and violent). A mention of cannabis smoking when characters are young, mild in-context use of f-word and other expletives.
Praise from Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife & When the Stars Go Dark:
"An emotionally piercing and absorbing account of turbulent female friendship over time, Call My Name is also a keen meditation on the powerful pull of connection and belonging—the places and people that shape and change us, forever calling us home."
“A gripping story that’s hard to put down--draws the reader into complex and deeply human questions as her characters’ lives intertwine over three decades of joy, loss, grief, and below it all, like a sustaining chord, loyalty and kindness. Call My Name reminds us that love calls us to be generous rather than possessive and that we can go on, even when terrible things happen, because we’re profoundly connected. Layered, sometimes shocking, yet shining with goodness and hope, it’s exactly the kind of story we need right now.” — Barbara Linn Probst, Sarton and Nautilus award-winning author of The Sound Between the Notes & The Color of Ice
"Jenni Ogden's done it again—given us a beautifully crafted novel filled with the complexities, mysteries and joys of human connection within a family and between sisters, lovers and friends. Filled with authenticity, compassion and grace, Call My Name will find its way deep into your heart and soul, and stay with you long after the last page has been turned." — Sally Cole-Misch, Award-winning author of The Best Part of Us “Vivid setting, dynamic plot, and likable characters come together beautifully to deliver an emotionally compelling tale of friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. Call My Name is a fantastic read.” — Jodi Wright, Award-winning author of How to Grow an Addict & Eat and Get Gas. “This is a love story ... of couples, of friends, of families. A page turning saga that is fresh in its story, yet provides the warmth of an old-fashioned classic." — Romalyn Tilghman, Award-winning author of To the Stars with Difficulties, 2018 Kansas Notable Book of the Year
Book Description:
Two women, bound together by opposite personalities, friendship, love and family—until motherhood rips them apart. From Jenni Ogden, author of bestselling novel A Drop in the Ocean (Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction) comes a compelling family saga set in the Australian Tropics and spanning the 1960s to 1990s. Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence, and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home.
Meet the Author:
Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Winters are often spent in Far North Tropical Queensland, close to Killara, the fictional home in Call My Name, her third novel. Her debut novel published in 2016, A Drop in the Ocean, was an Amazon bestseller and won multiple awards including the 2016 Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction, Large Publisher. Her second novel, The Moon is Missing, was published in 2020 and is set on London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and Great Barrier Island, NZ. Jenni, who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015, is well-known for her books featuring her patients’ moving stories: Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology, and Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist’s Casebook. Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ instagram ~ pinterest ~ goodreads
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Aug 18 – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Aug 18 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Aug 19 – Novels Alive – book review / giveaway Aug 19 - Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book review / giveaway Aug 19- Bookish Trisha - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 23 –Leanne bookstagram – book review Aug 24 –Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books – audiobook review / giveaway Aug 25 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 26 – Stephanie Jane - book review / giveaway Aug 29 –FUONLYKNEW – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 29 – Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway Aug 30 –A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway Aug 31 –fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 1 –She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 2 –Paws.Read.Repeat – audiobook review / giveway Sep 6 – Splashes of Joy – audiobook review / giveaway Sep 7 –Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 8 - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 8 –Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Sep 9 – Books Are a Blessing - book review / giveaway Sep 12 –I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 13 - Geaux Get Lit - audiobook review / giveaway Sep 13 –Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 13 - The Garden of Reading - book review Sep 14 –Pick a Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: The Moon Is Missing by Jenni Ogden Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 388 pages Genre: Book Club, Literary, Women's Fiction, Domestic Suspense Publisher: Sea Dragon Press Release date: April 2020 Tour dates: Oct 26 to Nov 20, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 + M: No violence, mild non-explicit sex scenes, appropriate and minimal use of f--- words and a few mild cusses etc, adultery as a secret from past generations, but not between current-day characters.
"Jenni Ogden is a beautiful writer. In her newest, a tale of domestic suspense, Ogden tells the story of a neurosurgeon bedeviled by her own sophisticated brain and the memories of a long-ago tragedy that still has the power to destroy her and her family. Pick up The Moon is Missing. You won't put it down."
-- Jacquelyn Mitchard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean & My Only "With gripping scenes set during Hurricane Katrina and on a remote New Zealand island, this tightly-woven family drama—fueled by long-buried secrets and a daughter’s desperate need to answer the question, ‘Who am I?’ —is ripe for book club discussion." --Barbara Claypole White, bestselling author of 'A Perfect Son' & 'The Promise Between Us' “…Beautifully written … characters were immensely believable…Ogden did not shy away from the harsh realities of what can happen when someone in a family is experiencing panic attacks and trauma from the past. Katrina was a tragedy and I feel the novel really paid homage to the medical staff who worked tirelessly to make sure people were evacuated….a must-read for anyone who is a fan of women’s fiction, especially harkening back to the old greats such as Fern Michaels.” —Readers’ Favorite, 5 star review.
Book Description:
A daughter who cries “Who am I?” A mother who can’t tell her… A hurricane called Katrina… A family secret exposed… An island at the bottom of the world. From Jenni Ogden, author of multiple-award-winning A DROP IN THE OCEAN, comes a page-turning tale of family secrets and mother–daughter conflict set in London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and on a remote and spectacular island off the coast of New Zealand. Georgia Grayson has perfected the art of being two people: a neurosurgeon on track to becoming the first female Director of Neurosurgery at a large London hospital, and a wife and mother. Home is her haven where, with husband Adam’s support, she copes with her occasional anxiety attacks. That is until her daughter, 15-year-old Lara, demands to know more about Danny, her mysterious biological father from New Orleans who died before she was born. "Who was he? Why did he die? WHO AM I?” Trouble is, Georgia can’t tell her. As escalating panic attacks prevent her from operating, and therapy fails to bring back the memories she has repressed, fractures rip through her once happy family. Georgia sees only one way forward; to return to New Orleans where Danny first sang his way into her heart, and then to the rugged island where he fell to his death. Somehow she must uncover the truth Lara deserves, whatever the cost.
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Meet the Author:
Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Winters are spent near a beach in Far North Tropical Queensland. Jenni’s debut novel, 'A Drop in the Ocean', won multiple awards and has sold over 80,000 copies. As a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist, she is well-known for her books featuring her patients’ moving stories:'Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology', and 'Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist’s Casebook'. Please visit her author website, sign up for her e-newsletter, and friend and follow her everywhere! Connect with the Author: website ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Oct 26 - Working Mommy Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 26 – Amy's Booket List – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 26 -Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 27 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 27 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 28 –The Wayward Reader – book review / giveaway Oct 28 - Elizabeth McKenna – Author – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 29 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 29 - Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 29 - Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 30 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 2 –FUONLYKNEW – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 3 -Reading Authors Network – books spotlight / giveaway Nov 3 – Library of Clean Reads – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 4 –Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Nov 6 –Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight Nov 9 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 9 - Locks, Hooks And Books – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 11 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 12 –Sadie's Spotlight - book spotlight / giveaway Nov 13 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 15 - Book World Reviews - book spotlight Nov 16 –Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 17 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 18 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 19 – Books for Books – book spotlight TBD –Lisa-Queen of Random - book spotlight / giveaway
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