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  Join Us for This Tour from September 27 to October 15 Book Details: Book Title: ZITHER! by Jeffrey Hanlon Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 350 pages Genre: Mystery, Humor Publisher: Zither Studios Release Date: April 20, 2021 Tour dates: September 27 to October 15 Content Rating: G. "A zany rollicking mystery adventure as compelling as it is hilarious." ~ Independent Book Review "Hanlon’s humor shines bright and will leave fans of such madness wanting more." ~ Publisher's Weekly Nominated for the prestigious Audie Award, Best Fiction 2021 Book Description: A nutty religious cult rustles a herd of prime gazebos (huh??) and it’s up to bumbling P.I. Mars Candiotti to rescue them. Wannabe author Mars chronicles his quest in Jeffrey Hanlon's rom-com mystery Zither. Guided by his magically prescient IHOP waitress, Mars strives to mitigate the shocking global consequences of the gazebo heist, even though he has no idea what the word mitigate means. As Zither swallows its own tale, Mars finds it increasingly tricky to distinguish between real people and his rambunctious fictional characters. Zither becomes the romper room where his reality meets fantasy - and get frisky with each other. Mars’ international odyssey leads to an explosive conclusion in Panama. Teevees around the world tune in to watch live coverage of “Carnage in the Canal”. And amid the lunatic havoc that is Zither there is (of course!) an epic love story as Mars meets Marian, the brainy librarian he had dreamt of. Marian says his books are "slapstick existentialism with subjective reality couched in parable". (This is news to Mars). But is Marian real, or just another illusion in Zither World? And in Mars’ klutzy (yet endearing) courtship of the enchanting Marian will he ever muster the nerve to ask her for a date???  MEET THE AUTHOR: I was born in a Southern California beach town. My family moved to Northwest Oregon when I was 7. Or maybe when I was 8. Had we stayed in the Beach Boys town, and knowing myself as I do now, I suspect I would have grown long hair, started a rock band, and been heavily into drugs. The rock band would probably have been pretty good. The rest of it, not so much. I’d likely have joined the ranks of those like Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin. We moved to a mountaintop. The last five miles to get there were gravel. The final two miles were steep and to the end of the road. That’s where we lived: the end of the road, 22 miles to the nearest town. Our closest neighbor, about a mile down the road, was a hermit who lived in a shack. He had a goat. About once a month the goat would visit us. Then the hermit would show up to retrieve his goat. I think the goat liked us better than the hermit, which is why the goat kept showing up. Goats are funny animals. I think they aspire to be house pets. And speaking of animals, we had cats. Lots and lots of cats. Because we were remote and at the end of the road, unkind people – and ‘unkind’ is the kindest description I can use here – would dump their unwanted cats on or near our property. The cats would find our house. We gave them Fancy Feast and our love, and in turn they loved us. My childhood friends didn’t visit too often. That was at least partly because when they did show up my father would say something like this: “Great! We have a job that could use an extra hand. Won’t take more than five minutes.” Well, that five minutes usually turned into an hour or two – volunteer labor! – and that friend would seldom visit again. So my favorite childhood playmate was a 2000 pound Hereford bull, a big boy with horns spanning three feet. I’d go out in the pasture and the bull would strike a pose not unlike what you’ve seen in the movies where the bull was ready to charge, head down, eyeing me. But he wasn’t going to charge me. He just wanted his forehead scratched. And so I would scratch his forehead. He liked that, shaking his head every so often to show his approval. Then we’d elevate to a game that the bull might have called ‘Let’s see how far we can toss this little kid!’ and I’d place my right hip against his massive head and he’d toss me into the air like a sack of flour. Over and over, farther and farther, higher and higher. I could have done that for hours – I can fly! – but after a few tosses the bull would grow bored with the game and wander off. Probably to chase some cute heifers. The nearest library was 30 miles away, and we ventured there often. It was a majestic old building, and the Grand Room had books on all four walls with reading chairs in the center. But that was not where I wanted to be. I figured all those books were popular books or books I was supposed to read. I wanted something different, so I would enter the room with a small sign that said ‘Stacks’. It was row after narrow row after row of books, floor to ceiling, dimly lit, dusty. It was like entering a cave. Filled with treasures! It was in those Stacks that I discovered the likes of Kerouac and Heller and Huxley and Fowles and Steinbeck and Ellison and Bradbury and Hemingway and many many others. As Stephen King said, “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” And those, each in their own way, was the inspiration for the first book I wrote at the age of eight or nine: ‘Pond Scum’. It was illustrated. Jeffrey currently lives at an undisclosed location on the shores of the Caribbean where he spends his days is shorts and sandals making up stories. He has a pet goat. connect with the author: website TOUR SCHEDULE:
Sep 27 – Working Mommy Journal – book spotlight Sep 27 - Adventurous Jessy – book spotlight Sep 28 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post Sep 29 – Literary Flits – book spotlight Sep 29 - Stephanie Jane - book spotlight Sep 30 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / guest post Oct 1 – Kam's Place – book spotlight Oct 4 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight Oct 4 - Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post Oct 5 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / guest post Oct 6 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / author interview Oct 6 – fundinmental – book spotlight Oct 7 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight Oct 8 – Lisa's Reading – book spotlight Oct 11 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post Oct 12 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post Oct 13 – Laura's Interests – book spotlight Oct 13 - Sefina Hawke Books – book spotlight Oct 14 – @twilight_reader – book spotlight Oct 14 - Books for Books – book spotlight Oct 15 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview
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  Join Us for This Tour from September 27 to October 15 Book Details: Book Title: Blah, Blah, Blah: A Snarky Guide to Office Lingo by Dan Hill & Howard Moskowitz Category: Adult Non- Fiction 18+, 147 pages Genre: Humor (Business) Publisher: Sensory Logic, Inc. Release Date: September 15, 2021 Tour dates: September 27 to October 15 Content Rating: PG. OMG and a few references to sexual harassment, etc. Quite mild. Book Description: Need a laugh to get through your workday? You've come to the right place. Ambrose Bierce's classic The Devil's Dictionary took on life in general. Now a century later, it's time to lampoon the business world. There's no richer target than being told to think outside the box by leaders spouting off about synergy, teamwork, and innovation while at the same time exhorting you to stay in your swim lane. If as famed business guru Peter Drucker writes, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast," then we've been asked to eat a dog's breakfast at work for far too long! A little truth in every joke. Join the fun as the two lead authors and 50 other contributors offer their humorous take on how the workplace really operates. With almost 600 diabolical definitions to enjoy, you're sure to find plenty to smile about.  Author Dan Hill Meet the Authors: Dan Hill, PhD, is the author of nine books, including Emotionomics, which was an Advertising Age top 10 must-read selection and features a foreword by Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons. In 1998, Dan founded Sensory Logic, Inc. whose clients represent over 50% of the world's top 100 advertisers. Besides having spoken to audiences in over 25 countries, Dan has had media appearances ranging from ABC's "Good Morning, America" to NBC's "The Today Shows,” CNN, Fox, MSNBC, ESPN, and the Tennis Channel. Dan was also a regular guest on PBS’s “Mental Engineering” show, hailed by Bill Moyers as “the most interesting weekly half hour of social commentary and criticism on television.” In print, Dan has received front-page coverage in the New York Times for his work in pro and NCAA Division 1 sports and was a non-partisan columnist for Reuters during the 2016 presidential race. Nowadays he hosts the podcast "Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight," which appears on the New Books Network (NBN), the world's largest book review platform with over 1.7 million downloads monthly. Dan was educated at St. Olaf College, Oxford University, Brown University, and Rutgers University. Howard Moskowitz is a legendary product market researcher, experiential psychologist, and inventor of world-class market research technologies used by virtually every company that matters. Howard earned his PhD in experimental psychology from Harvard University. In 2004, he was the subject of a New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell, "The Ketchup Conundrum," which became the basis for Gladwell's TED talk entitled "Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce." In 2014, Howard founded Mind Genomics Associates to investigate how people think about aspects of their daily lives. In addition to over 400 scientific articles about the minds of consumers, Howard has written/edited 28 books, a roster that features the very popular book Selling Blue Elephants. connect with the authors: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram Tour Schedule: Sep 27 - Working Mommy Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 27 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 27 - Kam's Place – book spotlight Sep 28 – Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 28 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post giveaway Sep 29 – fundinmental -book spotlight / giveaway Sep 30 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 2 – Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 4 – A Mama's Corner of the World – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 5 – The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 6 - Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 6 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 7 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 8 - Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 11 – Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 12 – Writer with Wanderlust – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Oct 12 – Rajiv's Reviews – book review / giveaway Oct 13 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 14 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 14 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 15 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Enter the Giveaway:
Join Us for This Tour from August 16 to September 3!
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Book Title: Espoused by Jean Marie Davis Category: Adult Fiction 18+ Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Literary, Humor Publisher: Wren Park Publishing, 264 pages Release date: July 2021 Format available for review: Print Softback, ebook (PDF) Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: August 16 to September 3, 2021 Content Rating: PG for the subject matter of adult relationships/marriage/divorce, but there is no bad language or explicit sex scenes.
Book Description:
Espouse: (v.) to take in marriage; to make a marriage permanent by court decree; the court-approved process by which couples may stay together beyond the legal 15-year term. In the contemporary world, fifteen years is considered the legal life cycle of a marriage. If a couple wants to stay together (married), they must hire a lawyer and petition the court to become Espoused. After 14 years of marriage, Sara and Thomas Healy are still in love. Their decision to go to court to be espoused permanently is a source of great embarrassment for their children. Avery is ready for the benefits of uncoupling, and Sam really doesn’t need the social stigma of parents who decide to stay together, on top of everything else. Lame! Their espouse attorney, Gwen Stevens, has other problems. The judge for the Healy case is her nemesis, Carly Abraham, also known as “the Wicked Witch of the Bench.” Judge Abraham was previously married to Gwen’s husband Dennis, from whom she uncoupled after the allotted 15 years. She hates espouse lawyers on principle, and seems to have an extra dose of dislike for Gwen personally. While the Healys struggle through the espouse experience—trial separation, uncouple counseling, and ongoing financial burdens—Gwen has to deal with the judge and her own struggles at home. In this fight for love, who has the answers? 
Meet the Author:
Jean Marie Davis was born and raised in Huntington, New York. After graduating from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, she moved back to Long Island where she worked in the Marketing Research industry for over 30 years. She currently lives in Centerport, New York close to her daughter and son. Connect with the Author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Goodreads
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Aug 16 –I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 16 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 17 – Twilight Reader – book review Aug 18 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 19 –Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Aug 19 - Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 20 – Lalitha's World of Serenity – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 23 –Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 24 - Kam's Place – book review Aug 25 –Based on a True Story – book review Aug 25 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 26 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / author interview / giveaway Aug 27 –Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 30 - Celticlady's Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 31 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Aug 31 – RebeccaReviewedIt – book review / giveaway Sep 1 – Splashes of Joy – book review / guest post / giveaway Sep 1 - Books for Books – book spotlight Sep 2 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Sep 3 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Jan 18 to Feb 5, 2021!
Book Details: Book Title: Good Grammar Is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life by Curtis Honeycutt Category: Adult Non-Fiction, 18 yrs +, 244 pages Genre: How-To, Humor, Grammar and Writing Reference Publisher: The County Publishing Release date: May, 2020 Tour dates: Jan 18 to Feb 5, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13: "I write "hell," "damn," and "shit" a few times. Maybe "ass." ."
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Grammar rules! Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life will convert grammar goofballs into bonafide word nerds. As the writer of the award-winning humor column “Grammar Guy,” Curtis Honeycutt’s grammar advice appears in dozens of newspapers every week. His debut book—filled with witty word wisdom—is designed to make your life more awesome by improving your grammar. Do you love language, but sometimes get tripped up by confusing grammar rules? Good Grammar is the Life of the Party is like a cheat code for your social life. Level up your grammar game to become a linguistic legend—from romantic relationships to job promotions to getting invited to fancy roof parties. Climb the corporate ladder, convince people you’re smart, and win at life with dozens of helpful tips on how to master the English language. 
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Curtis Honeycutt started writing about grammar in his local newspaper. His column, Grammar Guy, has since won multiple awards and now appears in newspapers across the U.S. Originally from Oklahoma, Honeycutt now lives in Indiana with his wife, Carrie, and their two children, Miles and Maeve. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Jan 18 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 18 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 19 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 19 - bless their hearts mom – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 20 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 20 - The Phantom Paragrapher – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 21 –Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 21 - My Reading Journey – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 22 –Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 22 - Lisa Everyday Reads - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 25 – Hall Ways Blog – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 26 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / author interview / giveaway Jan 26 - Library of Clean Reads – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 26 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 27 – Man of la Book – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 27 - Laura's Interests – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 28 - I'm All About Books - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 29 – Writer with Wanderlust – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 29 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 1 – Books, Tea, Healthy Me – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 2 – Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 2 -Redhead with a Camera/Goodreads - book review Feb 3 - The Irresponsible Reader - book spotlight /giveaway Feb 3 – The Irresponsible Reader – guest post Feb 4 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 5 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from August 10 to August 21, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time by Dorothy Rosby Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+) , 355 pages Genre: Humorous Essay Publisher: Unhinged Press Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, mobi (for kindle), Gifted Kindle, and PDF Will send print books out: USA only Tour dates: August 10 to August 21, 2020 Content Rating: G - appropriate for general audience as defined above
Book Description:
"Alexa’s a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time" is a low-brow look at high-minded living, a good-natured (mostly) rant about some of the challenges we face and some of the annoyances we deal with just because we’re alive and trying to thrive at this moment in history. Part comedic call to arms and part tongue-in-cheek tirade, "Alexa’s a Spy" goes after, among other things, spammers and scammers, clutter and litter, intrusive technology and uncivil discourse. Too much stuff, too much noise, too much to worry about. Not enough patience, not enough kindness, not enough…chocolate? As a syndicated humor columnist, Dorothy Rosby has been ranting for more than 20 years in publications across the West and Midwest. If her latest book doesn’t change the world, and most likely it won’t, we’ll at least go down the tubes together, knowing how really foolish we’re all being. 
Meet the Author:
Dorothy Rosby is a syndicated humor columnist and author of two other books of humorous essays "I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better" and "I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch, Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest." She’s working on her fourth and hoping to give it a shorter title—something like "Wow" or "Best Seller." She lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 20 miles from Mount Rushmore, something she’s very proud of even though she’s not on it. Yet. Connect with the Author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ goodreads
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Aug 10 –Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Aug 11 – Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / guest post / giveaway Aug 13 – Books and Zebras – book review / giveaway Aug 13 - Books for Books - book review Aug 14 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Aug 17 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Aug 18 – fundinmental – book spotlight/ giveaway Aug 18 - Sefina Hawke's Books - book review Aug 19 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview Aug 19 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway Aug 20 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / giveaway Aug 20 – Gina Rae Mitchell - book review / giveaway Aug 21 - My Fictional Oasis – book review / giveaway
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