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  Join us for this tour from Mar 31 to May 11, 2021! Book Details: Book Title: Caroline & Mordecai the Gand by Jeff Gunhus Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 186 pages Genre: Fantasy, Literary Publisher: Seven Guns Press Release date: March 31, 2021 Format available for review: print (USA), ebook (mobi for kindle, epub, PDF, audiobook (audible download) Tour dates: Mar 31 to May 11, 2021 Content Rating: PG: The language is G. There is one scene with the main character punches a bully resulting in a bloody nose. The emotional treatment of grief and the death of a loved one can be somewhat intense. "Readers of all ages who look for ethereal, haunting stories of recovery and courage will find Caroline & Mordecai the Gand may hold the trappings of a fantasy adventure; but inside there is so much more. Make the right decision, to read this!" - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review "Caroline’s story is profoundly sad, and yet hopeful, magical, and yet rooted in reality. There is magic, mystery, and daring adventure." - BooksCoffee Book Description: This novella was written by USA Today bestselling author Jeff Gunhus after he received a devastating diagnosis of state 3 cancer. The story is a message to his five children on how to deal with grief and a plea for them to grasp onto joy and love even in the darkest of times. Caroline loses her spark. It takes a great adventure for her to find it again. Caroline loses her father in a car accident for which she feels responsible. Consumed by grief, she has a difficult time readjusting to a world that has changed so dramatically for her. On the anniversary of her father’s death, a strange window opens in the middle of the small lake behind her house. She climbs up an old oak to peer inside, but falls out of the tree and discovers that the window also serves as a door into a different world. Enter Mordecai the Gand, a mysterious traveler who befriends Caroline and promises to help her find a way back home since the window she fell through has disappeared. The two set out on a series of adventures that include visiting a tree village populated by a tribe known for eating travelers, running into a witch under a spell of her own making, hiding in a cave with a dragon encased in a wall of ice (prone to melting by campfire), all the while being pursued by a mysterious entity call the Creach which promises to devour Caroline and trap her in an eternity of despair. As they navigate these adventures and this new world, Caroline slowly discovers that she is meant to help each of the characters she meets. As she battles internally whether to stay or return home to the sadness and grief waiting for her there, she must regain perspective and open her heart to the act of caring and to the joy of love itself. In the end, she must demonstrate great courage, loyalty, and caring as the plot unfolds, becoming the active hero of her own story.  Meet the Author: Jeff Gunhus is the USA TODAY bestselling author of thriller and horror novels for adults and the middle grade fantasy series, The Jack Templar Chronicles. The first book, Jack Templar Monster Hunter, was written in an effort to get his reluctant reader eleven-year-old son excited about reading. It worked and a new series was born. His books for adults have reached the Top 30 on Amazon, have been recognized as Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalists and reached the USA TODAY bestseller list. Jeff wrote Caroline & Mordecai the Gand after receiving a devastating diagnosis of stage 3 cancer. The novella was meant as a private story for his five children on how to face grief by holding onto joy and love. He leads an active life in Maryland with his wife Nicole by trying to constantly keep up with their kids. In rare moments of quiet, he can be found in the back of Old Fox Books in Annapolis working on his next novel or on JeffGunhus.com. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads ~ bookbub Tour Schedule: Mar 31 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 1 – Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 5 – Freda's Voice – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Apr 6 – Because I said so -- and other adventures in Parenting – book review / giveaway Apr 8 – pick a good book – book review / author interview / giveaway Apr 9 – Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review / giveaway Apr 12 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / giveaway Apr 13 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Apr 14 – michellemengsbookblog – book review / author interview / giveaway Apr 16 – Writer with Wanderlust – book review / guest post / giveaway Apr 20 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway Apr 21 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Apr 22 – Kam's Place – book review Apr 23 – Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight / giveaway Apr 26 – I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway Apr 27 – Cover Lover Book Review – audiobook review / giveaway Apr 28 – Icefairy's Treasure Chest – book review / giveaway Apr 30 – Books for Books – audiobook review May 3 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review / giveaway May 4 – High Society Book Club & Review – book review / author interview / giveaway May 5 – Westveil Publishing – audiobook review / guest post / giveaway May 5 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway May 6 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 7 – Reading is My Passion – book review May 7 - Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway May 10 – Bound 4 Escape – audiobook review / giveaway May 11 – Laura's Interests – audiobook review / giveaway TBA – Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway Enter the Giveaway:
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Book Details: Book Title: The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives by Tim Darcy Ellis Category: Adult Fiction (18 yrs +), 246 pages Genre: Literary fiction, historical fiction, religious historical fiction Publisher: Tellwell Release date: 2020 Format available for review: print, and ebook (mobi file (for Kindle) Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: Feb 1 to Feb 12, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13 + M. Includes some f-words, religious profanities, and mature themes (addiction, adultery)
"A fast-paced and richly engaging story about an intriguing historical figure... Ellis writes all of this with marvellous gusto that's more reminiscent of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall (2009) than of a more traditional Tudor novel." - Kirkus (starred review)
"In this beautifully detailed, thrilling historical novel, author Tim Ellis brings back to life the largely forgotten Juan Luis Lives, a Spanish Jew and leading Renaissance humanist...This enthralling story is sure to please lovers of high drama, international intrigue, momentous history and psychological thrillers." - Blueink (starred review) "With its clear portrayal of inner conflict, The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives is a provocative, multicolored historical novel that examines hidden faith... Ellis's intricate biographical novel approaches the Spanish scholar and Renaissance humanist through absorbing journal entries." - Foreword Clarion "A fast-moving, highly enjoyable historical drama, which features one of Western civilization's most interesting men during the dazzling age of the Renaissance. Ellis draws his characters so wonderfully, and none is better than the lead. The smart, charming, and earnest humanist is depicted as the embodiment of a better world to come." - Indiereader Review
Book Description:
The Secret Diaries Of Juan Luis Vives chronicles the epoch-making adventures of Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives. The novel begins as Vives writes in self-imposed exile in Bruges, Spanish Netherlands in 1522. He is on the run from the Spanish Inquisition which has devastated his Jewish family in Valencia. Later, Thomas More invites Vives to the English court to tutor princess Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. The plot reaches its climax as Vives navigates the murky world of English politics during the reign of King Henry VIII, ever trying to negotiate an escape from Spain for his family, and for the Jewish people. The early modern period in Europe was a time of incredible instability. Economic depressions were the norm in Northern Italy, the Holy Roman Empire, and large swaths of England and France. Wars were endemic, with power politics and religion playing leading roles in massive bloodletting. Despite the darkness, great men and women of courage and intellectual curiosity also defined the age as one of scientific discovery, humanism, and scholarship. One of the great titans of the early modern period was Spanish scholar Juan Luis Vives. In the novel, Vives is the embodiment of the cosmopolitanism of the intellectual elite during the Renaissance. As a secret follower of Judaism, and thus a major outlaw according to the thinking of his own Catholic monarch, Vives walks a swaying tightrope. He was a genius and a philosopher who had a lot to say (he has since been dubbed 'The Godfather of Psychoanalysis,' Zilboorg 1941, and the 'Father of Psychology,' Watson, 1915), however, if he speaks too loudly not only his survival but that of his entire people hangs in the balance. Along the way, the reader is given close up and intimate and unique views of well-known figures such as Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More and his devoted daughter, Margaret Roper. 
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Tim Darcy Ellis (BA BSc, MHSc) is a writer, physiotherapy business owner and formerly a professional archaeologist. Tim studied Archaeology at the University of York (BA Hons 1988) and as a professional archaeologist, worked on sites throughout England and Wales. He held posts at the Museum of London and the British Museum's medieval galleries. Tim is currently Managing Director and Principal Physiotherapist of Excel Physiotherapy and Wellness. He qualified as a physiotherapist at the University of East London in 1998. He moved to Sydney in 2000 where he completed his master's degree in 2002. Tim is chief writer of Excel Life magazine: writing and teaching extensively on health and wellness and specializing in the treatment of complex hip and pelvic pain. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ instagram
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Feb 1 –Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway Feb 1 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 2 - She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway Feb 3 – Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 4– Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 4– fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 5 – Corinne Rodrigues – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 8 – Books Lattes & Tiaras – book review / giveaway Feb 8 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 9 -Cheryl's Book Nook – book review / giveaway Feb 9 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 10 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Feb 11 - I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 12 – Bigreadersite – book review / giveaway Feb 15 - Library of Clean Reads – book review / giveaway TBA - Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: Weekend Pass by Paul Cavanagh Category: Adult Fiction (18 yrs +), 210 pages Genre: Literary Publisher: Not That London Writer Release date: Jan 19, 2021 Format available for review: print, and ebook (mobi file (for Kindle), ePub, PDF, NetGalley download) Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: Jan 12 to Feb 1, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13 + M. Includes some f-words, religious profanities, and mature themes (addiction, adultery)
Weekend Pass packs a lot into fewer than two hundred pages. The dialogue never stutters. The writing is tight and clean and elegant with hidden depths that give pause for reflection and thought. It covers important, difficult themes in a compassionate, humanist way. It was an absolute pleasure to read.
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Who can forgive a mother who poisons her eight-year-old son? Even if it was an accident. Tasha thought she had everything under control – her family life, her career as a nurse – until her son got into her stash of painkillers. Now, during her first weekend home from drug treatment, she must come to grips with the damage she’s done and somehow pick up the pieces. Told from the points of view of four different family members, Weekend Pass is a story about the lies we tell ourselves and the people we love. And it’s about struggling to rise above the mistakes that threaten to define us.
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Paul Cavanagh is a Canadian author whose debut novel, After Helen, won the Lit Idol competition at the London Book Fair in the UK and was published to rave reviews in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. He’s been compared to Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler for his ability to be at turns funny and moving while exploring the paradoxes of modern family relationships. He lives in London, Ontario (not be be confused with that other London). Weekend Pass is his third novel. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Jan 12 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 12 -Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway Jan 12 - Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview Jan 13 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / giveaway Jan 14 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author Blog – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 14 - Cheryl's Book Nook – book review / giveaway Jan 15 – Westveil Publishing – book review / giveaway Jan 18 –Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review Jan 18 - Reading Authors Network – book review / giveaway Jan 19 – RebeccaReviewedIt – book review / giveaway Jan 19 - Pick a Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway Jan 20 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 20 - Books Beans & Botany – book review / giveaway Jan 21 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 22 – taketwolu – book review Jan 22 - Stephanie Jane – book spotlight Jan 25 -Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway Jan 26 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Jan 27 – I'd Rather Be At The Beach – book review / giveaway Jan 28 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Jan 29 – My Fictional Oasis – book review / giveaway Jan 29 - Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight Feb 1 – Corinne Rodrigues – book review / giveaway Feb 1 - I'm Into Books – book review / giveaway Feb 1 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway TBD – The Bibliophilic World – book review TBD - Instagram: All Booked Up Reviews – book spotlight
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Book Details: Book Title: How to Pack for the End of the World by Michelle Falkoff Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 320 pages Genre: Literary / Mystery Publisher: HarperCollins (HarperTeen) Release date: Nov 20, 2020 Format available for review: Print, NetGalley Download (mobi for kindle, epub, pdf) Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: Nov 3 to Nov 23, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13. Language is clean, no sex on the page but reference to it, dark subject matter--wasn't sure the best category based on descriptions.
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If you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do? This is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across the news every day. But when she starts at prestigious Gardner Academy, Amina finds a group of like-minded peers to join forces with—fast friends who dedicate their year to learning survival skills from each other, before it’s too late. Still, as their prepper knowledge multiplies, so do their regular high school problems, from relationship drama to family issues to friend blow-ups. Juggling the two parts of their lives forces Amina to ask another vital question: Is it worth living in the hypothetical future if it’s at the expense of your actual present? 
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Michelle Falkoff is the author of Playlist for the Dead, Pushing Perfect, Questions I Want to Ask You, and How to Pack for the End of the World. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and currently serves as director of communication and legal reasoning at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Nov 3 –Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 3 - Splashes of Joy - audiobook review / guest post / giveaway Nov 3 -Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 4 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 5 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 5 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book review / giveaway Nov 6 –Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 9 –Jazzy Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 10 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 10 -Corinne Rodrigues - book spotlight / giveaway Nov 11 –Pick a Good Book – book review / author interview Nov 11 –Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 11 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book review/ giveaway Nov 12 – Books, Tea, Healthy Me – book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 12 -Instagram:. All Booked Up Reviews – book review Nov 13 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post Nov 16 –She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway Nov 17 –Westveil Publishing - book review / giveaway Nov 18 – JulzReads – book review Nov 18 - 411 ON BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHING NEWS - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 19 –100 Pages A Day - book review / giveaway Nov 20 -Lamon Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 23 - Writer with Wanderlust - book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 23 –My Fictional Oasis – book review / giveaway Nov 23 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book review / giveaway Nov 23 –Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review
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Join us for this tour from Oct 26 to Nov 20, 2020!
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.
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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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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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Book Details: Book Title: The Takeaway Men by Meryl Ain Category: Adult fiction 18 yrs +, 264 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Sparkpress Release date: August 4, 2020 Format available for review: print, ebook (NetGalley dowload), pdf Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: July 14 to Aug 10, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13 + M because there are references to extra-marital affairs. There is no explicit sex in the book.
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With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronka and Johanna Lubinski and their parents arrive in the US from a Displaced Persons Camp. In the years after World War II, they experience the difficulties of adjusting to American culture as well as the burgeoning fear of the Cold War. Years later, the discovery of a former Nazi hiding in their community brings the Holocaust out of the shadows. As the girls get older, they start to wonder about their parents’ pasts, and they begin to demand answers. But it soon becomes clear that those memories will be more difficult and painful to uncover than they could have anticipated. Poignant and haunting, The Takeaway Men explores the impact of immigration, identity, prejudice, secrets, and lies on parents and children in mid-twentieth-century America.
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Release date: August 4, 2020 Amazon.com ~ Barnes & Noble ~ IndieBound Add to Goodreads 
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Meryl Ain’s articles and essays have appeared in Huffington Post, The New York Jewish Week, The New York Times, Newsday and other publications. The Takeaway Men is her debut novel. In 2014, she co-authored the award-winning book, The Living Memories Project: Legacies That Last, and in 2016, wrote a companion workbook, My Living Memories Project Journal. She is a sought-after speaker and has been interviewed on television, radio, and podcasts. She is a career educator and is proud to be both a teacher and student of history. She has also worked as a school administrator. The Takeaway Men is the result of her life-long quest to learn more about the Holocaust, a thirst that was first triggered by reading The Diary of Anne Frank in the sixth grade. While teaching high school history, she introduced her students to the study of the Holocaust. At the same time, she also developed an enduring fascination with teaching about and researching the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg case. An interview with Robert Meeropol, the younger son of the Rosenbergs, is featured in her book, The Living Memories Project. The book also includes an interview with Holocaust survivor, Boris Chartan, the founder of the Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, New York. Meryl holds a BA from Queens College, an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an Ed.D. from Hofstra University. She lives in New York with her husband, Stewart. They have three married sons and six grandchildren. Connect with the author: Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~Instagram
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July 14 –Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway July 14 - Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway Jul 14 - Book World Reviews - book review July 15 –100 Pages A Day – book review / giveaway July 16 – RebeccaReviewedIt – book review / author interview July 17 – T's Stuff – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway July 18 - Just One More Chapter – book review July 20 – Pick a good book – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 21 – Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway July 22 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway July 23 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview July 23 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway July 24 – THE WORLD AS I SEE IT – book review July 27 – Book after Book – book spotlight / author interview July 28 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway July 28 - Leels Loves Books - book review / giveaway July 29 – She Just Loves Books – book review / giveaway July 30 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway July 31 – Reading is My Passion – book review / giveaway July 31 - The Eclectic Review – book review Aug 3 –I'm All About Books – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Aug 3 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Aug 4 - Library of Clean Reads – book review / giveaway Aug 4 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 4 - Peaceful Pastime – book review Aug 4 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Aug 5 -Books and Zebras – book review / giveaway Aug 5 - Alexis Marie Chute – book review / author interview Aug 6 – Pen Possessed – book spotlight / giveaway Aug 6 - Pen Possessed - book review Aug 6 - Books for Books – book spotlight Aug 7 –StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 7 – Svetlanas reads and views – book review Aug 10 – My Fictional Oasis – book review Aug 10 - Adventurous Jessy - book review / giveaway
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Book Details: Book Title: Stefan's Promise by Sam Rennick Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 546 pages Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Hugo House Publishers Release date: September 3, 2019 Format available for review: print, ebook (mobi file (for Kindle), ePub, PDF) Will send print books out: USA Tour dates: Jan 27 to Feb 7, 2020 Content Rating: PG: Some adult themes but no bad language.
“We were at war in Vietnam and my fiancé was drafted the day after he proposed to me. I hadn’t thought of that September day for so long, and then I began "Stefan’s Promise." Soon I was recalling that day and others, events and circumstances shared by those of us who lived through the “tumultuous year of 1968” and the following 35 years. In the Preface, Sam Rennick states his intention to deliver a completely absorbing tale. He does!”
—D.W.G.Artist The author brings great sensitivity to one powerful scene after another. There is Mike Huxtable, victim of an unprovoked blow, aimlessly wandering the aisles of a drug store, day after day. There is Stefan Kopinski, half-pondering his friend’s illness, half-observing the Midwestern city in which he finds himself. These scenes but two among many in this compelling novel.” —Silvia Lorente-Murphy, PhD Professor Emerita Purdue University Book Description: The Vietnam War Changed America. Two Best Friends Weren't Spared. Only One Was Drafted. It’s 1968. America is rocked by assassinations, war protests and political upheaval. Alan Young, 21, is brooding over having been dumped by his girlfriend. This won’t last long. His draft notice is in the mail. Stefan Kopinski isn’t about to let the war get in his way. He spends his days at the mercy of his reckless ambition. When fate steps in, will he finally understand what has been right in front of him for 30 years? "Stefan’s Promise" is the story of Alan and Stefan. Circumstances part them and sharply diverging temperaments further erode their bond. Yet, Alan and Stefan are wrong in supposing their friendship has ended. It’s just getting started. 
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Sam Rennick began writing Stefan’s Promise forty years ago, but it wasn’t until fairly recently, when he retired from his law practice that he was able to take his manuscript from its drawer and finish it. He admits he wishes he could say he planned this all along, since the two books comprising the novel, though written many years apart, combine perfectly into a compelling narrative. While many authors have influenced him, he singles out Somerset Maugham as his muse, observing that Maugham always starts with a good story, but often finds a way to insert that “something extra” separating merely a nice tale from literature. Sam’s interest in books is only exceeded by his love for baseball, which began when he was nine years old. Connect with the author: Website ~ Facebook
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Jan 27 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 27 – Viviana MacKade – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 27 - @momfluenster – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 28 – Over Coffee Conversations – book review / giveaway Jan 29 – My Reading Journeys – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 29 - Olio by Marilyn – author interview Jan 29 - Olio by Marilyn - book review Jan 30 - T's stuff - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 30 – Leels Loves Books – book review Jan 31 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 31 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 3 –eBook Addicts – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 3 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 4 –Library of Clean Reads – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 5 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / guest post / giveaway Feb 5 - Svetlana's reads and views – book review Feb 6 – Jypsylynn – book review / giveaway Feb 7 - She Just Loves Books – book review Feb 10 - On My Bookshelf - book review / guest post / giveaway
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