Weekend Book Buzz – 13/14 April 2019

Posted 14 April 2019 by Katie in Book Buzz, Christian Fiction / 2 Comments

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! It’s been a weekend of great excitement here—a weekend my children look forward to more than Christmas, if you can believe it! What is this momentous occasion, you ask? It’s called Steamfest. It’s an annual event in Maitland involving steam trains and all manner of steam-powered engines and machinery. And as we live right opposite the railway (but about 15 minutes down the line) we get steam trains coming back and forth on excursions all weekend. My five little railway enthusiasts are in train heaven (and their parents don’t mind it either 😉 ).

What about you? Are you doing something exciting this weekend, or just taking it easy and reading a good book? Oh, wait a minute. I guess that’s exciting too… 😀

~ On the Blog ~

Top Ten Tuesday – Little Known Bookish Facts About Moi
Word Nerd Wednesday – A Nice Kettle of Fish
First Line Friday – P.S. Goodbye by Tari Faris

~ Blog Tours ~

Blog tours are great for getting a cross-section of reviews on a book, and they often have giveaways associated with them too! Click on the hyperlinks or the tour banners to find our more information about each tour. Please note that these links will only be live once the blog tour begins.

TLC Book Tours

Ending 19 April 2019: Glory Road by Lauren K. Denton
Ending 26 April 2019: Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel by James Markert

Celebrate Lit

JustRead Publicity Tours

~ Giveaways ~

Here are some Goodreads giveaways!

All Goodreads giveaways are US only unless otherwise indicated.

Ending 15 April 2019

Ending 17 April 2019

Ending 20 April 2019

Ending 30 April 2019

~ Cover Reveals ~

Two cover reveals for you this week. The first is The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Byler Younts, which will be coming to you in October. You can find out more or pre-order by clicking on the cover.

The second is a Christmas novella, Because of You by Becky Wade, originally included in the Christmas Heirloom Collection. It will be releasing as an individual novella on 1 October, but won’t be up for pre-order until September. You can find out more by clicking on the cover.

~ Events ~

Next in Roseanna White’s Facebook Live series will be happening on Monday 15 April 2019 at 7pm EST. You can tune in on Roseanna’s Facebook page. This week’s topic will be “Where’s the line between perfection and reality in fiction?” and Roseanna will be joined by Jennifer Delamere and Cara Grandle.

~ Newsletter Freebies ~

FREE contemporary romance novella P.S. Goodbye when you sign up to receive Tari Faris’s newsletter: https://www.tarifaris.com/ I’ve already had a chance to read this and loved it! If you’re a fan of authors like Susan May Warren, Pepper Basham, Melissa Tagg, or Kara Isaac, then I think you’re going to love Tari Faris! This offer is only available for a limited time, so make sure you don’t miss out!

Australian Author Jessica Kate has a FREE sassy short story for contemporary romance lovers called The Kiss Dare, and it will definitely whet your appetite for her upcoming debut release in July! Sign up for Jessica Kate’s newsletter here: https://jessicakatewriting.com/

Amanda Dykes has just released a FREE novella called Up From the Sea in anticipation of her upcoming release, Whose Waves These Are. Up From the Sea can be downloaded for free via Amazon by clicking here: https://www.amazon.com/Up-Sea-Whose-Waves-Novella-ebook/dp/B07JPJ3L2Y/

Jennifer Rodewald also has a contemporary romance titled It Will Be Forever available to those who sign up to receive her newsletter. Jen is a definite favourite of mine, and if you’ve read her novel Reclaimed, you’ll recognise Tome and Dre, the couple in this novel. You can sign up for Jen’s newsletter here: https://authorjenrodewald.com

~ New Releases ~

I now have a permanent list of new releases for 2019 on my website! If you’d like to know when your favourite Christian Fiction author will be releasing their next book, make sure you check out my list of new releases sorted by author on this page. If you’d like a complete list of Christian fiction books releasing in April, you’ll find them listed here. In the meantime, here are the new releases for this week:

Releasing 15 April 2019