Weekend Book Buzz – 13/14 July 2019

Posted 14 July 2019 by Katie in Book Buzz, Christian Fiction / 1 Comment

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz, reader friends! It’s been a busy week around here, as you’ll be able to see by this week’s blog posts. What’s been going on in your life this week? Read any good books? I’d love to know!

~ On the Blog ~

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Complex Characters
First Line Friday – Underestimating Miss Cecilia by Carolyn Miller

~ 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.

Yellow Lantern Blog Tour

Author Angie Dicken has put together a blog tour that will run throughout June-August that will share some of the interesting details about the heroine in her upcoming release The Yellow Lantern. There will be a new blog post up each week on subjects such as factory life, apothecaries, and grave-robbing, and there will be prizes too. Click on the graphic below for more information and to check out the schedule.

Celebrate Lit

JustRead Tours (from the previous week)

~ Giveaways ~

Author Catherine West has Summer news, an exclusive SUBSCRIBERS ONLY GIVEAWAY, and the first three chapters of her September release, AS THE LIGHT FADES, to share SOON! Sign up now!https://catherinejwest.com/

Here are some Goodreads giveaways!

All Goodreads giveaways are US only unless otherwise indicated.

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~ Cover Reveals ~

Just the one cover reveal this week, but it’s a book I can’t wait to get my hands on!

~ Events ~

Do you enjoy clean romance? The Sweet and Clean Reader Group on Facebook is currently celebrating 12 Days of Christmas in July with giveaways, author chats and more. Join the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/cleanreaders/ and you can enter into all the fun. Celebration runs until 25 July 2019. You can also click on the graphic below for more information.

This year’s Christian Fiction Summer Reading Safari started on 1 July 2019. There’s an Instagram challenge, a Facebook challenge, and a Reading challenge. Find out more here:
http://christianfictionsummerreadingsafari.blogspot.com/

Ever wanted to visit Israel? How about visiting Israel with biblical fiction author Mesu Andrews as your guide? I dearly wish I could put my hand up for this! Trip takes place in March 2020. Click on the graphic for more information!

~ Pre-Orders ~

If you pre-order a copy of Shawn Smucker’s Light from Distant Stars before 16 July 2019, make sure you claim your pre-order bonuses!

Lindsay Franklin also has some pre-order goodies if you pre-order The Story Raider before 23 July 2019. For full details, check out her Facebook page.

The first book in Dani Pettrey’s new romantic suspense series releases on 6 August 2019 and there are some great perks available if you pre-order! Click on the graphic below for more details.

Here are some pre-order special prices for you! As far as I am aware, these prices are only available if you order prior the eBook prior to release day.

Releasing 10 September 2019 – As the Light Fades (Catherine West), pre-order price $4.99

~ Freebies! ~

This week my featured author is contemporary romance author Carolyne Aarsen. You can get a free story by Carolyne when you sign up for her newsletter at www.carolyneaarsen.com

Australian author Jessica Kate has her debut novel releasing THIS MONTH! Sign up for her newsletter at http://eepurl.com/cIhfxP and you’ll not only get to download the first chapter, but also her free short story The Kiss Dare. Highly recommended!

Lindsay Harrel also has a free short story for those who sign up to her newsletter at www.lindsayharrel.com/signup. And did I mention that it’s about a woman who gets stranded overnight on a small tidal island off the coast of Scotland?

Check out my Discover a New Author posts for more author freebies!

~ 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 July, you’ll find them listed here. In the meantime, here are the new releases for this week:

Releasing 16 July 2019