Weekend Book Buzz – 25/26 May 2019

Posted 24 May 2019 by Katie in Book Buzz, Christian Fiction / 1 Comment

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz, reader friends! I hope you’ve had a great week and managed to fit some quality reading time in amidst all the other demands on your time this week.

Can you believe we’re nearly at the end of yet ANOTHER month. The end of this week brings in June, which is halfway through the year! Crazy! Which reminds me—make sure you check out the sales this week. It will be your last chance for many of these fantastic prices!

~ On the Blog ~

Top Ten Tuesday – Most Expensive Books I Own
First Line Friday – Flight of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse

~ 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 31 May 2019 – The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay

Prism Book Tours

Celebrate Lit

JustRead Tours (from the previous week)

~ Giveaways ~

Check out this fantastic giveaway from Becky Wade by clicking on the graphic below! Winners chosen on 4 June!

Here are some Goodreads giveaways!

All Goodreads giveaways are US only unless otherwise indicated.

Ending 27 May 2019

Ending 3 June 2019

Ending 4 June 2019

~ Events ~

Roseanna White will be doing another Facebook live on Monday 27 May 2019 at 7pm EDT to talk about her upcoming release, The Number of Love. If you’re interested in joining live, check out her post on Facebook for more details:
https://www.facebook.com/RoseannaMWhite/videos/851775425188469/

Colonial Quills Blog is celebrating eight years with a Facebook event on 29 May 2019 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm EDT. Click on the graphic below to go to the event page.

This year’s CFSRS is just around the corner. Sponsor registration for this fun bookish reading event is now available. For more information visit http://bit.ly/cfsrs19.

~ Pre-Orders ~

The next book in Karen Barnett’s Vintage National Parks series releases on 18 June 2019 and if you pre-order, you can claim a special gift from the publisher. Click on the graphic below for more details!

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 to release day.

Releasing 29 June 2019 – The Art of Rivers (Janet W. Ferguson), pre-order price $0.99
Releasing 1 July 2019 – A Cuppa Trouble (Angela Ruth Strong), pre-order price $2.99

~ Freebies! ~

This week, I’m featuring historical fiction author Karen Barnett. You can get the free story Christmas in Paradise when you sign up for her newsletter at http://www.karenbarnettbooks.com/

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?

If you love historical romance, there are currently NINE Christian authors offering one of their novels for free when you signup to their newsletter. Promotion ends on 31 May 2019, so don’t miss out!
books.bookfunnel.com/historicalchristianromance

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

Releasing 27 May 2019