Weekend Book Buzz – 28/29 Sept 2019

Posted 29 September 2019 by Katie in Book Buzz, Christian Fiction / 0 Comments

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz, reader friends! You may have noticed a little less activity from me around here this week, and there’s a very good reason for that. The Donovans are getting ready to build a new home! Well, getting ready for the builders to build a new home for us, come the new year. 🙂 Not only that, but we’ll be demolishing our current (old, small) home so we can stay in the same location. It’s been a loooooong time coming, but everything has finally fallen into place, praise God! Everything, that is, except colour choices, kitchen design, tile selections, flooring choices, electrical layout, brick selections, roofing options… You get the idea! And this is on top of hubby doing his back just before last weekend (he’s much improved this week—thanks for so many prayers). Needless to say, I’ve been a little…distracted by real life in the last two weeks!

As we will be moving out of our current home over the new year break, you will probably notice a little less blogging activity from me over the next couple of months while I tackle that oh-so-delightful activity known as “packing a house full of ten years of accumulated stuff,” but never fear; I will not be disappearing completely.

Right now, though, I have another edition of the Weekend Book Buzz for you, including the Carol Winners for 2019 and some great new releases for the first week in October. Happy reading!

~ Carol Award Winners 2019 ~

This year’s Carol Awards were announced this weekend at the ACFW conference gala in San Antonio. Congratulations to all the winners!

General Fiction – Where Hope Begins by Catherine West
Debut Novel – The Story Peddler by Lindsay A. Franklin
Historical – The Solace of Water by Elizabeth Byler Younts
Historical Romance – A Light on the Hill by Connilyn Cossette

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller – The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright
Novella – MissTaken Identity by Kimberley Woodhouse (from The MissAdventure Brides Collection)
Contemporary Romance – Just Let Go by Courtney Walsh
Romantice Suspense – Hidden Peril by Irene Hannon

Short Novel – The Rancher’s Surprise Daughter by Jill Lynn
Speculative – Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Young Adult – Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

~ On the Blog ~

Top Ten Tuesday – Autumn/Spring New Releases on my TBR
First Line Friday – The Yellow Lantern by Angie Dicken

~ Launch Team Opportunity ~

Tessa Afshar is looking for people to help launch her next book, Daughter of Rome, which releases in February 2020. There will be TWO teams forming to help with the launch, each with different commitments and goals, so check out the information below and then go here to apply: Daughter of Rome application

~ 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 9 October 2019 – Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano

Celebrate Lit

JustRead Tours (from the previous week)

Singing Librarian Book Tours

~ Giveaways ~

Here are some Goodreads giveaways!

All Goodreads giveaways are US only unless otherwise indicated.

Ending 30 September 2019

Ending 1 October 2019

~ Cover Reveal ~

I have some great cover reveals for you today. Look at these colourful beauties! Jenny B. Jones’s Fanatically in Trouble is the third in her Enchanted Events mysteries and releases on 22 October; Thirst is the first in a new duology from YA author Jill Williamson and will release on 21 November 2019; and Belinda Blake and the Birds of a Feather is the third in Heather Day Gilbert’s Exotic Pet Sitter mystery series, releasing in February 2020.

For more information about each title, click on the cover!

~ Events ~

Join the five authors featured in Once Upon a Christmas in celebrating the release of their collection on Friday 4 October 2019 from 7pm EDT. To go to the event page, click on the graphic below.

Here’s one for your diary: Join Celebrate Lit for a Facebook party on Monday 8 October starting at 2pm EST and find out all about a new series featuring authors Rachel Skatvold, Melissa Wardwell, Tabitha Bouldin, Kari Trumbo, Chautona Havig, and Carolyn Miller. Click on the graphic below for more information.

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 ~

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 1 October 2019 – Once Upon a Christmas (novella collection), pre-order price $0.99
Releasing 15 November 2019 – The Highlanders (novella collection), pre-order price $4.00
Releasing 21 November 2019 – A Match for Emma (Pepper Basham), pre-order price $4.99
Releasing 21 November 2019 – Thirst (Jill Williamson), pre-order price $2.99

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

Releasing 30 September 2019