Welcome to the Weekend at?Book Buzz, reader friends! And welcome to the second half of 2019! Can you believe that? Crazy!
Before we get into this week’s bookish news, I was remiss last week in not mentioning that the 2019 Inspy winners have been announced: https://inspys.com/?p=4450. Congratulations to all the winners!
Not only that, but the finalists for the 2019 Carol Awards have also been announced: https://www.acfw.com/carol/2019_carol_award_finalists. Congratulations to all the finalists!
And now, here’s the rest of the bookish news for you!
~ On the Blog ~
Top Ten Tuesday – My Kids’ Favourite Reads
First Line Friday – Tate by Susan May Warren
~ 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.
TLC Book Tours
Ending 10 July 2019 – Summer by the Tides by Denise Hunter
Ending 12 July 2019 – Murder in the City of Liberty by Rachel McMillan
Celebrate Lit
JustRead Tours (from the previous week)
Singing Librarian Book Tours
~ 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.
Ending 8 July 2019
Ending 15 July 2019
Ending 16 July 2019
Ending 26 July 2019
Ending 6 August 2019
~ Cover Reveals ~
Some more great cover reveals this week! Click on the graphic for more information about each title.
~ Events ~
Redemption Press are holding a Summer New Release party on Facebook 9-11 July, 10am-3pm PDT each day. There’ll be new releases, author posts, excerpts, giveaways, and more! Click on the graphic below to go to the Facebook page.
There’s also a Facebook party for The Awakening of Miss Adelaide on 9 July 2019 beginning at 8pm EDT. Click on the graphic below to go to the Facebook page.
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 9 July 2019 – Cold Aim (Janice Cantore), pre-order price $4.99
Releasing 10 September 2019 – As the Light Fades (Catherine West), pre-order price $4.99
~ Freebies! ~
This week my featured author is historical/women’s fiction author Heather Norman Smith. You can get a free short story by Heather when you sign up for her newsletter at www.heathernormansmith.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 9 July 2019
Releasing 11 July 2019
Thank you so much for all of this information! Such an amazing resource!