Weekend Book Buzz – 8/9 April 2017

Posted 8 April 2017 by Katie in Romance / 0 Comments

It’s the weekend! Not only that, but it’s the weekend my children wait for aaalllllllll year! Sure, they love Christmas, and they love Easter, but the weekend that generates the most excitement in our house each year is…

HUNTER VALLEY STEAMFEST!

We live opposite the rail line, so trains have long been a fascination for our kids, but there’s something extra special about steamtrains. The smell, the sound . . .

Okay, so maybe I’ve been looking forward to it too! 😊

So, while I’m busy exploring the world of steam with the family this weekend, here’s a recap of what’s happened this week on my blog:

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Bookish Gifts
Word Nerd Wednesday – What Do You Call It? (Inspired by Just The Way You Are by Pepper Basham)
First Line Friday – Beyond Justice (Cara Putman)

~ Blog Tours ~

Look at these tours underway with Celebrate Lit! As always, you can click on the graphic to be taken to the home page for each tour, where you’ll find the schedule for the blog tour, giveaways, and more. The blog tours for Baggage Claim and Let Love Spring wrap up this week, and the tours for Finding Hope in Savannah and Just The Way You Are will continue through to next week:

There will also be a blog tour for Surrendered beginning on Tuesday 11 April:

Waiting for Butterflies by Karen Sargent is still on tour with Singing Librarian Book Tours until Wednesday. For more information, click on the graphic below:

~ Facebook Parties ~

To begin with, some live author chats! Roseanna M. White will be having a live book chat each week in the lead up to the release of her new novel in July. This week she will be discussing The Lost Heiress. Visit and ‘like’ Roseanna’s Facebook page for more information, and to be notified when she goes live.

Monday 10 April 2017 at 7pm (ET)

Kristy Cambron is also having a live author chat on Friday morning between 9am and 9:30am. Click on the graphic below to be taken to the event page.

Friday 14th April 2017 – 9am-9:30am (EDT)

And last, but not least, Singing Librarian Books is having a birthday party on Thursday 13 April (happy birthday!) Click on the graphic to be taken to the event page.

Thursday 13 April 2017 – 1pm (PDT)

~ Cover Reveals ~

Stephenia McGee has revealed the cover for her May 5 release In His Eyes. You can pre-order through Amazon, like her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter to stay up-to-date with other release information.

~ Giveaways ~

The giveaway for Karen Sargent’s debut novel, Waiting for Butterflies, ends this week. Be sure to enter so you don’t miss out! You can find out more about her novel on her website, or click on the graphic to be taken to the giveaway:

There is an online, multi-author giveaway that ends Sunday 9 April, which you can enter via a Facebook event page. Click on the graphic below for more information:

And look at this fantastic giveaway, open until next Saturday 14 April. Click on the graphic to enter:

Kensington Books also has a giveaway for Davis Bunn’s new release, Miramar Bay. (You can read my review here). Click on the graphic to enter:

And don’t forget that the Celebrate Lit and Singing Librarian Book Tours have giveaways associated with their blog tours!

~ New Releases ~

It’s a much slower week for new releases this week, but I do have a few more to add to last week’s list (including Titanis!!!) along with a couple that will release in the coming week. Click on the cover to be taken to Amazon to find out more (affiliate links):

1 April 2017