Saturday, April 23, 2022

Sister Stardust by Jane Green


Release Date: April 5, 2022


About The Book:

Claire grew up in a small town, far from the glitz and glamour of London. Ridiculed by her stepmother, Linda, and harboring a painful crush on her brother's best friend, she has begun to outgrow the life laid out before her. On the cusp of adulthood in the late 1960s, Claire yearns for the adventure and independence of a counterculture taking root across the world.


One day a chance encounter leads to an unexpected opportunity. Whispers of a palace in Morocco. A getaway where famous artists, models, fashion designers and musicians—even the Rolling Stones—have been known to visit.


When Claire arrives in Marrakesh, she's swept up in a heady world of music, drugs 2and communal living. But one magnetic young woman seems to hold sway over the entire scene. Talitha Getty, socialite wife of a famous oil heir, has pulled everyone from Yves Saint Laurent to Marianne Faithfull into her orbit. Yet when she meets Claire, the pair instantly connect. As they grow closer, and the inner circle tightens, the realities of Talitha's precarious life set off a chain of dangerous events that could alter Claire's life forever.



MY THOUGHTS

 I have been a huge fan of her books for years…so I am so excited to be on the book tour for Sister Stardust. Thank you soo much to @hanoversquarepress @janegreenauthor @harpercollins for this gorgeous gifted copy! ❤️

Jane Green has been my go-to author for more years than I can count! She has seen me through the highs and lows…Jane’s books were there to comfort me…❤️ I can just get wrapped up and lost in them. I must say.. she knocked it clear out of the park with this one! 😍 5 shiny stars ⭐️


With Sister Stardust I was swept away to a glamorous life in a palace in Morocco. Drug fueled nights and days… partying and living with some of the most famous people of the 1960’s. πŸ₯‚

My favorite part of this book is that we get to see this all from the POV of Ceecee. Just a sweet young girl that finds herself swept up in Talitha Getty’s world. Married to an oil heir.. Talitha has a magnetic energy…she was gorgeous.. talented..alluring..and she could throw one heck of a party.. πŸ₯ƒπŸΈπŸ₯‚πŸΎEven the Rolling Stones were known to frequent the palace. 🀭

I absolutely loved how Claire started out and ended this story for her daughter! As Claire took a stroll down memory lane we got a look into the life of the 1960’s… as this is based on a true person… you must check out @sisterstardustt Instagram page! The photos Jane has collected of Talitha Getty are amazing…I stalk it on a regular basis. 🀫🀫🀫

Thank you so much Jane for letting us all into Talitha’s life. It was fun, intriguing and terrifying at times as Talitha pushed the drugs,sex and rock n roll to the limits.. and beyond.❤️

Obviously I loved this book!! What is your favorite @janegreenauthor book? Have you read this one?

❤️ If you could hang out with someone from the 60’s who would it be? I love the whole mini skirt and boots πŸ‘’ look. I think I would have been loving the 60’s lifestyle… unfortunately that was well before my time.

Pub date was April 5th!! πŸƒ‍♀️ Get your copy!!



About The Author:

Jane Green is the New York Times bestselling author of one cookbook (Good Taste), and nineteen novels, including the huge hits Jemima J., and The Beach House. With over ten million books in print in over twenty five languages, she is credited as being one of the founders of the genre, "chick lit". 


She has had her own show on BBC Radio London, is a current storyteller for The Moth, was a correspondent for ABC News for the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, and is a regular guest on radio and television.


She has been featured in People, Newsweek, USA Today, Glamour, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and Cosmopolitan amongst others, and lives in Connecticut with her husband, six children, 2 dogs, 5 cats, and 6 chickens. 

Connect with Jane: www.janegreen.com

Social Media:


Instagram: https://instagram.com/janegreenauthor

Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorjanegreen

Twitter: @JaneGreen

Sister Stardust Instagram: https://instagram.com/sisterstardustt


Bloggers On Tour:


March 28th - Love My Books 2020 https://instagram.com/lovemybooks2020


March 28th- The Salty Bookworm https://instagram.com/thesaltybookworm


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March 28th- Cassie’s Book Reviews https://instagram.com/cassies_books_reviews


March 29th- Dani Reads https://instagram.com/dani.reads.1225


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March 30th - Sunflower Book Lover https://instagram.com/sunflower_book_lover


March 31st- Mrs Boom Reads https://instagram.com/mrsboomreads 


March 31st- The Bookish World of  YRRALH https://instagram.com/the.bookishworld.of.yrralh


March 31st - Candid With Courtney - https://instagram.com/candidwithcourtney


March 31st - Smashley Reads-  https://instagram.com/smashley.reads


April 1st - Reading Is My Cardio https://instagram.com/readingismycardiobookclub


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April 3rd -Bookapotamus https://instagram.com/bookapotamus 


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April 5th- Eryn E Reads https://instagram.com/erynereads


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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert




Release Date: March 1, 2022 (ebook) April 5th (hardcover)

About The Book:

The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on the scene with fellow investigator Tim Wellington, can't shake the feeling that she knows the victim - and the subsequent identification sends shockwaves through their community in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York.

Politics, power, passion . . . there are dark undercurrents in Shana's new home, and finding the killer means dredging up her new friends and neighbors' old grudges and long-kept secrets. 

That is, if the killer is from the community at all. For Shana's keeping a terrible secret of her own: eighteen months ago she escaped from serial killer Blake Bram's clutches. But has he followed her . . . to kill again?



My Thoughts 


 I love this series sooo much!! ❤️Guys...seriously if you have not read this series...you need to!


This weekend is full of some of my favorite things:
My favorite book series...
My heart mug....
Coffee...
Swiss rolls...nope! That would actually be Shana's favorite..or so the killer would think....if you have read it......you know!


Raise your hand if you are a Shana fan! I think she has alot of fans...even some she could do without ...is Bram back? You be the judge...there is something weird going on...or is Shana just paranoid...you know I guess escaping from a serial killer...may just do that to you...right?!

The ending blew me away...sooo many shocking things..I seriously can't wait to see what happens next in this series! More Shana please! So excited that the author has confirmed that there is more to come! This makes me one happy girl!

Huge shoutout to Suzy Approved Tours, Tessa Wegert and Severn books for my gifted copy of my favorite series!








About The Author:


Tessa Wegert is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Adweek, and The Economist. She grew up in Quebec near the border of Vermont and now lives with her family in Connecticut. Tessa writes mysteries set in Upstate New York while studying martial arts and dance. 


Social Media:


Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/tessawegertbooks/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/tessawegert

Twitter: @tessawegert








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Feb. 26th - Noor The Bookworm https://instagram.com/noorthebookworm

Feb. 26th - ML Book Love https://instagram.com/mlbooklove

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March 6th- David L Morgan https://instagram.com/david_l_morgan

March 7th - The Mary Reader https://instagram.com/themaryreader 

March 8th - Shooks Books https://instagram.com/shook_sbooks

March  8th -Rozier Reads and Wine https://instagram.com/rozierreadsandwine

March 10th–  Always With A Book – https://instagram.com/k2reader

March 10th - Always Reading https://instagram.com/always_reading1

March 11th- Reading With Mere-https://instagram.com/readingwithmere

March 11th- Delightfully Booked https://instagram.com/delightfullybooked 

March 14th- Whitney Arnett Reads https://instagram.com/whitneyarnettreads

March 15th - Lindas Book Obsession https://www.facebook.com/lindasbookobsession/ 

March 18th -Marilyn Goncalves https://instagram.com/marilynjgon 

March 19th- Miss W Book Reviews https://instagram.com/misswbookreviews

March 23rd - Subakka Bookstuff https://instagram.com/subakka.bookstuff

March 25th - Books and Coffee MX https://instagram.com/booksandcoffeemx

March 26th- Carol Doscher https://instagram.com/carol_doscher_reader

March 26th - Its All About The Thrill https://instagram.com/itsallaboutthethrill

March 28th- Allys Book Corner https://instagram.com/allys.book.corner

March 30th- Sho Biz Reads https://instagram.com/shobizreads

April 2nd - The Page Ladies https://instagram.com/jacleomik33

April 4th- Nurse Bookie https://instagram.com/nurse_bookie

April 4th - Girl Loves Dogs Books Wine https://instagram.com/girl_loves_dogs_books_wine


April 6th- Erika Lacey Reads https://instagram.com/erikalaceyreads


April 8th - Megs Book Club https://instagram.com/megsbookclub






Saturday, March 19, 2022

The Tabacco Wives by Adele Myers


SYNOPSIS: 

North Carolina, 1946. One woman. A discovery that could rewrite history. 

Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who’s just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina—the tobacco capital of the South—where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt’s glossiest clientele: the wives of the powerful tobacco executives.

But she soon learns that Bright Leaf isn’t quite the carefree paradise that it seems. A trail of misfortune follows many of the women, including substantial health problems, and although Maddie is quick to believe that this is a coincidence, she inadvertently uncovers evidence that suggests otherwise.

Maddie wants to report what she knows, but in a town where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive, she doesn’t know who she can trust—and fears that exposing the truth may destroy the lives of the proud, strong women with whom she has forged strong bonds.

Shedding light on the hidden history of women’s activism during the post-war period, at its heart, The Tobacco Wives is a deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth.


MY  THOUGHTS  

This book was so good! I have been wanting to read this book from the first time I heard about it.... The premise, the cover, the writing....all amazing...what a fantastic debut. I can't thank my partners Bibliolifestyle and William Morrow books enough for having me on this book tour! 

The south in the 1940's...I never imagined how big of a role the Tabacco Industry played. It was almost as if the owners were royalty. I could picture the glamourous woman in their fancy dresses...smoking their cigarettes. Everything....and I do mean everything...revolved around...cigarettes- jobs, social events...even motherhood...that's right ladies...light up to calm your nerves a bit while you are pregnant. 

What I loved most about this book is that it really made me think about " how far we have come baby." You will only get that line if you are of a certain generation. Remember- Joe the Camel? How about asking to sit in the smoking or non smoking section at a restaurant? Wow we have come a long way.

So this book really begs to question- when exactly did Big Tabacco realize the dangers of smoking? Tabacco being such a big part of their lives in NC that literally everyone had a tie with it. It was so interesting and eye opening to learn more about this time in history. 

I loved Maddie's story and I really enjoyed how it wrapped up. Intriguing, entertaining and an absolutely wonderful debut. 



Adele Myers grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and has a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently works in advertising and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, son, and their rescue dog Chipper. The Tobacco Wives is her first novel.

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