July 2009 Tours
Behind Every Illusion by Christina Harner
Summary:
All creatures born of human parents must be human and therefore must be ordinary.' Even the soft-spoken eighteen-year-old Tatiana Lewis wholeheartedly accepts this logic. So when she begins to experience unusual changes, she has no clue where to turn and instead keeps her new abilities a secret. But her best friend and brother, Isaac, sees past her illusions and together they explore the significance of her differences and search out the meaning behind them. Amidst tragedy, unimaginable transformations and an unexpected friendship, Tatiana has to learn to reveal the girl hidden behind her illusions and what it means to face the world in order to preserve not only the forest but her very existence.
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All creatures born of human parents must be human and therefore must be ordinary.' Even the soft-spoken eighteen-year-old Tatiana Lewis wholeheartedly accepts this logic. So when she begins to experience unusual changes, she has no clue where to turn and instead keeps her new abilities a secret. But her best friend and brother, Isaac, sees past her illusions and together they explore the significance of her differences and search out the meaning behind them. Amidst tragedy, unimaginable transformations and an unexpected friendship, Tatiana has to learn to reveal the girl hidden behind her illusions and what it means to face the world in order to preserve not only the forest but her very existence.
Tour Dates:
- July 25--Sarah's Review
July 27--Yan's Interview and Review
July 29--Senfaye's Review
July 30--Fantastic Book Review's Interview and Review
Eyes Like Stars (Theatre Illuminata, Act I) by Lisa Mantchev
Summary:
Beatrice Shakespeare Smith lives in a theater. She's not an actress, but she knows every part. The Theatre Illuminata is the only home Bertie has ever know. But one mishap too many has the Theater Director determined to send Bertie on her way -unless she can prove that she is a valuable part of the Theater. Now, Bertie must fight for her home while unlocking the secrets of her past...
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Winner: Lexi
Beatrice Shakespeare Smith lives in a theater. She's not an actress, but she knows every part. The Theatre Illuminata is the only home Bertie has ever know. But one mishap too many has the Theater Director determined to send Bertie on her way -unless she can prove that she is a valuable part of the Theater. Now, Bertie must fight for her home while unlocking the secrets of her past...
Tour Dates:
- July 1--Karin's Review and Interview
July 2--Lenore's Review and Interview
July 4--Carol's Review and Guest Post
July 5--Vania's Review and Q&A
July 6--Senfaye's Review and Interview
July 7--Liviana's Review
July 8--Kristi's Review
July 9--Hope's Review
July 10--Yan's Review and Interview
Winner: Lexi
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert
Summary:
Ballads are the kind of songs that Kara McNaughton likes best. Not the cliched ones where a diva hits her highest note or a rock band tones it down a couple of notches for the ladies, but the true ballads: the punk rocker or the country crooner telling the story of their life in three minutes, the chorus reminding their listeners of the numerous ways to screw things up. In high school, Kara helped maintain the 'Stories of Suburbia' notebook, which contained newspaper articles about bizarre and often tragic events from suburbs all over and personal vignettes that Kara dubbed 'ballads' written by her friends in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. Those 'ballads' were heartbreakingly honest tales of the moments when life changes and a kid is forced to grow up too soon. But Kara never wrote her own ballad. Before she could figure out what her song was about, she was leaving town after a series of disastrous events at the end of her junior year. Four years later, Kara returns to face the music, and tells the tale of her first three years of high school with her friends' 'ballads' interspersed throughout.
Tour Dates:
Ballads are the kind of songs that Kara McNaughton likes best. Not the cliched ones where a diva hits her highest note or a rock band tones it down a couple of notches for the ladies, but the true ballads: the punk rocker or the country crooner telling the story of their life in three minutes, the chorus reminding their listeners of the numerous ways to screw things up. In high school, Kara helped maintain the 'Stories of Suburbia' notebook, which contained newspaper articles about bizarre and often tragic events from suburbs all over and personal vignettes that Kara dubbed 'ballads' written by her friends in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. Those 'ballads' were heartbreakingly honest tales of the moments when life changes and a kid is forced to grow up too soon. But Kara never wrote her own ballad. Before she could figure out what her song was about, she was leaving town after a series of disastrous events at the end of her junior year. Four years later, Kara returns to face the music, and tells the tale of her first three years of high school with her friends' 'ballads' interspersed throughout.
Tour Dates:
- July 21--Kristi's Review and Interview
July 22--Tirzah's Review
July 23--Steph's Review and Guest Post
July 24--Khy's Review and Interview
July 25--Yan's Review and Interview
July 27--Alea's Review
July 28--Kelsey's Review and Guest Post
July 30--Kelsey's Guest Post