November 2009 Tours
EyeLeash: A Blog Novel by Jess C Scott
Summary:
"Jade Ashton is a sassy virgin. In her blog, she vents about “fitting in” a world where superficiality reigns supreme.
Suddenly all logic flies out the window when she meets Novan: a delicious songwriter-musician. They decide to be “friends-with-benefits.” But it’s Novan—with his poems and riddling passages on his own blog—that backs out.
EyeLeash captures self-discovery in the 2000s, and showcases the colorful, intricate drama in two youths’ relentless search for themselves—and what’s really in their hearts."
Excerpt (First 5 Pages)
Longer Excerpt (First 50 Pages)
Tour Stops:
November 11th--Tower of Books's Review
November 12th--Leslie's Review
November 13th--Catt
"Jade Ashton is a sassy virgin. In her blog, she vents about “fitting in” a world where superficiality reigns supreme.
Suddenly all logic flies out the window when she meets Novan: a delicious songwriter-musician. They decide to be “friends-with-benefits.” But it’s Novan—with his poems and riddling passages on his own blog—that backs out.
EyeLeash captures self-discovery in the 2000s, and showcases the colorful, intricate drama in two youths’ relentless search for themselves—and what’s really in their hearts."
Excerpt (First 5 Pages)
Longer Excerpt (First 50 Pages)
Tour Stops:
November 11th--Tower of Books's Review
November 12th--Leslie's Review
November 13th--Catt
When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton
Summary:
Midnight rituals. Secret initiations. A father who belongs to a secret society. Join Jimmy Cannon as he navigates the mysteries – and changes – that steam through his 1940's railroad town as he comes toe-to-toe with his stubborn father and his own uncertain future.
My father's childhood experiences inspired this novel. In the 1940's, train engines switched from steam to diesel and the economy in small towns across America changed forever. WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS is a timely novel about coming of age in the face of economic change.
The novel is written as a series of short stories, each set a year apart to the day, that build together to form the overarching story of Jimmy’s transition from boyhood to manhood. It is a book about the meaning of home, family, loyalty, friendship and most of all, change in the face of difficult economic times.
Tour Stops:
November 7th--Kristen's Review
November 8th--shelburns
November 9th--Heather's Review
November 11th--Steph Su's Review
November 12th--Melanie's Review
Midnight rituals. Secret initiations. A father who belongs to a secret society. Join Jimmy Cannon as he navigates the mysteries – and changes – that steam through his 1940's railroad town as he comes toe-to-toe with his stubborn father and his own uncertain future.
My father's childhood experiences inspired this novel. In the 1940's, train engines switched from steam to diesel and the economy in small towns across America changed forever. WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS is a timely novel about coming of age in the face of economic change.
The novel is written as a series of short stories, each set a year apart to the day, that build together to form the overarching story of Jimmy’s transition from boyhood to manhood. It is a book about the meaning of home, family, loyalty, friendship and most of all, change in the face of difficult economic times.
Tour Stops:
November 7th--Kristen's Review
November 8th--shelburns
November 9th--Heather's Review
November 11th--Steph Su's Review
November 12th--Melanie's Review