My Reading Getaway

I’m so thrilled to be on my first tour with Partners in Crime Tours. I love crime thrillers so I’m very much looking forward to the books this tour company can help me discover.  For my debut tour I’m bringing you Bastard Verdict by James McCrone. James is a new author to me and I’m happy to introduce you to James if he is a new author to you or if you have read his prior books you can let me know what I need to catch up on! Partners in Crime Tours also has an awesome tour giveaway for you to enter! About the Book: YOU DON'T NEED TO WIN, JUST DON'T LOSE In politics, people cheat to win, or because they're afraid to lose. Which isn't always the same thing. A second referendum on Scottish Independence looms, an unlikely investigator uncovers meddling in the first, and desperate conspirators panic, with deadly results. Bastard Verdict weaves high stakes, low politics, and complex characters into a noir tale of power, loss and Faustian bargains. When a Scottish gover

I’m on tour today with Rachel’s Random Resources with a delightful book to keep the youngest in your life entertained. About the Book: Take a tiger, an orangutan, an elephant, an eagle, a rhino, a dragon, a spider, and a turtle. Mix with music till loud – you might want to stand back.   Review: A cute book about a lively band. The band is pretty big with a lot of animals playing a lot of instruments. This book is perfect for younger readers as the words are big on the page and kept to one sentence. They will also love the beautiful illustrations of the animals playing their instruments.   About the Author: Lily Lawson is a poet and fiction writer living in the UK. She has poetry, short stories, and creative non-fiction published in anthologies and online in addition to her poetry books Keep in touch on social media: https://twitter.com/lifelovelily22 https://www.instagram.com/poeticrainbow9/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20433114.Lily_Lawson https://www.

I'm on tour today with The Children's Book Review with a cute picture book perfect for summer. I'm thrilled to have the author, Kimber Morgan with a guest post today. Enjoy and don't forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom of the post! ABOUT THE BOOK: Chipper the Fox and his Arctic friends travel to summer camp for fun in the sun! After an amazing summer, how will they stay in touch with their new friends and keep their summer adventure going? Review: Chipper Sends Sunshine is perfect for young readers as it is a lively story about a group a friends who meet at camp. They want to stay in touch by sending mail but something always goes wrong. A box gets a hole or snow melts in the mail. When they see each other again they come up with the perfect way to keep in touch. I loved the beautiful illustrations that brought the story to life. There are more pictures than words on the pages so a young reader just learning to read will love. This fun and imaginative book

I have been excitedly waiting for this book from the moment I found out the publication date. Hannah Mary McKinnon is one of my auto-buy authors for her great storytelling and writing. I love listening to her and Hank Philippi Ryan every Tuesday on First Chapter Fun where they introduce me to a new book. They read the first chapter live on Facebook and Instagram at 11:30 AM CT. ABOUT THE BOOK: As a therapy exercise, a woman writes a list of people she wants to forgive, and thinks nothing of it when she loses it in an Uber…until one by one the people on the list become victims of freak accidents. Set in Portland, Maine, Hannah Mary McKinnon’s breakout suspense novel THE REVENGE LIST will appeal to fans of Lisa Unger, Joshilyn Jackson, and Tarryn Fisher. Following an epic run-in with a client who threatened to pull out of a contract at her father’s company if she doesn’t suffer some consequences, Frankie Morgan agrees to go to anger management. With the business struggling with cash-

Welcome to my stop on iRead Book Tours for Children Who Dance in the Rain by Susan Justice. This book is ideal for ages 3-8.    Book Description: Sophie gets bored quickly and won’t even eat her food without looking at her tablet. She’s thrilled to hear of her family’s upcoming trip to a magical place called India, a land she’s only heard of in stories. Once there, she quickly realizes that the underprivileged children living in the mud colony possess a joy and contentment she can’t explain. Sophie sets out on a journey of discovery, but what she finds may change her world forever. This tale about the true meaning of happiness and the power of gratitude is based on true events. Review: What a wonderful book! The story is beautiful and the pictures are gorgeous! Sophie is like many children; she does not like to eat her vegetables and takes many things in life for granted. When her family visits relatives in India, Sophie realizes how different her life is. She has privilege and didn

Today on tour with Rachel’s Random Resources is a story of a mothers never ending love. A Mother’s War is set in Norway during WWII. About the Book: A forbidden romance in occupied Norway… Narvik, 1940. After Laila awakens to the sight of warships in the fjord, it isn't long before she turns resistor to the brutal Nazi regime. She is horrified when local girls begin affairs with enemy soldiers, yet against her own principles, she finds herself falling in love with German soldier, Josef. Josef is not like the others. He becomes involved in helping her and the locals with resistance activities, risking his life on more than one occasion. But then Laila finds out she is pregnant. With Josef sent to the Russian front, and Laila cast out by her family, she turns to a home for women which promises to care for her and her unborn child. But instead, she finds herself caught in a system of evil far beyond what she thought possible…   Review: WWII historical fiction is one of m