Promo Post: All Men Love Leah by Ksenija Nikolova

 

This is my stop during the book blitz for All Men Love Leah by Ksenija Nikolova. All Men Love Leah is an exciting psychological thriller with an unpredictable twist!

All Men Love Leah would make for a great Christmas gift! Order your copy here.

This book blitz is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 26 till 30 November. See the tour schedule here.

All Men Love Leah
By Ksenija Nikolova
Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Contemporary Romance
Age category: Adult

Blurb:
All Enzo wants is a reason to believe it's all worthwhile. Stuck in a world that doesn't fulfil him, he meanders through his days feeling empty, lost, and left out of the real world that is moving by without him. He is cynical but gifted, and when he meets the beautiful and enigmatic Leah she turns his universe upside down.

Leah and Enzo are exact opposites, but she is drawn to his darkness just as he is drawn to her light. She is a woman who lives by her own expression and challenges his dismal character down to its most frightening corners, awakening in him something he didn't know he had the capacity to experience.

But everything is not what it seems. There is a secret that threatens the happiness that Leah represents in Enzo's life. She is the one who embraces his flaws and uncovers his bravery by teaching him to love, and for the first time in his life he feels like a real man, but in the end, will Enzo survive Leah's heartbreaking truth?

Links:
- Goodreads
- Bookbub
- Amazon
- B&N

About the Author:
Ksenija Nikolova is a Macedonian fiction author and she has been writing since she was little. Her books abound with emotions, where characters’ internal lives and battles are deeply described. She uses her voice in her books, to raise mental health awareness and to diminish discrimination and narrow thinking.

She is the author of six books, and “All men love Leah” is her first book translated and published in English language. She says she wrote this book in her darkest moments, but also it was this book that brought such light to her life.

Author links:
- Instagram
- Amazon
- Goodreads

Promo Post: A Rebel In Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather

 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the A REBEL IN AUSCHWITZ by Jack Fairweather Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About the Book:

Title: A REBEL IN AUSCHWITZ: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp

Author: Jack Fairweather

Pub. Date: October 19, 2021

Publisher:  Scholastic Focus

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 352

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks (audiobook), Kobo (audiobook), TBD, Bookshop.org

With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, critically acclaimed and award-winning journalist Jack Fairweather brilliantly portrays the remarkable man who volunteered to face the unknown in the name of truth and country. This extraordinary and eye-opening account of the Holocaust invites us all to bear witness.

Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940:

Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz.

Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...

Praise for The Volunteer (adult edition):

"This is a story that has long deserved a robust, faithful telling, and [Fairweather] has delivered it." -- Wall Street Journal

"An extraordinary story." -- The Times

* "A forceful narrative with unstoppable reading momentum, Fairweather has created an insightful biography of a covert war hero and an extraordinary contribution to the history of the Holocaust." -- Booklist, starred review

"Witold Pilecki is one of the great -- perhaps the greatest -- unsung heroes of the second world war... Jack Fairweather's meticulous and insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life." -- Economist

 

About Jack Fairweather:

Jack Fairweather is a former war reporter in Iraq and Afghanistan and the author of A War of Choice and The Good War. The adult edition that tells this story is titled The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz, which was named winner of the Costa Award and a #1 Sunday Times bestseller. Jack has served as the Daily Telegraph’s Baghdad bureau chief, and as a video journalist for the Washington Post in Afghanistan. His war coverage has won a British Press Award and an Overseas Press Club award citation.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of A REBEL IN AUSCHWITZ, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/11/2021	Fire and Ice	Review
10/11/2021	BookHounds ya	Excerpt
10/12/2021	Lexijava_Bookish/Lexijava	Review
10/12/2021	@minnesota_mailer	IG Post
10/13/2021	@curlygrannylovestoread	Review
10/13/2021	Pick a good book	Excerpt
10/14/2021	Jazzy Book Reviews	Review
10/14/2021	Nerdophiles	Review
10/15/2021	Books Are Magic Too	Review
10/15/2021	Lifestyle of Me	Review

Week Two:

10/18/2021	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
10/18/2021	Nikki's Book reviews	Review
10/19/2021	Books and Kats	Excerpt
10/19/2021	Simply Daniel Radcliffe	Review
10/20/2021	@coffeebooksandmascara	Review
10/20/2021	Readingmurakami	Review
10/21/2021	The Momma Spot	Excerpt
10/21/2021	Coffee and Wander Book Reviews	Review
10/22/2021	Popthebutterfly Reads	Review
10/22/2021	@jypsylynn	Review

Promo Post: Remnants of Blood by H.F. Cunningham

 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the REMNANTS OF BLOOD by H. F. Cunningham Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: REMNANTS OF BLOOD

Author: H. F. Cunningham

Pub. Date: September 14, 2021

Publisher: H. F. Cunningham

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 482

Find it:  Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

The Fair Folk are the stuff of myth. Stories of monsters and old magicks. But all myths carry a grain of truth. That truth is that remnants of this ancient power live on in the blood of their descendants.

When Tannin’s grandfather dies, he leaves her with a mountain of trouble. Between cryptic journals that warn of unknown foes lying in wait and a crippling debt owed to a cruel and formidable local Laird, Tannin is thrown into a cut-throat world where she is perilously out of her depth.

But her problems have only just begun. Secrets lurk in Tannin’s bloodstream – secrets not even she is aware of. And they want out.

A scheming princess with the offer of an alliance. A secret society with murderous intentions. A dark past that refuses to stay buried. Tannin’s life will never be the same.

Reviews:

"If you are a fan of fantasy, court intrigues, queer characters and a good old enemy to lovers trope, I can only urge you to put this on your TBR pile and read this book ASAP!” —Goodreads review

"Remnants of Blood is a must-read for any fan of the fantasy genre, and those interested in creative spins on folklore and legends. Cunningham’s writing style is sure to enrapture any reader and leave them wanting more. "— Goodreads review

" I would recommend this book to any lover of the fantasy genre, queer characters, action-packed fight scenes, and an overall amazing story! If you don’t already, then I would recommend adding Remnants of Blood to your TBR list immediately! "— Goodreads review

 

Book Trailer:

 

About H. F. Cunningham:

Hello! I'm HF Cunningham; a queer YA/NA fantasy author who likes puns!

My debut novel Remnants of Blood is launching 14th September 2021 and is perfect for lovers of fantasy, intruiging characters, enemies to lovers, monsters, scottish accents and witty banter!

Follow me on instagram hfcunningham.author or twitter hfcunningham or check out my website www.hfcunningham.com

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon

 

Giveaway Details:

2 winners will win a signed finished copy of REMNANTS OF BLOOD & swag, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/20/2021	Living in a Bookworld	Excerpt
9/20/2021	Writer of Wrongs	Guest Post
9/21/2021	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post
9/21/2021	@karendeeandabc	IG Post
9/22/2021	Never Hollowed By The Stare	Excerpt
9/22/2021	YA Books Central	Guest Post
9/23/2021	The Book Review Crew	Review
9/23/2021	@bookstagramofmine	Review
9/24/2021	GivernyReads	Review
9/24/2021	Rajiv's Reviews	Review

Week Two:

9/27/2021	@coffeebooksandmascara	Review
9/27/2021	Pagesofyellow	Review
9/28/2021	Lexijava_Bookish	Review
9/28/2021	BookHounds YA	Review
9/29/2021	The Momma Spot	Excerpt
9/29/2021	Dorky Girl and Skeletor	Excerpt
9/30/2021	Books and Kats	Excerpt
9/30/2021	Lily Luchesi's Blog	Review
10/1/2021	@bookisheclectic	Review
10/1/2021	Devouring Books	Excerpt

Book Review: BZRK by Michael Grant

 BZRK - Michael Grant

Warning – may contain spoilers

Author: Michael Grant

Publisher: Electric Monkey

First published: 2012

Edition: Paperback

Pages: 407

Blurb:     A global war is raging

                You can't see it

                It's happening inside you

                And it changes everything

                Sadie McLure wants to find her family's killers. Noah Cotton needs to know what drove his                     brother insane. Their search for answers will throw them into the astonishing world of the                     nano - where biots and anobots battle for supremacy, and the twitchers who control it all                         fight to stay sane.

                It's a fight for free choice. Every day could be their last. They've never felt more alive.

History of my copy: I received the whole BZRK series as a birthday gift for my 17th birthday. I've only now gotten around to reading it, oops! This is not the kind of book I would instantly pick up for myself, but I loved Michael Grant's Gone series, hence why I was bought this series.

Plot: BZRK follows a mismatched bunch of young adults as they fight both in the macro and the nano against the Armstrong twins, who are looking to control the planet to 'make it a better place'. Whilst the general concept of young adults vs 'villains who want to control the world for the greater good' is far from unique, Grant put an interesting spin on it with the introduction of nanobots for mind control.

Setting: The setting, at least on a macro scale, wasn't a strong point of this book, but it didn't need to be. However, the description on the nano scale of the human body was incredibly eerie, and well written. It really portrayed the horror of seeing the human body, including brain, up close, especially for Sadie and Noah as they discovered this for the first time.

Characters: Another aspect of this book that I loved was the characters. They were all unique and rather just being 'damaged' for the plot's sake, I felt like it was well rounded and addressed, which makes a nice change.

To read or not to read: Read. Although BZRK is not my typical book and, even after reading, still wouldn't be something I would pick up myself, I really enjoyed it and do think it is worth the read.