BOOK NEWS: September 17, 2024

This week I am celebrating the 8th anniversary of the launch of this website! It’s hard to believe. Thank you for being here and enjoying a lot of book love with me! Here are some of the books releasing this week:

Books for Kids


The Owlympic Games – Book 20 in the sweet Owl Diaries series from Scholastic Branches. The pressure of the Owlympic Games starts to get to Eva when she worries about letting her team down.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults


Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences – A “good girl” teams up with a  new girl who likes to push boundaries to make a banned book club.
May the Best Player Win – A chess player faces a lot of pressure when some media attention makes her “friends” question if she’s really as good as everyone says.
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better – Quagmire ends up having to live with an uncle he doesn’t know when his mom’s mental health struggles leave him without a place to land. While sad, I love stories like this where kids find the support they need when they thought they were all alone to carry grown up troubles.
The Lies We Conjure – A standalone story from the author of The Princess Will Save You. Two sisters agree to pretend to be an elderly woman’s long-lost grandchildren but find themselves locked in a mansion with a group of witches, trying to solve a murder while keeping their ruse a secret.

Books for Adults


All Signs Point to Malibu (Trade Paperback) – A woman who gets glimpses of the future sees that her ex and his fiancée are headed toward an unhappy ending. But her efforts to help catch the attention of her nemesis, the best man. This sounds fun!
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Trade Paperback) – A fake engagement could lead to love. Yes, please!
Karaoke Queen (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – Rex tries to help his ex save his karaoke bar by showing up as his drag alter ego – but he feels like he can never let anyone know it’s him.
My Vampire Plus-One (Trade Paperback) – A sequel to My Roommate Is a Vampire. A young woman needs a fake boyfriend to get her family off her case about her dating life, but she has no idea Reggie is a vampire.
Rewitched (Trade Paperback) – A stressed and burned out witch may lose her powers on her 30th birthday if she can’t prove her “worthiness.”
We Solve Murders (Hardcover) – First in a new series. A woman working private security for a famous author reaches out to her retired father-in-law for help when she gets in over her head. This could be fun!
An American Story (Hardcover) – An autobiography from actor Wilmer Valderrama.

 

Happy Blogiversary!

Four years ago today, in a season of upheaval and confusion, I decided to fill my time with a new venture and started a book blog. I had had one before, but I let it go when I started teaching and couldn’t keep up with it.

I have enjoyed the last four years of Book News and reviews and pouring myself into something that means a lot to me – helping readers find books and helping books find readers.

I hope you have found some great books along the way! Today launches year five. I can’t wait to see what new reading treasures will be discovered.

GIVEAWAY: We have winners!

Thanks to everyone who checked out the blog for the first time – or the fiftieth – for my Blogiversary giveaway a couple weeks ago. We had 16 folks enter by commenting on the blog! And then those folks earned a total of 21 extra entries by following on Facebook and/or Twitter or by subscribing to the blog posts by email.

I wrote up each entry by hand, and flagged all of the extra entries by type so I could see what entry earned the winner her prize (One of the winners won because she subscribed by email!). My husband helped me choose names from a hat. And here are our winners!

First place – Beth French, who chose set one as her first choice!

Second place – Kim Innes, who gets her second choice, set number 2!

Third place – Teresa Kerr, who gets her third choice, set number 3!

For those winners who are local, I’ll be contacting you by Facebook to coordinate delivery. If you don’t know me personally, please email me your preferred mailing address at theneverendingtbr (at) gmail (dot) com by THIS FRIDAY, October 8th at 11:59pm so I can get your books out in the mail.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and helped me celebrate this blogiversary!

Happy Blogiversary to Me! {GIVEAWAY}

Two years ago today I launched The Neverending TBR blog. I have loved sharing book reviews and news about upcoming releases for the last 2 years. I hope you have enjoyed it, too. To celebrate, I am giving away three sets of books! Comment on this post for a chance to win. [Details below.]

Giveaway


Set One – Year Two Favorites

These are three of my favorite books from the last year of reviews. One for each age group – Middle Grade (Captain Superlative), Teen/YA (Prince in Disguise) and Adult (Ella). You can read reviews of these favorites at the links provided. These are the books that I recommend over and over and over again because they are outstanding. You can’t go wrong with any of these.

Set Two – Putman/Whitlow Legal Thrillers

This includes two titles by Cara Putman (Beyond Justice and Imperfect Justice) and two titles by Robert Whitlow (The Witnesses and A Time to Stand). These books are graciously provided by Thomas Nelson Publishers and HarperCollins Publishers. These are titles I have received as part of the Fiction Guild promotion from Thomas Nelson. {Neither Thomas Nelson nor HarperCollins Publishers are sponsors of this blog or of this giveaway.}

Beyond Justice – A lawyer is assigned a wrongful death case against the government, but she’s not sure if the case is her chance at a partnership or an attempt to destroy her career.
Imperfect Justice – An attorney and a dead woman’s brother work together to uncover the truth about the woman’s death and fight to save her surviving daughter.
A Time to Stand – A young African American attorney feels drawn to defend a white police officer accused of killing an unarmed black teen.
The Witnesses – A young lawyer and his grandfather share an ability to see future events.

Set Three – Coble/Dickerson Romance

This includes two titles by Colleen Coble and two titles by Melanie Dickerson. These books are graciously provided by Thomas Nelson Publishers and HarperCollins Publishers. These are titles I have received as part of the Fiction Guild promotion from Thomas Nelson. {Neither Thomas Nelson nor HarperCollins Publishers are sponsors of this blog or of this giveaway.}

The View from Rainshadow Bay – Book one in the Lavender Tides series. A widow and her young son struggle to make ends meet with her helicopter charter business. When her business partner is murdered, the widow is sure she is in danger, too.
The House at Saltwater Point – Book two in the Lavender Tides series. A house flipper and a Coast Guard intelligence officer are hunting for the same woman, one because she is family and the other because he is convinced she stole a shipment of cocaine.
The Orphan’s Wish – A retelling of the Aladdin story.
The Silent Songbird – A member of the royal family flees an arranged marriage and hides out with a band of servants, hoping no one will discover her true identity.

The Rules


The contest will run from today – September 20th, 2018 at 10am Eastern time – through September 28th, 2018 at 11:59pm Eastern time.

The winners will be announced here and on the blog’s Facebook and Twitter pages by October 1st at 4pm Eastern. The winners will have until October 8th, 2018 at 11:59pm Eastern to contact me with their mailing address to claim their prize. Any prizes that go unclaimed after the deadline will be given away to someone else.

How you can enter:

  • Comment on this post with your first, second and third choice of the three sets available. I know  different readers enjoy different genres. Let me know which of these sets catches your eye. You MUST comment on this post to be entered into the contest. The other options below will earn you additional chances to win, but only if you comment here FIRST. Commenting on this post is what earns you entry into the giveaway. (There is no guarantee that you will win your first choice, or even your second choice. Winners will be randomly drawn.)
  • Subscribe to the blog feed by email. There is a field for your email address on the right hand side of the blog. If you already are subscribed, that counts! Subscription by email earns you two additional entries into the giveaway; this form of entry is optional. (This subscription is only to receive the regular posts by email. You will not receive spam from me.)
  • Like the Neverending TBR Facebook page.  You can find the page here. Liking our page gives you one additional entry into the giveaway; this form of entry is optional. If you already like our page, that counts.
  • Follow us on Twitter. You can find our Twitter page here. Following us on Twitter gives you one additional entry into the giveaway; this form of entry is optional. If you already follow us on Twitter, that counts.

It’s that easy!

The fine print:

  • Open to US residents only.
  • Winners will be chosen by random draw.
  • Winners will be announced on the blog as well as on the blog’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Winners must submit their mailing address by October 8th, 2018 at 11:59pm Eastern to claim their prize.
  • No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning.