Blog Tour: A Void the Size of the World by Rachele Alpine...Author's Favorite Things & Giveaway!

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A Void the Size of the World

by Rachele Alpine
Release Date: June 20th 2017

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Synopsis:

A haunting novel about a girl who must face the consequences after her actions indirectly lead to her sister’s disappearance.

Rhylee didn’t mean to kiss her sister’s boyfriend. At least, not the first time. But it doesn’t matter, because her sister, Abby, caught them together, ran into the dark woods behind their house…and never came home.

As evidence mounts that something terrible has happened to Abby, no one wants to face the truth. Rhylee can’t bring herself to admit what she’s done: that she is the reason her sister ran away. Now Tommy, Abby’s boyfriend, is the prime suspect in her disappearance, and Rhylee’s world has been turned upside down. Slowly, Rhylee’s family is breaking—their lives center on the hope that Abby will return. Rhylee knows they need to face the truth and begin healing—but how can they, when moving on feels like a betrayal? And how do you face the guilt of wishing a person gone…when they actually disappear?

Rachele Alpine is a lover of binge watching reality TV, dogs, knitting, gummy peaches, and lots and lots of coffee!

One of her first jobs was at a library, but it didn't last long, because all she did was hide in the third-floor stacks and read. Now she's a little more careful about when and where she indulges her reading habit.

By day she's a high school English teacher, by night she's a mom and wife, and she writes during any time she can find in between!

Rachele lives with her husband and son in Cleveland, Ohio, but dreams of moving back to Boston, the city she fell in love with while attending graduate school there.

Rachele Alpine was kind enough to share a few of her favorite things with us today…

FAVORITE BOOKS

Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)

The Great Gatsby (F Scott Fitzgerald)

Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld) 

The God of Animals (Aryn Kyle)

Looking for Alaska (John Green)

Where the Wild Things Art (Maurice Sendak)

Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)

Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)

The Sky is Everywhere (Jandy Nelson)

FAVORITE WAYS TO RELAX

Knitting (it’s my old-lady hobby!)

Binge watching reality TV

Hiking with my family

Reading anything and everything

Journaling

Trying new coffee shops

Walking and listening to podcasts

FAVORITE SUMMER ACTIVITIES 

Eating as much ice-cream as I can!

Cheering on the Cleveland Indians

Visiting the overnight summer camp I used to work at

Sitting on my porch at dusk and reading

Outdoor fires

Roasting marshmallows and making S’mores

Outdoor concerts (this summer I’m seeing U2 and Billy Joel!)

Sleeping in (since I teach, I have my summers off)

Going to farmer markets

Drinking iced coffee 

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Blog Tour: The Bakersville Dozen by Kristina McBride...Author's Top Ten & Giveaway!

An intriguing new contemporary YA to share with you today.

Plus, author Kristina McBride shares some of her favorite books.

The Bakersville Dozen

by Kristina McBride
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis:

You have four days to locate five treasured trophies. Break the rules and you all die. Happy hunting!

Back in September, the town of Bakersville, Ohio made national news when a video went viral featuring thirteen of the high school’s elite in compromising positions. Now it’s May, and every month since the “Bakersville Dozen” made their infamous appearance on the national stage, one girl has gone missing. Officials are no closer to identifying the criminal.

Bailey “Like a Virgin” Holzman is getting really fed up with the scrutiny. She just wants to enjoy the rest of her senior year and have an epic summer before heading off to college. So when she discovers a note in her locker on the last day of school inviting her on a scavenger hunt, she thinks it’s just a sweet surprise from her boyfriend trying to cheer her up.

But following the clue leads her, instead, to the first official casualty. And another sinister envelope. The killer is close, and it could be anyone. Even the people Bailey’s always trusted most—her best friend, her perfect boyfriend, or the boy-next-door she’s always pined for.

With the clock ticking, she faces a terrifying choice: play the game by the killer’s rules—follow the clues, tell no one, and no cops—for a chance to save the rest of the missing girls, or risk becoming the next grisly victim.

Kristina McBride has published three novels for young adults - THE TENSION OF OPPOSITES, ONE MOMENT, and A MILLION TIMES GOODNIGHT. Her fourth novel, THE BAKERSVILLE DOZEN, will be released July 2017.

Kristina is a former high school English teacher and yearbook advisor, as well as an adjunct professor at Antioch University Midwest and Wright State University. Kristina has a thing for music, trees, purses, and chocolate. You might be surprised to learn that Kristina was almost kidnapped when she was a child. She also bookstalks people on a regular basis. Kristina lives in Ohio with her husband and two young children. You can learn more at www.kristinamcbride.com.

Ten Books I Love!

By Kristina McBride

(in no particular order because I love them all!)

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 

The List by Siobhan Vivian 

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (ANYTHING by LHA – Twisted, Wintergirls, etc.)

Hold Still by Nina LaCour

The Pact by Jodi Picoult . . . or My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult . . . or Nineteen Minutes by Jody Picoult – I can’t decide!

The Fifth Wave series by Rick Yancy 

Wonder by RJ Palacio

Savvy by Ingrid law 

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (Tissue. Alert.)

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