Celeste, Author at A Literary Escape

Book Blogger Hop: June 17-23

Published on June 21, 2022June 20, 2022 by Celeste8 Comments

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

The Book Blogger Hop post image was created by Coffee Addicted Writer.

This Week’s Question

Do you post your reviews before publication day or wait until close to or on publication date? (Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews)

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Book Review: Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman

Published on June 20, 2022October 15, 2024 by Celeste1 Comment

Today’s review is about OUT FRONT THE FOLLOWING SEA by Leah Angstman. Set in 17th century New England, this standalone historical fiction follows a woman, Ruth, accused of witchcraft. She flees the town with a man known to her for years. But his French ancestry puts him at odds with a violent English commander in their new town. Ruth must figure out how to navigate the tension to keep him from going to the gallows.

Author: Leah Angstman
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Regal House Publishing
Publish Date: January 11, 2022
Print Length: 334

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Publication Day: Glow by Raven Kennedy

Published on June 18, 2022June 16, 2022 by Celeste3 Comments

A very happy publication day to GLOW by Raven Kennedy, the fourth book in The Plated Prisoner series. I started reading this series at the very end of May and flew through the first three books. With each book the plot twists became more impressive. So I’m very excited to read the completion of Auren’s character arc.

If you missed by review of GILD, the first book in the series, you can check it out here. I hope to have my reviews up for GLINT and GLEAM in the coming weeks.

Now, let’s see what the official book blurb has in store for us.

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First Lines Fridays: June 17, 2022

Published on June 17, 2022June 16, 2022 by CelesteLeave a comment

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The rules are as follows:

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!

If you’re using Twitter, don’t forget to use #FirstLinesFridays!

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