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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Rockstar Book Tours presents... THE BROTHERS FLICK: THE IMPOSSIBLE DOORS by Ryan Haddock & Nick Wyche - REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

Hello again!

Back for more I see? Great...because this is Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.

Last, but certainly not least, I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE BROTHERS FLICK: THE IMPOSSIBLE DOORS by Ryan Haddock & Nick Wyche BLOG TOUR hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. It's another Graphic Novel, this time for the Middle Grade set, however I would highly recommend it for the target group and beyond because it was just that good! So, check out my review post, make sure to enter the giveaway, and click on over to the other sites participating for more bookish fun!

Title: THE BROTHERS FLICK: THE IMPOSSIBLE DOORS

Author: Ryan Haddock, Whitney Cogar, Nick Wyche (Illustrations), David Stoll (Illustrations), Jim Campbell, Rebecca Taylor (Editor)

Pub. Date: October 11, 2022

Publisher: Wonderbound

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 208

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

Sherlock Holmes meets the Wayside School in this Middle Grade supernatural sleuthing graphic novel about the Flick brothers - four siblings searching for explanations to outbreaks of supernatural strangeness and otherworldly weirdness in their Edwardian-era hometown.

A bump in the night? They're on the case! At Strander House, things are…weird. There’s an ogre wedged in the closet, and you have to be careful not to slip on the leak coming from the ocean in the attic. What’s possibly weirder than the fact that you can walk into the bathroom and end up in next Tuesday are the four brothers who investigate these strange supernatural occurrences…the Brothers Flick!

Leo, Desmond, Remy, and Cub seek to get to the bottom of every shadow you swear you saw move. If they happen to stumble upon answers to the mysterious disappearance of their own family along the way, all the better. For fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Gravity Falls, Whispering Pines, the Hardy Boys, the Winterhouse series, the Greenglass House series, and the Wayside School series!

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Reviews:

“… the metaphor of “impossible doors” leading toward unending universes, where even the smallest changes reverberate, provides a unique framework for themes of grief and healing.” – Publishers Weekly

“…enjoyable.” – Kirkus

“… this graphic novel will attract mystery and adventure fans by the droves..." -- Kirkus

“… a “Jonny Quest meets the Hardy Boys” vibe with a few modern twists…” -- Kirkus

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This is another venture into the realm of the Graphic Novel and I must say, I REALLY ENJOYED IT! The characters stood out, each on their own merit, and while they may model themselves as kids with adult tendencies, they still are children at heart, a fact that comes out later on in the story for each of them.

I loved the idea of Strander House and the unusual occurrences that kept cropping up. I loved how the book was divided into chapters that connected, and yet carried a story all their own. I loved the random ogre and how his tale reminds us to not assume things about others. I loved how Winston found his way, and his remarkable invisi-dogs (you'll understand when you read it!). I love how spunky Eleanor was, and how she knew when it was time to move on...and where she wanted to be. I loved how each of the brothers Flick had a chance to shine, and reveal their true hearts. Remy's story was touching and a wee bit sad, though he doesn't really let it show beyond the chapter. Cub had a starring role of his own as well, and such grand adventures that really gave an extra JOLT to the story when an unexpected guest arrives. What I'm saying is that there is a lot to love about this graphic novel, aside from the full color illustrations and format. It has MYSTERY, ADVENTURE, DANGER, and a whole lot of HEART.

A great read for fans of the genre, or even those wanting to branch out! You can't go wrong with The Brothers Flick...and I seriously hope we get another adventure with them post haste!

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About the author...

Ryan Haddock has wanted to write books since he was six years old. Over the years, his career aspirations also included rock star, lawyer, rock star lawyer, and teacher, but writing books never left his heart. Thank goodness someone finally let him write a book.

Ryan resides with his wife and kids in a charmingly quaint city known for its ridiculously fast internet and a jingle about a train.

Hometown/State: Chattanooga, TN

About the illustrator...

Nick Wyche lives in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains with his wonderful wife, Suzanne, overlooking the Tennessee River. He has been obsessed with comics and cartoons for over 4 decades and still can't believe he gets to draw professionally.
Hometown/State: Chattanooga, TN

Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads

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~~~ GIVEAWAY ~~~

2 winners will receive a finished copy of THE BROTHERS FLICK: THE IMPOSSIBLE DOORS, US Only.

Ends November 1st, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Special thanks to the Rockstar Book Tours team for the chance to bring this tour to you and to the publisher for the ecopy for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available soon, so mark your calendar or pre order your copy today! Catch the rest of the tour for more!

Tour Schedule

Week One:

9/26/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post
9/27/2022	@allyluvsbooksalatte	IG Spotlight
9/28/2022	BookHounds YA	Guest Post/IG Post
9/29/2022	Lady Hawkeye	Guest Post/IG Post
9/30/2022	Review Thick And Thin	Review/IG Post
10/1/2022	amandainpa	Review/IG Post

Week Two:

10/2/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Guest Post
10/3/2022	Mom with a Reading Problem	Review/IG Post
10/4/2022	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Review/IG Post
10/5/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
10/6/2022	@enjoyingbooksagain	Review/IG Post
10/7/2022	More Books Please blog	Review/IG Post
10/8/2022	@meetcuteromancebooks	Review/IG Post

Week Three:

10/9/2022	One More Exclamation	Review/IG Post
10/10/2022	Little Red Reads	Review
10/11/2022	RavenzReviewz	Review/IG Post
10/12/2022	Ya Books Central	Guest Post
10/13/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post
10/14/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	Review/IG Post
10/15/2022	@ablueboxfullofbooks	IG Review

Week Four:

10/16/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Spotlight
10/17/2022	@jacleomik33	IG Review
10/18/2022	@froggyreadteach	IG Review/Read Part of Book Out Loud
10/19/2022	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review/IG Post
10/20/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review/IG Post
10/21/2022	Nerdophiles	Review/IG Post
10/22/2022	hodophile_z	Review/IG Post

Week Five:

10/23/2022	pickagoodbook	Review/IG Post
10/24/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
10/25/2022	@thebookishfoxwitch	IG Review

Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!

Monday, September 12, 2022

Rockstar Book Tours presents... GHOSTER HEIGHTS by Corey Landsell and Kelly Mellings - REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

Hi there!

Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.

Today, I'm thrilled to be hosting a spot on the GHOSTER HEIGHTS by Corey Landsell, Kelly Mellings, & Lisa Larose BLOG TOUR hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. It's another stopover in the land of Graphic Novels for me, but I can honestly say, I rather enjoyed it! Check out my review post below, make sure to enter the giveaway, and be sure to check out the other sites participating in the tour!

Title: GHOSTER HEIGHTS

Author: Corey Landsell, Kelly Mellings, Lisa Larose, Becca Carey, Rebecca Taylor (Editor)

Pub. Date: September 27, 2022

Publisher: Wonderbound

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 208

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

A haunting and hopeful Middle Grade graphic novel about a girl, ghosts, and grief. For fans of Sheets, Small Spaces, and Ghosts.

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOOHOOD!

Eight-year-old Ona has lost just about everything: her home, her possessions, her mother, and almost her life. When she and her father move into her Baba’s apartment complex after these traumatic events, they had hoped for a clean start. But a mysterious specter follows her, and Ona befriends the ghost she discovers haunting the boiler room. When her new friendship starts allowing her to see other ghosts—the ghosts who haunt the other residents of her building—she decides to use her ability to help her new neighbors face their troubles and free themselves from their specters. In doing so, however, Ona must eventually come face to face with a much darker foe—her own trauma and grief. The earnestness of Judy Bloom meets the raw emotion of I Kill Giants in this beautifully hopeful story of childhood tragedy.

An original graphic novel for Middle Grade readers about grief, loss, and the ghosts that haunt us all.

For fans of Brenna Thummler’s Sheets and Delicates.

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Ona is facing something no child looks forward to...at least initially....a BIG MOVE. Yep. It's that scary time when you're leaving friends and everything familiar behind because your family tells you that's the way it has to be. In this case, Ona's mother is no longer with them, and her father is simply trying to get them both in a better place to cope with things while he tries to hold them together. The thing is...stress, and hard times can do a number on a person, leaving them with more than simply the usual baggage to tote around on the daily. It can become its own ghost, a nagging worry that just won't let go. It's tiring, and cumbersome, and so very hard to break away from, especially if you don't ask for help. The asking part is the hardest because no one wants to appear weak in the eyes of another. We're all just trying to get by, and live our lives to the best of our ability...but there is no shame is asking for or accepting help....something that becomes abundantly clear as Ona moves forward through the story. Her own worries manifest in unexpected ways, and as see seeks to rid others of their "ghosts", she too ends up working towards her own revelation. I won't spoil it because it was a teary moment with so very much heart, but well worth the journey to the realizations she made.

Putting the story aside for the moment, we have the illustrated panels that really make their mark. In vivid color, we get to see Ona as she grows through her experiences. We get to watch as she helps others realize their worth, their value, and their importance, lifting the ghostly weight of the world right off of their weary shoulders. We get to meet "spooky" and enjoy their interactions with Ona, but also understand the importance of that friendship by book's end...even as she faces down some scary darkness of her own. Thanks to Ona and her specter friend, we learn that sometimes it's the things that we can't see that weigh someone down the most. We're reminded that everyone has stress, and worries they carry with them, and while we may not be able to solve their problems for them, showing kindness in any form can go a long way.

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About Corey Landsell:

Corey Lansdell is a multiple award-winning illustrator and animator. He is a skilled communicator, expert storyteller and passionate collaborator. Corey heads up a SCBWI illustrators group in Edmonton, Alberta.

About Kelly Mellings:

Kelly Mellings is an award-winning art director, illustrator, and designer. His work has
appeared in comic books, TV commercials, magazines, apps, museum exhibits, and video
games. He is the co-writer of Ghoster Heights and illustrator of the Canadian best-selling
graphic novel, The Outside Circle. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads

About Lisa Larose:

Lisa LaRose is a pop surrealist painter, illustrator, and comics artist in Vancouver, Canada. She is best known for her paintings: Bizarre and Colourful artworks. She creates lively and exciting colour palettes and is always making something a little weird. Lisa loves middle-grade fiction (books, comics, cartoons, you name it) and so she also moonlights as a middle-grade comics artist.

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~~~ GIVEAWAY ~~~

2 winners will receive a finished copy of GHOSTER HEIGHTS, US Only.

Ends October 11th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Special thanks to the Rockstar Book Tours team for the chance to bring this tour to you and to the publisher for the copy for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, wherever books are sold. Catch the rest of the tour for more!

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/12/2022	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Review/IG Post
9/13/2022	hauntedbybooks	Review/IG Post
9/14/2022	hodophile_z	IG Review
9/15/2022	Jazzy Book Reviews	Guest Post/IG Post
9/16/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post
9/17/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Spotlight

Week Two:

9/18/2022	Ya Books Central	Guest Post
9/19/2022	Eli to the nth	Review/IG Post
9/20/2022	@allyluvsbooksalatte	IG Spotlight
9/21/2022	One More Exclamation	Review/IG Post
9/22/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post
9/23/2022	BookHounds YA	Guest Post/IG Post
9/24/2022	RiverMose-Reads	Guest Post

Week Three:

9/25/2022	The Real World According to Sam	Review/IG Post
9/26/2022	Nerdophiles	Review
9/27/2022	Novel Novice	IG Spotlight
9/28/2022	@jacleomik33	IG Review
9/29/2022	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review
9/30/2022	Two Points of Interest	Review
10/1/2022	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review

Week Four:

10/2/2022	@enjoyingbooksagain	IG Review
10/3/2022	@thebookishfoxwitch	IG Review
10/4/2022	The Momma Spot	Review/IG Post
10/5/2022	booksaremagictoo	Review/IG Post
10/6/2022	GryffindorBookishNerd	Review/IG Post
10/7/2022	Mom with a Reading Problem	Review/IG Post

Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Rockstar Book Tours presents... KENZIE'S KINGDOM by Shea Fontana - EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY!!

Hi there!

Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.

Today, we are proud to be shining the BOOK SPOTLIGHT on KENZIE'S KINGDOM by Shea Fontana & Agnes Garbowska, available now...and ask you to help share the news!

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below.

This blitz also includes a giveaway for 2 finished copies of KENZIE'S KINGDOM courtesy of Wonderbound & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

Title: KENZIE'S KINGDOM

Author: Shea Fontana, Agnes Garbowska (Illustrator), Rebecca Taylor (Editor)

Pub. Date: July 26, 2022

Publisher: Wonderbound

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 128

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

When modern meets medieval, Kenzie must help a squire get back to the past in this time-traveling fantasy adventure!

A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRINCESS

Kenzie hates that her family moved to a castle to start a Medieval-themed resort, but all that changes when a time-traveling squire needs Kenzie’s help to get back home to the past! From the best-selling creative team behind DC Superhero Girls, this is a perfect read for fans of Phoebe and her Unicorn, The Baby-Sitter’s Club, or Witches of Brooklyn.

EXCERPT:

About Shea Fontana:

Shea Fontana is a writer for film, television and graphic novels. Her credits include developing and writing the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts, TV specials, movies and graphic novels; Polly Pocket (developed and story editor), Doc McStuffins, The 7D, Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets (wrote show bible and first season), Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (story editor), the new Muppet Babies series; two Disney on Ice shows where she wrote new material for the worlds of Mickey Mouse, Inside Out, Disney Princesses, Finding Dori, Frozen, and other Disney and Pixar properties; and the feature film, Crowning Jules. She has also written for top comic titles including Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman: Overdrive (coming 2019), Catwoman/Looney Tunes, and contributed anthology pieces starring Deathstroke and Teen Titans.

Her DC Super Hero Girls graphic novels have been New York Times Best Sellers. Her debut graphic novel, Finals Crisis, was honored with Diamond's 2016 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel, and DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High won the 2017 Gem Award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel as well as the Comixology Reader's Pick award for Best All-Ages Graphic Novel of 2017. DC Super Hero Girls won the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel. She was listed 61st on Bleeding Cool’s Power List of Comics for 2018. The London Free Press declared her “not afraid to be corny,” which is an accurate assessment of her persona both on and off the page.

She lives in sunny Los Angeles where she enjoys hiking, hanging out with her beagle, Ziggy, and changing her hair color. Using the secret identity “Shea Q. Off,” Shea played roller derby until her angry knees forced her into early retirement.

About Agnes Garbowska:

Agnes has worked with many of the major comic book publishers illustrating such titles as the New York Times Best Sellers & Gem Award winner DC Superhero Girls for DC Comics, My Little Pony, Care Bears, and Jem and the Holograms for IDW, Grumpy Cat, Boo: the World's Cutest Dog, and Li’l Vampi for Dynamite Entertainment, Sonic Universe Off-Panel Stripes for Archie Comics, and Victories for Dark Horse. She has worked with Marvel Comics, providing artwork for Girl Comics and Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special. She is also the artist for the 2014 Halloween Comic Fest comic, The Adventure of Ernie from Aspen Comics.

Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive a finished copy of KENZIE'S KINGDOM, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway