Join us for this tour from June 4 to 22, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Bitten by Alan Moore
Category:  Adult Fiction,  430 pages
Genre: Thriller
Publisher:  Self-published
Release date:  February 7, 2018
Format available for review: print and ebook (gifted Kindle copy, PDF)
Willing to send print books: to wherever Amazon delivers
Tour dates: June 4 to 22, 2018
Content Rating: R (Book contains profanities, intermittent sex and violence, incl. one violent sex episode, together with scenes of explicit disaster, distress and death)

Book Description:

In the not-too-distant future, Italy is in disarray. It has voted to leave the EU in an attempt to regain control of its laws, finances and commerce. Even so, the country's economy is shrinking and its national debt rising. There is a marked escalation, too, in unemployment, bank loans and immigration. Production and service companies are in difficulty. The only thriving business areas are the black market and organised crime. There is discontent and protest on all sides.

In Florence, the local Mafia boss, more accustomed to gunrunning and trading in plutonium, is involved in organising a silent auction for the sale of one of the world's most valuable lost paintings - a sixteenth-century masterpiece, which was appropriated in World War II by Stalin's Trophy Brigade. A British art expert is set to buy the picture on behalf of his client, a South American billionaire - yet surprisingly two Italian undercover intelligence agents, acting as antique dealers, submit the winning bid.

All the while, human beings continue to harm the Earth by destroying land, sea, air, animals and trees. Global climate change, polluting the atmosphere, depleting the ozone layer: these are some of man's crimes against Nature. But time is running out. Nature has lost patience with humans. Unless something is done immediately to reverse the destruction of the ecosystem, Nature will retaliate by deploying the terrifying forces at her command. And as a first step in wreaking her revenge, she instigates a reign of terror by the deadliest creature on Earth. 
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Meet the Author:

Born in Surbiton, Surrey in 1944, Alan Moore lives in Barnes, SW London, with his wife, Amber. They have two daughters and a son, who between them have two boys and two girls with another boy expected in May. Alan was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and at London University, where, as an external student, he obtained a BA degree in English. Thereafter, for 25 years, he single-handedly ran his own book publishing company, which at one stage was producing up to 20 titles a year. Now, at the age of 74, he has self-published his first novel.


BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

June 4   - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
June 4   - The Book Drealms - book spotlight / giveaway
June 5   - The All Night Library - review / guest post
June 6   - Life as Leels - review
June 7   - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / guest post / giveaway
June 8   - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
June 12 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway
June 13 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
June 13 - Mama Reads Blog - review / author interview 
June 14 - Bri's Book Nook - review
June 15 - Olio by Marilyn - review / giveaway
June 18 - Rocksprings Crafts - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
June 19 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review
June 20 - Truly Trendy - review
June 20 - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / giveaway
June 21 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway
June 22 - Jessica Cassidy - review / author interview / giveaway
TBD        - Red Pillows - review / guest post
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Ends June 30, 2018

Join us for this tour from April 23 to May 18, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  All the Way to Italy: A modern tale of homecoming through generations past
Author: Flavia Brunetti
Category:  Adult Fiction,  222 pages
Genre: Women's Fiction (can fit into YA Fiction as well)
Publisher:  Ali Ribelli Edizioni
Release date:  April 21, 2018
Format available for review: ebook (mobi, ePub and PDF)
Tour dates: April 23 to May 18, 2018
Content Rating: PG for the occasional use of "for God's sake" and a few religious references (though very mild). No violence, no swear words, and no sex scenes.

Book Description:

Until her dad died, Little considered herself a Californian. Now, thanks to half a letter, a symbol she can’t quite remember, and writer’s block, she finds herself back in Italy, the country of her birth. In a headlong rush to return to her beloved San Francisco, Little will journey throughout Italy, hoping to find the answers she needs to move on with her life so she need never look back. She’ll enlist the help of the woman who raised her, Sira, her father’s sister; but Sira has secrets she’s kept for decades, and Little underestimates the power of the country she fled years before.

In this powerful story of mixed cultures in a world trying to globalize, one girl’s struggle to leave her home behind will lead her back to the women in her family and the memories each of them has safeguarded through the generations. From war-torn Italy to the belpaese of today, All the Way to Italy is a tale for those in search of a balance between wanderlust and the necessity to come home, a reminder that although we may be fragments, we are never a lost cause.
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Meet the Author:

Born just outside of Rome, Flavia Brunetti grew up bouncing back and forth between Italy and California, eventually moving back to the Eternal City and confirming her lifelong commitment to real gelato. Flavia holds a Master of Arts degree in Government and Politics from St. John’s University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from John Cabot University. Today she travels the world working for an international humanitarian organization and spends her free time writing and wandering around her beloved Roma in constant search of bookstores and the perfect espresso. You can find her city blog on Rome at whichwaytorome.com and her portfolio of published writing at flaviinrome.com.

Connect with Flavia: Website ~ Blog on Rome ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

BOOK SPOTLIGHT TOUR SCHEDULE:​

April 23 - TFaulc Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
April 23 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway
April 24 - A Mama's Corner of the World - book spotlight / giveaway
April 24 - 100 Pages A Day - book spotlight / giveaway
April 25 - FLY HIGH! - book spotlight / interview / giveaway
April 25 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
April 26 - Bound 2 Escape - book spotlight / giveaway
April 26 - Readers Muse - book spotlight / guest post
April 27 - Literary Flits - book spotlight / giveaway
April 30 - #redhead.with.book - book spotlight / giveaway
May 1 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - book spotlight
May 2 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
May 3 - 411 on Books, Authors, and Publishing News - bk spotlight / interview / giveaway
May 4 - Just Reviews - book spotlight / guest post
May 4 - 30-something Travel - book spotlight / giveaway

​BOOK REVIEW TOUR SCHEDULE: 

May 7 - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
May 8 - Essentially Italian - review / author interview / giveaway
May 9 - #redhead.with.book - review / giveaway
May 10 - Books Tales by Me - review / author interview
May 11 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway
May 11 - Readers Muse - review
May 15 - Martha's Italy -review
May 16 - 100 Pages A Day - review / giveaway
May 18 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
May 18 - Thoughts on This 'n That - book spotlight / author interview
May 18 - 30-something Travel - review / giveaway


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​Join us for this tour from April 23 to May 11, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Sass, Smarts, and Stilettos: How Italian Women Make the Ordinary Extraordinary by Gabriella Contestabile
Category:  Adult Non-Fiction,  201  pages
Genre: Travel / Arts / Fashion / Self-help
Publisher:  Sumisura Publications
Release date:  November 2017
Format available for review: print & ebook (PDF)
Will send print books out: internationally
Tour dates: April 23 to May 11, 2018
Content Rating: G (No violence. No swear words. No sex scenes.)

Book Description:

Ah, that inimitable Italian style. It’s embedded in an Italian woman’s DNA. Fashion doesn’t define her. She defines herself. She knows an extraordinary life is not about status, money, or achievement. The only mastery it requires is one her heritage has given her, the irrepressible passion to make art of life itself.

Ask an Italian woman where she gets her sense of style and she will tell you it’s not about labels. It’s tethered to humble roots; humanity, community, conscious consumerism, and a profound appreciation for art in all its forms.

Sass, Smarts and Stilettos takes the reader on a journey from the humble hill towns of Abruzzo to the revered fashion capitals of Milan and Rome, into the artisan workshops of Florence, and the humanistic business practices of Luisa Spagnoli, Brunello Cuccinelli, and Alberta Ferretti, from the emergence of Italy’s fashion industry after WWII, to slow food and sustainable fashion initiatives taking root around the world.

Life lessons echo in the words of the author’s mother and grandmother, in the voices of Italian film divas, designers, tastemakers, writers, and artisans across generations, from the first Sala Bianca in Florence to the game changing design ethic of Franca Sozzani, Miuccia Prada, and Donatella Versace.

​Learn how to live fully within your own philosophy of living. Say good-bye to mindless consumerism, emotional clutter, and others’ expectations. Create a personal style that fits like a custom blazer by Ferrè and enchants like the colors of a Sicilian sunset. Then go on to craft an extraordinary and empowering life made-to-measure for you alone.

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Meet the Author:

Gabriella Contestabile is the author of the novel, The Artisan’s Star, and owner of Su Misura (Made to Measure) Journeys; a boutique travel concept for the female traveler who relishes off-the-beaten-track adventures that celebrate the Italian way of life.

​The book/travel initiative has its roots in her pre-writer life as a foreign language teacher, later as Executive Director and Vice President of International Training in a number of global companies (including Estee Lauder, Shiseido, and Prada Beauty) where she would create immersive and unconventional learning experiences in unique settings around the world.

One of her favorite pastimes, wherever she is in the world, is to scout out the best, and most ‘Italian’ espresso in the hood. It requires multiple tastings, but that’s the idea. Gabriella was born in Italy, and raised in Ottawa and New York City, where she currently lives with her husband, her mother, and a furry Shih Tzu named Oreo.

Connect with the Author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ LinkedIn

BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

April 23 - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
April 23 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / guest post
​April 24 - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
April 24 - Olio by Marilyn - review / author interview / giveaway
April 25 - Two Points of Interest - review / giveaway
April 26 - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
April 27 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / giveaway
April 30 - #redhead.with.book - review / giveaway
May 2 -    Rockin' Book Reviews - review / guest post / giveaway
May 3 -    Suko's Notebook - review
May 4 -    Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review / giveaway
May 7 -    Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - author interview / giveaway
May 7 -    Svetlana's Reads and Views - review
May 8 -    Thoughts on This 'n That - review / author interview
May 9 -    Ishiee's Book Blog - review / author interview / giveaway
May 10 -  Teabags and Happenstance - review / author interview
May 11 -  Jessica Cassidy - review / author interview / giveaway
May 11 -  30-something Travel - review / giveaway
TBD       -  The Book Maiden - review

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​Join us for this tour from Feb 19 to March 23, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Waking Isabella: Because beauty can't sleep forever by Melissa Muldoon
Category:  Adult Fiction,  250  pages
Genre: General Fiction
Publisher:  Matta Press
Release date:  December 2017
Format available for review: print & ebook (mobi, ePub, PDF)
Will send print books out: internationally
Tour dates: Feb 19 to March 23, 2018
Content Rating: PG-13 + M (The story begins with violent rape and murder scene, touches on themes of miscarriage, murder, Nazi violence during war, adultery)
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Book Description:

Waking Isabella is a story about uncovering hidden beauty that, over time, has been lost, erased, or suppressed. It also weaves together several love stories as well as a few mysteries. Nora, an assistant researcher, is a catalyst for resolving the puzzle of a painting that has been missing for decades. Set in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town, the plot unfolds against the backdrop of the city’s antique trade and the fanfare and pageantry of its medieval jousting festival. While filming a documentary about Isabella de’ Medici—the Renaissance princess who was murdered by her husband—Nora begins to connect with the lives of two remarkable women from the past. Unraveling the stories of Isabella, the daughter of a fifteenth-century Tuscan duke, and Margherita, a young girl trying to survive the war in Nazi-occupied Italy, Nora begins to question the choices that have shaped her own life up to this point. As she does, hidden beauty is awakened deep inside of her, and she discovers the keys to her creativity and happiness. It is a story of love and deceit, forgeries and masterpieces—all held together by the allure and intrigue of a beautiful Tuscan ghost.
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Meet the Author:

Melissa Muldoon is the Studentessa Matta—the crazy linguist! In Italian, “matta” means “crazy” or “impassioned.” Melissa has a B.A. in fine arts, art history and European history from Knox College, a liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, as well as a master’s degree in art history from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She has also studied painting and art history in Florence.

Melissa promotes the study of Italian language and culture through her dual-language blog, Studentessa Matta (studentessamatta.com). Melissa began the Matta blog to improve her command of the language and to connect with other language learners. It has since grown to include a podcast, “Tutti Matti per l’Italiano,” and the Studentessa Matta YouTube channel. Melissa also created Matta Italian Language Immersion Tours, which she co-leads with Italian partners in Italy.

Waking Isabella is Melissa’s second novel and follows Dreaming Sophia, published in 2016. In this new novel about Italy, the reader is taken on another art history adventure, inspired by Melissa’s experiences living and traveling in Italy, specifically Arezzo, as well as her familiarity with the language and art. For more information about Waking Isabella and links to Melissa’s blogs and social media sites, visit www.MelissaMuldoon.com.

As a student, Melissa lived in Florence with an Italian family. She studied art history and painting and took beginner Italian classes. When she returned home, she threw away her Italian dictionary, assuming she’d never need it again, but after launching a successful design career and starting a family, she realized something was missing in her life. That “thing” was the connection she had made with Italy and the friends who live there. Living in Florence was indeed a life-changing event. Wanting to reconnect with Italy, she decided to start learning the language again from scratch. As if indeed possessed by an Italian muse, she bought a new Italian dictionary and began her journey to fluency—a path that has led her back to Italy many times and enriched her life in countless ways. Now, many dictionaries and grammar books later, she dedicates her time to promoting Italian language studies, further travels in Italy, and sharing her stories and insights about Italy with others. When Melissa is not traveling in Italy, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Melissa designed and illustrated the cover art for Waking Isabella and Dreaming Sophia. She also curates the Dreaming Sophia blog and Pinterest site: The Art of Loving Italy. Please visit the Pinterest page for pictures of Arezzo, the Giostra del Saracino, and all the places we go in Italy in both books. Visit MelissaMuldoon.com for more information about immersion trips to learn the language with Melissa in Italy, as well as the Studentessa Matta blog for practice and tips to learn the Italian language.

Connect with Melissa:Website ~ Twitter ~  Facebook ~ Pinterest ~ Instagram ~ Youtube

BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

Feb 19   - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway
Feb 19   - The Book Drealms - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 19   - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 20   - Paulette's Papers - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
​Feb 20   - Just Reviews - review
Feb 21   - Elizabeth McKenna Romance Author - book spotlight / giveaway
Feb 22   - Library of Clean Reads - review / giveaway
Feb 22   - Elgee Writes - review / giveaway
Feb 22   - T's Stuff - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 23   - Monica Cesarato - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 26   - Martha's Italy - review
Feb 27   - Olio by Marilyn - review / author interview / giveaway
March 1 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
March 2 - Jayne’s Books - review
March 3 - Books and Tea - review / author interview / giveaway
March 5 - BookLove - review / guest post / giveaway
March 6 - Two Points of Interest - review / giveaway
March 7 - What Cathy Read Next - review / giveaway
March 8 - Literary Flits - review / giveaway
March 9 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / giveaway
March 12 - Italophilia - review
March 12 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review
March 13 - #redhead.with.book - review / giveaway
March 14 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
March 15 - Bookworm for Kids - review / giveaway
March 15 - Lovely Loveday - review
March 19 - Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews - review / giveaway
March 20 - JBronder Book Reviews - review / guest post / giveaway
March 21 - The Pen and Muse - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
March 21 - Tower of Babel (Torre de Babel) - review
March 23 - TFaulc Book Reviews - review / author interview
March 23 - Jessica Cassidy - review / giveaway
March 23 - Books Direct - book spotlight / giveaway
March 25 - A L' Ouest - review
March 30 - The Booksnake Etc - review

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Join us for this tour from Jan 15 to 31, 2018!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Kiss Carlo by Adriana Trigiani
Category:  Adult Fiction,  560  pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher:  Harper Paperbacks
Release date:  January 2018
Format available for review: print (USA only)
Tour dates: Jan 15 to 31, 2018
Content Rating: G (For general audience. Depictions of violence are minimal. No bad language, religious expletives, sex scenes, drug use or underage drinking.)
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Book Description:

From Adriana Trigiani, the beloved New York Times-bestselling author of The Shoemaker’s Wife, comes an exhilarating epic novel of love, loyalty, and creativity—the story of an Italian-American family on the cusp of change.

It’s 1949 and South Philadelphia bursts with opportunity during the post-war boom. The Palazzini Cab Company & Western Union Telegraph Office, owned and operated by Dominic Palazzini and his three sons, is flourishing: business is good, they’re surrounded by sympathetic wives and daughters-in-law, with grandchildren on the way. But a decades-long feud that split Dominic and his brother Mike and their once-close families sets the stage for a re-match.

Amidst the hoopla, the arrival of an urgent telegram from Italy upends the life of Nicky Castone (Dominic and his wife’s orphaned nephew) who lives and works with his Uncle Dom and his family. Nicky decides, at 30, that he wants more—more than just a job driving Car #4 and more than his longtime fiancée Peachy DePino, a bookkeeper, can offer. When he admits to his fiancée that he’s been secretly moonlighting at the local Shakespeare theater company, Nicky finds himself drawn to the stage, its colorful players and to the determined Calla Borelli, who inherited the enterprise from her father, Nicky must choose between the conventional life his family expects of him or chart a new course and risk losing everything he cherishes.

From the dreamy mountaintop village of Roseto Valfortore in Italy, to the vibrant streets of South Philly, to the close-knit enclave of Roseto, Pennsylvania, to New York City during the birth of the golden age of television, Kiss Carlo is a powerful, inter-generational story that celebrates the ties that bind, while staying true to oneself when all hope seems lost.

Told against the backdrop of some of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies, this novel brims with romance as long buried secrets are revealed, mistaken identities are unmasked, scores are settled, broken hearts are mended and true love reigns. Trigiani’s consummate storytelling skill and her trademark wit, along with a dazzling cast of characters will enthrall readers. Once again, the author has returned to her own family garden to create an unforgettable feast. Kiss Carlo is a jubilee, resplendent with hope, love, and the abiding power of la famiglia.
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Meet the Author: 

​Adriana Trigiani is the bestselling author of 17 books, which have been published in 36 countries around the world. She is a playwright, television writer/producer and filmmaker. She wrote and directed the film version of her novel Big Stone Gap, which was shot entirely on location in her Virginia hometown. She is co-founder of the Origin Project, an in-school writing program that serves more than a thousand students in Appalachia. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Pinterest ~ Instagram

BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

Jan 15 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 15 - A Holland Reads - review / giveaway
Jan 16 - Blooming with Books - review / giveaway
Jan 17 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway
Jan 18 - Adventures Thur Wonderland - review / giveaway
Jan 22 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review / giveaway
​Jan 22 - Essentially Italian - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 23 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review 
Jan 24 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review / giveaway
Jan 24 - My Reading Journeys - review / giveaway
Jan 25 - Truly Trendy - review / giveaway
Jan 25 - Rainy Day Reviews - review / giveaway
Jan 26 - Pause for Tales - review / giveaway
Jan 26 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review / giveaway
Jan 29 - The Book Enigma - review / giveaway
Jan 29 - 30-something Travel - review / giveaway
Jan 30 - Singing Librarian Books - book spotlight / giveaway
Jan 30 - Il Mio Tesoro - review 
Jan 31 - Reading is My Passion - review / giveaway
Jan 31 - Jorie Loves A Story - review 
TBD      - Zerina Blossom’s Books - review / giveaway

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