Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

Our next tour is for Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell.

Here's the list for this tour. Please let me know if there are any changes that need to be made by October 6th:

1. Kate

2. Mariah

3. WillowRaven - book review

4. Amber

5. Lilibeth

6. Lizzy

7. Falling Off The Shelf

8. Leslie

9. Froggy

10. Jordan

11. Britt

12. Samantha

13. Tirzah

14. Erica

15. Crystal

16. Genevieve

17. Jill

18. Book Dragon

News + Updates.

Please pay attention to this post and read the whole thing in it's entirety.

First, we're having trouble sending out e-mails to people. Email accounts are recognizing our e-mail address as spam. Please please please make sure we are added into your address book or your e-mails with most likely get bounced back to us and not go through. This will mean you'll be missing out on important update emails and all of the checklists! That's badbadbad. So, PLEASE make sure we're added to your address book!

Secondly, if you get a checklist for a book which you have received after signing up, email the person above you to let them know that you will be off the list, so they need to send it to the person under you. Also e-mail Harmony and I to let us know what's going on.

Third, and last, please make sure you are e-mailing us or posting in the C-Box when you ship a book out. This helps us keep track of where the books are and how long the tours have left.

Thank you for reading, and please keep all three of these things in mind! If you have any questions at all about the tours, please e-mail us at onearctours[at]yahoo[dot]com.

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Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

Sydelle Mirabil is living proof that, with a single drop of rain, a life can be changed forever. Tucked away in the farthest reaches of the kingdom, her dusty village has suffered under the weight of a strangely persistent drought. That is, of course, until a wizard wanders into town and brings the rain with him.

In return for this gift, Wayland North is offered any reward he desires—and no one is more surprised than Sydelle when, without any explanation, he chooses her. Taken from her home, Sydelle hardly needs encouragement to find reasons to dislike North. He drinks too much and bathes too little, and if that isn’t enough to drive her to madness, North rarely even uses the magic he takes such pride in possessing. Yet, it’s not long before she realizes there’s something strange about the wizard, who is as fiercely protective of her as he is secretive about a curse that turns his limbs a sinister shade of black and leaves him breathless with agony. Unfortunately, there is never a chance for her to seek answers.

Along with the strangely powerful quakes and storms that trace their path across the kingdom, other wizards begin to take an inexplicable interest in her as well, resulting in a series of deadly duels. Against a backdrop of war and uncertainty, Sydelle is faced with the growing awareness that these events aren’t as random as she had believed—that no curse, not even that of Wayland North, is quite as terrible as the one she herself may carry.

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Here's the list for this tour. Please let me know if there are any changes that need to be made by October 4th:

1. Lori
2. Melanie
3. Lea McKee
4. Casey
5. Amber
6. Sara
7. Erica
8. Stephanie
9. April
10. Crystal
11. Samantha
12. Jacqueline
13. Kelsey
14. Mariah
15. Sandy
16. Falling Off the Shelf
17. Kate
18. WillowRaven
19. BookMac
20. NatalieRenae
21. Brit
22. purplg8r
23. Kristen
24. Kara
25. Jessica
26. Shel
27. Lilibeth
28. Steph Su
29. The Brain Lair
30. Emily
31. Lauren
32. Jill
33. Tara
34. Shannon
35. Jordan
36. Cindy
37. Emilee
38. Genevieve
39. SerieslyReady
40. Eli
41. Froggy
42. Hope
43. Tirzah
44. Paradox
45. Alexandra

46. AngieGirl

When the Whistle Blows by Fran Slayton

Jimmy lives in Rowlesburg, West Virginia, during the 1940s. He does all the things boys do in the small mountain town: plays a mean game of football, pulls the unforgettable Halloween prank with his friends in "the Platoon," and promises to head off into the woods on the first day of hunting season— no matter what. He also knows his father belongs to a secret society, and is determined to uncover the mysteries behind it! But it is a midnight encounter with a train that shows Jimmy the man his father really is.

Newcomer Fran Cannon Slayton's powerful first novel captures the serendipity of boyhood by shining a spotlight on the peak adventures of Jimmy's life. But at its heart, this is a story about a boy and his father in a time when trains reigned supreme.
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Here's the list for this tour. Please let me know if there are any changes that need to be made by October 4th:

1. Jordan - book review

2. Shel

3. Crystal

4. Jill

5. Gina

Announcement

First off, I wanted to say that you guys NEED to have the tour email in your address book. Because we send out so many group emails, certain servers have started classifying us as spam and the emails are bouncing back. So if you want to get any of the checklists or anything, PLEASE add the tour email. (Also - Lilibeth, I tried to answer you but the reply bounced back too.)

Secondly, I (Harmony) have a LOT going on this month, including the Super Secret Project, which should be revealed later today. So Hope and Erica will be taking over the tours for the most part. I'll still be here over-seeing everything and nothing should change (all emails still go to the tour email) but I just wanted to let everyone know.

My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman

With Roz and Eva everything becomes a contest—who can snag the best role in the school play, have the cutest boyfriend, pull off the craziest prank. Still, they’re as close as sisters can be. Until Eva deletes Roz from her life like so much junk e-mail for no reason that Roz understands. Now Eva hangs out with the annoyingly petite cheerleaders, and Roz fantasizes about slipping bovine growth hormone into their Gatorade.
Roz has a suspicion about Eva. In turn, Eva taunts Roz with a dare, which leads to an act of total insanity. Drama geeks clamor for attention, Shakespearean insults fly, and Roz steals the show in Lauren Bjorkman’s hilarious debut novel.

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Here's the list for this tour. Please let me know if there are any changes that need to be made by September 30th:

1. Carrie - book review

2. Kerleisha - book review
3. Samantha
4. Mariah
5. Kelly J
6. Jordan
7. Jacqueline C.
8. Kristin
9. Shalonda

10. Sara

11. Kate
12. Erica
13. Kara
14. Falling Off the Shelf

15. Crystal
16. Rachel
17. Genevieve
18. Holly

Troubadour by Mary Hoffman

A story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th century Southern France. As crusaders sweep through the country, destroying all those who do not follow their religion, Bertrand risks his life to warn others of the invasion. As a troubadour, Bertrand can travel without suspicion from castle to castle, passing word about the coming danger. In the meantime Elinor, a young noblewoman, in love with Bertrand, leaves her comfortable home and family and becomes a troubadour herself. Danger encircles them both, as the rising tide of bloodshed threatens the fabric of the society in which they live.

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Here's the tour list for this tour. If there any any changes that need to be made, let me know by September 30.
1. Jordan - book review
2. Kate
3. Crystal
4. Mariah
5. Falling Off the Shelf
6. Sara
7. Carrie
8.Sarah
9. Leslie
10. Michelle
11. Tara
12. Pixie

As many of you know, I've been way behind on most things related to the blog. I just sent out a bunch of checklists today. If you did are positive you signed up but did not receive a checklist for a book I just mentioned in the chatbox, email me.

Since I've been behind, there's been some emails I may have overlooked. If you've emailed me in the past couple of weeks and I haven't answered, send another. Authors, if I said long ago we were going to do a tour with your book but you don't see it posted or I owe you addresses, email me.

Sorry for the delays in everything!

Girl on the Other Side by Deborah Kerbel

Tabby Freeman and Lora Froggett go to the same school, but they live in totally opposite worlds. Tabby is rich, pretty, and the most popular girl in her class. But behind closed doors, her 'perfect' life is rapidly coming apart at the seams.
On the other side, Lora is smart, timid, and the constant target of bullies. While struggling to survive the piranha-infested halls of her school, she becomes increasingly nervous that somebody might discover the unbearable truth about what's been happening to her family.
Despite their differences, Tabby and Lora have something in common - they're both harbouring dark secrets and a lot of pain. Although they've never been friends, a series of strange events causes their lives to crash together in ways neither could have ever imagined. And when the dust finally settles and all their secrets are forced out into the light, will the girls be saved . or destroyed?
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Here's the list for this tour. Please let me know if there are any changes that need to be made by September 21st:

1. April
2. Lauren
3. Kerleisha - book review
4. Samantha
5. Mariah
6. Sab H
7. Steph Su
8. Sara
9. Pixie
10. Jessica
11. Sandy
12. Just Your Typical Book Blog
13. Katie
14. Shalonda
15. Taste Life Twice
16. Erica
17. Leslie
18. Crystal
19. Jacqueline
20. Allison
21. Andrea
22. Genevieve
23. Jill

The Miles Between by Mary E Pearson

The Miles Between by Mary E Pearson

Destiny Faraday makes a point of keeping her distance from her classmates at Hedgebrook Academy. Her number-one rule: Don’t get attached. But one day, unexpectedly finding a car at their disposal, Destiny and three of her classmates embark on an unauthorized road trip.

They’re searching for one fair day—a day where the good guy wins and everything adds up to something just and right. Their destination: Langdon, a town that Destiny’s unsuspecting companions hope will hold simply a day of fun. But, as Destiny says, “Things are not always what they seem.” Only she knows that Langdon holds far more than that—a deep secret she has never shared with anyone.

The Miles Between explores the wonder andmagic of a very real world where chance, mystery, and secrets abound.

*This was a 1 ARC tour when we were still running things by e-mail and this post is to list the reviews and author interviews from the tour*

Harmony - book review