The Telling by Alexandra Sirowy + GIVEAWAY | Blog Tour

I am super excited to be a part of the blog tour for The Telling by Alexandra Sirowy!

The Telling is about a girl named Lana, who finds her life turned upside-down after mysterious murders begin to occur in her small hometown. Everything she knew has disappeared, and Lana is now forced to cope with the fact that her life after is anything but ordinary.

You can read the official synopsis below!

ABOUT THE BOOK

A chilling new novel about a girl who must delve into her past if she wants to live long enough to have a future when a series of murders that are eerily similar to the dark stories her brother used to tell start happening in her hometown.

Lana used to know what was real. That was before, when her life was small and quiet. Her golden stepbrother, Ben was alive. She could only dream about bonfiring with the populars. Their wooded island home was idyllic, she could tell truth from lies, and Ben’s childhood stories were firmly in her imagination.

Then came after.

After has Lana boldly kissing her crush, jumping into the water from too high up, living with nerve and mischief. But after also has horrors, deaths that only make sense in fairy tales, and terrors from a past Lana thought long forgotten. Love, blood, and murder.

Pre-Order The Telling from AMAZON | BARNES AND NOBLE !

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Alexandra Sirowy is the author of The Creeping and The Telling. She was born and raised in Northern California, where she attended a women’s college as an undergraduate and received her MA at the University of San Francisco. She is a voracious reader, the oldest of three children, an avid traveler, a record-holding high school long jumper, a gourmet cook, a feminist, and forever grateful to her parents for reading to her as a child. Alexandra lives in Northern California with her husband.

Photo Credit: Vivian Sachs


Doesn't this book sound absolutely amazing?! I'm slowly branching my way into reading more YA thrillers, and I knew that The Telling would be a great book to read. I especially love The Telling, because even after reading the synopsis, I'm still not sure what to expect! Everything is a mystery, and I love going into intense books with little to no information about what is occurring in that universe (also known as "going in blind").

I know you want to start reading this book right away! Well, today is your lucky day! I partnered with Irish Banana's Blog Tours to bring you an exclusive excerpt of The Telling, so that you can fall in love with this book right away, or at least see if it is for you!

The blog tour actually has a different excerpts for each tour stop, but in total, the excerpt is about 5 chapters of the book! Start with the first tour stop, then make your way to the last one to read this AMAZING extended excerpt!

Here is my share of the excerpt!


If you loved the excerpt, you're in luck! I'm giving away (1) hardcover copy of The Telling right now on behalf of the publisher & author!

This giveaway is US only! I'm sorry to all of my international readers!

 *Please note that by entering this giveaway, you acknowledge that Sheridan & I Turn the Pages is in no way responsible for damage/loss of the giveaway prize while in transit to you!*

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Let me know what you think of The Telling & the excerpt by commenting down below! Does this sound like the book for you? Do you read YA thrillers/mysteries? What did you think of the excerpt? I would love to know all of your responses!

Thank you so much to Irish Banana Blog Tours and Alexandra Sirowy for allowing me to share this excerpt with my readers! I cannot wait until this book is in my hands!

Ten Facts About Me | Top Ten Tuesday

I decided to put my own original spin on this week's Top Ten Tuesday. The theme for this week is "Ten Facts About Me". But, because I don't know what you already know about me (and because I have no clue what would count as an interesting fact about myself), I decided to open it up to Twitter. While these may not be 10 questions, I still had a lot of fun answering them and featuring them for my Top Ten Tuesday Post!

Zenith by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings | Moodboard Monday

Do you not know what "Moodboard Monday" is? Check out this post that explains it! 

Who was your favorite character in the book? 

My favorite character from the first part of Zenith was actually Gilly! There was just things about her that I loved (and, some things I found very creepy too!)

Did you pick any specific characters or scenes to be represented in your Moodboard?

I did pick a few specific characters/pieces of the story to be represented in my moodboard! I decided to showcase Andi and Gilly as female characters, and Dex as the male character. (Fun Fact: I think the picture that I used for Dex is actually Jamie Fraser from Outlander! I thought Sasha would enjoy that one!)

For significant pieces of the story, I wanted to do my best and capture the Marauder. Okay, I know it's a glass ship and it's supposed to be really high tech, but when I was reading, I just couldn't help but picture it as a flying pirate ship with some new technology on the inside!

Did your Mood Board take a specific color scheme? If you actively chose one, why did you chose that specific color? 

I started my mood board by looking for a picture of Andi, the main character. She has very pale white hair with a streak of purple in it (which I absolutely love!). When I started to look for other pictures, like the galaxies (because Zenith takes place in space), I guess I pulled inspiration from Andi's purple hair because all of the galaxy pictures have purple in them! 

Was there a picture that you just couldn't find to incorporate into your mood board? If you can answer it with little to no spoilers, tell us how it related to the book!

I really wanted to find a group of girls, with their weapons in hand, staring at the galaxy in front of them. As you can imagine, this represents the Marauder crew! I did find a picture with electric swords, which is pretty cool! 

If you read the book, what was your rating for it? Link us to your review if you have one! :)

If you want to read my review of the book, you can click here! I actually really enjoyed reading this book. If you haven't read the book, I'll include the summary below.

"There is darkness sweeping across the stars.

Most know her as the Bloody Baroness, the captain of a fearsome glass starship called The Marauder. Androma and her crew strike terror in the hearts of those who cross them amongst the many corners of the Mirabel Galaxy.

When a routine mission goes rogue, the all-female crew is captured by a bounty hunter from Andi’s past and forced into a job that could, quite literally, start a war that will devour worlds.

Meanwhile, on the far side of the galaxy, the ruthless ruler Nor waits in the shadows of the planet Xen Ptera, biding her time. The final pieces are about to fall into place, liberating a plan that will tear Mirabel in two.

As the Marauder hurtles toward the unknown, there is one lesson that proves to be true: No one can be trusted in a galaxy that runs on lies and illusion.

From internet sensation Sasha Alsberg and multi-genre author Lindsay Cummings comes a new serialized space opera, full of action, intrigue, and steamy star-crossed romance.

Perfect for fans of Hugh Howie, Sarah J Maas, and Beth Revis."

Why I Don't Like "Special" Editions | Discussion Post

Imagine, you walk into Barnes and Noble on a search for a book that you have been anticipating for ages. Today is finally the day when it publishes, and you hope to be one of the lucky people who manage to snag the book from the fresh restocking of the bookstore shelves.

The store opens, and immediately, you rush to the shelves. You know exactly where you would find it, and within seconds, it is right in front of you. You happily pick up the copy and bring it to the register, but you notice a little sticker on the front cover.

Barnes and Noble, special edition. it reads. Extra story inside. 

You had read something in the publisher's Twitter feed earlier in the day, mentioning that this book would have additional content depending on the store that you bought it from. But, wait. How could Barnes and Noble have a special edition? Didn't the publisher just tweet that Target was the one with the special edition?

As you scramble to pull out your phone and figure out the details, another tweet comes in. This time, it's about a Barnes and Noble special edition, with different content and extras than the Target special edition.

You want all of the extra content, but you don't have enough money to pay for both editions of the book, nor do you really need two copies of the same book on your shelves. What do you do?