Showing posts with label Songbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Songbird. Show all posts

Monday, June 27, 2011

Blog Tour : Songbird


I don't know if you guys have heard, but there is this little book called Songbird that I received recently on a book tour and WOW. You can find my review here or by clicking Songbird tag below. It's the 1st stop of the Songbird Book TeenBookScene Tour and Angela has come by the blog to talk a little about herself and her projects. Find Angela on Twitter!
I am a Canadian transplant, living and working in the US who, after years of procrastination, started writing and hasn't stopped since. Not an easy task considering I have a husband and young daughter, and also work full time as an elementary school teacher.

When I first started writing, I had no idea how to approach it, and honestly I still don't. Every writer I talk to starts differently. For me that means sitting down at the computer and typing as it comes to me. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. My first novel is still under the revision process thanks to my unplanned approach. Songbird is actually the second novel I wrote and most of it was done in a month during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Finishing Songbird and then the revising and editing took a bit longer, but this story just flowed for me much better than my other novel.

With Songbird finally complete, and my first novel temporarily shelved due to revision issues, I am working on Graced, A Trilogy. The Graced trilogy follows three sisters, Phoebe, Chloe, and Lilly as they struggle to find the purpose of the special gifts they've been graced with: truth telling, prophecy, and healing. The first book, Liar, is Phoebe's story, followed by Lilly's book Heal Me, and will conclude with Witness, Chloe's tale.

Monday, June 27: Yani at The Secret Life of an Avid Reader
Tuesday, June 28: Ashley B at Basically Amazing Books
Wednesday, June 29: Amber at Down The Rabbit Hole
Thursday, June 30: Britta at I Like These Books
Friday, July 1: Cyndi at Dog-Eared & Bookmarked

Monday, July 4: Bailey at IB Book Blogging
Tuesday, July 5: Kai at Amaterasu Reads
Wednesday, July 6: Reagan at Shadow Star Blog
Thursday, July 7: Patricia at Patricia’s Particularity
Friday, July 8: Heather at Proud Book Nerd

Monday, July 11: Bailey at IB Book Blogging
Tuesday, July 12: Crystal at My Reading Room
Wednesday, July 13: Amber at Down the Rabbit Hole
Thursday, July 14: Corrine at Lost For Words
Friday, July 15: Patricia at Patricia’s Particularity

Monday, July 18: Jen D at What’s on the Bookshelf?
Tuesday, July 19: Hannah at Paperback Treasures
Wednesday, July 20: Heidi at YA Bibliophile
Thursday, July 21: Britta at I Like These Books
Friday, July 22: Lilibeth at Chica Reader

Book Review : Songbird

By: Angela Fristoe
Publisher: Little Prince Publishing
Pages: 208
Source: TeenBookScene Tour

There are defining moments in life when everything changes. For Dani Mays, it was the day she witnessed her father kill her brother. Now seventeen years-old, she still hasn't put it behind her.

After Jace's death, she bounced between her alcoholic mother and foster homes, until she found a permanent place. And a reason to stay: Reece Tyler He's her best friend, yet Dani wants more from Reece.

Faced with possibly losing Reece, Dani struggles to define his place in her life and escape the memories of her brother's death and the influence it has over her choices. Even as she weaves the pieces of her heart back together, the past becomes more than a memory when a former foster brother reappears and Dani begins receiving threatening phone calls.

Summary Taken from Goodreads
Yani's Mini-Review:
I received this book as part of a book tour and I am so glad I signed up for it. This book has one of the most emotional starts to a book I have ever read. Literally my first note about the book was "I was crying by page 4." Dani is someone that's been through a lot in life, she carries all this emotional baggage and you can tell it affects her every day. I really loved this part of the story.

The story is told in the present with past memories seeping in between. I loved the style of it and I loved the emotional past memories and it shows how Dani has grown because of it.

What I didn't like much was how the story progresses. I felt Angela added more and more for Dani to deal with, and while I can see what she was trying to do, I feel like the story got a little bombarded and diluted from what should have been the main focus. While I did love Dani's relationship with Reece (friendship to love), I wanted to hit them sometimes when they couldn't see what was right in front of them!

I have no quotes to give on this one, it's an adventure you will have to discover on your own...
My Review in a Tweet: Heart wrenching, emotional, and deals with so many issues. You are instantly inside Dani's mind and hope that things will work out for that songbird.

Ratings:
Plot: 4/5
Writing Style: 4/5
Uniqueness: 5/5
Characters: 4/5


Angela Fristoe is a debut novelist with Little Prince Publishing and is gearing up for the release of her first YA Romance, Songbird. She was the winner, and double finalist, in the Romance category of The Strongest Start Contest 2010 hosted by The Next Big Writer. When not writing, she teaches and spends time with her family.

ebook $2.99
print $8.99
ISBN: 978-0615470491


Angela's Website & Blog
Songbird Website
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