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Spooktacular Giveaway Hop! {Ends 10/15/20}

9/30/2020

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Thank You, Chatty Patty's Place & Review Wire Media for this HOP!
I have FOUR AWESOME BOOKS FOR ONE LUCKY U.S./CAN. WINNER!!!

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This first one is an adult story story about what life under a microscope can do to the soul...Perfect for this "Spooktacular" month! It is graciously donated by ... ​

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Title: Lifeline to Marionette by Jennifer Waitte
Genre: General Fiction, Literary Fiction ~ ISBN: 9781734932201
Release Date: September 22, 2020
Publisher: Cadence Group ~ Genre: General Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis:
         A lonely childhood, a haunted past, a secret, and a life controlled by others—she is a woman at the end of her rope, without hope. 

        Alaina Michelle Sekovich is the daughter of Europe’s most famous living composer. Once his prodigy, they are now estranged. To the world, she is Michelle Seko, a multimedia star and valuable asset of the film and fashion industries. 
     Michelle was a gifted yet troubled child who sought only to flee the suffocating world of her father’s overbearing tutelage. She thought she could change her life by becoming someone else. But when her world becomes herself looking back at her and the face that is her own monster she does not know, she finds there is no place she can go, nowhere she can hide, because what she wants to escape from most is the one thing she can never truly be free of—herself. 
        Lifeline to Marionette is a story about what life under a microscope can do to the soul. It is a story about a young woman whose every move is determined by the people who control her. Their strings are fine ut unbreakable, and they pull her painfully in opposing directions until she can no longer bear their tension.

​​Amazon 

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​About Jennifer Waitte
Jennifer Waitte is an award-winning journalist, editor and author. She is a graduate of California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo, and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
For 15 years, Waitte worked as a writer and editor for numerous lifestyle, equine and equestrian sporting magazines. She has won many awards for her writing, editing and editorial direction.
Waitte is an avid equestrian. She competes in the sport of long-distance horse racing and dressage. She lives in Napa, California, with her husband Barry. They own Tamber Bey Vineyards, a boutique winery located in Napa Valley.  

Facebook ~ Instagram ~Amazon Page 

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BOOK PRAISE!
“Adams’ concise prose delivers a quick read that’s packed with colorful characters and subplots . . . Returning illustrator Stroh’s bold black-and-white artwork, as in the previous book, perfectly captures the author’s stunningly detailed world.”
―Kirkus Reviews

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These Next Three Books is an older Elementary age/Middle Grade Trilogy! Perfecct for this "Spooktacular" month and generously donated by Sparkpoint Studio Publishing.

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The Blue Witch: (The Witches of Orkney #1) by Alane Adams
  • Publication Date : October 23, 2018 ~ 216 pages
  • Publisher : SparkPress (October 23, 2018)

  • SYNOPSIS:
        Before Sam Baron broke Odin's curse on the witches to become the first son born to a witch and the hero of the Legends of Orkney series, his mother was a young witchling growing up in the Tarkana Witch Academy. In this first book of the prequel series, the Witches of Orkney, nine-year-old Abigail Tarkana is determined to grow up to be the greatest witch of all. Unfortunately, she is about to fail Spectacular Spells class because her witch magic hasn't come in yet. Even worse, her nemesis, Endera, is making life miserable by trying to get her kicked out. 
        When her new friend Hugo's life is put in danger by a stampeding sneevil, a desperate Abigail manages to call up her magic―only to find out it's unlike any other witchling's at the Tarkana Witch Academy! As mysteries deepen around her magic and just who her true parents are, Abigail becomes trapped in a race against time to undo one of her spells before she is kicked out of the coven forever!
         Rich in Norse mythology, The Blue Witch is the first of a fast-paced young reader series filled with magical spells, mysterious beasts, and witch-hungry spiders!

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The Rubicus Prophecy: The Witches of Orkney #2 by Alane Adams  
– October 15, 2019 ~ 
216 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1943006989 ~ISBN-13 : 978-1943006984
SYNOPSIS:
       Abigail has just started her second year at the Tarkana Witch Academy and is already up to her ears studying for Horrid Hexes and Awful Alchemy! Worse, Endera’s malevolent spellbook has its hooks in her, whispering in her ear to use its dark magic. Meanwhile, the entire school is talking about the Rubicus Prophecy; a sign has arrived that the chosen witchling is among them, the one who will one day break Odin’s curse over them. When an Orkadian warship arrives carrying troubling news, Abigail and her friend Hugo are swept into a new mystery after a young boy from the ship, Robert Barconian, asks for their help retrieving a missing item.
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Along with the former glitch-witch, Calla, the four friends end up deep in the catacombs beneath the Tarkana Fortress―a place where the draugar, the living dead, wander about. Abigail discovers there is more to the Rubicus Prophecy than anyone ever imagined. Can she stop it in time before she and her friends are destroyed?


Filled with magical spells, spine-tingling ghosts, and visits from the Norse gods, The Rubicus Prophecy pits Abigail against a sinister power greater than anything she has ever imagined.

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Witch Wars (Witches of Orkney (3)) by Alane Adams
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ublisher: SparkPress, On Sale: October 13, 2020
Age Range: 7 - 12 years, Grade Level: 2 - 6
 208 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1684630639, 

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

     Abigail’s second year at the Tarkana Academy has been an all-out disaster. She’s just unwittingly helped Vertulious, an ancient he-witch and powerful alchemist, destroy Odin’s Stone and restore his powers, and now all of Orkney is caught up in the threat of war as the witches prepare to destroy the helpless Orkadians. Determined to set things right, Abigail and Hugo set off for Jotunheim, the land of the giants, to find a weapon to restore the balance. All they have to do is track down the God of Thunder and convince Thor to turn his hammer over to them.
 
When their former-friend-now-foe Robert Barconian arrives with a band of dwarves, intent on stopping them, Abigail and friends must unite to prevent a war that will destroy them all. But has Abigail made the biggest mistake of all by trusting in the wrong ally?
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop | Indiebound

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About Alane Adams
Alane Adams is the author of award-winning titles that include the Legends of Orkney™ Norse mythology series for middle grade readers, the Witches of Orkney prequel series, and a series of historical picture books set in the 1920s including The Coal Thief. Alane's newest Greek mythology series, The Legends of Olympus debuted Spring 2020 with The Eye of Zeus. Alane Adams and her books have been featured on BBC, Fox, the CW, Parade, Bustle, Today, People, and many more! When Alane is not writing or talking to kids in schools about Reading Is A Superpower, she’s out hiking somewhere in the world or hanging out with her three boys in Southern California. For more information, visit https://alaneadams.com or follow Alane on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 

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13 Comments
Anne
10/1/2020 11:38:58 am

A Spooktacular event was having grandchildren. What an experience.

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Edye
10/2/2020 05:13:50 am

I would say watching my first horror movie all by myself. Pretty scary...!

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Laura
10/2/2020 03:34:17 pm

My most Spooktacular event is celebrating Halloween with my kids. Love it!

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Michelle Catallo
10/4/2020 08:01:46 am

The most "Spooktacular Event Of My Life"? When the poor lady who did the initial "wand" ultrasound told me I was having twins...... I may have threatened her life on accident due to my shock.

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Lu Ann link
10/15/2020 07:02:24 pm

LOL! Shucks! I always wanted Twins!
Thank you for this. It added humor to my day!

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Jana Leah
10/4/2020 06:17:52 pm

Getting lost in the middle off nowhere was pretty spookatacular. This was before gps.

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Dorothy Boucher
10/5/2020 11:33:53 pm

I think for me is when I was talking to a spirit and didn't realize it was a spirit, long story here.
@tisonlyme143

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Lu Ann link
10/15/2020 07:05:03 pm

That is "Spooktacular! I have had a similar experience but it wasn't at all "spooky" It was my daughter's appearance a few months after her death.
Thank you for sharing.

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Debra Branigan
10/6/2020 05:25:18 am

I think the fall night I was walking to an event down my very spooky country road. It was pitch dark and very windy. All of a sudden, a man just popped out of the woods on the side of the road. Where he came from, I don't know as all of that was cow pasture. We walked the rest of the road and went separate ways. Spooky!

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Lu Ann link
10/15/2020 07:06:32 pm

Yes, that would be VERY spooky! It is good you weren't harmed.

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Susan Smith
10/10/2020 12:55:32 pm

Going through a tornado was petty spooktacula. Thankfully it didn't cause a lot of damage.

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Leela
10/14/2020 03:31:40 pm

I've seen ghosts here and there where I used to live. They used to open and close doors.

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Lu Ann link
10/15/2020 07:11:20 pm

I believe you. My daughters claimed there was a ghost downstairs where their bedroom is. I just snickered. Then one day my daughter came home with writing on her full length mirror using lipstick. it didn't really say anything. the thing of it is, I was home and NOBODY was here.
Then one day we were in her bedroom taking with the window and door shut tight. All of a sudden, her papers on her bed stand flew to the floor and her two metal picture frames there fell over. It WAS WEIRD!

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