The Peculiar Blog Tour starts today and I just thought I'd help kick it off with a bit off a Spotlight post :)
Title: The Peculiar (The Peculiar #1)
Author: Stefan Bachmann
Release Date: September 18th 2012
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Blurb:
Don't get yourself noticed and you won't get yourself hanged.
In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings--Peculiars--and neither faeries nor humans want anything to do with them.
One day a mysterious lady in a plum-colored dress comes gliding down Old Crow Alley. Bartholomew watches her through his window. Who is she? What does she want? And when Bartholomew witnesses the lady whisking away, in a whirling ring of feathers, the boy who lives across the alley--Bartholomew forgets the rules and gets himself noticed.
First he's noticed by the lady in plum herself, then by something darkly magical and mysterious, by Jack Box and the Raggedy Man, by the powerful Mr. Lickerish . . . and by Arthur Jelliby, a young man trying to slip through the world unnoticed, too, and who, against all odds, offers Bartholomew friendship and a way to belong.
Part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part steampunk adventure, The Peculiar is Stefan Bachmann's riveting, inventive, and unforgettable debut novel.
Link to blog tour schedule
Here's the book trailer:
...HarperCollins is giving away 5 SIGNED, HARDCOVER COPIES of The Peculiar, and the GRAND PRIZE of a SIGNED COPY AND a SKYPE CHAT with the author himself, Stefan Bachmann!
(please note: this giveaway is being run by the publisher not me, please check terms and conditions)
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Someone tweeted about your blog. It's really awesome. I will be following some of your recommendations.
ReplyDeleteHi Lyn, and welcome to My Book Chatter :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy reading some of the books that I have loved, and maybe you can let me know what reads you've enjoyed recently...
Happy reading - Cath :)
This book sounds amazing! Reading your review definitely makes me want to read this book. I think this may be a book that I can even get my boys to read. Thanks so much for hosting on the tour and for the chance to win!
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds awesome and the author was so young when he started it. Thanks for the chance at this great prize.
Desna
This seems to be a very interesting book, one that can feed my craving of finding a new amazing novel to spend my time with. ♥
ReplyDeleteI'm very much interested and enthralled with this kind of plots so I really hope to win this. :)
I love the first few lines. This seems like a fresh take on a borderlands type of story. Looking very forward to read it!
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