But first, this fun picture from Hannah:

As she explains:

My stop on the blog tour road trip will be in Bonn, Germany! I had some trouble finding something to show as a road trip photo – I haven’t really been on many, since they’re kind of an American thing. But looking through some old pictures, I came across this one, so I thought my part of the trip could be a bike tour instead! I don’t really remember what’s going on in the picture, but that’s my old favorite stuffed animal sitting on my brother’s bike, along with my brother’s sleeping bag. I suppose I was fulfilling my sisterly duty of trying to embarrass my brother somehow…

Hannah’s stuffed animal reminds me of one of my old stuffed friends, a stuffed animal bunny named Danny. Friends be they stuffed or more animated are always great to bring along on road trips. Read more at Paperback Treasures and don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

Here’s what she had to say about this photo, “The picture is from last summer when I went to New York to go hang gliding. One of the scariest, most exciting summer adventures I’ve had!”

Yes, she is one of those amazing, intrepid sort of people for a story of some far less intrepid adventuring take a look at my guest post on Booking it with Runner Sami today.

They look a bit like this:

Kari from A Good Addiction shared this photo, and here’s what she said about it:

Anytime I take a trip, my dog ends up going to the kennel, unless I’m off to my parents’ house. He hates it, and breaks my heart, and pretty much knows when we’re going there.

This is Toby last month, when I was hitting the road for a week at my best friend’s, and he was off to the kennel.

Today as part of my Ferocity Summer Blog Tour Road Trip, I’m off visiting Kari at A Good Addiction. Stop by for a little nostalgia, some more details on Ferocity Summer and a chance to enter the giveaway. Oh, and this is a virtual road trip. So, guess what? No sad puppy dog eyes!

What can I tell you about today’s blog tour stop? Well, how cool is that Alex who writes the Electrifying Reviews blog is lucky enough to live in the Most Beautiful Place in America, and that’s not just his opinion, this was determined in an actual, official vote. Want proof? How about this photo:

Don’t forget to stop by Electrifying Reviews and read today’s post. It’s all about my favorite kind of stores. Can you guess what they are full of?

Medeia shared this blast from the past summer vacation photo:

She writes, “This is me, at age 7 or 8, during a Florida vacation. I might have been smiling, but I was scared of those parrots.”

So, if you’ve got a chance head over to Medeia’s for some Florida vacation stories and get more entries in the blog tour giveaway.

So I show rabbits nationally, and I try to attend nationals and convention as often as I can. A few years ago nationals was in Pennsylvania, so we made the 18 hour trip there. On the way back, my mom and her friend were switching drivers, so we got off on the Gary, Indiana exit. The issue was: there was no on ramp. So we ended up going through an industrial park, through a scary neighborhood, and all over, until a trucker finally directed us how to get back on the road. We stopped at a McDonalds a little ways up the road, so we traced We Got Lost in Gary IN into the window as a joke, because the car was covered in dust. It was way too funny, and now we know not to ever get off in Gary again, ha.

Click here to visit The Book Cellar blog and earn more giveaway entries.

Of course, authors aren’t the only ones who enjoy a road trip. Here’s what Cari had to say about a recent road trip: Wow there are so many favorite literary road trips but if I had to pick just one I would say ALA 2011 in New Orleans. Fellow Texas bloggers Jen Bigheart from I Read Banned Books, Michelle Flores from Windowpane Memoirs, and Stephanie Pellegrin who will be published in the Dear Teen Me anthology this fall did the trip together. We stopped along the Texas Louisiana border to take pictures. We also had a lot of fun exploring the city but nothing tops fan girling over some of our favorite authors and coming home with some amazing books. I’m really lucky to live in the same state with such amazing bookish people.

So, don’t forget to stop by Cari’s Book Blog and get your entry in for the blog tour giveaway.

Here’s the full blog tour schedule:

May 7 - My Reading Room

May 8 – Cari’s Book Blog

May 9 – The Book Cellar

May 10 – Alison’s Bookmarks

May 11 – Medeia Sharif

May 14 -Electrifying Reviews

May 15 – A Good Addiction

May 16 – Booking It With Runner Sami

May 17 – Paperback Treasures

And to enter the giveaway:


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The Torn Wing is the sequel to Kiki’s awesome debut, The Faerie Ring, which was filled with excitement and magic and set in historic London. I’m doing a horrible job telling you about The Faerie Ring, so I’m going to let Kiki take the reins on The Torn Wing so that I don’t mess things up.

Here’s the official description:

Tiki’s greatest fear suddenly becomes all too real: the fey have returned to London seeking revenge. As war escalates in the Otherworld, Queen Victoria’s youngest son, Prince Leopold, is attacked.  In order to protect her family and the ones she loves, she needs to know the meaning of an fáinne sí, the birthmark that winds around her wrist. But will Tiki be brave enough to face the truth?

A bloody escape, a deadly threat, a shocking revelation…   Available October 2nd, 2012

October’s a long time to wait, but hopefully it will give me a chance to catch up on my reading. In the meantime, why not visit Kiki’s blog and definitely, definitely read The Faerie Ring.

If you would like to get your hands on a signed copy of Ferocity Summer, you have two options*. If you’re anywhere near me, you can come meet me at one of my local book signings and get your book autographed and personalized in person, but if you don’t live near me or don’t have the funds to be buying any books just now, there’s another option. You can entered to win one of 10 autographed copies over at Goodreads. The giveaway runs until June 8, but why wait. Go get your entry in today!

*You could also wait until some enterprising individual gets a signed copy listed up for sale on Amazon or eBay or someplace like that, but do you really want to wait that long for a signed copy?