Bring On Lemons
Bring on Lemons is a lemons to lemonade success blog about losing focus and finding a dream! It's also where I share my thoughts, ideas, book reviews, and writerly things as well as product reviews (food & drink too) - ENJOY!!
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Little Bits of Beauty
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
5 Stars for Roslyn Cohn's "Who Saved Who" - review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto
Saturday, May 4, 2024
5 Stars for Finding Fran by Nancy Christie - a review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto
Friday, March 15, 2024
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING READER REVIEW TOUR OF "What Was Never There" BY Elizabeth Maria Naranjo
Elizabeth
Maria Naranjo’s
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING
READER REVIEW TOUR
OF
What Was Never There
Tour
Begins May 3, 2024
Book Summary
A mother and daughter lost in the woods must overcome their
worst fears to find their way back. A father going through a divorce witnesses
a seemingly impossible motorcycle accident, which forces him to question the
truth of his own perceptions. A little boy with a terrible secret routinely
steals away at night to meet a girl beneath a willow tree—only to discover she
has a secret of her own.
What Was Never There is a collection of short stories with
the common theme of memory, or rather, the way memory haunts us.
Includes Pushcart
Prize nominated stories “We Never Get to Talk Anymore” and “The
Dinosaur Graveyard" and the award-winning "Windows," selected
for Best Microfiction 2023.
- ASIN : B0CQSTX8WT
- Publisher :
Independently published
(December 21, 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback :
276 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8866571697
What Was Never There is now available to purchase in print and
as an e-book at Amazon.com. Add it to your GoodReads reading listing as well.
About the Author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo
Buy links:
Amazon Kindle:
Amazon Paperback:
Website: https://www.elizabethmarianaranjo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emarianaranjo
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199240146-what-was-never-there
Hashtag:
#naranjowhatwasneverthere
Physical
copies available in the U.S. or PDF available for all!
I'd love to have you for this Blog Tour!
Questions? Send me an email: crystaljotto@gmail.com or call/text:
920-645-7529
If you’ve never participated in this type of tour before –
here’s how it works:
· Read
the book
· Leave
a review on at least ONE promotional site (such as Amazon – preferred) and/or
Goodreads (required)
· Be
entered to win a $25 gift card
Reviews need to be posted by June 3, 2024 and the launch day is
May 3, 2024.
Thanks for joining us!
-- Launch Date
May
3 @ The Muffin
What
goes better in the morning than a muffin? Join us at the WOW blog to celebrate
the launch of author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo's “What Was Never There”.
You can read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy
of the book.
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/
If you’re ready to
participate – here’s a link to the google form I need you to fill out:
https://forms.gle/NooFgfy6FSNvrNxw6
Thanks in advance!
Hugs,
~Crystal
**OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!
Thursday, March 14, 2024
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING READER REVIEW TOUR OF "WE BURNED OUR BOATS" BY KAREN JONES GOWEN
Karen
Jones Gowen’s
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING
READER REVIEW TOUR
OF
We Burned Our Boats
Tour
Begins May 6, 2024
Book Summary
Bruce and Karen Gowen are facing a retirement that neither one
wants. Bruce can't imagine life without employment. Karen wants change,
adventure, a chance to spread her wings and fly away after thirty years of
raising their large family.
Their opportunity comes in
a way they can both support: helping their daughter and son-in-law with a hotel
project in Panajachel, Guatemala.
Never ones to do anything
half way, the Gowens sell everything, including one of their businesses. What
they can't sell, they give away. With their worldly possessions down to two
checked bags and two carry-ons each, they fly one way to Guatemala City. Then
on to Panajachel, a tourist town on scenic Lake Atitlan, in the southern
highlands of Guatemala.
Here they begin their new
life, a time filled with incredible experiences, tough challenges, and
unexpected adventure in one of the most beautiful settings on earth. A place
where the Maya culture permeates the land. A land and people that will
transform anyone fortunate enough to encounter the magic of these hills in
Guatemala.
·
Publisher : WiDo
Publishing (January 18, 2024)
·
Language : English
·
Paperback : 306
pages
·
ISBN-10 : 1947966685
·
ISBN-13 : 978-1947966680
We Burned Our Boats is now available to purchase in print and
as an e-book at Amazon.com.
Add it
to your GoodReads reading listing as well.
About the Author Karen Jones Gowen
Born and raised in central Illinois, Karen Jones Gowen attended
Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and the University of Illinois in
Champaign-Urbana. She transferred to Brigham Young University, where she met
her husband Bruce, and there graduated with a degree in English and American
Literature.
Karen and Bruce have lived in Utah, Illinois, California and
Washington, currently residing in Panajachel, Guatemala. They are the parents
of ten children. Not surprisingly, family relationships are a recurring theme
in Gowen's writing.
Hashtag:
#gowenburnedboats
Karen
Jones Gowen can be found online:
Physical copies available in the U.S. or PDF
available for all!
I'd love to have you for this Blog Tour!
Questions? Send me an email: crystaljotto@gmail.com or call/text: 920-645-7529
If you’ve never
participated in this type of tour before – here’s how it works:
·
Read the book
·
Leave a review on at least ONE promotional site (such as Amazon –
preferred) and/or Goodreads (required)
·
Be entered to win a $25 gift card
Reviews need to be
posted by June 6, 2024 and the launch day is May 6, 2024.
Thanks for joining
us!
-- Launch Date
May 6 @ The Muffin
What goes better
in the morning than a muffin? Join us at the WOW blog to celebrate the launch
of author Karen Jones Gowen’s “We Burned Our Boats”. You can
read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of the book.
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/
If you’re ready to
participate – here’s a link to the google form I need you to fill out:
https://forms.gle/u3eZ5UBhWoj2eJWJ6
Thanks in advance!
Hugs,
~Crystal
**OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!
Invitation to the WOW! Women on Writing Book Blog Tour for "Murder by Milkshake" by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo
Elizabeth
Maria Naranjo’s
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR
OF
Murder by Milkshake
Tour
Begins September 9, 2024
Life is sweet for high school senior and ice
cream slinger Genevieve Winterland. Her father owns Sweet Dreams Ice Cream
Parlour, the cutest confectionery shop in their little town of Pinewood,
Arizona. Genevieve loves her job, but when her father hires a broody newcomer
with a dark past to provide extra security on her closing shifts, Genevieve
bristles. Is this part of her father’s plan to send her away to college, when
all she wants is to stay in Pinewood and run the family business?
Meanwhile, everyone’s favorite new teacher at Pinewood High,
Miss Love, is receiving death threats, and then she goes missing. Genevieve
suspects the crabby substitute, Ms. Pierce, who seems murderous about being
passed over for the position. Or is the culprit Mr. Garcia, the longtime
instructor who Miss Love replaced after he was fired for assaulting a student?
Just when Genevieve thinks she knows the answer, she stumbles across the dead
body of another missing faculty member.
Can Genevieve find the killer terrorizing the teachers in her
beloved hometown—before someone else gets iced?
Print Length: 195 “ish” Pages (ARC’s are available, but the final is not quite
complete)
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, YA Mystery
Publisher:
ISBN:
Murder by Milkshake will soon be available to purchase in print and
as an e-book at Amazon.com. Add it to your
GoodReads reading listing as well.
About the Author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo
Elizabeth Maria Naranjo is the author of The Fourth Wall, The House on Linden Way, and What Was Never There. Her stories and essays have been widely published and
nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best American Essays, and Best of the Net, and her short story, “Windows,” was selected for Best Microfiction 2023. She lives in Tempe, Arizona, with her husband and two
children.
Hashtag:
#murderbymilkshakenaranjo
Elizabeth
and Murder by Milkshake can be found online:
https://www.elizabethmarianaranjo.com
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8124819.Elizabeth_Maria_Naranjo
https://twitter.com/emarianaranjo
The Blog Tour will begin on September 9,
2024 and last into mid October! You can participate by reviewing the
book, spotlighting the book, choosing a guest post written by the author,
or interviewing the author.
Physical copies available in the U.S. or PDF
available for all!
I'd love to have you for this Blog Tour!
Questions? Send me an email: crystaljotto@gmail.com or call/text: 920-645-7529
If you’ve never
participated in a tour before – here are a few options:
·
If you don’t have your own blog, you can read the book and we will find a
blog where you can post your review (you’ll also be asked to post the review to
Amazon and Goodreads if you are able)
·
If you have your own blog or website, you can read the book and post your
review on your blog (or website) and you’ll also be asked to post the review to
Amazon and Goodreads if you are able
·
If you have a blog or website and you don’t have time to read the book,
you can participate in the tour by hosting a guest post by the author. There
are several guest post topics you can choose from if you open the google form
found as a link at the end of this document/email
·
If you have a blog or website and you don’t have time to read the book,
you can participate in the tour by hosting an interview with the author
**some of our hosts
choose to do an interview AND a review – don’t limit yourself!
-- Blog Tour Dates
September 9 @ The Muffin
What goes better
in the morning than a muffin? Join us at the WOW blog to celebrate the launch
of author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo’s cozy mystery “Murder by Milkshake”. You can
read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of the book.
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/
If you’re ready to
participate – here’s a link to the google form I need you to fill out:
https://forms.gle/aF292ieAb3TR62tc7
Thanks in advance!
Hugs,
~Crystal