• Becky at A Christian Worldview of Fiction posted her review.
• And over at the Book Cellar, there is a whole lot of love going on for Wayfarer (And I agree—no one else mentioned Rob, but he is wonderful. I wonder if we’ll see him again.)

So that ends our tour. We had 12 bloggers sign up and 11 bloggers post.

We ended up with 21 posts, including…

2 reviews of Spell Hunter:

1. The Hungry Readers
2. Becky’s Book Review

10 reviews of Wayfarer:

1. A Christian Worldview of Fiction
2. Book Cellar
3. Homeschool Buzz
4. Whispers of Dawn
5. The Hungry Readers
6. My Own Little Corner of the World (here and here)
7. Reading is My Superpower
8. Book Crumbs
9. Becky’s Book Review
10. Homespun Light

and 4 interviews with RJ Anderson:

1. Fireside Musings (part one, and part two, and part three)
2. Book Crumbs
3. My Own Little Corner of the World
4. The Hungry Readers

So that was my thinking behind letting this tour ride for a bit.

But here it is Friday already, so here are the posts that I haven’t linked to so far.

• Becky, at A Christian Worldview of Fiction gives her introduction and tells some of why she liked the book, and she talks about why children love books like Wayfarer and how important such books are.
• Marie has the last part of wonderful three-part interview over at Fireside Musings.
• At My Own Little Corner of the World, Julie posted a great interview with RJ Anderson. Her students came up with some very good questions for the author.
• Another lovely interview. This on over at The Hungry Readers. Check it out if you want a sneak peek at Arrow.
• And at Whispers of Dawn, I talked a little bit about why I loved Anderson’s scenes and did a little dreaming about what these books would look like on the big screen. Would it not be cool to see the inside of the Oak? And that church/youth hostel called Sanctuary? And the islands that are home to the Children of Rhys?
• And this is not part of our tour, but I just stumbled on a great post by RJ Anderson: The Intersection of Faith and Fiction.

OK that’s all I have for today. I will be back Monday to link to at least one more post, I think. Maybe three more. We shall see.

Thanks!

• A review at Whispers of Dawn
• Another review at The Hungry Readers
• Short but glowing recommendations here and here from Julie at My Own Little Corner of the World
• A super fast comment from a super fast reader at Reading is My Superpower
• A recommendation and an interview with the author at Book Crumbs
• A review at Becky’s Book Review
• Part two of an author interview at Fireside Musings
• A review at Homespun Light

How many times have we closed a beloved new book and felt a little fear that the author may not be able to give us another book to enjoy as much as we enjoyed the first. How many times have we bought the next book in the series hoping that the world and the characters in the second book will transport us the way the first book did, and more than a little afraid that it won’t be, because what could measure up to the first meeting we had with a wonderful character?

And what a relief to find that the first book wasn’t a fluke.

That was my happy experience with Wayfarer, by RJ Anderson. I’m looking forward to what everyone else thought of the book.

Here are the posts that are up this morning. Check out tomorrow for updates.

Reviews of Spell Hunter:

• The Hungry Readers
• Becky’s Book Review

Interviews:

• Fireside Musings (part one)

Reviews of Wayfarer:

• Homeschool Buzz

I am thrilled that HarperTeen has made review copies of Wayfarer available to us to tour. The book releases on Tuesday. I read the first in this series, Spell Hunter, a couple of months ago and knew right away that I was going to try to get the second book for a tour. Because, hey, there is no pay for these tours we do so we might as well at least do books we like. I don’t know about other members on the tour, yet, but speaking for myself, RJ Anderson is writing books I like. So I am so happy that we set off on Monday to tour Wayfarer, by RJ Anderson.

You are welcome to use your own Amazon link or link to the book with my link:  
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061554774/allabowha-20

The book cover can be found here:
http://kidzbookbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/wayfarer1.jpg

The author’s website is here:
http://www.rj-anderson.com/

The author’s blog is here:
http://rj-anderson.livejournal.com/

The author’s photo can be found here: http://kidzbookbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Anderson-200×300.jpg

Here are the links to participating bloggers:

For a paragraph listing like this:

Whispers of Dawn, The Book Cellar, The Hungry Readers, My Own Little Corner of the World, KidzBookBuzz.com, Reading is My Superpower, Book Crumbs, Becky’s Book Reviews, Fireside Musings, A Christian Worldview of Fiction, Homeschool Book Buzz, Homespun Light, Book Review Maniac

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For a list like this:

Whispers of Dawn
The Book Cellar
The Hungry Readers
My Own Little Corner of the World
KidzBookBuzz.com
Reading is My Superpower
Book Crumbs
Becky’s Book Reviews
Fireside Musings
A Christian Worldview of Fiction
Homeschool Book Buzz
Homespun Light
Book Review Maniac

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<br /> <a href="http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/">Whispers of Dawn</a><br /> <a href="http://thebookcellarx.com">The Book Cellar</a><br /> <a href="http://thehungryreaders.com">The Hungry Readers</a><br /> <a href="http://molcotw.blogspot.com">My Own Little Corner of the World</a><br /> <a href="http://kidzbookbuzz.com">KidzBookBuzz.com</a><br /> <a href="http://superfastreader.com/">Reading is My Superpower</a><br /> <a href="http://www.priyaganesan.blogspot.com">Book Crumbs</a><br /> <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com">Becky’s Book Reviews</a><br /> <a href="http://firesidemusings.blogspot.com/">Fireside Musings</a><br /> <a href="http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/">A Christian Worldview of Fiction</a><br /> <a href="http://homeschoolbuzz.com/">Homeschool Book Buzz</a><br /> <a href="http://homespunlight.blogspot.com/">Homespun Light</a><br /> <a href="http://bookreviewmaniac.blogspot.com/">Book Review Maniac</a><br />

Please link to participants at least once during the tour.

Thanks!

Huge apologies, first, to Jason Joyner, from Spoiled for the Ordinary, who joined the tour this time and was inadvertently left out of the list of participating bloggers. Please go by and read his review.

Other Saturday posts:

• Becky’s review at A Christian Worldview of Fiction.
• My own review of the book at All About Children’s Books.
• Becky’s review at Becky’s Book Reviews.
• DO NOT MISS Marie’s quotations from the book over at Fireside Musings.
• Julie calls attention to the creatures and artwork over at My Little Corner of the World.
• Maggie is still in the process of reading the book at My Utopia.
• And SJ Kessel climbs onto a feminist soapbox over at Through a Child’s Eyes. (I’m going to comment over there this afternoon, as soon as I have time, so go on over if you want to see a cat fight between two female warriors, just like Kessel is itching for.)

  

  

• A review from the 160 Acre Woods
• Becky at, A Christian Worldview of Fiction, urges her readers to buy and read the first book, first.
• At Becky’s Book Reviews, Becky sings Andrew’s praises and gives us several song clips.
• A review from Booking Mama–she liked it.
• A review from Dolce Bellezza–not so much.
• Marie, at Fireside Musings gives us character sketches and a review. Don’t miss this one. 
• Another great reviews from Homeschool Buzz.
• Oohh, Jill at Novel Teen gives it five stars and she doesn’t just pass those out willy nilly.
• At Olive Tree, we get a clever interview with Mr. Peterson’s website.  
• At Reading is my superpower, Annie also liked the book.
• And, finally, SK Kessel gives us her thoughts about the book at Through a Child’s Eyes.

Enjoy!

Today is the first day of blog tour for North or Be Eaten, the second book in Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga.

Here are the posts that have come in so far today:

Several of us posted or linked to our review of the first book in the Wingfeather Saga, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness:

• I did at All About Children’s Books
• Becky did at  Becky’s Book Reviews 
• Jill did at Novel Teen
• SJ Kessel did at Through a Child’s Eyes 

Becky over at A Christian Worldview of Fiction kind of liked this second book just a little (makes me want to read the book! I have set aside tomorrow for that purpose.)

Marie gives us a review at Fireside Musings

Kathy introduces us to Andrew Peterson at Homeschool Buzz

Julie at My Little Corner of the World gives a glowing review.

Jump onboard the blog tour and head North or Be Eaten.

North or Be Eaten, the second in Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Trilogy, is on tour this week!

The Amazon link we will use is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400073871 You are welcome to use your own Amazon link as well, but please do use this specific link at least once in every post. This is how we get Technorati ratings.

The book cover is here: http://paraklesis.com/reviews/north or be eaten.jpg

Andrew’s web site is here: http://andrew-peterson.com/index.php?nid=76652&s=hm

The Wingfeather blog is here: http://wingfeathersaga.com/

Here’s a bio (music) with a picture: http://andrew-peterson.com/index.php?s=au&nid=77799

And finally the list of participating bloggers. Please link to participants at least once during the tour.

For a paragraph listing like this:

The 160 Acre Woods, A Christian Worldview of Fiction, All About Children’s Books, Becky’s Book Reviews, Booking Mama, Cafe of Dreams, Dolce Bellezza, Fireside Musings, Homeschool Book Buzz, KidzBookBuzz.com, My Own Little Corner of the World, My utopia, Novel Teen, Olive Tree, Reading is My Superpower, Through a Child’s Eyes

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<br /> <a href="http://the160acrewoods.com">The 160 Acre Woods</a>, <a href="http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/">A Christian Worldview of Fiction</a>, <a href="http://paraklesis.com/childrens_publishing_news/">All About Children’s Books</a>, <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com/">Becky’s Book Reviews</a>, <a href="http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/">Booking Mama</a>, <a href="http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/">Cafe of Dreams</a>, <a href="http://www.dolcebellezza.wordpress.com/">Dolce Bellezza</a>, <a href="http://firesidemusings.blogspot.com">Fireside Musings</a>, <a href="http://homeschoolbuzz.com/">Homeschool Book Buzz</a>, <a href="http://kidzbookbuzz.com/">KidzBookBuzz.com</a>, <a href="http://molcotw.blogspot.com">My Own Little Corner of the World</a>, <a href="http://myutopia36.blogspot.com/">My utopia</a>, <a href="http://www.novelteen.com ">Novel Teen</a>, <a href="http://herdofsteph.blogspot.com/">Olive Tree</a>, <a href="http://superfastreader.com">Reading is My Superpower</a>, <a href="http://sjkessel.blogspot.com/">Through a Child’s Eyes</a>

For a list like this:

The 160 Acre Woods
A Christian Worldview of Fiction
All About Children’s Books
Becky’s Book Reviews
Booking Mama
Cafe of Dreams
Dolce Bellezza
Fireside Musings
Homeschool Book Buzz
KidzBookBuzz.com
My Own Little Corner of the World
My utopia
Novel Teen
Olive Tree
Reading is My Superpower
Through a Child’s Eyes

Use this code:

<br /> <a href="http://the160acrewoods.com">The 160 Acre Woods</a><br /> <a href="http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/">A Christian Worldview of Fiction</a><br /> <a href="http://paraklesis.com/childrens_publishing_news/">All About Children’s Books</a><br /> <a href="http://blbooks.blogspot.com/">Becky’s Book Reviews</a><br /> <a href="http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/">Booking Mama</a><br /> <a href="http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/">Cafe of Dreams</a><br /> <a href="http://www.dolcebellezza.wordpress.com/">Dolce Bellezza</a><br /> <a href="http://firesidemusings.blogspot.com">Fireside Musings</a><br /> <a href="http://homeschoolbuzz.com/">Homeschool Book Buzz</a><br /> <a href="http://kidzbookbuzz.com/">KidzBookBuzz.com</a><br /> <a href="http://molcotw.blogspot.com">My Own Little Corner of the World</a><br /> <a href="http://myutopia36.blogspot.com/">My utopia</a><br /> <a href="http://www.novelteen.com ">Novel Teen</a><br /> <a href="http://herdofsteph.blogspot.com/">Olive Tree</a><br /> <a href="http://superfastreader.com">Reading is My Superpower</a><br /> <a href="http://sjkessel.blogspot.com/">Through a Child’s Eyes</a><br />

Those little fairies stole the show, didn’t they?

Several of us are apparently doing weird summer things, though, because even the perfect Marie over at Fireside Musings, who is never a day late or a dollar short, was late this time. She came through with her review today, though, so all is forgiven and we wish her a speedy recovery from whatever bug it is that is eating her.

We had 17 bloggers and there were 27 post, which included 13 reviews:

1. Becky’s Book Reviews
2. The Friendly Book Nook
3. Never Jam Today
4. A Christian Worldview of Fiction
5. A Patchwork of Books
6. Dolce Bellezza
7. Homeschool Buzz
8. Hyperbole
9. Reading is My Superpower
10. Through a Child’s Eyes
11. Abby the Librarian
12. And Another Book Read
13. Fireside Musings

2 partial reviews:

1. All About Children’s Books
2. Homespun Light

2  interviews:

1. Fireside Musings
2. Becky’s Book Reviews

and 1 giveaway:

1. Never Jam Today

Thanks to all you bloggers for a great tour, and thanks to Lisa Mantchev and to the folks at Feiwel and Friends for allowing us to have an advance look at this fun fantasy.