• 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

Use this code:

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

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

Use this code:

<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!

I have nothing to add. I just thought it was pretty comical.

These posts included:

9 reviews

1. Reading is my Superpower
2. Homeschool Buzz
3. Hungry Readers
4. Maw Books
5. Becky’s Book Reviews
6. A Patchwork of Books
7. Abby the Librarian
8. My Little Corner of the World
9. All About Children’s Books

3 interviews

1. Reading is my Superpower
2. The Hungry Reader
3. Fireside Musings

2 educational suggestions

1. The hungry Reader
2. Homeschool Buzz

And a couple of miscellaneous discussions about technical aspects of the book

1. All About Children’s Books here and here
2. Fireside Musings
3. Reading is my Superpower

Come back tomorrow to vote on the three day Blogger of the Tour award.

Thanks!

She was also manipulated by a company reminiscent of the company store in the old coal mining towns and pressured by a mother who was too weak to make good choices no matter how much she loved her kids.

This book was thought provoking and interesting and I enjoyed thinking about it and chatting about it for three days.

Here are the final posts for you:

1. At All About Children’s Books I posted a review and I talked about how to move readers to tears
2. Marie, at Fireside Musings, gave some thoughts on the book and some quotes
3. Julie gives her review over at My Little Corner of the World
4. Annie added a comment at Reading is My Superpower
5. And Shel posted an interview with Lise at The Hungry Reader

Thanks!

First of all, in reading all the posts today, I came across an interview at Fireside Musings that gave Lise Haines’s web site. Shame, shame on me. I did a Google search on he name and it didn’t pull up a web site on the first page so I assumed she didn’t have one. I should have thought to put her name in as a URL. Duh! So if you would like to visit Lise’s site please go post haste to http://www.lisehaines.com/

Go and visit these sites for new posts:

1. Abby the Librarian posted her review
2. Amanda at A Patchwork of Books has put up her review
3. Becky reviews the book at Becky’s Book Reviews
4. Marie, at Fireside Musings, scored a wonderful interview with Lise.
5. Kathy, at Homeschool Buzz, true to her homeschooling educator self, has linked to several articles about Roman gladiators.
6. At Maw Books, Natasha gave an insightful review
7. Julie, over in her little corner of the world, gives a short review and a link to the author’s story of how the book came into being
8. Annie has a wonderful and not too superfast interview at Reading is my Superpower
9. Shel at Hungry Readers (which used to be Through a Child’s Eyes–my bad for forgetting the name change), gives a review (she found the book to be yummy), her famous quotes and activities (I love those features) and promises an interview tomorrow

That’s all I have for you today. Come back tomorrow for more discussion, interviews, and reviews all about Girl in the Arena!

Here are the posts that are up so far, today:

1. At All About Children’s Books, I posted on the author’s choice of first person, present tense and omission of quotation marks.
2. There is a review up at Homeschool Buzz.
3. Annie gives the book high praise at Reading is My Superpower.
4. Shel, over at The Hungry Readers, talks about the cover and asks us to consider Lyn’s choices and vote on how we would react.

Check later for updates.

Other bloggers on the tour:

Abby the Librarian, A Patchwork of Books, All About Children’s Books, Becky’s Book Reviews, Fireside Musings, Homeschool Book Buzz, Maw Books Blog, My Own Little Corner of the World, Reading is My Superpower, Through a Child’s Eyes

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Thanks to Bloomsbury USA for generously providing me with an ARC of this book for review.