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The Peacock Room on tour

October 21, 2020 by Anna Sayburn Lane

The Peacock Room enjoyed a great tour around the book blogs during publication week. Book bloggers are real reading enthusiasts. Unpaid, they write reviews for the love of it, in return for a copy of the book. So what did they think?

Well, Book-lover said she “literally devoured this in one sitting”, declaring it was “without doubt a five star read”.

Handwritten Girl agreed it was “genuinely a fascinating story” which made for “entertaining and thrilling reading.” A great start to the tour!

For Books, Life and Everything, the subject matter hit the spot. “I do love a literary mystery and one which involves William Blake and Christina Rossetti adds the icing to the cake,” she said.

Shelf of Unread Books had enjoyed Unlawful Things and was pleased to find: “The Peacock Room is a more than worthy successor to Unlawful Things, offering the same combination of intriguing literary mystery and contemporary conspiracy whilst developing the returning characters nicely.”

Bookmark That, another Unlawful Things fan, agreed. “Another stunning, well thought-through and fast-paced historical fiction which is both topical and very sinister,” was her verdict.

Babbage and Sweetcorn declared it “A great blend of modern day thriller and historical mystery. I loved how this book had me engrossed in both the main thriller element of the book and equally, on the story surrounding the artist and writer William Blake.”

For Orlando Books, “This is a clever, slow burn of a thriller that builds the tension gradually up to a nail biting end.” She found it “Full of great characters and lots of interesting detail, especially the life and works of William Blake, all of which make this a very engrossing and entertaining read.”

Bookliterati said it was “an intriguing, intelligent and compelling thriller” while Northern Reader said “I recommend this as an extremely well-written novel with many layers of interest.”

My thanks to all the book bloggers for taking the time to read and review The Peacock Room.

Filed Under: Reviews, The Peacock Room Tagged With: blog tour, book bloggers, The Peacock Room

Unlawful Things on tour

March 18, 2019 by Anna Sayburn Lane

One of the many things I didn’t know existed when I started on my publishing journey was the Book Blog Tour. Instead of going on tour around the country, you send your book ‘on tour’ around the book blogs.

The Unlawful Things blog tour had 13 stops, with book-lovers around the country agreeing to post a review, extract or feature about the book. It was exciting to see the reaction of these amazing people, who all read a huge amount and post reviews on dozens of books each year. Book bloggers, unlike some social media ‘influencers’, are unpaid and truly independent. They get a review copy of the book, and are free to write whatever they want in their review – so I was also a little nervous. Would these expert readers like Unlawful Things?

They did. “It is definitely five stars from me for this one, a fully action packed thriller with plenty of content, fantastic characters and a great story line – very highly recommended!” said Donna of Donna’s Book Blog. “The great prologue has you hooked from the off……What then follows is a gripping tale of history, religion, conspiracies and a little romance,” said The Bookwormery. “A thriller with an academic twist, this is a unique book dominated by some serious historical research,” reported Northern Reader. Book After Book called it “suspenseful, atmospheric, and gripping” while Stacy Is Reading said: “Unlawful Things is a fascinating feast for the imagination and a true success on every level.”

Rachael Read It was one of several bloggers who hoped to hear more of Helen Oddfellow. “’Unlawful Things’ heralds the arrival of a heroine and literary sleuth who stays with you long after the last page,” she said, while Bookmark That declared: “Helen Oddfellow is my new favourite person.” The Book Drealms said “There was a depth of character built up as the story progressed which really endeared [Helen] to me.” Shelf of Unread Books, on the other hand, enthused about the “brilliantly, terrifyingly realised” villains.

Wrong Side of Forty declared it “an exciting, knowledgable and engrossing read”, while Jaffa Reads Too wrote: “Helen’s determined quest to discover the truth allows the story to look more closely into the tangled history of Christopher Marlowe, a fascinating subject in himself, but which also combines a really dark historical mystery, with a modern day fast action thriller.”

My thanks to everyone who took the trouble to read and review the book. It makes all the difference.

Filed Under: Reviews, Unlawful Things Tagged With: blog tour, Book After book, book blogs, Book Inspector, Bookmark That, Donna's Book Blog, Jaffa Reads Too, My Reading Corner, Northern Reader, Rachel Read It, reviews, Shelf of Unread Books, Short Book and Scribe, Stacy Is Reading, The Book Drealms, The Bookwormery, The Wrong Side of Forty, Unlawful Things

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