Hello! I hope you are having a great day! I am currently at the TN All State Music Festival and tonight I will sing with the Men’s Choir. Some of songs are amazing! And you know what else is amazing? That Angelbound by Christina Bauer just came out as an audiobook! Woo hoo! I hope you enjoy our tour stop for the blog tour!
About Angelbound
by Christina Bauer
(Angelbound Origins #1)
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication date: December 30th 2016
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult
*Now an audio book!*
Eighteen-year-old Myla Lewis is a girl who loves two things: kicking ass and kicking ass. She’s not your everyday quasi-demon, half-demon, and half-human, girl. For the past five years, Myla has lived for the days she gets to fight in Purgatory’s arena. When souls want a trial by combat for their right to enter heaven or hell, they go up against her, and she has not lost a battle yet.
But as she starts her senior year at Purgatory High, the arena fights are not enough to keep her spirits up anymore. When the demons start to act weird, even for demons, and the King of the Demons, Armageddon, shows up at Myla’s school, she knows that things are changing and it is not looking good for the quasi-demons. Myla starts to question everything, and does not like the answers she finds. What happened 17 years ago that turned the quasi-demons into slave labor? Why was her mom always so sad? And why won’t anyone tell her who her father is?
Things heat up when Myla meets Lincoln, the High Prince of the Thrax, a super sexy half-human and half-angel demon hunter. But what does a quasi-demon girl to do when she falls for a demon hunter? It’s a good thing that Myla is not afraid of breaking a few rules. With a love worth fighting for, Myla is going to shake up Purgatory.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33780233-angelbound
• Book trailer: https://youtu.be/roznLuuUY1c
• Video of author doing the voices: https://youtu.be/6mfmw1VT1IU
My Top 10 Ways to Find a Good Book
My book, ANGELBOUND, tells the story of a part demon girl who falls in love with a part angel prince. If you aren’t familiar with the book, there’s a quick trailer right here. In any case, I’m now doing an author tour to celebrate the launch of ANGELBOUND as an audiobook on Audible and iTunes, and I’ve been asked to share a Top 10 List by the awesome folks at LiLbooKlovers.
I thought about it, and I’d like to share my top 10 ways to find a good book. Why? Because it’s a pain in the butt to find good books, am I right? Also for me, being a writer means being a reader. On average, I read a book/day and I find it super-hard to find new books that I’m excited about.
Let’s face it. Nothing’s worse than a reading slump.
So, in the interests of sharing best practices, here are my favorite places to find new books that feed my brain…
Number 10. iBooks
iBooks is what I consider curated content. In other words, the iBooks team work their butts off to find authors that are fresh, original, and about to ‘break through.’ I can say this from experience because they took a risk on promoting ANGELBOUND when I was a first-time author. My trick is to go to the categories page and see who they have in:
- Romance
- Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Young Adult
Finding good books is as much an art as a science and the iBooks team does a great job. It’s not total intuitive on how to find categories, so here’s a pic:
Choose a category, open a world of fresh new authors and books!
Numbers 9 and 8: BookBub and Freebooksy
There are a lot of book newsletters out there. As I said before, I’m a fan of hand-curated content. Both BookBub and Freebooksy are selective in who they accept. Their teams do a great job of making sure that the featured books are interesting and cool. Plus, signing up for them doesn’t cost you anything. Bonus!
Number 7: Goodreads “Also Enjoyed” Section
Hands-down, this is my top place to go. I have a short list of all-time favorite books where, every so often, I go to Goodreads and check out their “Readers Also Enjoyed” section. There’s always something cool in there. Always.
Number 6: The Amazon “Also Enjoyed” Section
I also look at the equivalent on Amazon, but that doesn’t seem to work as well for me for some reason. I suspect it’s because the Amazon algorithm takes my personal browsing/buying history into account, which is a mess. I look into all sorts of books and genres as my “publisher self” versus my “reader self.” You don’t want to know the strange things I get recommended (hint: on occasion, it has included dinosaur porn!)
Number 5. Goodreads Friends
I also get TONS of great ideas from my friends on Goodreads (I’m talking about you, Carol!) Plus, it’s a lot of fun to see what people thought of the books that I’ve read, and vice versa. The bottom line? Goodreads is all-around awesomesauce.
Numbers 4 to 1. Blogs, blogs, blogs
There are so many in the category that are killer, but here are some that are top of mind:
And of course, there are my new buddies at LILbooKlovers!
So there you have it…my secret weapons in the war for finding new books to read. Hope you found some of them useful as well! If any of you think of more questions, I’m always up for reader interaction, and additional information on how to contact me is listed below.
About the Author 
Christina Bauer knows how to tell stories about kick-ass women. In her best selling Angelbound series, the heroine is a part-demon girl who loves to fight in Purgatory’s Arena and falls in love with a part-angel prince. This young adult best seller has driven more than 500,000 ebook downloads and 9,000 reviews on Goodreads and retailers. It is now available as an audiobook on Audible and iTunes.
Bauer has also told the story of the Women’s March on Washington by leading PR efforts for the Massachusetts Chapter. Her pre-event press release—the only one sent out on a major wire service—resulted in more than 19,000 global impressions and redistribution by over 350 different media entities including the Associated Press. Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby. Be the first to know about new releases from Christina by signing up for her newsletter:
Stalk Christina on Social Media – She Loves It!
- Blog: http://monsterhousebooks.com/blog/category/christina
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorBauer/
- Twitter: @CB_Bauer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christina_cb_bauer/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-bauer-481b12139/
- Web site: http://monsterhousebooks.com/authors/cbauer
Want to see the rest of the Blog Tour? Check it out below!
Angelbound Blog Tour Schedule!
Giveaway:
- Dragon Bling
- Angel Wing Bobby Pins
- Dragon Scale Ring
- ANGELBOUND AudioBook copy from Audible
I hope you enjoyed this tour stop for this blog tour! Tune in later for some more exclusive interviews, great reviews, and more bookish things!
LILbooKlovers 
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