Buying Books and Book Tours

Hello everyone! Reporting to you live from day 18 in quarantine, I’m Hayleigh Evans! I’m sorry, that was bad. It’s getting to me. I turned 21 in quarantine on Wednesday, woohoo! Other than that, I don’t have any new personal updates, so I’ll just get into the books.

I’m almost done with Moby Dick (thank god), which has been really slow I won’t lie. Not my favorite school reading I’ve ever done. I've been listening to the audiobook to kind of multitask and help me get through it, which has been helpful. I’ve also been reading Northanger Abbey this week for another class, which I’ve actually been enjoying. I’ve been spending a ridiculous amount of money since my birthday, some of it from my family for my birthday, some of it from my savings. I ordered three new books from Barnes and Noble, as if my shelf isn’t overflowing with books I haven’t read yet. All three are books I’ve been wanting to read for a while but never got around to buying. The first is Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. I first heard about this book a long time ago, but I’ve decided to buy it since the Hulu show just came out. I love Kerry Washington, so I’m excited to read the book and then watch her in the show, it’ll be a great quarantine activity. Next, I got The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. This book is another popular read, as it won the National Book Award. It takes place in World War II France, if any of you haven’t heard of it. I wanted to get books that I knew were pretty popular among readers, so I’ll hopefully get really invested in reading again once I have unlimited time after school ends. Then lastly, I needed to get to free shipping, so I ordered Anna Karenina as well. The Barnes and Noble Classics are pretty cheap, and that’s another book that’s been on my list for a while. So yeah, I’m excited for those to come.

An email I got this week that caught my eye was from Goodreads. It was a message from Veronica Roth (the Divergent author for anyone who doesn’t know) inviting me to virtual book tour for her new book Chose Ones. Her original book tour was obviously cancelled, so it looks like she and her publisher, HMH Books, got creative. The book is set to be released on April 7^th, and she plans to host her virtual tour on her Twitch channel. She will be having special guests including Leigh Bardugo, Charlie Jane Anders, Seanan McGuire, C.A. Higgins, and Rita Woods. Apparently they will be talking about a variety of topics each night. The first one is April 7^th and the last April 13^th. The first “stop” on the tour is titled “Veronica Roth + Leigh Bardugo on Book-to-Film Adaptations.” I haven’t really thought about Roth or read any of her books since Divergent so I can’t say I’m her biggest fan, but I might tune in on the 7^th. I don’t have much going on anyway and I’m curious as to how this is going to go. The topic is intriguing, and I really want to see how smoothly they’re able to do this. If I get around to viewing the streams, I’ll definitely update you guys on my thoughts. I thought it’d be interesting to share one way an author is getting creative when her book tour was cancelled.