Blog Tour and Giveaway: Copy Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Join Us For This Tour from August 24 to September 18, 2020

BOOK DETAILS:
Series Title:  COPY BOY by Shelley Blanton-Stroud
Category:  Adult Fiction (18+)
Genre:  Noir, Historical Mystery, Literary
Publisher:  She Writes Press
Release dates:   June 23, 2020
Content Rating: PG-13 + M. The book includes: the F-word 7 times, the word "g--dammit" 4 times, and one violent fight in the beginning.

Book Description:

Jane’s a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She’ll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that’s a long way off. Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma’s Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy. Everything’s looking up. She’s climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper’s front page, his arm around a girl who’s just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane’s newspaper―hit in the head with a crowbar. Jane’s got to find Daddy before he finds her, and before everyone else finds her out. She’s got to protect her invented identity. This is what she thinks she wants. It’s definitely what her dead brother wants.

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Meet the Author:

Shelley Blanton-Stroud grew up in California’s Central Valley, the daughter of Dust Bowl immigrants who made good on their ambition to get out of the field. She teaches college writing in Northern California and consults with writers in the energy industry. She co-directs Stories on Stage Sacramento, where actors perform the stories of established and emerging authors, and serves on the advisory board of 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit for children. She has also served on the Writers’ Advisory Board for the Belize Writers’ Conference. Copy Boy is her first novel, and she’s currently working on her second. She also writes and publishes flash fiction and non-fiction, which you can find at such journals as Brevity and Cleaver. She and her husband live in Sacramento with an aging beagle and many photos of their out-of-state sons.

Connect with the author:   website  ~  twitter  ~  facebook  ~ instagram ~ bookbub

Tour Schedule:

Aug 24 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Aug 25 - Locks, Hooks and Books – audiobook review / giveaway
Aug 25 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 26 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway
Aug 27 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 28 – Reading Authors Network – book review / giveaway
Aug 28 - PuzzlePaws Blog - audiobook review / giveaway
Aug 31 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight
Sep 1 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / giveaway
Sep 2 – T's Stuff – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 2 - Literary Flits – book review / giveaway
Sep 3 – She Just Loves Books – audiobook review / giveaway
Sep 4 –Pick a Good Book - book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 7 – Svetlanas reads and views – book review
Sep 8 – 100 Pages A Day – book review / giveaway
Sep 9 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview
Sep 9 - Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway
Sep 10 – Books for Books – audiobook review
Sep 11 – Hall Ways Blog – audiobook review / giveaway
Sep 14 – Amy's Booket List – audiobook review / giveaway
Sep 15 – Casia's Corner – book review
Sep 16 – Dab of Darkness Audiobook Reviews – audiobook review / author interview / giveaway
Sep 17 –Pen Possessed - book review / giveaway
Sep 18 - My Fictional Oasis – book review
Sep 18 - PuzzlePaws Blog - book review / giveaway

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My  Review: 

Copy Boy is the debut of the talents from Shelley Blanton Stroud. I thought it was a good read. It has a little bit of a different writing style. The story and plot were unique, as well. It is not one that I not one I would have been able to predict it at all. It was slow at times, but would quickly pick back up and keep my attention. Jane’s story was entertaining. I was not sure what to think of the character at first but halfway through they were able to grow on me. I liked the historical details of the 1930s era. There was some mystery and suspense that I found to be engaging, especially there at the end of the book. 

I had the pleasure of listening to the audio of Copy Boy. April Doty’s narration of this version of the book was phenomenal. Her performance was fabulous and did a fantastic job brining this story to life. I would love to hear more books that she has narrated in the past. 

I am giving Shelley Blanton Stroud’s Copy Boy three and a half stars. I would be interested in reading more by this author in the future. I recommend it for readers who enjoy early to mid twentieth century American historical fiction with a thrilling twist. It is most definitely not one to miss and worth a read. 

I received Copy Boy from the publisher. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.