Self-published Authors Appreciation Week: Annette Marie

Self-published and small press authors always seem to get a lot of shit, so a bunch of book bloggers decided to get together and share our love for the self-pubbed and small press authors who entertain us with awesome stories. I don't know why certain people out there in the book blogging sphere keep insisting on saying that self-pubbed = crap writing because, while I may have hit a dud or two, most of what I've read over the last decade have been pretty fucking good! So, go click any and/or all of our posts all week long over on Witty & Sarcastic Bookclub run by the fabulous Jodie. Many thanks to her for organizing this and for Anca Antoci over at Summon Fantasy for creating the banners and badge.

Favorite The Write Reads Tour Books of 2020

Today's post is something I made up. I've done quite a few tours this year with The Write Reads and got to thinking: some of the books have been bitchin' good! Wait, does anyone say "bitchin'" anymore? Or am I showing my advanced age? Oh, well. Fuck that noise. 

Anyway, I polled my fellow bloggers and asked which books they enjoyed the most. Of course, we're book bloggers and couldn't pick just one, but the numbers still add up. I've included First, Second, and Third Place as well as an Honorable Mention. That's not to say those were the only good books. There were A LOT of good ones in 2020 and I hope to have just as many great reads from The Write Reads in 2021. Hmmm, better start drafting that post for end of the year or I'll forget.

But wait! There's more! I also asked my fellow book bloggers if they wanted to say a few words about how Dave, Head Blog Tour Wrangler Number 1, at TWR has affected their blogging life. And they answered the call! To see what they had to say, be sure to keep scrolling after you see the books that won my Unofficial Poll (+/- 3% : btw, a number completely made up by me because I like threesomes. Ha! Just kidding. Or am I? ).