I’m hosting the starter day party today for literary fiction “The Vineyard”. The tour runs from November 1st to January 1st. I will review the book on December 26. Stay tuend for the review, and in the mean time, visit the other tour stops.
Also, each tour stop is giving away a signed copy of the book and five bookmarks, so visit each blog and increase your chance of winning!
Tour Schedule
November 1st: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
November 2nd: Book Excerpt @ Undercover Book Reviews
November 4th: Book Excerpt @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
November 6th: Author Interview @ The Single Librarian
November 8th: Book Excerpt @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
November 10th: Book Excerpt @ The Book Daily
November 11th: Author Interview @ Bookish Madness
November 12th: Book Review @ Bookish Madness
November 15th: Book Excerpt @ The Book Gazette
November 19th: Author Interview @ 365 Days of Reading
November 20th: Book Review @ 365 Days of Reading
November 22nd: Book Excerpt @ Books Direct
November 25th: Author Interview @ I Heart Reading
November 26th: Book Review @ I Heart Reading
November 28th: Book Excerpt @ The Reading Guru
November 30th: Book Review @ The Book Daily
December 2nd: Author Interview @ Inspired Writers
December 4th: Book Excerpt @ Hollow Readers
December 6th: Book Excerpt @ Bedazzled Reading
December 8th: Author Interview @ Forever Book Lover
December 10th: Book Review @ Forever Book Lover
December 12th: Book Excerpt @ Editor Charlene’s Blog
December 14th: Book Excerpt @ Majanka’s Blog
December 16th: Author Interview @ Books and Benches
December 18th: Book Review @ I’m an Eclectic Reader
December 20th: Book Review @ Hollow Readers
December 22nd: Author Interview @ Editor Charlene’s Blog
December 23rd: Book Excerpt @ BDF Book Blog
December 26th: Book Review @ Natural Bri
December 28th: Book Review @ The Single Librarian
December 30th: Book Review @ Bedazzled Reading
January 1st: Book Review @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog
About The Vineyard
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Title: The Vineyard
Author: Michael Hurley
Genre: Literary Fiction
From Michael Hurley, winner of the Somerset Prize for his debut novel, THE PRODIGAL, comes a complex and ambitious, allegorical tale of old money, young passion and ancient mystery in a classic New England seaside village.
Ten years after their college days together, three wounded and very different women reunite for a summer on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. As they come to grips with the challenges and crises in their lives, their encounter with a reclusive poacher known only as “the fisherman” threatens to change everything they believe about their world–and each other.
“Hurley writes beautifully,” says Kirkus Reviews, “especially when describing island and nautical life.” Publishers Weekly praises “his well-crafted prose.”
Author Bio
Michael Hurley and his wife Susan live near Charleston, South Carolina. Born and raised in Baltimore, Michael holds a degree in English from the University of Maryland and law from St. Louis University.
The Prodigal, Michael’s debut novel from Ragbagger Press, received the Somerset Prize for mainstream fiction and numerous accolades in the trade press, including Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, ForeWord Reviews, BookTrib, Chanticleer Reviews, and IndieReader. It is currently in development for a feature film by producer Diane Sillan Isaacs. Michael’s second novel, The Vineyard, is due to be released by Ragbagger Press on November 25, 2014.
Michael’s first book, Letters from the Woods, is a collection of wilderness-themed essays published by Ragbagger Press in 2005. It was shortlisted for Book of the Year by ForeWord magazine. In 2009, Michael embarked on a two-year, 2,200 mile solo sailing voyage that ended with the loss of his 32-foot sloop, the Gypsy Moon, in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti in 2012. That voyage and the experiences that inspired him to set sail became the subject of his memoir, Once Upon A Gypsy Moon, published in 2013 by Hachette Book Group.
When he is not writing, Michael enjoys reading and relaxing with Susan on the porch of their rambling, one-hundred-year-old house. His fondest pastimes are ocean sailing, playing piano and classical guitar, cooking, and keeping up with an energetic Irish terrier, Frodo Baggins.
Links
YouTube Video Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/iXfSuF1t9ss
Website: www.mchurley.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mchurleybooks
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5445584.Michael_C_Hurley
Giveaway
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