{"id":16622,"date":"2022-02-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=16622"},"modified":"2022-02-12T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T20:47:19","slug":"blog-tour-mirror-girls-by-kelly-mcwilliams-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-mirror-girls-by-kelly-mcwilliams-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mirror-girls-banner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for MIRROR GIRLS by Kelly McWilliams! I\u2019m so excited to share an excerpt with you today, AND more information about the author and tour, PLUS you can enter the giveaway to win a print copy! (and hopefully soon this will be updated to include a review!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mirror-girls-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Mirror Girls<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/kelly-mcwilliams\/\">Kelly McWilliams<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  February 8, 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/little-brown-books-for-young-readers\/\">Little Brown Books for Young Readers<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/historical-fiction\/\">Historical Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/58066017-mirror-girls\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellymcwilliamsauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMcWilliams17\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kelly.mcwilliams.5076\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1055472.Kelly_McWilliams\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kellymmcwilliams\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for loving across the color line. Now, at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie is a young Black organizer in Harlem, while white-passing Magnolia is the heiress to a cotton plantation in rural Georgia.<br \/>\nMagnolia knows nothing of her racial heritage, but secrets are hard to keep in a town haunted by the ghosts of its slave-holding past. When Magnolia finally learns the truth, her reflection mysteriously disappears from mirrors\u2014the sign of a terrible curse. Meanwhile, in Harlem, Charlie's beloved grandmother falls ill. Her final wish is to be buried back home in Georgia\u2014and, unbeknownst to Charlie, to see her long-lost granddaughter, Magnolia Heathwood, one last time. So Charlie travels into the Deep South, confronting the land of her worst nightmares\u2014and Jim Crow segregation.<br \/>\nThe sisters reunite as teenagers in the deeply haunted town of Eureka, Georgia, where ghosts linger centuries after their time and dangers lurk behind every mirror. They couldn\u2019t be more different, but they will need each other to put the hauntings of the past to rest, to break the mirrors\u2019 deadly curse\u2014and to discover the meaning of sisterhood in a racially divided land.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-02-10T11:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for MIRROR GIRLS by Kelly McWilliams! 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That boy was as white as they come, but he sure did love my Marie. He showered her with gifts: an obsidian mirror, a leather atlas, a diamond ring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of all Dean\u2019s fancy presents, though, the books were easily the most dangerous.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beautiful books they were. Romances and love poems, sonnets and fairy tales, all leatherbound with bright illustrations. The kind of books colored children never get to touch, let alone own. Soon enough, my daughter\u2019d fallen in love with those lily-white stories, with the kind of happy endings she\u2019d never live to see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I carry Marie\u2019s favorite book of all, Love Sonnets, under one arm, protecting it from the night air. My daughter\u2019s child is strapped to my back. I take the long route through the swamp, the very path the ancestors traveled, running from Heathwood Plantation\u2019s shackles. Like them, I push past creepers and marsh grass, following the thick, slow pulse of the water. Peat bog sucks at my ankles, but I can\u2019t afford to fall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s long past sundown. If white folk spot me, they might arrest me. Or kill me like they did my sweet, lovestruck girl.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I lean against a cypress tree, letting grief well up for one heartbeat\u2014then, no more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my grandbaby\u2019s sake, I\u2019ve got to keep moving. Struggle on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my back, Charlene lets out a wrenching wail. Ever since we left Freedom House, she\u2019s bunched tight with rage, like she knows she\u2019ll never see her twin sister again. Like she knows, too, that I\u2019m to blame.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I reach over my shoulder, catching her tiny hand. \u201cI\u2019m gonna fix this, baby girl. You\u2019ll see.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scent of woodsmoke leads me to the conjure man\u2019s hut. The grass- roofed shack perches on the water\u2019s edge, hidden beneath a veil of Spanish moss. Preacher says it\u2019s a mighty sin to visit with a conjure man, but it\u2019s a risk I have to take.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The night Marie birthed my grandbabies, I smelled the sizzle of a curse cooking itself up. One twin came into this world white as goat\u2019s milk; the other, pecan brown. Doctor called it a miracle, but I wondered. After Marie died\u2014and poor Dean, too\u2014the hex- stench grew stronger. I got to remembering what my daddy used to say: Only thing stronger than white magic is our magic. Don\u2019t forget: Our love\u2019s stronger even than their hate. And that got me to thinking of Old Roland, brewing up potions in the swamps over yonder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thunder cracks; my grandbaby whimpers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHurry on in, Jeannette!\u201d Old Roland calls. \u201cSky\u2019s fixin\u2019 to fall!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside, I catch my breath.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDidn\u2019t expect you\u2019d come calling,\u201d Old Roland mutters\u2014&nbsp;it\u2019s so dark, I can\u2019t see him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spin around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLast I heard, you\u2019d been Saved.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, I do see. He\u2019s the shadow crouched behind a soup pot, stirring swamp- grass- green liquid with a broom handle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Careful now, Jeannette. You got to be careful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My grandbaby grabs a fistful of my hair, holding tight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland rises, knees popping. Squinting, I see the spirits swirling in circles around his head. Growing up in haunted Freedom House, I\u2019m plenty familiar with spirits. Haunts can\u2019t scare me\u2014but Heathwood\u2019s white evil does.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m here to buy some of your power, Roland.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat you need with my power?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grief drags me down. My lower back twitches like it might give out. I\u2019m old\u2014only forty- five, but all my life lived under Jim Crow, working for white folks from sunup to sun down. I\u2019m too tired to be raising a baby again. I sure don\u2019t have time for this man\u2019s games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy grandbabies are in bad trouble. I\u2019ll pay what you want, do whatever it takes\u2014\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know you\u2019ve been through hell, Jeannie. And you know why, don\u2019t you?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something slithers across the wall. A snake. Silently, my grandbaby points.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tears roll down my cheeks. \u201cIt\u2019s my fault. I broke the bond between twins. Cursed them, though I didn\u2019t mean to.\u201d Old Roland nods. \u201cSpirits say the white woman tricked the child outta you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d My voice breaks, thinking of the baby that I\u2019ll never\u00a0hold again: the sin that\u2019ll never wash clean. \u201cThe Heathwood woman came to me weeping. Made me think she cared\u2014that she longed, as I did, for all that\u2019s left of our children. But her heart is ice. She\u2019s never loved. Not once in her life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDid her boy love your daughter? Love her true?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In answer, I hand Roland the book of sonnets, marked at Marie\u2019s favorite page. Even now she\u2019s gone, I can still hear her chanting her favorite verse, just like she did all through her pregnancy: I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life. . .&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Roland reads\u2014smoky, shape- shifting spirits peering over his shoulder to spy the pretty pictures\u2014my mind slips over a past slick as ice, remembering:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dean and my daughter gazing down at their mixed-blood twins, the dark twin holding on to the light one like she was afraid of leaving her behind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marie in her wedding dress, waving goodbye to me on her way up North to be married.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wicked shine of Marie\u2019s casket as gravediggers lowered it into the ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCursed, oh, yes, they are!\u201d Before I can stop him, Old Roland chucks the book into the pot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I leap up, hands trembling. It\u2019s too late; Dean\u2019s beautiful book is melting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDean Heathwood gave that book to my daughter with a pure heart!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDean forgot how much this world hates love between Black and white. Those young folks never should\u2019ve met, Jeannette. Should\u2019ve kept an ocean between them.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t you think I know that, Roland? Don\u2019t you think I tried?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland\u2019s eyes gleam. \u201cQuestion is, what we gonna do now? And what are you willing to pay?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve got five hundred dollars in my pocket, thanks to the Heathwood woman. But Old Roland doesn\u2019t deal in money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He deals, like the ancestors, in time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve got two questions that need answering.\u201d I grip Charlene\u2019s hand, more to calm myself than her. \u201cI\u2019ll pay whatever you want.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quick as ash, Old Roland snatches the snake off the wall. He holds it before him, letting it writhe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSnake\u2019ll answer you two questions. But I\u2019m gonna need two years of whatever\u2019s left of your life.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suck my teeth. \u201cTake three.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland\u2019s eyebrows disappear into his hair. \u201cWell, that\u2019s new. No one ever wants to pay me extra! You got a death wish or what?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I speak through clenched teeth. \u201cThe third year\u2019s for Magnolia. The light- skinned child the Heathwood woman took. If she ever needs anything. If she ever visits you . . .\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland cocks his head. Again, I see the spirits swirling, whispering about me and the baby on my back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God may smite me for coming here, but what choice did I have? When all else fails, our people look to the old ways. Roland lives on swampland, but he\u2019s as much a part of Colored Town as the soil, the cotton fields, even the star- studded river itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpirits say Magnolia\u2019ll come,\u201d Old Roland growls at last. \u201cBy then, Jeannie, I warn you\u2014it\u2019ll be too late.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one smooth motion, Roland pulls the machete from behind his back and slits the snake from head to tail. The dying thing thrashes, blood foaming. Chanting, Roland dips his finger into the snake\u2019s open belly. He marks my forehead with gore\u2014then kisses me full on the lips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I gasp, feeling years leave my body. Pulled from my lungs like air. Released, I double over, battling for breath.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCome back in the morning. I\u2019ll forge you a silver cane outta this snake\u2019s soul. Make him a cobra, like his proud African ancestors! You ask your questions, then catch your train. I know you\u2019re not planning on staying, after what happened to your girl.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My lips feel bruised. \u201cNo. I\u2019m not staying.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland stirs the green waters, concentrating. The spirits ring an ever- tighter circle around his head, soaking up the fumes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to say goodbye to Roland\u2014goodbye to all Georgia, and the only world I\u2019ve ever known. But grief clogs my throat, silencing me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gutted, I stumble into the dark.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s an effort to put one foot in front of the other. For Charlene\u2019s sake, I walk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I won\u2019t make the same mistake with Charlene that I did with Marie. Letting her head be filled with nonsense and dreams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRemember now, Charlene Yates. For colored girls, there\u2019s no such thing as happily ever after. No use chasing it. You\u2019ve got to fight to survive, but don\u2019t hope for too much.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next night, the two of us board the train, headed for New York, a new life. I step carefully\u2014a cobra\u2019s silver head nestled inside my palm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a long journey for a middle- aged woman and a baby.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t sleep. Every time I start to nod off, a sound wakes me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The murdered snake, hissing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/All-About-the-Author-February-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/All-About-the-Author-February-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/All-About-the-Author-February-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/All-About-the-Author-February-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Kelly McWilliams<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kelly-mcwilliams-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Kelly is a mixed-race writer. She\u2019s the author of DOOMAT, AGNES AT THE END OF THE WORLD, and MIRROR GIRLS. Her writing has appeared in TIME, Romper, and Bustle, among other outlets. She lives in Seattle with her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellymcwilliamsauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMcWilliams17\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kelly.mcwilliams.5076\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1055472.Kelly_McWilliams\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kellymmcwilliams\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png 850w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.wishfulendings.com\/\">Wishful Endings<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2\/10\/2022<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\"><strong>Kait Plus Books<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><strong>Excerpt (Review to Come?)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/11\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/simplybeccamee\/\">@simplybeccamee<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/11\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/booklovingnut.com\/\">The Book Nut<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"week-two\"><strong>Week Two<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>2\/14\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/acourtofcoffeeandbooks.com\/\">A Court of Coffee and Books<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/14\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuckinthestacks.com\/\">Stuck in the Stacks<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/15\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doyoudogear.com\/\">Do You Dog-ear?<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/15\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onemused\">onemused<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/16\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/themommaspot.home.blog\/\">The Momma Spot<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/16\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/mcmahoncelia.wixsite.com\/website\">celiamcmahonreads<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/17\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historywomanperspective.com\/\">History from a Woman\u2019s Perspective&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/17\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drewsim12\/?hl=en\">@drewsim12<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/18\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/lexijavabookish.wordpress.com\/\">@lexijava&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/18\/2022<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/momfluenster\/\">@momfluenster<\/a><\/td><td>Review<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Enter-the-Giveaway-February-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Enter-the-Giveaway-February-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Enter-the-Giveaway-February-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Enter-the-Giveaway-February-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e2389ba21405\/\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enter here for a chance to win a print copy of <em>MIRROR GIRLS<\/em> by Kelly McWilliams!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/0march-2022-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions-and-Answers-February-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions-and-Answers-February-2022.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions-and-Answers-February-2022-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Questions-and-Answers-February-2022-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do you think about <em>Mirror Girls<\/em>? Have you added it to your tbr yet? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-February-2022-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-February-2022-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-February-2022-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-February-2022-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-February-2022.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thursday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for MIRROR GIRLS by Kelly McWilliams! 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