{"id":2516,"date":"2019-05-22T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2019-05-22T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T12:18:30","slug":"blog-tour-secrets-of-a-fangirl-by-erin-dionne-guest-post-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-secrets-of-a-fangirl-by-erin-dionne-guest-post-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Secrets of a Fangirl by Erin Dionne (Interview + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/tour-schedule-secrets-of-fangirl-by.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SOAFG-BANNER-1.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Secrets of a Fangirl by Erin Dionne (Interview + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the <em>Secrets of a Fangirl<\/em> blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited to be on this tour, and I&#8217;m even more excited for you to read about all the books Erin Dionne is currently LOVING!!! Read on to find out what inspired her to write this book, what her absolute favorite, read over-and-over again, book is, and enter a giveaway for a print copy of <em>Secrets of a Fangirl<\/em>!!!<!--more--><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/41473879-2.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Secrets of a Fangirl by Erin Dionne (Interview + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Secrets of a Fangirl by Erin Dionne (Interview + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Secrets of a Fangirl<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/erin-dionne\/\">Erin Dionne<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 28, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/arthur-a-levine-books\/\">Arthur A. Levine Books<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 272 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/41473879-secrets-of-a-fangirl\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Sarah Anne loves lacrosse, and the MK Nightshade series that everyone was obsessed over in grade school. The problem is that she's still obsessed, which is way too nerdy for a popular kid like her. So she hides her geekiness with a set of rules meant to keep her geek and jock selves separate. <\/p>\n<p>Except when she's offered a spot in a Nightshade fandom contest, where the winner gets to see the new movie premiere in LA. No one seems to think Sarah Anne can win, since she's up against a pair of guys in high school--but the more she's called a fake fan, the more determined she is to wipe the floor with her competition. As long as none of her friends or anyone at school knows what she's doing.<\/p>\n<p>Can she keep her geek identity a secret, win the contest, and manage to keep her friends even though she's been living a lie? Sarah Anne is going to have to make some choices about what's truly important to her and which rules she's going to break to stay true to herself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-05-22T11:00:45+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the Secrets of a Fangirl blog tour!! 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I\u2019m so excited to connect Sarah Anne\u2019s story with readers, so let\u2019s get to the questions\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What inspired you to write this book?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been a Star Wars fan for as long as I can remember. When I was school, though, it was definitely seen as more of a \u201cboy\u201d interest, and I was teased for being into the movies. For a while, I stopped talking about them and pretended I didn\u2019t like them\u2014and I felt terrible about that, because I wasn\u2019t being myself. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to tell a story about a girl who was in a similar situation, but for different reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is your absolute favorite, read over-and-over again, book?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a great question! I actually have a couple. Stephen King\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Writing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has helped me through many writing struggles. The novel I go back to, over and over, is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I like to pick that book up and read certain sections for comfort, or blow through the whole thing in one night. I love it so much that I named my daughter Charlotte!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>What\u2019s your current favorite book?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s so hard to choose one. Right now, I\u2019m reading and loving Julie Berry\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lovely War, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which has romance and tension and such great characters! I also really loved Jason Reynolds\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghost<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which I read recently. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>TV comp your book! (How would you pitch your book with tv shows?)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secrets of a Fangirl<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is like iCarly meets Knight Squad. Sarah Anne is a regular kid who plays lacrosse, hangs out with her friends\u2014and is really into this fantasy book series. If you like secrets and laughter and surprises, this is right up your alley. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Do you have any advice you would give to the characters in your book?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would definitely tell Sarah Anne to be herself and trust that the people around her will appreciate her for that. And I\u2019d tell Sarah Anne\u2019s friends to not be afraid of being different. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>What would you do if you spent the day with Sarah Anne? Where would you go to eat, hang out, relax, etc.?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I think I\u2019d take her to practice lacrosse at the park down the street from my house where there are lots of kids who always have their sticks with them. Then we\u2019d go get a smoothie and muffin at Panera, because she really likes their muffins (and so do I!). Later, we\u2019d go to the movies. Since her fandom, The Nightshade Universe, is made up, I\u2019d take her to a Marvel movie or Star Wars movie so we can geek out together. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks so much for having me on your blog, Kait! I loved chatting with you about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fangirl!<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2659 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ErinDionne-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Erin Dionne\u2019s latest book for tweens is\u00a0<em>Lights, Camera, Disaster<\/em>\u00a0(Scholastic 2018). Her other novels are\u00a0<em>Models Don\u2019t Eat Chocolate Cookies<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Notes from an Accidental Band Geek<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Her novel\u00a0<em>Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking: A 14 Day Mystery<\/em>, is based on the real-life Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist and was a 2014 Edgar Award finalist. The series continues with\u00a0<em>Ollie and the Science of Treasure Hunting.<\/em>\u00a0Her first picture book,\u00a0<em>Captain\u2019s Log: Snowbound<\/em>, illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler, was released in 2018 and received a starred review from\u00a0<em>Kirkus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of Boston College (BA English &amp; Communications) and Emerson College (MFA), she teaches at Montserrat College of Art and lives outside of Boston with her husband, two children, and a very indignant dog.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Follow the Tour<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/tour-schedule-secrets-of-fangirl-by.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here.png 810w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Follow-the-Tour-Here-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookstagram<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kaitplusbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;ve also got a special post up on my bookstagram today! Be sure to check it out!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Giveaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/d9681b86370\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win a print copy of <em>Secrets of a Fangirl<\/em> by Erin Dionne! <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1254 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Wednesday and welcome to my stop on the Secrets of a Fangirl blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited to be on this tour, and I&#8217;m even more excited for you to read about all the books Erin Dionne is currently LOVING!!! Read on to find out what inspired her to write this book, what her absolute favorite, read over-and-over again, book is, and enter a giveaway for a print copy of Secrets of a Fangirl!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[484,27,632],"tags":[537,489,874,488,540,737,462,746,156,875],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-tours","category-giveaways","category-guest-post","tag-blog-tour","tag-book-tour","tag-erin-dionne","tag-ffbc","tag-giveaway","tag-interview","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-may-2019","tag-middle-grade","tag-secrets-of-a-fangirl","book-author-erin-dionne","book-publisher-arthur-a-levine-books","book-genre-contemporary","book-genre-middle-grade"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Secrets-of-a-Fangirl.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2710,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/2710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}