{"id":4744,"date":"2019-11-11T05:55:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T10:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2019-11-10T20:38:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T01:38:57","slug":"blog-tour-the-how-the-why-by-cynthia-hand-review-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-how-the-why-by-cynthia-hand-review-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: The How &#038; The Why by Cynthia Hand (Review + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanbooknerd.com\/2019\/10\/the-how-why-by-cynthia-hand.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-How-The-Why-Tour-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"Blog Tour: The How &amp; The Why by Cynthia Hand (Review + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p><p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on <i>The How &amp; The Why <\/i>blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited to share my review of this great book with you today! Read on to find my review, more about the book and the author, follow the rest of the tour, and enter a giveaway for a print copy of <em>The How &amp; The Why<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; did that sound familiar to anyone else? Yes? Perhaps because I posted my review last Saturday and you&#8217;ve already read it? Yeah, that&#8217;s because someone (<em>I&#8217;d like to point fingers here, but I&#8217;m the only one who writes this blog so it&#8217;s 100% my fault<\/em>) signed up to review the same book&#8230; on two different tours. So! If you want to read my review, please head on over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-how-and-the-why-by-cynthia-hand-review-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. And if you want another chance to win a print copy of <em>The How &amp; The Why<\/em>, plus follow another amazing tour and learn more about Cynthia and her amazing book, keep reading!<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TheHowandtheWhy.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: The How &#038; The Why by Cynthia Hand (Review + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: The How &#038; The Why by Cynthia Hand (Review + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>The How and the Why<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/cynthia-hand\/\">Cynthia Hand<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  November 5, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/harperteen\/\">HarperTeen<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 464 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43884147-the-how-and-the-why\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, perfect for fans of Far From the Tree, from New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand.<\/p>\n<p>Today Melly had us writing letters to our babies\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for. They\u2019ve given Cass a life she wouldn\u2019t trade for the world. She has everything she needs\u2014except maybe the one thing she wants. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can\u2019t answer, no matter how much they love her.<\/p>\n<p>But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for.<\/p>\n<p>Alternating between Cass\u2019s search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who gave her up for adoption, this voice-driven narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-11-11T10:55:43+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on The How &amp; The Why blog tour!! I'm so excited to share my review of this great book with you today! 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Before turning to writing for young adults, she studied literary fiction and earned both an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in fiction writing. She currently resides in Boise, Idaho, with a husband who\u2019s addicted to typewriters, two kids, two cats, one crazy dog, and an entourage of imaginary friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3364 size-large jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?resize=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?resize=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?resize=768%2C150&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"3364\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-shortest-distance-between-love-and-hate-by-sandy-hall-guest-post-giveaway\/follow-the-author-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?fit=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"follow the author 001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?fit=300%2C59&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-author-001.png?fit=1024%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiahandbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3290920.Cynthia_Hand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cynthiahand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CynthiaHand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/writercynthiahand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3382\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png 775w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-768x35.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanbooknerd.com\/2019\/10\/the-how-why-by-cynthia-hand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-tour-002-1-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-tour-002-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-tour-002-1-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/follow-the-tour-002-1-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3382\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png 775w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-768x35.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/enter-the-giveaway-002-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/e849f7751717\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win a print copy of <em>The How &amp; The Why<\/em> by Cynthia Hand!<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(US Only)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider.png 775w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diamond-divider-768x35.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lets-talk-001-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>I LOVED this book! Have you read it yet? Let me know what you think in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/well-wishes-kait-june-2019-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/well-wishes-kait-june-2019-002.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/well-wishes-kait-june-2019-002-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on The How &amp; The Why blog tour!! I&#8217;m so excited to share my review of this great book with you today! 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