MCD’s Book Club Update, Part Two

Hello, my lovely readers!

MCD’s Fav Things: Book Club: August

August: Dark Wizard (Bonds of Magic 1) by Jeffe Kennedy.

Genre: Fantasy Romance (Romantasy). Series (3 books, the POV shifts).

Available on all retailers (I’m sorry I’m so pushed for time I’ve only grabbed the Amazon links):

CANADA: https://amzn.to/3LLxvDy
USA: https://amzn.to/3WJyVVj
UK:https://amzn.to/4d6jJY4

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Jeffe Kennedy: August 31, 2024 at 2 pm PT. Join the guest list for the live zoom: https://forms.gle/qJ6zBJR1jb9AG4GFA (instructions and link will be emailed three days ahead)(also these lists don’t roll over, you must sign up every month, pretty please).

Join the discussion in MCD’s Adepts Discord.

Giveaway (see paperback above): drop a question in the discord (there will be a thread under August) or in the chat during the live zoom event to enter to win the autographed paperback and bookmark.

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Maria Vale – video now available!

Follow me on YouTube if you don’t want to miss any other videos (though I will try to post here as well).

July Giveaway: Deb won the autographed paperback of The Last Wolf!

Also, since this is time-sensitive, I’ve been invited to be an attending author at RARE London 2025. Tickets go on sale on August 3 at 9 am UK time. And sell out very quickly.

Venue: ExCel London

Date: July 5, 2025

Tickets on sale: August 3 @ 9 am UK time

Eventbrite ticket link (will go live about a day ahead of the event): https://rare25london.eventbrite.com

Facebook Attendee Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rare25londonattendees

MCD’s Book Club update, plus other little bits of news

Hello, my lovelies! Just a quick update with a lot of links.

MCD’s Fav Things: Book Club

July: The Last Wolf (The Legend of All Wolves 1) by Maria Vale.

CANADA: https://amzn.to/4cmuhlC
USA: https://amzn.to/4cjCPtp
UK: https://amzn.to/4bpdFZg

Genre: Paranormal Romance. Series (5 books) Complete (POV shifts).

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Maria Vale: July 27, 2024 at 2pm PT. Join the guest list for the live zoom: https://forms.gle/4vEeH2TqLC2D8Upd6 (instructions and link will be emailed three days ahead)(also these lists don’t roll over, you must sign up every month, pretty please).

Join the discussion in MCD’s Adepts Discord.

Giveaway (see paperback above): drop a question in the discord (there is a thread under July) or in the chat during the live zoom event to enter to win the autographed paperback and bookmark.

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Hailey Edwards – video now available!

Follow me on YouTube if you don’t want to miss any other videos (though I will try to post here as well). This is an edited version of the live Zoom event, with fewer puppy interruptions, disarray, amusing tangents, and much less cackling.

June Giveaway: Kat won the autographed paperback of How To Live and Undead Life!

Other news (in brief):

By request, I just updated this post about ‘Vancouver according to the Adept Universe’ to include a bunch of my current favs (scroll down):

A guide to Vancouver, BC according to the Adept Universe

Mirth, Part One: update

I’m awaiting the six character portraits from Nicole Deal for the limited edition eBook, but otherwise, the main book is all formatted and ready to go! The paperback will be available on release day as well (and the cover is sooo pretty!!). I’m implementing my social media blackout protocols and devoting next week to finishing the novelette that will be included in the limited edition eBook.

PREORDER MIRTH, PART ONE: eBOOK: LIMITED EDITION DIRECT FROM MCD – AMAZON – APPLE BOOKS – BARNES & NOBLE – KOBO – SMASHWORDS –

R&R Tours is handling the Release Day Blitz. If you’re an influencer or booksgrammer, please contact Shannon (and/or sign up to be a tour host). And just to avoid confusion, this isn’t about reviews (thank you in advance to all my lovely readers who take the time to leave them for me!!) it’s about having an active booksgram or tiktok, etc, that is focused on books/reading.

Okay … I’m sure there is more … there is always more … LOL … but I can’t think of anything else right now …

I hope you are all well!!

MCD’s Fav Things: Book Club

I officially ‘launched’ my book club via my newsletter at the end of May but I want a post I can link to and keep updated, hence the doubled info.

How will the book club work? MCD will select a fav book/fav author to read and discuss each month, culminating in a live Zoom event on the last Saturday of every month: A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with [insert featured author name].

The main discussion will take place in MCD’s Adepts Discord (< link), where readers can chat and submit questions for the live event.

If you’re on Discord scroll down to see the chat threads under the corresponding months (though sometimes they disappear and you have to click the month, i.e June, to find them).

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate [insert featured author]. On the last Saturday of each month, MCD (with Ashton moderating and running the event) will chat with the featured author about their fav things, including the featured book/series. The zoom chat will be recorded and posted on MCD’s YouTube (< link) for readers who can’t make the event. A new Google Doc link for the guest list will be provided each month (here, on the Discord, and via MCD’s newsletter). Then detailed instructions will be emailed to those guests three days before the event.

Book Club Giveaway. Specific details will be announced monthly but the ‘prize’ will usually be an autographed paperback. Submit a question to enter; either on MCD’s Adepts Discord or during the live Zoom event. The winner will be selected by a random number generator. Open internationally.

If you are so inclined, please repost or share or invite friends! You can tag me @MeghanCianaDoidge on most social media platforms (and hopefully I’ll see it).

MCD’S BOOK CLUB SCHEDULE & CONFIRMED AUTHORS

Note: the affiliate links provided lead to Amazon stores but some of these series are available on all platforms (at least in audiobook and paperback, if not in eBook). Kindle Unlimited (KU) noted.

CURRENTLY READING

The Last Wolf (The Legend of All Wolves 1) by Maria Vale

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series (5 books) Complete (POV shifts).

CANADA: https://amzn.to/4cmuhlC
USA: https://amzn.to/4cjCPtp
UK: https://amzn.to/4bpdFZg

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Maria Vale: July 27, 2024

JOIN THE GUEST LIST: GOOGLE DOC

Ask a question in MCD’s Adepts Discord (or during the live Zoom event) to enter to win this autographed copy of The Last Wolf!

UPCOMING READS

August: Dark Wizard (Bonds of Magic 1) by Jeffe Kennedy
Genre: Fantasy Romance (aka Romantasy)
Trilogy Complete. Universe ongoing.

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Jeffe Kennedy: August 31, 2024

September: Only Bad Options (Galatic Bonds 1) by Jennifer Estep
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Series ongoing (book 4 releases in October)

A Conversation and a Hot Chocolate with Jennifer Estep: September 28, 2024

A sneak peek at some of the POSSIBLE upcoming books – depending on the author’s interest/schedules.

Let me know if you have any questions about the book club! I’ll keep this post updated.

Book club: Al-Kabar by Lee French

The first book in the Kick-Ass Heroine Fantasy Book Club is Al-Kabar by Lee French! [Click the link for more information about the book club]. I will start a discussion thread in my reader run fan group as well, but feel free to comment on this post if you aren’t on Facebook.

FYI – Al-Kabar by Lee French can currently be found in the 2019 SFWA Fantasy Storybundle but only util Feb 14, 2019.

Short synopsis: A young woman is chosen by powerful supernatural forces to bring justice to a desert land of oasis kingdoms.

About the Author: Lee French lives in Olympia, WA with two kids, two bicycles, and too much stuff. She is an avid gamer and active member of the Myth-Weavers online RPG community, where she is known for her fondness for Angry Ninja Squirrels of Doom. In addition to spending too much time there, she also trains year-round for the one-week of glorious madness that is RAGBRAI, has a nice flower garden with one dragon and absolutely no lawn gnomes, and tries in vain every year to grow vegetables that don’t get devoured by neighborhood wildlife.

You can find Lee on her web site: https://authorleefrench.com or on Twitter: @AuthorLeeFrench

MCD’s thoughts/notes (as of Jan 23): I’m only about a third of the way through Al-Kabar, but quite enjoying the world Lee French has created. It’s a different read for me (I tend to read only straight up urban fantasy these day), full of spices and sand and fire layered between tiny intimate moments that really breath life into the otherwise foreign setting (for me at least).

Let me know your favourite parts in the comments below or over in the fan group discussion. We have two weeks to read and chat. Also please feel free to chat amongst yourselves!!

Kick-Ass Heroine Fantasy Book Club

I mentioned the idea of a book club connected to the SFWA Fantasy Storybundle that I posted about last week in my reader run fan group, and a bunch of readers seemed interested. So we discussed the idea, I suggested a schedule, and the ‘club’ officially starts tomorrow.

How it will work: I’ll introduce a book every two weeks (see the schedule below) here on my blog and in Facebook group, along with links and some extra info about the author, etc. If it is a trilogy, we’ll read the first book for the club. The main discussion will take place in my fan group, but if you aren’t on Facebook please feel free to start a discussion on the specific blog posts as well.

A few of the authors might be participating as well. Fun! Fun! But I’ll confirm who and how as we move forward.

The schedule:

Wednesday, January 30 – Al-Kabar by Lee French
Wednesday, February 13 – Amaskan’s Blood by Raven Oak
Wednesday, February 27 – Ashwin by Kit Rocha
Wednesday, March 13 – Blade and Rose by Miranda Honfleur
Wednesday, March 27 – Catching Echoes by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Wednesday, April 10 – Dragon Blood Omnibus by Lindsay Buroker
Wednesday, April 24 – Genrenauts by Michael R. Underwood
Wednesday, May 8 – Radiance by Grace Draven
Wednesday, May 22 – The Arrows of the Heart by Jeffe Kennedy
Wednesday, June 5 – The Glass Gargoyle by Marie Andreas
Wednesday, June 19 – The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher
Wednesday, July 3 – The Twenty-Sided Sorceress by Annie Bellet

Some of you might own some of these books already, or prefer to get them from the library, but if you’re interested in purchasing the book bundle you can find more information about it here: https://storybundle.com/fantasy or in my previous blog post.

Also I understand that sticking to a two week schedule might be difficult (for me as well) so if you need to skip books, or pick and choose what you have the time to read, no worries. Please participate as you are able. This is all just for fun.

Let me me know if you have any questions. The book club officially launches tomorrow with Al-Kabar by Lee French! I’m about a third of the way through my read so far and quite enjoying the world Lee has created.

I hope you can join me. It should be fun.