LIKE OTHER GIRLS
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the LIKE OTHER GIRLS by Britta Lundin Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About the Book
Title: LIKE OTHER GIRLS
Author: Britta Lundin
Pub. Date: August 3, 2021
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 384
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
“What if I played football?” I ask. As soon as it’s out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I’ve overstepped some kind of invisible line we’ve all agreed not to discuss. We don’t talk about how Mara is different from other girls. We don’t talk about how Mara is gay but no one says so. But when I do stuff like this, I worry it gets harder for us all to ignore what’s right in front of us. I direct my gaze to Quinn. “What do you think?”
“I think it’s frickin’ genius,” he says.
After getting kicked off the basketball team for a fight that was absolutely totally not her fault (okay maybe a little her fault), Mara is dying to find a new sport to play to prove to her coach that she can be a team player. A lifelong football fan, Mara decides to hit the gridiron with her brother, Noah, and best friend, Quinn-and she turns out to be a natural. But joining the team sets off a chain of events in her small Oregon town-and within her family-that she never could have predicted.
Inspired by what they see as Mara’s political statement, four other girls join the team. Now Mara’s lumped in as one of the girls-one of the girls who can’t throw, can’t kick, and doesn’t know a fullback from a linebacker. Complicating matters is the fact that Valentina, Mara’s crush, is one of the new players, as is Carly, Mara’s nemesis-the girl Mara fought with when she was kicked off the basketball team. What results is a coming-of-age story that is at once tear-jerking and funny, thought-provoking and real, as Mara’s preconceived notions about gender, sports, sexuality, and friendship are turned upside down.
Britta Lundin’s sophomore novel will give readers all the feels, and make them stand up and cheer.
Events
Tuesday, August 3
Like Other Girls 🎉 Launch Signing
Skylight Books
7-8:30pm
more details
Saturday, August 7
Like Other Girls 🎉Virtual Event
Britta Lundin in conversation with Carly Usdin (filmmaker, author The Avant Guards)
noon PT/3pm ET
register here to get the link
EXCERPT
About Britta Lundin:
Britta Lundin is a TV writer and author.
She’s written for shows such as Riverdale, Betty, and The Big Leap and is the author of the young adult novels Like Other Girls (out August 2021) and Ship It.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she lives with her wife, kid, and dog in Los Angeles.
Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Goodreads | Amazon
Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a finished copy of LIKE OTHER GIRLS, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
| 8/1/2021 | Tween 2 Teen Book Reviews | Review |
| 8/2/2021 | BookHounds YA | Excerpt |
| 8/3/2021 | Rajiv’s Reviews | Review |
| 8/4/2021 | Kait Plus Books | Excerpt |
| 8/5/2021 | Lifestyle of Me | Review |
| 8/6/2021 | onemused | Review |
| 8/7/2021 | booksaremagictoo | Review |
Week Two:
| 8/8/2021 | EveryonesLibrarian | Review |
| 8/9/2021 | @curlygrannylovestoread | Review |
| 8/10/2021 | BRITTREADSALATTEBOOKS | IG Post |
| 8/11/2021 | A Bookish Dream | Review |
| 8/12/2021 | Nonbinary Knight Reads | Review |
| 8/13/2021 | Unconventional Quirky Bibliophile | Review |
| 8/14/2021 | Fyrekatz Blog | Review |
Week Three:
| 8/15/2021 | @coffeebooksandmascara | Review |
| 8/16/2021 | Midnightbooklover | IG Post |
| 8/17/2021 | A Gingerly Review | Excerpt/IG post |
| 8/18/2021 | The Bookwyrm’s Den | Review |
| 8/19/2021 | @drewsim12 | Review |
| 8/20/2021 | Adrianna.reads | Review |
| 8/21/2021 | Mallory Books | Review |
Week Four:
| 8/22/2021 | GivernyReads | Review |
| 8/23/2021 | popthebutterfly | Review |
| 8/24/2021 | @pagesofyellow | Review |
| 8/25/2021 | My Fictional Oasis | Review |
| 8/26/2021 | Perusewithcoffee | Review |
| 8/27/2021 | The Phantom Paragrapher | Review |
| 8/28/2021 | Eli to the nth | Review |
Week Five:
| 8/29/2021 | @fictitious.fox | Review |
| 8/30/2021 | Bibliosini | Review |
| 8/31/2021 | Two Points of Interest | Review |
I am 100% here for books where girls play football. This sounds awesome!
Sounds good to me!
I have been looking forward to this book for so long!!! Love the idea and can’t wait to read it!