FRANCE BOOK TOURS 2015

2015 has been another great year for France Book Tours, its authors and its reviewers!

Here is the year through some graphs and stats.

28 books have been presented in 2015 (a total of 89 so far)

Mystery was the most popular genre, but we had a nice diversity otherwise.
Women writers were more present.
And many books translated from the French!

AND NOW TO THE 3 BOOKS
MOST OFTEN VIEWED IN 2015
(click on the covers to know more)

#1

#2

#3

Through France Book Tours, the following have been posted:

• 224 reviews
• 51 spolights
• 36 excerpts
• 13 guest-posts
• 12 interviews

Don’t forget that book reviewers are entered in $15 gift card giveaway for each 10 stops tour, when they cross-post their reviews. More information here.
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HAPPY NEW WRITING AND READING YEAR
TO EACH OF YOU!

We have winners!

won a copy of

French Illusions:
My Story as an American Au Pair
in the Loire Valley

(Memoir, narrative non-fiction)

 Release date: October 3, 2012
at Dreamland Press

275  pages

ISBN: 978-0988464018

Website | Goodreads

SYNOPSIS

French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley, is the first of two books based on the author’s diaries.
It’s 1979 and Linda needs to learn a language fast in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a flight attendant. Broke yet determined, she chooses French immersion and contracts to become an au pair for a wealthy family in the Loire Valley. Yielding to poor judgment, she lies on her application and claims to speak basic French, confident she’ll be forgiven once she arrives at the Château de Montclair.
As she struggles to adapt to her challenging new environment with the hard-to-please Madame Dubois and her two incomprehensible children, Linda signs up and attends language classes at the local university. When she encounters Adam, a handsome young student, her life becomes more complicated—much more complicated—adding fuel to her internal battle for independence. Join Linda on her adventure of discovery and romance in an extraordinary part of the world.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Linda Kovic-Skow is a best-selling author in travel in France.
Originally from Seattle, she currently winters in Gilbert, Arizona
and spends summers on a boat in the Pacific Northwest Waters
of Washington and British Columbia.
She earned an Associate Degree in Medical Assisting in 1978
from North Seattle Community College
and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
from Seattle University in 1985.
She has been married for 30 years and has two daughters.
An enthusiastic traveler, Linda also enjoys hiking, boating, gardening and socializing with friends. French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley, was her debut memoir. The sequel, French Illusions: From Tours to Paris, recounts the rest of her adventure in France.