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  I Joined NetGalley! Hi all!  Today I have some exciting news to share – I have joined NetGalley! For those of you that don’t know, NetGalley is a website dedicated to book bloggers, professional readers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, authors and content creators. It allows you to request digital ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies) of books that have not yet been released and review them. In turn, your post will promote and encourage readers to pre-order or purchase the novel when it finally hits shelves.  HOW DOES IT WORK?  Simply log into  NetGalley   and set up your profile. Try to be as detailed as possible in your bio. The more information you provide, the more likely the publisher will approve your request. Once you are done, go to  F ind Titles  and search for the book you would like to read. There are tons of categories to select. I typically look through the YA section. Click  Read Now  and once your request is approved, a dig...

  The story of the tragic maiden voyage was found timelessly powerful, tragic, and romantic in the year 1912. The girl who came home was inspired by the true events surrounding a group of fourteen Irish emigrants who left their homes in County Mayo, Ireland, to travel on Titanic to relatives in America. The group is known as the Addergoole Fourteen. When titanic sank, the loss of eleven passengers from the Addergoole group represented the largest proportional loss of life from one region. For the purposes of this novel, the names of all fourteen passengers have changed. The town of Ballysheen, although based on Lahardane in County Mayo, is fictitious.  Maggie Murphy is based on two of the youngest girls in the Addergoole group (Annie Kate Kelly and Anne McGowan), and Kathleen Dolan is based on Catherine McGowan, the woman generally credited with organizing the Addergoole group's journey, although this has never been proven.  Annie Kate Kelly reported to the Chicago Herald...