It is my pleasure to share the 2020 Lone Star Book Blog Tours Bloggers’ Choice Awards! There were a lot of great books on tour in 2020. If you want to see all that LSBBT has had to offer, stop by Lone Star Literary Life to find out.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE 2020 LSBBT
BLOGGERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
WINNERS & FINALISTS!
Because it’s better late than never!
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THE PERFECT FIVE AWARD MOST ENGAGED AUTHOR BEST COVER
MOST CREATIVE PREMISE / BEST HOOK BEST SERIES BEST NONFICTION
BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS BEST ROMANCE
BEST CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL / SPIRITUAL BEST HISTORICAL FICTION
BEST MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER BEST HUMOR
BEST PARANORMAL / FANTASY / MAGICAL REALISM
BEST WESTERN BEST LITERARY FICTION BEST TEXAS BOOK
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These eleven of the sixty-five titles reviewed by Lone Star Lit’s Blogger Team in 2020 were awarded a perfect five stars by every reviewer on tour.
Rio Ruidoso by Preston Lewis, Blue Skies by Anne Bustard, Execution in E by Alexia Gordon, Destiny’s Way by Ben English, Full Circle by Pamela Lombardo, Gates of Mars by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays, *Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel, The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox, A Dog’s Day: I Am Jax by Catherine Stier, The Diary of Asser Levy by Daniela Weil, *The Kissing Tree by Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese
* Most tours include five to seven reviews; Nacho’s Nachos had eight and The Kissing Tree had ten.
WINNER: Tui Snider
RUNNERS-UP: TIE: Linda Broday & Marlene Bell
HONORABLE MENTION:
Stephanie Raffelock, DiAnn Mills, Preston Lewis
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WINNERS: TIE:
Thank You, Garden by Liz Scanlon
Yeah, But I Didn’t by Ann Swann
RUNNERS-UP: TIE:
For Spacious Skies by Nancy Churnin
Enemies of Doves by Shanessa Gluhm
HONORABLE MENTION: Gates of Mars by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays; The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell
WINNER: The Gethsamane Brown Mysteries series by Alexia Gordon
RUNNER-UP: A Dog’s Day series by Catherine Stier
HONORABLE MENTION:
Conquest of the Veil series by Michael Scott Clifton; Sulfer Gap series by Dana Glossbrenner; The Sisters, Texas series by Becki Willis; The Annalisse Series by Marlene M. Bell; American Wonders Collection by Regina Scott; The H.H. Lomax Western series by Preston Lewis; The Talia Inger series by James R. Hannibal
MOST CREATIVE PREMISE / BEST HOOK
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WINNER: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider
RUNNER-UP: Gates of Mars by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays
HONORABLE MENTION: Airborne by DiAnn Mills, Storms of Malhado by Maria Elena Sandovici; The First Emma by Camille DiMaio
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WINNER: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider
RUNNERS-UP: TIE
A Delightful Little Book on Aging by Stephanie Raffelock
Full Circle by Pamela Lombardo
HONORABLE MENTION:
Postcards from Lonnie by Lisa Johnson; Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel; Landing in My Present by Mary Clark; The Gulag P-Pa Diaries by Preston Lewis
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WINNER: Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley
RUNNER-UP: TIE
Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel; Blue Skies by Anne Bustard
HONORABLE MENTION:
Araceli’s Path by Marion Surles; Edison Jones and the Anti-Grav Elevator by Michael Scott Clifton; Cleo Can Tie a Bow by Sybrina Durant
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WINNER:
The Kissing Tree by Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese
RUNNER-UP: TIE:
Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe by Jodi Thomas
The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt
HONORABLE MENTION: Once Upon a Mail Order Bride by Linda Broday; The Love Note by Joann Davidson Politano; The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse
BEST CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL / SPIRITUAL
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WINNERS: TIE:
The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox
Out of the Embers by Amanda Cabot
RUNNER-UP: A Delightful Little Book on Aging by Stephanie Raffelock
HONORABLE MENTION: All In by L.K. Simonds; A Firm Place to Stand by Lori Altebaumer, Road to Hope by Dena Jansen; Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick; Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott
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WINNERS: TIE:
All Things Left Wild by James Wade
Blue Skies by Anne Bustard
RUNNERS-UP: TIE:
Storms of Malhado by Maria Elena Sandovici
The Diary of Asser Levy by Daniela Weil
HONORABLE MENTION: Destiny’s Way by Ben English; The Black Midnight by Kathleen Y’Barbo; The First Emma by Camille DiMaio; What Momma Left Behind by Cindy Sproles; Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick
BEST MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
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WINNERS: TIE:
The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell
Execution in E by Alexa Gordon
RUNNER-UP: TIE:
Collision of Lies by Tom Threadgill
Ain’t Nobody Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett
HONORABLE MENTION: Airborne by DiAnn Mills; Chasing the White Lion by James R. Hannibal; Coded for Murder by Dianne Smithwick-Braden; Enemies of Doves by Shanessa Gluhm; Spent Identity by Marlene M. Bell; Strong from the Heart by Jon Land; The Black Midnight by Kathleen Y’Barbo; A Firm Place to Stand by Lori Altebaumer
BEST PARANORMAL / FANTASY / MAGICAL REALISM
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WINNER: Execution in E by Alexia Gordon
RUNNER-UP: Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley
HONORABLE MENTION: Escape from Wheel by Michael Scott Clifton
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WINNER: Ain’t Nobody Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett
RUNNERS-UP: TIE:
The Square Root of Texas by Rob Witherspoon
The Gulag P-Pa Diaries by Preston Lewis
HONORABLE MENTION: The Republic of Jack by Jeffrey Kerr; Covey and Jay Jay Get Educated by Shelton Williams; North to Alaska by Preston Lewis
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WINNERS: TIE:
The Outlaw’s Daughter by Margaret Brownley
All Things Left Wild by James Wade
RUNNERS-UP: TIE:
Slanted Light by Teddy Jones
Rio Ruidoso by Preston Lewis
HONORABLE MENTION: Once Upon a Mail Order Bride by Linda Broday; The Mail Order Bride’s Secret by Linda Broday
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WINNER: The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox
RUNNER-UP: All Things Left Wild by James Wade
HONORABLE MENTION: Violence, Joy, Chaos by Jane Fleming; Slanted Light by Teddy Jones; The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt; Low Water Crossing by Dana Glossbrenner; The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse
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WINNER: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider
RUNNER-UP: The Square Root of Texas by Rob Witherspoon
HONORABLE MENTION: Storms of Malhado by Maria Elena Sandovici; Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe by Jodi Thomas; The Republic of Jack by Jeffrey Kerr; The Mail Order Bride’s Secret by Linda Broday
THANKS FOR JOINING US!
