Category Archives: Rock Star Romance, Part 1: Sophie’s Turn

Kim the Book Worm says Sophie’s Turn is an “Outstanding Debut Novel” (five stars!)

Kim Nash at Kim the Book Worm has reviewed Sophie’s Turn… And she has awared this “outstanding debut novel” FIVE stars on Amazon!

Kim says:  Can’t believe that this is Nicky’s first book.  She writes in such a fabulously colourful and descriptive way which makes you believe you are the main character of the book, and feel the deep emotions of the characters.

Wow!  To read the full review, check out http://kimthebookworm.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html.

A big thank you to Kim for taking the time to read Sophie’s Turn (on her holidays, no less!) and for writing such a detailed review sharing her impressions and reactions. I love it!  🙂

 

Check out what’s happening for Sophie’s Turn this week (5 Sep)

 

Another week rolls in, as weeks are wont to do, and the virtual book tour for Sophie’s Turn brings you more exciting events. First of all,  there is a fabulous review for Sophie’s Turn from Kim Nash at Kim The Bookworm:  http://kimthebookworm.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html.

Next, I may be gaining a review by Jonita Fox from The Book Chick blog.  The review will feature a give-away. I also have offer a guest-blog on Jonita’s blog this week: find out more about my writing habits there!

Later in the week, I will have a spot on Sue Fortin’s new “Audience with an Author” feature at lovereadinglovebooks.  Sue is asking me some very interesting questions about writing and publishing Sophie’s Turn… Don’t miss it!

LAST WEEK saw three reviews and one interview! Find links all over this blog, but just to remind you… the reviews were by Lou Graham at www.lougrahamiiblog.wordpress.com/, Rea Sinfield at http://reabookreview.blogspot.com/, and Christy Goldstein at the Chick Lit Club at http://www.chicklitclub.com/.  The interview by Laura Williams is live NOW at the Bookworm Ink. at http://www.bookwormink.co.uk/

WOW! Thanks to all for taking part… and to you, for checking it out!

Laura Williams interviews Nicky Wells, author of Sophie’s Turn, for Bookworm Ink.

Hello all!  Another fantastic event in the virtual book tour for Sophie’s Turn right at the end of this week… Check out my interview by Laura Williams for Bookworm Ink.  Find out what started me writing, what my typical writing day looks like, which author influenced me as a child… and more!  Visit http://bookwormink.co.uk/1/post/2011/09/interview-with-nicky-wells-author-of-sophies-turn.html for the full story. 🙂

A big Thank You to Laura for her exciting and thoughtful questions, and for giving me such a great feature space on her blog this week.  And a really HUGE Thank You for taking the time to post this interview despite being very poorly.  Laura, where would indie authors like me be without dedicated bloggers, reviewers and feature-space-providers like you?

Christy Goldstein reviews Sophie’s Turn for the Chick Lit Club

The review jamboree for Sophie’s Turn continues with another great review, this one from Christy Goldstein at the Chick Lit Club.  Christy concludes: “This is a great debut from Nicky Wells about deciding your fate. Do you choose the one who got away or choose the current one you “think” you are in love with?”  Check out the full review at http://www.chicklitclub.com/sophiesturn.html.

Thank you to Christy for taking the time to read and review Sophie’s Turn! 🙂

Reabookreview reviews and recommends Sophie’s Turn with four stars!

Rea Sinfield from Reabookreviews has taken the time to read and review my debut novel, Sophie’s Turn… and she enjoyed herself!  Rea concludes that she would definitely recommend reading my book: She says, “I feel as though Nicky has a style of writing which makes it easy to read and also using more realistic scenarios which makes the books easier to relate to and enjoy. I found there were also some lovely humorous touches in this novel which were not predictable.”  Check out the full review at http://reabookreview.blogspot.com/2011/08/sophies-turn-by-nicky-wells.html?showComment=1314643761467#c9019176393986634841.

Rea also had a slightly spooky experience with reading Sophie’s Turn as one of the events that happen to Sophie and Tim also happened to her a while back… pretty much, actually, as I was writing the book: and **that** spooked me!  If anyone else out there has any novel-reality-transference experiences relating to Sophie’s Turn, please do get in touch!

Thanks to Rea for taking the time to read and review Sophie’s Turn.  Rea awarded Sophie’s Turn four stars on www.goodreads.com.

Lou Graham reviews Sophie’s Turn and says it’s “perfect”!

Hello!  Just to alert you to another fantastic review for Sophie’s Turn, this one by Lou Graham.  Lou concludes:

“This is a great book and very easy to read. … There are lots of very funny elements to this book and some great characters. …. Packed full of heated highs but also some very sad lows that might have you reaching for a tissue. (Loved the ending) Nicky has written a perfect ChickLit book that easily stands up against the others available today in the shops.

To read the full review, check out http://lougrahamiiblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/sophies-turn-nicky-wells/

Thank you to Lou for taking the time to read and review Sophie’s Turn!

V-Book Tour for Sophie’s Turn: Interview and Give-Away at Chick Lit Aholic!

Hello all!  Check out Chick Lit Aholic at http://chicklitaholic.blogspot.com/ for the next new and exciting event in the book tour for Sophie’s Turn!  Find an interview with me by Georgina Scott that tells you about… my dream cast for Sophie’s Turn!  And don’t miss your chance to win a free e-copy of Sophie’s Turn.  The give-away is live from 24 August until 31 August midnight (Eastern Standard Time).

Thank you to Georgina for hosting this event… I look forward to seeing you all there! 🙂

Virtual Book Tour for Sophie’s Turn…

Check out the UPDATED schedule for the Virtual Book Tour for Sophie’s Turn, posted below!  Lots of fabulous things going on here AND a host of new events… very exciting!  You can also find a copy of the schedule here: Virtual Book Tour for Sophie’s Turn .  The schedule is so packed with events that it has rolled over onto THREE pages!  So… I’m just posting a roll-call below (but you can still access the prettified version via the link above).

The tour involves reviews, interviews and guest blogs, as well as competitions with give-aways.  You can already find some of the reviews and interviews listed using  the links in my blogroll.  Competitions will be listed and advertised on my blog while they are ‘live’ and happening.  And yes… of course I will update the schedule with new exciting events regularly and/or as needed.

If you are interested in hosting an event for this book tour, please contact me at nickywells@yahoo.co.uk.  Enjoy!  🙂

Haven’t read Sophie’s Turn yet?  Don’t know what the fuss is all about?  Buy it now–find links all over this blog!

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Sophie’s Turn by Nicky Wells:  The Virtual Book Tour

Vital Stats:  21 Reviews; 19 Interviews and Guest Blogs; 12
Give-Aways

July 2011

Review by Shaz Goodwin for Jera’s Jamboree

August 2011

Review by Sue Fortin for lovereadinglovebooks

Interview by Shaz Goodwin give-away by Nicky Wells at
Jera’s Jamboree at http://shazjera.blogspot.com/

Review by GeorginaScott for Chick Lit Aholic

Give-away and interview by Nicky Wells on Chick Lit
Aholic at http://chicklitaholic.blogspot.com (24/8/11 – 30/8/11)

Review by Lou Graham at Lou Graham’s Blog

Review by Rea Sinfield for Reabookreview

Review by Christy Goldstein for the Chick Lit Club at http://www.chicklitclub.com/

September 2011 

Interview by Laura Williams for Bookworm Ink. at http://www.bookwormink.co.uk/

Review by Nikki Bywater on Books4U at http://nikkis-books4u.blogspot.com/

Review by Kim Nash on Kim the Book Worm

Review by Jonita Fex and give-away by Nicky Wells on The Book Chick

Guest blog by Nicky Wells at The Book
Chick at http://book-chic.blogspot.com/

An audience with an author by Sue Fortin for lovereadinglovebooks at http://lovereadinglovebooks.wordpress.com

Review and interview by Kristin Durham at Kritters
Ramblings

Interview on Kim the Book Worm at  http://kimthebookworm.blogspot.com/

Guest blog and give-away by Nicky Wells at Chick Lit
Central at http://chicklitcentraltheblog.blogspot.com/

Meet and Greet with Mandy Baggot at http://mandybaggot.webs.com/meetandgreet.htm

October 2011 

Interview by Rea Sinfield and give-away by Nicky
Wells at Reabookreview at http://reabookreviews.blogspot.com

Guest blog by Nicky Wells for The Review Girl on http://komzreviews.blogspot.com/

Interview by Brittany Davis for The Write Stuff at http://brittanyroshelle.wordpress.com/

Review by Brittany Davis and give-away by Nicky Wells
at The Write Stuff at http://brittanyroshelle.wordpress.com/

Review by Sarah Taylor for Today I’m Reading at http://www.todayimreading.blogspot.com/

Interview and give-away on Today I’m Reading at http://www.todayimreading.blogspot.com/

November 2011

Review, interview and give-away on Girls Who Love to Read at http://girlswholovetoread.com/http://girlswholovetoread.com/

Review and interview by Donna Mcbroom-theriot and give-away by Nicky Wells at My Life. One Story at a Time.  at http://mylife-in-stories.blogspot.com/

Interview by Lou Graham and give-away by Nicky Wells on Lou Graham’s Blog athttp://lougrahamiiblog.wordpress.com/

Review and interview by Laurie Jenkins on Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews at http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.com/

In the Pipeline…

Review on Chick Lit Central at http://chicklitcentraltheblog.blogspot.com/

Review, interview and give-away onAelia Reads at http://aeliareads.wordpress.com/

Interview by Coral Russell and give-away by Nicky Wells at Alchemy of Scrawl at http://alchemyofscrawl.wordpress.com/

Another fabulous review for Sophie’s Turn….

Check out Georgina Scott’s blog, Chick Lit Aholic, for a detailed and thoughtful review of Sophie’s Turn.  Georgina hails from the UK originally and she says all the Britishisms made her nostalgic!  She loved the ending and admits that at one point, she ‘literally had to be dragged away from the novel.’  You can find Georgina’s blog at http://chicklitaholic.blogspot.com/.

Thank you to Georgina for taking the time to read and review my debut novel.

Check out my first interview and give-away!!!

Interview!

Give-away!

Go for it–now!!

Jera’s Jamboree is hosting my first author’s interview, together with a give-away of a copy of Sophie’s Turn, from today!  Check it out at:  http://shazjera.blogspot.com/2011/08/author-interview-and-giveaway-nicky.html?spref=fb