Tuesday marked the release of Given Our History and I completely forgot to send out a newsletter to mark the occasion! Instead, I was driving all over for events and trying (failing) to keep up with social media. So, instead of an email announcing that GOH is out now, I’m sending a quick recap instead!

How did I manage to use the word “instead” three times in the same paragraph? Idk but that should probably tell you where I’m at, mentally. We’re running on fumes around here.

I didn’t have anything planned for release day itself, so on Tuesday I drove over to Bowdoin College to use the beautiful campus as a stand-in for fictional University of Irving. Now I feel obligated to return in the fall to snap a few pictures when the leaves are changing!

I followed up release day with an event at Print: A Bookstore in conversation with my wonderful friend K.J. Micciche. I met K.J. last summer after our debut novels released on the same day. We’re almost always shelved side-by-side, thanks to our initials, and her sophomore novel, A Storybook Wedding, is also an academia-centered romance! Similarities abound when it comes to the two of us, so she was the obvious pick when I was asked to invite another author with me to Print. All in all, we had a great time on Wednesday and I look forward to doing more events together in the future.

On Thursday, GOH released in the U.K., which is an exciting milestone because Seven Rules for Breaking Hearts hasn’t been published there, so hopefully I’ll reach some new readers. And then on Friday and Saturday, I had signings back-to-back: at Barnes & Noble in Augusta on Friday night, and then at Books-A-Million in South Portland midday Saturday. I also signed a bunch of copies of Given Our History to be distributed to Books-A-Million locations throughout the northeast, so keep an eye out for signed copies next time you stop by your local store!

What else? Given Our History is featured in the current issue of Woman’s World magazine as one of the best books this week. I recently did a quick interview with The Nerd Daily, which you can read here. And I am so, so grateful to all the bookstagrammers, blogs, indie stores, book clubs, and subscription boxes who have featured my book! It’s felt like a very warm welcome this time around.

Looking ahead: I’m hoping to share more info in the near future about some shiny new projects. In the meantime, I’m going to continue doing events and other promo for Given Our History. If you haven’t already bought a copy, any purchases made today will still count toward first week sales, which is extremely helpful for us authors!! But of course, any and every purchase is appreciated, whether it’s today or years down the road (I hope people are still buying my books years from now).

Here’s a link to my publisher’s landing page for ordering your copy. And in case you need a quick refresher on what you can expect to find in this book:

All right, I feel like I’ve rambled enough. Let’s do it again sometime. 🤪

xo

Kristyn