Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Janine Rosche & Glory Falls

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Glory Falls by Janine Rosche, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m delighted to have Janine on the blog today to share 25 ways to properly obsess over a fictional character! (I’m taking notes haha)

Title: Glory Falls by Janine Rosche
Series: Madison River Romance #3
Publisher: Berkley Books
Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 12, 2021

Two people scarred by past trauma have a chance to write a new chapter in their lives, overcome loss, and find love in the third entry in the Madison River Romance series.

Screenwriter Cecilia “Blue” Walker is victim to life’s worst plot twists. Having lost her daughter to the depths of the Madison River and her husband to the arms of another woman, she finds herself yearning for something to restore her brittle faith and once-vibrant career.

Hope arrives in the form of her childhood friend, Thomas Beck, a firefighter with a legacy of larger-than-life rescues who doesn’t see himself as a hero. Haunted by his past, Thomas only agrees to a movie adaptation of his story if Blue, his longtime crush, is the screenwriter.

However, as Blue and Thomas work together to bring his heroism to the big screen, the glitz and glamour of Hollywood threaten to shed light on secrets that could tear their fragile relationship and their lives apart.

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25 Ways to Properly Obsess over Fictional Characters

by Janine Rosche, author of Glory Falls

Some characters are worth obsessing over, and I’m willing to put my self-respect aside to give them the honor they’re due. Of course, there’s etiquette to stalking fictional heroes and heroines. Who better to teach on that subject than the master of character obsessions? (Psst… I’m talking about me.) I’m so experienced that I use my expertise to create my own books’ characters in hopes that maybe one day, they’ll be the object of someone else’s fascination. It’s a lofty goal, I know.

“Please, Janine! Teach us your ways!”

Okay, okay. Without further ado, here are 25 ways to properly obsess over fictional characters.

1. Make the meal or snack the character loves.
2. Rename that meal or snack after the character (ie. Boiled potatoes are now Mr. Collinses)
3. Search for the author’s next book on Goodreads and click WANT TO READ.
4. Read every other book by the author in hopes that maybe the character makes a cameo.
5. Name your pet after the character. (My dog’s name is Ada Elizabeth Karana Scout Rosche.)
6. Tell the author how much this character meant to you and why.
7. Draw the character’s face on your leg with a Sharpie. If you get compliments, have a tattoo artist go over it. If you don’t, wear pants for a few days.
8. Tell others about this character and lend the book to them.
9. Make a human-sized cake in the shape of the character.
10. Review the book on bookselling sites and reader sites.
11. Visit the setting of the book and ask everyone you see where the character lives. If it’s a fictional town, start on the east side of the state and move west.
12. Suggest the book in reader groups and book clubs.
13. Request the book at your library.
14. Take a good quote from the character and share it on Goodreads or social media along with the book’s cover.
15. Talk in the character’s accent for an entire day.
16. Create a pin on Pinterest for the book and include the buy link or the author’s website.
17. Sign up for the author’s newsletter.
18. Spray paint YOUR NAME + THE CHARACTER’S NAME 4EVR on the side of your house.
19. Create a bookstagram post of the book.
20. If you’re good at art, draw a scene from the book and share it on social media. If you’re not good at art, draw a scene from the book and maybe just send it to me and your mom.
21. Share a post about the character using fun hashtags like #bookcrush #bookboyfriend #bookboyfriends #booklove #booknerd #fangirl #fictionalcharacters #bookobsession
22. Follow the author on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Bookbub, Amazon, and Goodreads.
23. Join the author’s reader/fan group.
24. Find all the stray cats, possums, and skunks around town and form your own fan group for the author in your kitchen. Get matching t-shirts.
25. Keep following blogs like Reading Is My Superpower to learn about more fabulous characters!

Now you know how to properly obsess over a fictional character. Okay, the word “properly” is subjective.

YOUR TURN: What’s your favorite way to show love for a character? Comment on this post and grab one of the extra entries in the Rafflecopter to be entered in the Glory Falls prize pack giveaway below. For a second chance to win a signed copy, find me on social media and confess your character obsession!

Fine Print: Reading Is My Superpower is not responsible should any of these go awry. I’m only slightly responsible. I’m not paying for a tattoo removal though.