Ding Dong The Diva's Dead by Cat Melodia Blog Tour

Blog Tour Schedule

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October 2011 - Confirmed Tour Dates

October 1
The Bluestocking Guide
click link to read posted review
and
Live to Read
click link to read posted review

October 5
Crazed Mind
click link to read posted review

October 6
Tic Toc
click link to read posted review

October 7
The Book Faery Reviews
click link to read posted review
and
Confessions of a Book Habitue
click link to read posted review

October 8
My Favorite Things
click link to read posted review

October 10
The Crypto-Capers Review
click link to read posted review
and
Knits, Reads and Reviews
click link to read posted review

October 11
Carol's Notebook
click link to read posted review

October 12
Book Dilettante
click link to read posted review

October 13
Bibliophilic Book Blog
click link to read posted review
and
Books and Needlepoint
click link to read posted review

October 14
Community Bookstop
click link to read posted review

October 15
Heather's Blog
click link to read posted review

October 16
MotherLode
click link to read posted review
and
Red Adept Reviews
click link to read posted review

October 17
Reader Girls
click link to read posted review

October 18
You Gotta Read Guest Blog (author interview)
click link to read posted interview

October 19
Bookworm Lisa
click link to read posted review

October 20
A Lovely Shore Breeze
click link to read posted review

October 23
Everybody Needs a Little Romance
click link to read posted review

October 24
The Book Connection
click link to read posted review

October 25
CelticLady's Reviews
click link to read posted review
and
Mybitsandbleeps' Blog
click link to read posted review

October 27
Bookin' with Bingo (author interview)
click link to read posted interview & enter the giveaway (ends 11/8)

October 28
Bookin' with Bingo
click link to read posted review & enter the giveaway (ends 11/8)

October 31
Reviews by Molly
click link to read posted review

Excerpt

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Reviews

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4.5 out of 5—Top Pick: “This is a quirky and perky mystery with an operatic background. Things move along quickly throughout the story and each character is unique and different …. Overall, I liked this book and didn’t want to put it down. Deborah’s adventures interested me. I also had to wonder how many times poor Deborah would be found naked and in public. As for who was causing all the problems, it sure wasn’t anyone I was thinking it might be ….”
—Terri, Night Owl Reviews Read More …

"I loved this novel! It introduced me to a world I knew nothing of, and gave me a new perspective on murder mysteries. I really enjoyed the humor and the rollicking parody of the very genre she is working in."
—Peter G. Beidler, Author of A Reader's Companion to Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

“It’s Bloody Backstage At The Opera. Wonderful fun, and just as snotty as any theatrical company can be.”
—Donna Barr, “The Desert Peach”

Praise from singers in the trenches:

"A good ol' bodice ripping sexual fever dream and an easy-reading page burner. Self-deprecatingly funny, sophisticated, and observant."
—Tim Askew, CEO/Founder, Corporate Rain, International, and former operatic tenor

“An entertaining romp through some of the unglamorous parts of being a professional musician, with intrigue to boot.”
—Sara Jobin, Opera Conductor

“Cat Melodia knows the score … the opera score, that is. Her witty debut as a mystery writer sparkles, with backstabbing divas, clever repartee, backstage antics, budding romances, and enough background color to leave her readers—as well as dyed-in-the-wool opera fans—shouting ‘Encore!’ ”
—Nanette McGuinness, Lyric Soprano

“I read it straight through—very entertaining (and I hardly ever read fiction anymore)! It really kept me turning the pages, and I could ‘see’ the action—it would make a fun movie. Singers will find it amusing from an inside-baseball viewpoint, and non-singers get a glimpse of the (albeit elegant) sausage factory of regional opera along with the mystery story—and maybe develop a bit of sympathy for us struggling artistes!”
—Andrea Matthews, Lyric Soprano

"In Ding, Dong, the Diva's Dead Cat Melodia has given us a delightful romp -- full of juicy gossip and inuendo and propelled by lust, envy, pettiness and murder. Her characters stride, stumble or waddle into our lives, by turns seducing, entertaining or repelling us. The relationships rock on this taut little ship of fools. It's a great ride."
—John Lowrie, Actor, Singer, Musician and Author of Dancing with Eternity

Video

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