Showing posts with label 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016. Show all posts

2 Nov 2016

#Interview: TIMEKEEPER by Tara Sim

02 November 1 Comments
Hey all! I have a pretty awesome post for you guys today. But it's all about

TIMEKEEPER by Tara Sim!

You can read an interview with Tara about her book. So let's get to it!


TIMEKEEPER

Author: Tara Sim
Series: Timekeeper #1
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Publication Date: November 8, 2016

Summary:
Two o’clock was missing. 

In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one can stop it completely.

It’s a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.

And so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. Danny’s new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower’s clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield’s time. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden, and means risking everything he’s fought to achieve.

But when a series of bombings at nearby towers threaten to Stop more cities, Danny must race to prevent Enfield from becoming the next target or he’ll not only lose his father, but the boy he loves, forever.
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Describe TIMEKEEPER in 10 words or less.

Tara SimClocks, magic, boys, London, explosions, wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.


How long did it take you to write the first draft?

Tara SimThe very first draft took about 2 weeks overall. As soon as I wrote the first sentence I was hooked, and I kept wanting to know more about these characters and their story. However, it took about a year and a half to revise the book and add/rewrite all the layers that needed to be incorporated. Despite how fast the initial drafting took, I more than made up for it with all the revision that came after.

6 Jun 2016

Discussion: Top Books I've Read in 2016...So Far!

06 June 6 Comments
We are halfway through the year so I thought I would update you on the top books so far this year that I have read and LOVED and will forever gush about! This may be a Top Ten Tuesday prompt but I do not have time for those right now so I am telling it to you now!

THE SERPENT KING

Author: Jeff Zentner
Publisher: Crown Books For Young Readers
Publication Date: March 8, 2016
Rating: 5/5 stars
Review!
Summary:
Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life—at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous rattlesnakes, and at school, where he faces down bullies who target him for his father’s extreme faith and very public fall from grace.

He and his fellow outcast friends must try to make it through their senior year of high school without letting the small-town culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self. Graduation will lead to new beginnings for Lydia, whose edgy fashion blog is her ticket out of their rural Tennessee town. And Travis is content where he is thanks to his obsession with an epic book series and the fangirl turning his reality into real-life fantasy.

Their diverging paths could mean the end of their friendship. But not before Dill confronts his dark legacy to attempt to find a way into the light of a future worth living.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22752127-the-serpent-king
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THE SCORPIO RACES

Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication Date: October 11, 2011
Rating: 5/5 stars
Review!
Summary:
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.

At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.

Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races
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5 Jan 2016

Top Ten Tuesday (16): 2016 Resolutions!

05 January 4 Comments
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish.
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Hey guys, this week is all about New Year's Resolutions for Top Ten Tuesday, so I am going to talk about a couple blog, book, and personal resolutions I have for 2016!


Blog

- Have my blog scheduled at least two months in advance with an empty day a week for anything that comes up
- Start a new feature
- More discussion posts about what I like and why