Week in Review
Welcome one and all to the week in review!
Week in Review is when we take a look at the past week and everything that’s been going on at Paperbackdolls.com – plus we share what you can expect from the week to come…
So lets get to it!
Last Week at Paperback Dolls…
Last week was frighteningly spooky and spookily frightful as Zombie week took off. And what better a way to launch the most dreadful week of the year than with the YA Spooktacular!
On Sunday Paperback Dolls was super excited to take part in the second annual YA Spooktacular event with author Kate Kaynak’s The Pond in the Forest story. And we’re sharing a Zombie prize pack so be sure to check it all out
Here and the giveaway Here
Then on Monday author Jessica Sims was here with a guest blog on being ready for the undead…and there’s a giveaway of her latest book – Beauty Dates the Beast!
There’s still time to enter…Check it out Here!
On Tuesday The Dolls shared some Zombie love … for teacup humans! Yes, that’s right – zombie themed book for children!
Then author Emma Butler was here with a guest review of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
R is a young man with an existential crisis–he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams.
After experiencing a teenage boy’s memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and stragely sweet relationship with the victim’s human girlfriend. Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world.
Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between. Read all about it Here
On Wednesday the Dolls shared tips on how to Improve Your Chances of Survival in case of a Zombie attack
Then Amanda Ashby was here with a guest blog and giveaway!
Read her guest blog and enter the giveaway Here
On Thursday we shared some Zombie Week bookish finds
Check them out Here
Then later Thursday author Walter Greatshell was here with a guest blog and Xombies giveaway!
On Friday author Cherie Priest shared a giveaway!
Enter Here
And then we had special guest reviewers – Smash from Smash Attack Reads and Ashley from The Bookish Brunette reviewing The Dark Ashs: The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the run. Haunted by her past and pursued by a killer, Temple is surrounded by death and danger, hoping to be set free.For twenty-five years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart. She can’t remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her on a personal journey toward redemption. Moving back and forth between the insulated remnants of society and the brutal frontier beyond, Temple must decide where ultimately to make a home and find the salvation she seeks. Read all about it Here
Finally on Saturday we shared a guest Blog and giveaway of the Aftertime Trilogy by Sophie Littlefield
Read all about it and enter the giveaway Here
Next Week at Paperback Dolls…
Next week, the living dead continue walking as Zombie Week comes to its conclusion…for this year!
On Monday author Scott Nicholson will be here with a special Zombie themed guest blog and giveaway
On Tuesday Steph will be here with a review of Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
Sorceress. Seductress. Schemer. Cleopatra’s daughter is the one woman with the power to destroy an empire…
Having survived her perilous childhood as a royal captive of Rome, Selene pledged her loyalty to Augustus and swore she would become his very own Cleopatra. Now the young queen faces an uncertain destiny in a foreign land.
The magic of Isis flowing through her veins is what makes her indispensable to the emperor. Against a backdrop of imperial politics and religious persecution, Cleopatra’s daughter beguiles her way to the very precipice of power. She has never forgotten her birthright, but will the price of her mother’s throne be more than she’s willing to pay?
Then author Stephanie herself will be here to answer our questions
On Wednesday author Tara Lain will be here on her blog tour
On Thursday Laura Kaye visits the Dollhouse on her blog tour and there’s a giveaway!
Then Friday Noa will be reviewing Flesh and Blood by Kristen Painter
With the ring of sorrows still missing, and the covenant between othernaturals and mortals broken, Chrysabelle and Malkolm’s problems are just beginning. Chrysabelle still owes Malkolm for his help, but fulfilling that debt means returning to Corvinestri, the hidden vampire city neither of them is welcome in.
The discovery that Chrysabelle has a brother could mean reneging on her promise to Malkolm, something that might make him angry enough to loose the beast living inside him. And fulfilling her vow could prove devastating for Chrysabelle — especially when you throw in power hungry witches, dead fringe vampires, and the Kubai Mata.
Finally on Saturday Day will be reviewing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. The new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn’t . . . then the Marquess will make life impossible for the inhabitants of Fairyland. September is already making new friends, including a book-loving Wyvern and a mysterious boy named Saturday.
With exquisite illustrations by acclaimed artist Ana Juan, Fairyland lives up to the sensation it created when the author first posted it online. For readers of all ages who love the charm of Alice in Wonderland and the soul of The Golden Compass, here is a reading experience unto itself: unforgettable, and so very beautiful.
That’s it for us this week! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Fabulous week!!! And next week looks great too!