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Rootless Blog Tour: Review and International Giveaway!
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For Day 4 of the ROOTLESS Blog Tour, I give you my review of ROOTLESS:
I didn't know what to expect when I first cracked open ROOTLESS. I knew a few things about the book - that it was about a young nomad, Banyan, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world where nothing can grow except genetically-modified corn, and to maintain some semblance of the "old world," Banyan builds trees out of scrap for those willing to pay the right price. I also knew that Banyan's particular love story starts out with his love interest shooting him in the arm with a nail gun.
It sounded like my kind of crazy.
I normally leave the reviewing up to the other YABC staff reviewers, since I'm usually too busy managing YABC from behind the scenes, but after a few pages of ROOTLESS, I wasn't about to let this one out of my hands.
Howard plunges the reader into Banyan's world from page one - no lengthy backstory, no council meetings catching us up to speed. Banyan's story moves at a rapid pace, and I was sucked in immediately. Turn after turn, twist after twist, we follow Banyan on a psychedelic journey across an American landscape we hardly recognize. Without trees to clean the air, people find it hard to breathe and some suffer from damaged lungs. Without roots to hold the soil in place, the coasts have eroded away into surging seas. And did I mention there were man-eating locusts plaguing the GMO cornfields of what was once the Midwest?
ROOTLESS is one intoxicating, crazy thrill ride. Although I did see a few minor twists coming regarding characters, I never knew where Banyan's journey would lead him next. Howard has created a trippy, freak show of a world, and I mean that in the best possible way. After the ending (which I never once saw coming), I couldn't stop talking about Banyan's story for days. ROOTLESS is a book that sinks its hooks into your brain and won't let go. It demands to be read.
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Friday, 02 November 2012Sounds like my kind of crazy too!
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Friday, 02 November 2012
Chris, are you a big fan of post-apocalyptic books? If so, which one is your favorite?
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Friday, 02 November 2012This book sounds awesome. What's the hardest part about writing a post-apocalyptic/dystopian novel?
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Friday, 02 November 2012Would you be able to survive in a post-apocalyptic world??
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Friday, 02 November 2012
Chris what is your favorite book?
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Friday, 02 November 2012Where did you get the idea for this book?
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Saturday, 03 November 2012Will there be a sequel?
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Saturday, 03 November 2012Was it hard writing this book?
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Sunday, 04 November 2012Do you like Nirvana? I can't help but think of the lyrics to 'Breed', "...We can build a tree..."
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Sunday, 04 November 2012What would you tell your teen self?
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Monday, 05 November 2012Have you ever been to a creative writing workshop?
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Monday, 05 November 2012
Hi Chris!
How did you get the idea of "metal trees"? Have you been watching the Lorax?
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Monday, 05 November 2012How did you become interested in writing books?
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Monday, 05 November 2012What is the thing you miss the most about the UK?
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Christina K. in the rafflecopter
If you were to have a tree built, which one would you choose?
Thank you
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012How important is helping the environmental to you?
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012What inspired you to write a dystopian story?
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012
What was your initial thought when you saw your cover for the first time?
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012
What was the hardest part about writing this story?
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Sounds like a great book. So excited to be a part of Chris' blog tour.