MAKING HISTORY with Victoria Schwab : The Archived VLOG tour + GIVEAWAY
Hello pretty faces!!! :) We're here today to listen to Victoria share with us one of her earliest childhood memories (a very scary and dramatic memory, too!). Why?! Because we're celebrating the upcoming release of her absolutely phenomenal book, The Archived(I've read it and let me just tell you one thing: YOU ARE GOING TO FLIPPING LOVE IT!!!!)
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
Hardcover, 336 pages
Expected publication: January 22nd 2013 by Hyperion
Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous--it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hardwon redemption.
Here's an awesome introductory video in which Victoria tells us all about the tour, how it works, where you can see the videos and what to expect! :)
And here's the video that Victoria recorded for my stop on the tour!
Isn't that an incredibly emotional memory? WOW, what a traumatic experience! The way Victoria talks about it gave me goosebumps! I don't think I have any memories that would be equally scary, but I do recall one day when I was about 7 (maybe 8), and me and my mom were waiting for my dad. He drove to the store to pick up some groceries for our picnic/BBQ (a family thing we used to do every Saturday in the local park). We were waiting for him.. and waiting.. and then a neighbour came by instead, and he told us that my dad had a car accident and he was taken to the hospital. Thankfully, it was nothing serious, just a couple of scratches and bruises, but I'll never forget how scared I was that day. My mom was shaken, we were both crying, it was so emotional! Scary AND emotional.
So yeah, that would be one of my earliest memories, and one that I will never forget. Every time I think about it now, I realize how important my family is to me.
What is the memory that you recall most vividly from your early childhood??? Be sure to leave a comment and then enter the giveaway!!
GIVEAWAY!!!
The fabulous Victoria prepared something very special for you guys!!! Here's a SWAG bag we have up for grabs today!
This giveaway is open to International entrants!
Additionally, I am hosting a pre-order giveaway of one beautiful copy of The Archived - also International!!
