We are over-the-moon excited to be the very first stop in Victoria Schwab's The Archived Making History Blog Tour.
Victoria filmed a introductory video which explains the premise of The Archived as well as the reason for the blog tour:
And in this week's tour video, Victoria talks about her most impactful memory:
After watching that video, I'm reminded of all those road trip moments with my parents especially the seemingly never-ending, seriously-it-can't-be-this-flat-out-here trip from Massachusetts to Kansas where a very surly and sarcastic teenage me kept wishing for a Dorothy-style tornado and a one way ticket to Oz. Well, maybe not a real life tornado, but perhaps a few flying monkeys and a pair of those fabulous ruby slippers? Anything was better than being stuck in a hot, sticky car with no air conditioning listening to my Mom and Dad sing folk songs. For hours. Say it with me, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
Okay, Victoria is as generous as ever and guess what we have? Yes, a fabulous giveaway (pictured below) Look at that gorgeous tote bag and that signed bookmark! To enter the giveaway, please read the instructions under the "giveaway" heading. Now if you like, leave us your own road trip memory in the comments. I know you have those moments that may or may not involve your own mantra of "there's no place like home":
Be sure to add The Archived to your TBR list on goodreads and you can pre-order it on amazon | Indie Bound | Barnes and Noble. Hmmm, I wonder what memory Victoria will discuss next week? Find out by stopping by Bookish a week from today (September 25th).G I V E A W A YOne winner will receive the items pictured above. Please fill out the form HERE to enter the giveaway. This giveaway is open to international addresses. All the usual Page Turners Giveaway Rules apply. The giveaway ends on October 2nd at midnight CST.
Thanks so much for the giveaway! Great post!
ReplyDeleteErin - Thanks for reading and entering!
DeleteThis past June, I took a family road trip from Wisconsin to South Dakota. It was amazing to see all that the Black Hills have to offer!
ReplyDeleteDana - I've always wanted to go there! Thank you for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been on any really crazy road trips, sadly. The only one I recall was one to Niagara Falls when I was really young and it was decided last minute by my mother. We left in the middle of the night and I slept the entire way there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
I love when we leave late at night for road trips. We did that last time we went to Disneyland. Great way to travel with kids.
DeleteThe closest thing I have to a road trip memory is that I just read An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. I finished it some hours ago :) There's a road trip in it!
ReplyDeleteI just finished it, too! Loved it. And what a road trip!!
DeleteHah, what a crazy situation. Reminds me of the time when I was a kid and my mom took us to a water park. She ended up locking her keys (and our lunch) in the car, and the car was STILL RUNNING (yes, this was a long time ago, before cars had safety measures against this kind of thing).
ReplyDeleteKelley!!!! Your poor mom!!! I can completely understand her panic and the running car -- oy! Great memory!
DeleteCars have safety measures against that? Why have I not heard of this? Why does my car not have this feature?!
DeleteMy parents used to take us on long, pointless road trips all the time. It was a given that we would break down at some point along the way, so we always planned and packed for that. Without fail, the one thing we decided not to bring was usually what we ended up needing. I spent many an hour standing on the side of a deserted highway, sometimes freezing, sometimes sweating to death, while my scary looking father tried to flag down help. (This was WAY before cell phones.)
ReplyDeleteI can still hear him shouting: "Get out there where they can see you!" thinking that people would be more likely to help if they saw that the dilapidated vehicles contained stranded children as well as a scary looking guy. He was usually right.
Oh, LOL!!! Your Dad sounds like my Uncle who was always tired, often sweaty (from trying to fix the old cars he drove) and a rather large man to begin with...so he would station my cousin and I to see if someone would stop and help! Oh man, did you bring back memories.
Deletehahahah! What an experience :D
ReplyDeleteThis past january, I went with my friends to London. I really have grat memories and I really love that city!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the international giveaway!
Bookland - My favorite city in the world. Glad you had fun there!
DeleteThe way she told her 14th bday exp. :O
ReplyDeletevery vivid truly commemorative indeed!
I'm looking forward reading this book sounds so awesome & interesting XD
Victoria, truly has a way with words! Kim, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteI was one of those kids who writes crayons in the walls I remembered I'm deciding whether I should write down my whole 1st name Kim I thought about it for a moment I am perhaps 2 or 3 years old way back then...and I was like "nah I'll just write K for now " I'm so proud of my self then my mom saw it along with the other members of the family lol :))))
ReplyDeleteKim - You sound like my youngest kid. The Artist we call her. She's seven now, but man do the walls still contain remnants of her artwork. ;D
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