Blog Tour- ECHO IN TIME by CJ Hill and a Giveaway!

Hey y’all! I have CJ Hill here today to talk about the Top 10 things she’d take with her to the future! Since her series is set in the future I couldn’t wait to see what she’d bring! Also make sure to enter the giveaway for a hardcover of the first book ERASING TIME!

Haven’t herd of ECHO IN TIME? Check it out!

Echo in Time (Erasing Time #2)

by C.J. Hill  (Pseudonym), Janette Rallison 

Paperback, 400 pages

Expected publication: December 23rd 2013

by Katherine Tegen Books

ISBN 0062123963 

Goodreads/Amazon/Barnes & Noble

Echo in Time delivers on "the possibility of an equally thrilling sequel" (Kirkus Reviews) to Erasing Time.

After being pulled 400 years into the future, twins Taylor and Sheridan have found some refuge from the government of Traventon, which used the dangerous Time Strainer to yank the girls from the past. Yet the threat of the dangerous technology still looms. Taylor and an ally, Joseph, are selected to go on a mission to destroy the time machine and weapon. But their actions before they do may have major consequences for the future and the past.

Action-packed and romantic, this futuristic sequel to Erasing Time is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Across the Universe by Beth Revis, and Matched by Ally Condie.

Now on to the Guest Post!

If CJ were to be pulled into the future what would be the Top 10 things she'd take with her if she could?

When traveling to the future, it's important to know what type of future you're going to. My packing list would be wildly different depending on whether I'm going to Star Trek-like future (Why bring anything when those magic boxes give you whatever you ask for?) a post apocalyptic future (the list would be heavy on survival items) or a dystopian novel (I would bring Kleenex, as I'd be crying as the government carts me off to a re-education center). Since the world in Echo in Time leans toward dystopia, I'll pack for that.

1) A sturdy pair of running shoes as I attempt to outrun evil government forces.

2) Cute outfits because the future is populated by hot guys. (Hey, you always find them in dystopian novels.)

3) Chocolate.  What if by some horrible twist of fate the future doesn't have Nutella?

4) All my loose change. My coins will be antiques in the future and therefore actually worth something. Heaven knows they aren't worth much now. Eighty-nine cents for a candy bar? Come on.

5) A translator. Language changes over time so no one could go very far into the future and still understand English.

6) Note paper to record stock prices. That way when I come back to my own time period, I can buy stocks that don't immediately plunge completely off the Dow Jones altogether.

7) Did I already mention chocolate? I'd need a supply of Snickers.

8) Pepper spray. I'm thinking about the evil government forces again.

9) Almond Joys. I'm thinking about chocolate again.

10) A way back home, because really, who would want to live in a dystopia when the Twenty-first century is so nice? Granted, the twenty-first century has a few disadvantages (crime, pollution, Miley Cyrus) but all in all, it's a great place.

Thanks CJ!

About C.J. Hill: CJ Hill is a pen name for a YA author who is best known for writing romantic comedies. (Slayers will be her 18th published book.) Her writing has shifted away from the romantic comedy genre, so her editor thought a pen name would be a good idea. (New books will include: dangerous dragons, time travel to dystopian worlds, and flesh-eating beetles.) Since the publisher refused to let her have the pseudonym : The Artist Formerly Referred to as Princess, she chose a name to honor her mother. CJ Hill was her mother's pen name, or at least it would have been if her mother had published. Her mother wrote a few children's books and a middle grade novel but was taken by cancer before she had fully learned the craft.

Most writers' first novels aren't publishable. CJ Junior's first novel wasn't, but somehow was published anyway. Now, even though it is out of print, it remains forever available on Amazon, where it taunts her with its badness. This was another good reason to use a pen name.

CJ Hill has five children, three of whom like her on any given day depending on who is in trouble. She has lived in Arizona for the last half of her life, but is still in desert denial and hopes that one day her garden will grow silver bells and cockle shells or maybe just tomatoes.

Author website/blog/goodreads/macmillan/twitter

Giveaway Details:

1 Hardcover of book 1 ERASING TIME US Only

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Check out the Tour Schedule!

Fire and Ice- December 24- Kick Off

Candace’s Book Blog- December 27- Review

Clean Teen Fiction -December 28- Review

Fiktshun- December 30- Guest Post

Getting Your Read On -January 2-Review

Two Chicks on Books- January 3- Ten’s List

Bittersweet Enchantment -January 4-Review

Tressa’s Wishful Endings- January 5- Review

Literary Time Out -January 6- Review

Min Reads and Reviews- January 7- Review

Jaime's Review of Erasing Time by CJ Hill

Erasing Time

CJ Hill

Release Date: August 28, 2012

Hardcover: 368 pages

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (Harper Collins)

ISBN: 0062123920

Source: ARC from the San Francisco/Sacramento Book Review

Rating: Really Liked

From Goodreads.

In this high-action and romantic futuristic adventure, there is no escape from the future for two contemporary girls pulled out of their own time. When twins Sheridan and Taylor wake up 400 years in the future, they find a changed world: domed cities, no animals, and a language that’s so different, it barely sounds like English. And the worst news: They can’t go back home. The twenty-fifth-century government transported the girls to their city hoping to find a famous scientist to help perfect a devastating new weapon. The moblike Dakine fights against the government, and somehow Taylor and Sheridan find themselves in the middle. The only way to elude them all is to trust Echo, a guy with secrets of his own. The trio must put their faith in the unknown to make a harrowing escape into the wilds beyond the city. Full of adrenaline-injected chases and heartbreaking confessions, Erasing Time explores the strength of the bonds between twins, the risks and rewards of trust, and the hard road to finding the courage to fight for what you believe in.

Where to start with one…..

You see the rating above says really liked? Well that would have been a loved if a few things would have happened. I loved the story/the idea/ the plot. I highly enjoyed the characters but, the pacing for the first 100 pages was off and I don’t mean slow I mean it was too quick. I normally don’t complain about stories being too fast but with this one I felt we lost something. For example one minute we’re getting to know the twins Sheridan and Taylor and the next woosh they’ve been transported 400 years into the future. And we don’t know why. We find out later in the book but there should have been some kind of lead in to their sudden departure from their own time period. Second example Echo the main guy in the story he starts off trying to escape the town but again we don’t find out why until way later in the book. There should have been more of an explanation there. Oh and one more thing this book is being called a dystopian well there’s a dystopian world yes, there is also time travel and futuristic machines which also makes this a sci-fi book. So I’d prefer it be called a Sci-Fi/Dystopian.

But enough of my complaints here’s what I liked about the story. I loved Sheridan one of the twins; she was selfless, brave, smart, and funny. Her sister Taylor was ok too but not a favorite.  I also loved Echo and his father Jeth. The world itself was written really well and CJ threw in some twists that I didn’t see coming (and I’m usually good at figuring things out). 

There were some loose ends that were not wrapped up by the end and I’m hoping there will be a second book to resolve these. I would definitely read a sequel.

I chose a quick scene to share with you between Echo and Sheridan because I thought it was pretty funny.

She folded her arms across her chest. “You’re wrong. Just like you’re wrong about animals talking. They didn’t”

His eyebrows drew together. “We have stories dating back thousands of years. Aesop’s fables. ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’ ‘The Three Little Pigs.’ Your time period had Bugs Bunny, Winnie-the Pooh---“

“Those are just children’s stories.”

“Yes, but adults told them to their children,” He cocked his head. “Do you expect me to believe that for generations, across human culture, parents routinely lied to their kids about the communication capabilities of animals?”

“Yes.”

He raised a disbelieving eyebrow.

“Oh, come on,” she said. “Who would hire three pigs to work construction jobs? They couldn’t hold hammers with their little cloven hooves.” She stopped herself. It was unbelievable, really, that she was standing here discussing pig careers. “Don’t you have any nature shows from our time period? Maybe a ‘National Geographic’ magazine?”

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