This is the blog of Samie Sands, author of Lockdown. There will be many great books and projects reviewed here. For more, check out thelockdown.co.uk.

Sunday, 5 November 2017

An Unexpected Afterlife by Dan Sofer

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE?

2017 Readers' Choice Silver Medal winner.


Moshe Karlin wakes up one morning, naked and alone, in the Mount of Olives Cemetery. According to his family and friends, he died two years ago, but Moshe is not about to accept his demise lying down.

Is his new lease on life a freak of nature or the start of the long-awaited Resurrection? Moshe doesn't really care. He vows to beat his "afterlife crisis" and win back his life-and his wife-if it is the last thing he does.

But the road ahead is full of unexpected dangers. Along the way he gains insight into life, love, and the Jewish State, as well as the suspicion that perhaps his perfect first life was not so perfect after all.

Meanwhile, other changes are afoot in the Holy Land. A reluctant prophet prepares to deliver a message of redemption-and the end of life as we know it-when a freak accident changes the course of history.
An Unexpected Afterlife is a highly original adventure novel-packed with humor, engaging characters, and surprises-in the Jewish lore and legends of the Resurrection, the World to Come, and the End of Days.
 
 
Review: How would it feel to wake up only to find out that everything has changed? When Moshe does just that, he wakes up to find that he's been dead for two years. And he isn't the only one. His journey to find out why he's been 'resurrected' is entertaining and comes to a really awesome end. Highly recommended. 

Saturday, 4 November 2017

#Win $50, books, a Kindle, a Nintendo Switch, and more!

$50 Amazon gift card and new book release from Samie Sands!

 
Need a bit of romance in your next book? If you missed the previous feature of this author on my blog, then read on...

Samie Sands is a freelance graphic designer who followed her lifelong dream and uses her creativity in a new way by writing. With a degree in Media Studies and PR, Samie has already had articles published in a number of e-zines, including one of the most popular pieces at Zombie Guide Magazine.

She lives in a small seaside town in the UK, but loves to travel to gain inspiration from new places and different cultures.
 
 

On the 24th this month, author Samie Sands is releasing a new romance book, Lottie Loves.

Samie also has a three-part zombie series called AM13 Outbreak, a story of the AM-13 virus told from three different points of view. All three books in the zombie book series are available now, and you can get them free on Kindle today!

A snippet from Lottie Loves:
“Will you marry me?”

Four words I’ve waited my whole life to hear. Four words I was sure would change my life forever…and they did. Just not in the way I expected.

Finding out my extremely gorgeous rock star boyfriend was about to propose had the complete opposite effect I thought it would. Rather than catapult me into a future I’ve always wanted, it plunged me back to a past I tried to forget.

Now I can’t get him out of my head. I can’t help but wonder what could have been, how our lives would have ended up if he didn’t leave me behind, a shattered mess.

All these memories are dangerous. They’re bringing my past back to ruin my future. And worst of all, they’re taking me right back to him, my childhood sweetheart, my first love…my biggest regret.

Still curious about the author? Here are a couple interview questions with Samie from a previous feature...

What inspires you to write?
For my first book, I wrote the book I wanted to read. I'd read a lot of book based in the zombie apocalypse and I found that the characters were always very capable. It made me wonder what would happen with an ordinary person trying to survive. Leah in Lockdown is normal, girl next door type without any skills to survive. Sometimes she's flawed and she doesn't always make the right choice, but that makes her more realistic.

How long does it take you to write a book, on average?
From the first idea to the finished book, I would say it takes me about a year. I feel like I have to do a few drafts to get it right, and I need to leave a gap in between each draft so I can create some distance to help me spot plot holes. Sometimes I get so involved in the story and the characters that I forget the reader doesn't know as much as me about the worlds I've created!

So who wants to win something?! Like our last features, Samie Sands and I have partnered up to give away a $50 Amazon gift card to one lucky Giveaway Guy reader.

Enter to win using the Rafflecopter form below. You may share on Twitter once a day for extra points for the duration of the giveaway.



This giveaway is open to users worldwide. One winner will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter, which I will contact by email after entries are verified. The winner will have 24 hours to respond, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

The Avid Reader: Book Tour + #Giveaway: Not Dead Yet by Samie Sands...

The Avid Reader: Book Tour + #Giveaway: Not Dead Yet by Samie Sands...

Thursday, 2 November 2017

Tales of A Wanna-Be SuperHero Mom: The Not Dead Yet Tour and Giveaway!

Tales of A Wanna-Be SuperHero Mom: The Not Dead Yet Tour and Giveaway!: Not Dead Yet AM13 Outbreak Series Book 4 by Samie Sands Genre: Horror, Post- Apocalyptic The AM13 Outbreak has affect...

Jane Once More by J.G. Dow

Jane Once More  (Sequel to Jane of Manchester) by [Dow, J.G.]
Jane is back and so are her friends and family but time stands still for no-one, as they say, and so has she moved on at all with her life?

Carrying on from the first book, Jane of Manchester, there is plenty of fun left to be had as Jane and her friends continue to have a laugh in the city, but change may be just around the corner...

More giggles, good times and drama from Jane and the crew!

Review: After reading Jane of Manchester, I was so excited to read the second one in the series and I actually think this one might be even funnier. It's a laugh out loud, feel good book that left me wanting more. I would love it if there were more in the series...

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Cincopa Gallery

...