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Albert Camus

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Friday, March 6, 2015

Meet an author - Suzanne van Rooyen

Nana changed my diapers. My first day of kindergarten, Nana held my hand. When I came home from school, Nana made me cocoa and sat helping me with homework. Nana cooked my favourite dumpling dinner every Wednesday and made me double-chocolate birthday cake. Nana taught me how to tie my shoelaces and braid my hair. The day I turned sixteen, Mom decided we didn't need Nana anymore. 

Meet an author:

Twitter or Facebook? Twitter
Favorite Superhero? Morpheus from The Sandman although he’s not always a hero exactly ;)
Favorite TV show? Tie between Game of Thrones and Penny Dreadful
Sweet or Salty? Salty
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
Any Phobias? Grasshoppers
Song you can’t get enough of right now? Hozier’s Take Me to Church
Who is your ultimate Book Boyfriend? Ghost from Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite
What are you reading right now or what’s on your TBR? Currently reading Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
2015 Movie you’re most looking forward to? Terminator: Genisys, and the new Avengers

Suzanne is a tattooed storyteller from South Africa. She currently lives in Finland and finds the cold, dark forests nothing if not inspiring. Although she has a Master’s degree in music, Suzanne prefers conjuring strange worlds and creating quirky characters. When not writing, she teaches dance and music to middle schoolers and entertains her shiba inu, Lego. Suzanne is represented by Jordy Albert of the Booker Albert Agency.

Description:

Publication date: March 31st, 2015


Sixteen-year-old Tyri wants to be a musician and wants to be with someone who won't belittle her musical aspirations.

Q-I-99 aka 'Quinn' lives in a scrap metal sanctuary with other rogue droids. While some use violence to make their voices heard, demanding equal rights for AI enhanced robots, Quinn just wants a moment on stage with his violin to show the humans that androids like him have more to offer than their processing power.

Tyri and Quinn's worlds collide when they're accepted by the Baldur Junior Philharmonic Orchestra. As the rift between robots and humans deepens, Tyri and Quinn's love of music brings them closer together, making Tyri question where her loyalties lie and Quinn question his place in the world. With the city on the brink of civil war, Tyri and Quinn make a shocking discovery that turns their world inside out. Will their passion for music be enough to hold them together while everything else crumbles down around them, or will the truth of who they are tear them apart?

1 comment:

smiles said...

Is the first bit of the post about Nana part of the book, too? I'm not seeing how it fits in very well, besides Nana probably being a robot. It reminded me of a series I read (the name slips my mind atm) where the elderly were placed into a 'care facility' and secretly getting killed off because of resource limitations and decreased usefulness.

I kind of want to check this out, but I'm a little afraid it'll turn into something like Her (I fell asleep in the theater while watching it). If Tyri and Quinn are only friends, I can see the book holding my attention better.