Welcome to Swoony Boys Podcast! Today is our stop on the A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares Tour! We love Krystal Sutherland’s writing and we were when our friends at Penguin asked if we wanted to do a Dreamcast for the main characters for her newest title! While you’re here, don’t forget to enter the amazing giveaway at the bottom of the post! You don’t want to miss it! But first, let’s start with the 411:
***About the Book***
A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons BFYR, Penguin Group on September 5th, 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
Pages: 256
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Ever since Esther Solar's grandfather was cursed by Death, everyone in her family has been doomed to suffer one great fear in their lifetime. Esther's father is agoraphobic and hasn't left the basement in six years, her twin brother can t be in the dark without a light on, and her mother is terrified of bad luck.
The Solars are consumed by their fears and, according to the legend of the curse, destined to die from them.
Esther doesn't know what her great fear is yet (nor does she want to), a feat achieved by avoiding pretty much everything. Elevators, small spaces, and crowds are all off-limits. So are haircuts, spiders, dolls, mirrors and three dozen other phobias she keeps a record of in her semi-definitive list of worst nightmares.
Then Esther is pickpocketed by Jonah Smallwood, an old elementary school classmate. Along with her phone, money and a fruit roll-up she d been saving, Jonah also steals her list of fears. Despite the theft, Esther and Jonah become friends, and he sets a challenge for them: in an effort to break the curse that has crippled her family, they will meet every Sunday of senior year to work their way through the list, facing one terrifying fear at a time, including one that Esther hadn't counted on: love.
***Dream Casting***
Jane Levy as Esther Solar
Ian Nelson as Eugene Solar
Chris O’Neal as Jonah Smallwood
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***Meet Krystal Sutherland***
Krystal Sutherland was born and raised in Townsville, Australia—an inhospitable land where crocodiles, snakes, and jellyfish are always on the prowl. She grew up living directly across the road from the local library and spent almost every day after school (and weekends, too) having adventures between the pages of books (mainly because it was too dangerous to go outside).
She moved to Sydney for college (and safety), where she cut her writing teeth as the editor of the student magazine at the University of New South Wales. She kept gathering tales as an exchange student in Hong Kong and as a foreign correspondent in Amsterdam. Her first book, Our Chemical Hearts, was released in 2016, and was published in over twenty countries.
Her three greatest fears are heights, dark caves . . . and (perhaps worst of all) frogs.
Find Krystal Here:
***GIVEAWAY***
Enter for a chance to be one (1) of three (3) winners to receive a hardcover copy of A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland. (ARV: $17.99 each).
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter between 12:00 AM Eastern Time on September 4, 2017 and 12:00 AM on September 25, 2017. Open to residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are 13 and older. Winners will be selected at random on or about September 27, 2017. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
Make sure you check out the other stops on the The A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares Tour:
- September 4 – Mrs. Leif’s Two Fangs About It – Review & Excerpt
- September 5 – Tales of the Ravenous Reader – Chase Away the Nightmares: A Playlist
- September 6 – Arctic Books – Reviews
- September 7 – YA Wednesdays – Favorite Quotes
- September 8 – Feed Your Fiction Addiction – Author Guest Post: Krystal’s Top 10 Addictions
Week Two:
- September 11 – Swoony Boys Podcast – Dream Casting
- September 12 – Twinning for Books
- September 13 – Love is Not a Triangle – Author Guest Post: Would You Rather? With the Cast of ASDLOWN
- September 14 – Forever Young Adult – Review
- September 15 – Adventures of a Book Junkie – Author Q&A
Week Three:
- September 18 – Xpresso Reads – Review & My Top 5 Fears/Phobias
- September 19 – Chasing Faerytales – Review
- September 20 – Boricuan Bookworms – Review
- September 21 – YA and Wine – Author Guest Post: Krystal’s Biggest Fears
- September 22 – A Book and a Cup of Coffee – Psychology of Phobias
I’m swooning over this book; I need it in my hands!!! I’ve not had this kind of tears over a book before… I don’t even know how to describe (yet!) all the amazing feelings I’m having from reading it!! So good!!!
Cute cast lineup! This book sounds so much fun to read.
I think this one sounds unique and I love unique books. I’m also a list maker so I can get wanting to make a list of things to look out for but to be truthful my lists are more on the light side 😉