12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 12

On the twelfth day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Twelve howlers howling,
Eleven goblins gobbling,
Ten shapes a-shifting,
Nine demons dancing,
Eight ghosts a-gliding,
Seven swarms a-stinging,
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 6
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 7
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 8
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 9
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 10
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 11

Here's where you can find me today (12/23/12):

• THE BOOK MARK BLOG - Reviews of Book of Shrieks & Book of Shadows. 

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows Ebook Giveaway:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 11

On the eleventh day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Eleven goblins gobbling,
Ten shapes a-shifting,
Nine demons dancing,
Eight ghosts a-gliding,
Seven swarms a-stinging,
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 6
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 7
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 8
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 9
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 10

Here's where you can find me today (12/22/12):

• TURNER'S ANTICS - Reviews of Book of Shrieks & Book of Shadows. 
• MOM WITH A KINDLE - In which I talk about monsters.

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows Ebook Giveaway:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shrieks Deal:

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 10

On the tenth day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Ten shapes a-shifting,
Nine demons dancing,
Eight ghosts a-gliding,
Seven swarms a-stinging,
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 6
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 7
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 8
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 9

Here's where you can find me today (12/21/12):

• LILI LOST IN A BOOK - A plea from Eve to make Halloween a national holiday. 
• THE SOLITARY BOOKWORM - You can check out a top ten list of things Eve can't live without here.  If you'd rather read another horrible review of Book of Shrieks (I mean, who wouldn't, right?)  You can check it out here.
• THE BUNNY'S REVIEW - Stop over here to enter for a chance to win $25.

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows Ebook Giveaway:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shrieks Deal:

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 9

On the ninth day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Nine demons dancing,
Eight ghosts a-gliding,
Seven swarms a-stinging,
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 6
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 7
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 8

Here's where you can find me today (12/20/12):

• BOOKS & OTHER CREATIVE ADVENTURES - A horrible review of Book of Shrieks.
• SHORT AND SWEET - Eve talks about how to survive in Gravesville.
• MUST READ FASTER - Reviews of Book of Shrieks & Book of Shadows.
• BIBLIOPHILE MYSTERY - Some excerpts from Book of Shrieks and Book of Shadows.
• READING WITH ABC - Another review of Book of Shrieks and a guest post from Eve.

Don't forget: There's cash in them thar clicks.  

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows Ebook Giveaway:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

Eve Hallows and the Book of Shrieks Deal:

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 8

On the eighth day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Eight ghosts a-gliding,
Seven swarms a-stinging,
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 6
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 7

Here's where you can find me today (12/19/12):

• STEPHANIE KEYES - In which I talk about some of the challenges and advantages of writing for children.
• EARTH'S BOOK NOOK - Yup, it's that time of year.  Here's my top ten favorite Christmas traditions.
• A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM - Check out this excerpt of Book of Shrieks.
• MK MCCLINTOCK - Here's a top ten of my favorite authors.
• CICI'S THEORIES - In this guest post, I talk about the special relationship I have with Eve Hallows.
• FICTITIOUS MUSINGS - Eve takes over and explains how a Oujia board works.

Don't forget: There's cash in them thar clicks.  


Bonus:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

Really, it's like .004 cents per page:

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 7

On the seventh day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Seven swarms a-stinging,
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 6

Here's where you can find me today (12/18/12):

• LIZZY'S DARK FICTION - In which I talk about my favorite monster and receive a horrible review of Book of Shrieks.
• JEANBOOKNERD - Check out these excerpts from Book of Shrieks and Book of Shadows.
• MONIQUE MORGAN - Here I discuss the setting of the Eve Hallows books--something I call the Reverse Narnia. 
• FIRESTAR BOOKS  - Interview where I talk about everything from character naming to some of my favorite new authors.
• READER GIRLS - Some more excerpts from Book of Shrieks and Book of Shadows.  

Don't forget: There's cash in them thar clicks.  

Bonus:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

Really, it's like .004 cents per page:

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 6

On the sixth day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Six graves for playing,
Five gargoyle wings,
Four crawling worms,
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 3
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 4
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 5

Here's where you can find me today (12/17/12):

• THE ROMANCE BOOKIE - An excerpt of Book of Shrieks.
• MOMMY AND WE - I'll post the link once it's available.
• MOCHAS, MYSTERIES & MORE  - A horrible review of Book of Shrieks.
• MUSINGS OF A WRITER - Another horrible review of Book of Shrieks.
• MOON SHINE ART SPOT - And another horrible review of Book of Shrieks.
• FANTASY BOOK ADDICT - Want to find out what my favorite scene is in Book of Shrieks?  Check out this interview to learn that answer and more.

There are also cash prizes to be won at most of these sites— $25 and $50 Amazon gift cards or PayPal cash.  All it takes is a click and a dream.  

Bonus:

Tiffany from Book Cover Justice is offering up an ebook of Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows.  She also gave the book a horrible review.  You can check it out here: Review and Giveaway: Eve Hallows and the Book of Shadows by Robert Gray.  The giveaway ends December 31.

Don't look down!

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 3

On the third day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Three freakish heads,
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here are the previous posts if you missed them:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 
• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 2

Here's where you can find me today (12/14/12):

• GEO LIBRARIAN - Review of Book of Shrieks
• CUZINLOGIC - Ever want to know if I prefer boxers or briefs?  Well, you won't find out here, but it's still a good interview anyway.
• BOOKS BESIDE MY BED- I'll update the link once the content is added.
• SCRIBBLER'S SOJOURN - In which I discuss what inspired the Eve Hallows books.

As part of the tour, you can also enter to win a $25 or $50 Amazon gift card or PayPal cash.  So even if you're not interested in what I have to say, you should check out these sites to enter the giveaway.

And you thought you'd get away without hearing my sales pitch. Ha!

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 2

On the second day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
Two purple skulls,
And a vampire bat in a dead tree ... 

Tour Schedule

Here's the previous post if you missed it:

• 12 DAYS OF EVE HALLOWS—DAY 1 

And here's where you can find me today (12/13/12):

• LAURIE'S PARANORMAL THOUGHTS AND REVIEWS - Want to read some excerpts from Book of Shrieks and Book of Shadows? You know you do.  Well, if that's not your thing, there's also an interview filled with all sorts of me.
• PARSIMONIOUS POSH - Monsters, monsters, and more monsters ... a guest post about monsters. (warning: contains monsters)
• WORD SPELUNKING - Love this site!  It's always warm and cozy and smells of cupcakes.  Today I stop by to offer up a top ten list of my favorite monsters.     
• ~OH, THE BOOK'S YOU'LL READ - Check out these two totally horrible reviews of Book of Shrieks and Book of Shadows.  
• BOOKWORM IN LOVE - If you're looking for advice on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, then you should probably look elsewhere.

As part of the tour, you can also enter to win a $25 or $50 Amazon gift card or PayPal cash.  So even if you're not interested in what I have to say, you should check out these sites to enter the giveaway.

And you thought you'd get away without hearing my sales pitch. Ha!

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  This offer ends December 23.

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12 Days of Eve Hallows—Day 1

On the first day of the Eve Hallows Blog Tour
My true love gave to me: 
A vampire bat in a dead tree ...

Tour Schedule

While the blog tour officially kicked off on Monday (with some cool prizes, by the way), today is the first day of my actual tour.

Here's where you can find me today (12/12/12):

• PEACE FROM PIECES - An interview where I answer everything from what I'm reading to who inspired me to be a writer.
• FADE INTO FANTASY - Want to know what some of my favorite MG reads are?  Here's a top ten.
• FROM THE BOOTHEEL COTTON PATCH - Reviews for both Book of Shrieks and Book of Shadows
• BOOK FLAME - Here I offer some writerly advice and talk a little about my path to becoming an author.

As part of the tour, you can also enter to win a $25 or $50 Amazon gift card or PayPal cash.  So even if you're not interested in what I have to say, you should check out these sites to enter the giveaway.

While the tour is going on, I've reduced the price of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS to .99.  (For you mathematicians that comes out to .00001523 per word, which is a pretty good deal.)  This offer ends December 23.

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First Review of Book of Shadows

I'll try not to post every review I receive, because you and I both know it gets boring (well, for you anyway) after a while.  But the first few reviews are particularly special to me—assuming it's not some troll trying to verbally bash my head in.

I suppose it's natural to want to let your baby out in the world and have people ooh and ahh over it.  And, yeah, I'm a proud pappa with this book.

So rather than drone on, here's the first of hopefully many reviews— a 5-starer, I might add— from Lili Lost in a Book:

This book was perfectly horrible! Horrible meaning amazingly awesome, of course. Eve's world once again sucked me in and would not let go until this part of Eve's story was finished!

I love Eve's family! They are just so close-knit and all around awesome! And I was also glad to see new monsters...like the new URNS agent. That was just wow! Funny too...

You can read the rest of it here.

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Another Horrible Review, Another Horrible Giveaway

 For the next 7 days, you can enter for a chance to win either a scribbled paperback copy or an ebook (in the format of your choice) of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS.

The giveaway is hosted over at Book Cover Justice and also includes a wonderful (or is that horrible?) review of the book.  Thanks Tiffany!

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New Review of Book of Shrieks from THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW

Just saw this amazing review of EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS from The Horror Fiction Review and I had to share:

EVE HALLOWS AND THE BOOK OF SHRIEKS by Robert Gray (2011 CreateSpace / 252 pp / tp & eBook)

Not only is this one of THE best-looking self-published books I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing – excellent cover, excellent layout, clean and crisp appearance, professional; I had a hard time believing it WAS a self-pub, had to check and re-check to make sure I wasn’t just missing the company logo somehow – it’s also one of THE most enjoyable reads of what’s been an enjoyable-reads month!

In a very, very different way, of course … in a TBR pile of hardcore horror, gore, and porn, suddenly I’m reading a delightful and quirky YA/kid’s book! One that is as fun, engaging, spooky-charming and all-around awesome as can be. 

Eve Hallows is an ordinary fourteen-year-old girl, or, as ordinary as a fourteen-year-old girl can be when you’re the only human in Gravesville, the dark monster-world where horrible means wonderful, and adorable means awful beyond belief. With a shapeshifter dad, a vampire grandma and werewolf grandpa, a snake-haired Gorgon for a mom and a ghoul for a little brother, and a creepy haunted castle to call home. Sure, Eve often feels disappointed and left out by being so un-monster-y, but she’s happy with her horrible, horrible life. 

Then it all goes wrong. The inhabitants of Gravesville are in danger, threatened by a mysterious organization known as The Source. Someone needs to go undercover and try to find out what’s going on, and Eve’s dad is the monster for the job. 

Any teenager could tell you how much they hate having to move, to leave their friends, and start over at a new school with a bunch of strangers … but Eve and her family are relocating to the human world! It’s a definite fate worse than death, undeath, or anything else. They’ll have a normal human house, interact daily (DAILY, as in, when there’s SUNSHINE) with normal humans, operate a normal human pizza parlor, and Eve will have to go to normal human high school! 

Of course, that’s just the beginning of Eve’s troubles. Not only does she have mocking mean girls and a cute boy crush to deal with, not only is the principal a Halloween-hating grump, she soon finds herself caught in the middle of The Source’s plot. It could be up to Eve and her handful of misfit friends to save the day for humans and monsters alike!

So, move over, Neil Gaiman’s CORALINE and THE GRAVEYARD BOOK … make room, Lemony Snicket’s A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS … you’ve got company and competition for shelf space!

-Christine Morgan

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