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#Giveaway Review WASTE OF SPACE by Gina Damico @GinaDamico @HMHKids 7.16

July 5, 2017 By Mary

I received this book at no cost from the publisher

Waste of Space by Gina Damico
ISBN: 0544633164
Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on July 11th 2017
Pages: 400
Goodreads
four-half-stars

WASTE OF SPACE Tour

About the Book
Title: WASTE OF SPACE
Author: Gina Damico
Pub. Date: July 11, 2017
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 400

Find it: Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, TBD, Goodreads

 

Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that’s the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama—and nothing about the fact that the production is fake. Hidden in a desert warehouse, their spaceship replica is equipped with state-of-the-art special effects dreamed up by the scientists partnering with the shady cable network airing the show. And it’s a hit! Millions of viewers are transfixed. But then, suddenly, all communication is severed. Trapped and paranoid, the kids must figure out what to do when this reality show loses its grip on reality.

About Gina:

Gina Damico is the author of Croak, Scorch, and Rogue, the grim-reapers-gone-wild books of the Croak trilogy. She has also dabbled as a tour guide, transcriptionist, theater house manager, scenic artist, movie extra, office troll, retail monkey, yarn hawker and breadmonger. A native of Syracuse, New York, she now lives outside Boston with her husband, two cats, and one dog, and while she has never visited hell in person, she has spent countless waking hours at the Albany Regional Bus Terminal, which is pretty darn close. Visit her website at www.ginadami.co.

 

 

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MY THOUGHTS

Gina Damico is one author that I read EVERYTHING I can find by her, so WASTE OF SPACE is a must read for me.  In her latest, she takes 10 teens and places them in a reality show on a space ship. What can possibly go wrong?  Well, with Damico, almost everything and then some.  The teens all are chosen in a random, reality-show faithful casting much like a younger Big Brother mixed with Kardashian product placement.  Of course, with plans to broadcast 24-7, something goes awry when the teens don’t seem to do anything interesting.

Everything goes according to the plans of the producer who is a Ryan Seacrest type creature who tries to manipulate the teens into drama.  Some of the teens are pretty smart and are figuring out they are not really in space.  As the drama is artificially increased the rating take off but maintaining those ratings are cause for concern.  When the whole project goes dark, there are some major machinations at work.  The story is uniquely told by an intern who catalogs the inside scoop on this show which is now the subject of lawsuits.

I found this book so much fun to read.  It is a wonderful take on reality shows but also brings out the best in teens.  I am not going to go into each character and plot detail because that would truly ruin the whole thing.  Just note once you start, you have to read this one straight through.

 

 

 

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a hardcover of WASTE OF SPACE! US Only.

 

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Tour Schedule

Week One:

7/3/2017- Wandering Bark Books– Guest Post
7/4/2017- Eli to the nth– Review
7/5/2017- Two Chicks on Books– Excerpt
7/6/2017- BookHounds YA– Review
7/7/2017- Hooked To Books– Interview

Week Two:
7/10/2017- Novel Novice– Review
7/11/2017- A Dream Within A Dream– Excerpt
7/12/2017- Lisa Loves Literature– Review
7/13/2017- YA and Wine– Interview
7/14/2017- YA Book Madness– Review

 

four-half-stars

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Comments

  1. Angel Heaps says

    July 6, 2017 at 4:16 am

    thanks for the giveaway

  2. beth says

    July 6, 2017 at 6:58 am

    Sounds like a cool book that I would love to read!

  3. Linda Kish says

    July 6, 2017 at 11:47 am

    This sounds like fun.

  4. Theresa says

    July 6, 2017 at 3:09 pm

    I’m so excited for this book!!! I have read a couple other books by Gina and I really like her writing style!!
    Thanks for this giveaway!

  5. Tia Sprengel says

    July 6, 2017 at 3:42 pm

    This book sounds so fun! Thank you for the giveaway!

  6. maleficent says

    July 6, 2017 at 4:29 pm

    i LOVE gina. i’m pretty sure i have read most of her books but my favorite was WAX. plus i follow her on twitter

  7. KM says

    July 6, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    I loved Wax, so I’m sure I’ll love this too!

  8. holdenj says

    July 6, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    Great review and premise! Looking forward to it!

  9. Kester from LILbooKlovers says

    July 7, 2017 at 3:40 pm

    This book looks so good! I’m really interested in it! 😉

    ~ Kester from http://www.lilbooklovers.wordpress.com

  10. Vicki Wurgler says

    July 7, 2017 at 7:25 pm

    book sounds great thanks for your giveaway

  11. Daniel M says

    July 11, 2017 at 4:48 pm

    sounds like a fun one

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