Jamie Canosa: The Experiment Blog Tour and Guest Post

Time is running out for the Collaborative's oppressive rule of the remote world Senca One. The government attempts to suppress the escalating riots, even while seeking to further their experiments. When their parents are taken, triplets Juliet, Cilla, and Emiah Tripp set out to locate them, and soon discover they are at the center of a hunt to capture them.

Evading the Collaborative across Senca One’s harsh terrain, they’re confronted with the trials of survival. They also discover something that changes the very core of their reality: they’re morphs. Struggling to adapt to the strange new ability, they question what they really are . . . and why. Are the rumors of experiments done on children true? Did their scientist parents have anything to do with it?

Their quest brings them to the capitol city of Brighton, which is on the verge of revolt. While searching for information about their parents, the Tripps align themselves with the very people fueling the rebellion. They unwittingly spark the revolution they want no part of and discover something more dangerous than they suspected.

The thing that intrigues me most about this book as that it's written in 3 distinct POV's and each one was written by a different author. I thought we could use this chance to get to know each of them a little bit better.

Now, if you know me at all, you know I love books and music. There's something about lyrics sometimes that can say something that simple spoken words cannot convey--a memory, a feeling, an experience. There are always those songs that can take you to another time and place, entirely. It's almost like magic.

So, what I asked these awesome authors to do was share some songs with us that in some way connects them to the book they've written. Here's what they had to say...

Jeffery Moore: I don't know if the songs remind me of the story in general, but here are a few songs I pulled from my playlist that I think shadow the mood in many areas of the story. For me, the music is more about the tempo and melody . . . the feeling it gives me rather than any message the lyrics are trying to convey.

Jack Johnson's "Upside Down": A song that's about curiosity, and expanding one's thinking about how things are.

http://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down/dp/B000XNZN6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415248&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan's "Some Surprise": A song that embodies the emotion behind kisses.
http://www.amazon.com/Some-Surprise/dp/B000W1UXFY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415377&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

Depeche Mode's "Home": A song that is about feeling accepted.
http://www.amazon.com/Home-2007-Digital-Remaster/dp/B00122HSSM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415500&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

The 69 Eyes' "Still Waters Run Deep": Because I love the tempo and the underlying story of innocence.
http://www.amazon.com/Still-Waters-Run-Deep/dp/B000RG9CME/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415642&s=dmusic&sr=1-14

Moore was born in Germany. As a military brat, much of his childhood was spent abroad, growing up in Germany on military installations. He subsequently enlisted in the military and served for ten years as an army pilot. While in the military, he lived in Italy and South Korea and deployed to many European countries. He has traveled to Australia, Japan, Singapore and most European countries. His experiences and contact with many different cultures helps form some of the elements in his stories. He currently works for a global IT company and lives in Massachusetts.

Find more about Jeffery and his work at www.jefferyemoore.com

Sherry Gammon: I’m not very good at this. I am a pop/Latin crossover girl and don’t listen to edgy music that this book would probably need. Here is my 2 cents:

Brave New Radio's "Radioactive": Song about the stateof the cities under Collaborative rule.
http://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Radio-Edit/dp/B00AN6P0Q0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415757&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

Lifehouse's "Aftermath": Song for the ending.
http://www.amazon.com/Aftermath/dp/B00AEJ13BM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415848&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

Lifehouse's "First Time": Love song for the 3.
http://www.amazon.com/First-Time/dp/B001HDUPXQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376639869&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

Unlovable was Gammon's debut novel and quickly rose to many top seller lists on Amazon. She is pleased to announce that Unlovable is currently being made into a movie. She has added two more novels to her body of work. Not so Easy, book one of the Souls in Peril series, is the poignant story of Max Sanchez who is on a journey to help the struggling JD Miller survive high school, and Pete & Tink, a fun, light-hearted novella of a manga-loving geek and a five-and-a-half inch fairy. Gammon and her husband, along with their children and a couple of crazy dogs, call Upstate New York home. It is where she spends her nights writing instead of sleeping.

Find more about Sherry and her work at www.wordpaintingsunlimited.com

Cindy C Bennett:

Lana del Rey's "Young and Beautiful": Cilla's theme song, because she worries she'll only ever be admired and loved for her beauty.
http://www.amazon.com/Young-And-Beautiful/dp/B00CBUNUAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375412939&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

Avicii's "Wake Me Up": Em's theme song, because he didn't know he was missing anything in life, happy to live in his inner world, until the world was opened to him.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DJBQWAE/ref=dm_hot_B_Avicii?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=13CPHGA6GAJXJ1FW1QEE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1586930302&pf_rd_i=1001104331

Empire of the Sun's "Alive": Jules' theme song because she is the thing that wakes up not only Brax, but the entire world of Senca one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D902LB4/ref=dm_hot_B_EmpireSun?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=13CPHGA6GAJXJ1FW1QEE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1586930302&pf_rd_i=1001104331

London Grammar's "Wasting My Young Years": A combined theme song for all three, because they were forced to grow up almost overnight.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWNDETQ/ref=dm_hot_B_LondonG?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=13CPHGA6GAJXJ1FW1QEE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1586930302&pf_rd_i=1001104331

Bennett is the YA author of several books, including Geek Girl, Rapunzel Untangled, Enchanted Fairytales, and Heart on a Chain. She lives in Utah and has six kids (two of which are daughters in-law). She loves gooey cookies, dark chocolate, and cheese popcorn. She hates housework and cooking, and has no plans to become a domestic goddess. She occasionally co-hosts a geek podcast with her son, called Geek Revolution Radio. Her favorite pastime is riding her Harley.

Find more about Cindy and her work at www.cindycbennett.com

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