The Girl’s Guide to the Apocalypse by Daphne LambPublished by: Booktrope Publishing
Publication date: August 11th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Post-Apocalyptic
Synopsis:
Welcome to the Apocalypse. Your forecast includes acid rain, roving gangs and misplaced priorities, in this comedic take on the end of the world as we know it, from debut author Daphne Lamb. As a self-entitled, self-involved, and ill equipped millennial, Verdell probably wouldn’t have ranked very high on the list of those most likely to survive the end of the world, but here she is anyway. Add in travelling with her work addicted boss, her boyfriend who she has “meh” feelings for, and a handful of others who had no businesses surviving as long as they have, and things aren’t exactly going as planned. But despite threats of cannibalism, infected water supplies, and possibly even mutants, Verdell is willing to put in as little effort as she can get away with to survive.
In those three years, Bruce had slept through every movie that I picked, never ate any of my cooking and always chose a Patriots game over time with me. I supposed I should have noticed the signs, but there we were in this moment in time and it was over. True, the days of us hanging out on his couch over the weekends and spending evenings with friends, well, his friends, were never coming back anyway, but it felt so unnatural to try to reconcile that my plans wouldn’t take into account of his.
“Are you okay?” Robert asked.
I looked up at him. He seemed genuinely concerned.
“There are bigger things wrong, I suppose,” I said.
He pulled out his textbook. “Know where I turn when I’m feeling down?”
“Not to the secrets of risk management.”
He made a pitying sound with his mouth, opening to a page in his book. “You’re missing out. Listen. The chances of achieving organizational objectives while protecting enterprise value will be maximized by having a clear grasp on business realities, understanding what ‘risk’ is, tying risk tolerance to performance, and deploying risk management above and beyond compliance activies.” He looked up and beamed. “Doesn’t that make you feel better?”
“I literally don’t know what any of that means or why its relevant,” I said.
“It’s comforting,” he said. “Truth is a valuable commodity. And so are quality girls like you. That’s what I get out of this.”
“I’m thirty three and not a girl.” I smiled. “But thank you again.”
EXCERPT:
“Are you okay?” Robert asked.
I looked up at him. He seemed genuinely concerned.
“There are bigger things wrong, I suppose,” I said.
He pulled out his textbook. “Know where I turn when I’m feeling down?”
“Not to the secrets of risk management.”
He made a pitying sound with his mouth, opening to a page in his book. “You’re missing out. Listen. The chances of achieving organizational objectives while protecting enterprise value will be maximized by having a clear grasp on business realities, understanding what ‘risk’ is, tying risk tolerance to performance, and deploying risk management above and beyond compliance activies.” He looked up and beamed. “Doesn’t that make you feel better?”
“I literally don’t know what any of that means or why its relevant,” I said.
“It’s comforting,” he said. “Truth is a valuable commodity. And so are quality girls like you. That’s what I get out of this.”
“I’m thirty three and not a girl.” I smiled. “But thank you again.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daphne Lamb was raised in the wilds of Colorado and now resides in a very different wilderness known as Los Angeles. She is a comedian and award winning writer who has worked in television, film and video games. In her spare time, she enjoys collecting comic books, discussing awesomely bad movies and thinks about what it would be like to own a cat.
She loves connecting to fans and readers, so feel free to connect!
She loves connecting to fans and readers, so feel free to connect!
Thanks for hosting today, Melanie! :)
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