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<br />Fandomly Bookishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754840306665913220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751084465768042287.post-58091084599140682812016-10-26T06:38:00.000-07:002016-10-26T06:38:17.828-07:00Cover Makeover | In This Life by Christine Brae<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Author: Christine Brae (<a href="https://christinebrae.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/christinebraeauthor/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristineBrae">Twitter</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Five years pass, and Anna finally moves on with Dante after giving up hope that Jude will ever return—until they come face to face again in a chance encounter. Reeling, Anna discovers the life-altering secret of why Jude never contacted her—and why they can’t be together. But the passion that ignited between them on an exotic beach years ago never died, making it impossible to stay away from each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In case you've missed it, I actually reviewed In This Life <a href="http://fandomlybookish.blogspot.com/2016/01/ph-blog-tour-book-review-giveaways-in.html">here in my blog</a> during the start of 2016. In which I have said, <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>Christine Brae’s prose for In This Life is that of poetic and beautifully weaved truths. ... Her words packed a lot more punch which resulted for the emotions of her characters to freely flow to us, her readers. Brae’s thoughts and words is the perfect match to flawlessly execute such a plot line as with In This Life." </i>I even rated this book FIVE STARS. Read more of my thoughts about this book <a href="http://fandomlybookish.blogspot.com/2016/01/ph-blog-tour-book-review-giveaways-in.html">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by Tara Frejas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fi Legaspi is living the dream working in
Seoul as a road manager for one of South Korea's hottest bands, East Genesis
Project. Until she isn't.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When she finds herself in the middle of a
scandal and a hostile fangirl witch hunt, Fi seeks the comfort of home, and to
her surprise, <i>not</i> the person she had
been pining for for years. All too suddenly it's no longer her career on the
line, but also her heart. Will she walk away from everything that matters to
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are you into Korean idol
groups? If yes, you <i>need </i>to read
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are you a fangirl? If
yes, you <i>must</i> read this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Or just looking for a
good book to devour in one sitting? Then better check this book out by Tara
Frejas, Scandalized. This book is all that and more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’m sure you’ve
encountered books out there with just by reading the first sentence of their
synopsis and you’re thinking that, “Okay, done deal. I’m sold with this one.”,
right? Scandalized was like that for me and so I immediately grabbed the
opportunity to join this blog tour. <i>“<span style="background: white; color: #181818;">Fi Legaspi is living the dream working
in Seoul as a road manager for one of South Korea's hottest bands, East Genesis
Project.<span class="apple-converted-space">”</span></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> totally
lured me in. Maybe this is also because of the fact that I’m currently hooked
with the K-Pop group, EXO, and I badly needed a reading material that will feed
off my Korean entertainment feels. Scandalized was just the perfect read for
me. No-brainer, I breezed through it and enjoyed reading something that I have
knowledge and feels to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">With 18 chapters, Scandalized was able to touch
base on a lot of things concerning the entertainment industry, the artists and
the general public. Readers are given a quick and easy to understand run through
on how Korean management works when it comes to nurturing their artists since
trainee days. Road managers, hardworking PR people and other non-artist personnel
were also highlighted. But beware, not everything behind all the glitz and
glamour are real pretty. Scandals, manipulations, cover-ups and power-plays are
things that sadly exist. Fi Legaspi and Jo Yihwan had a taste of that here in
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dispatch, a well-known website that breaks the
biggest dating news and scandals in the Korean industry, makes an appearance in
this book and stirs all-kinds of issues towards Jo Yihwan’s ways. In which brought
on a chaotic atmosphere in their fandom, Originals, and for the people near
Yihwan vulnerable to the eyes of the public. I won’t talk into details about
the events that happened in the book but Tara Frejas took such a refreshing
spin to this whole <i>fiasco</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We live in the age where everything is most
likely at the tip of our fingers. One-click, we get answers to our queries. Send
love to our idols? We can do it just by hitting up their social media accounts.
Send hate and disappointment? Easy as one, two, three too. Social networking
sites made it easier for us, fangirls, to feel like we are closer to our idols.
It enabled us to keep tabs on what’s going on with their lives and their future
plans through those various platforms that they use. That’s the power of social
media, right there. But with the familiarity of its existence, people tend to
forget the lines that we must not cross and most especially, respect. Without
batting eyelashes, we are now quick to jump to conclusions, judge and drag
others down and that’s just because of a <i>published
article</i> and our <i>fondness towards
these artists going way overboard</i>. We only know what the media feeds us and
not the entire <i>(with Fi’s situation;
real)</i> story. Yet toxic comments are bound to float around the web. How
about some reality check? These artists have their own personal and private
lives that we know nothing about and that at the end of the day, we are just
mere fans. Hard pill to swallow but that’s just it. <i>Though, I’m not saying that I don’t get my heart broken whenever there
are dating news concerning artists that
I love and support because I do. Support group anyone? It’s normal to feel
that. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></div>
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her and showing her weakness was very realistic. I expected that. People can
only take so much and for someone like her who isn’t accustomed to the
limelight, being involved in a <i>scandal</i>
will surely take a toll on her. She may have experienced a fleeting downfall
but what matters is how she used this particular time to evaluate herself, her
career and think on how to bounce back on her feet. Similar with East Genesis
Project, I’m in awe with how they were able to turn things around. It was very
impressive how they used one of the lowest points of their lives/careers as an
inspiration to start-up and successfully come up with a campaign to combat the
problem that they’ve noticed. Channelling it through their music and using
their band’s image to create a ripple effect for change was a pretty clever
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I’ve said, this book is refreshing. I was a bit surprised that the story took a
turn <i>there</i> but it was kind of obvious
too that Fi and this <i>guy</i> character is
perfect for each other. They were confidante from the start and it’s a good foundation
for a relationship. He thinks about her, cares for her and acts very sweet
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this story could make us ponder on how <i>we,
you, me,</i> act as a fangirl and the fact that there’s an advocacy at the centre
of it. I’m sure the message Tara Frejas wants to impart towards the fans of EGP
will not only remain enclosed in this book but it’ll live through with every
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aside from her obvious love affair with words and persistent muses, Tara is very passionate about being caffeinated, musical theatre, certain genres of music, dancing, dogs, good food, and romancing Norae, her ukelele. She owns a male bunny named Max who sometimes tries to nibble on her writing notes. <i>Scandal</i>ized is her second novel after <i>Paper Planes Back Home</i>.</span></div>
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Fandomly Bookishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754840306665913220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751084465768042287.post-23029248710331505542016-09-21T02:05:00.000-07:002016-09-21T02:05:50.106-07:00Top Ten Tuesday | Top Ten Albums that I could listen to FOREVER<br />
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book blog. This particular blog is famous for its weekly meme, Top Ten Tuesday,
which bookish people fervently participates in. With that in mind, I decided to
check the topics being discussed in the following weeks and only to be
surprised that the topic for this week is something that I actually would love
to talk about. Then and there, I immediately thought of still crafting a blog
post for it even though Tuesday had already passed. Here’s the topic for
September 20, yesterday: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 115%;">All About Audio freebie -- aka top ten
audiobooks you should listen to, 10 books I want to listen to on audio,10 bands
you should check out, 10 podcasts you should be listening to, 10 of my all time
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Remember The Click Five's hit song Jenny? Or the catchy happy birthday song, Happy Birthday? Or the mellow, Empty? Those songs actually belong to The Click Five's second album yet a first for their new vocalist, Kyle Patrick. During the year this album was released, I went gaga over them and <i>if I remember correctly </i>I went pretty active on Myspace because of them. There was something about Kyle's voice that drew me in and add in their awesome and catchy songs. I'm sold. My favorite song out of this album <i>(which sadly wasn't released as a single)</i> is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytfnpjca3xs">I'm Getting Over You</a>. Headlight Disco and When I'm Gone were my jam too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">SPEAK NOW ERA aka my favorite Taylor Swift era! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was the album before a drastic change took place from country pop to pop rock. I prefer this album than Red. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can still remember <i>begging</i> my father to buy me a deluxe copy of Speak Now in Manila </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and which he actually did. With posters and all. For me, most of the songs from this album are Taylor Swift's best songs ever. My favorites are Back to December, The Story of Us, Mine, Enchanted, Last Kiss and Long Live. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hey Monday didn't make it that big and long in the music scene but with their short existence they left us with highly-addicting albums, Hold on Tight and Beneath It All. I'm sure you've heard them if you know the songs - Candles, Homecoming, How You Love Me Now and I Don't Wanna Dance. Cassadee Pope, the band's vocalist, also won in the The Voice US Season 3. I was really surprised when I saw her audition on the show but I basically rooted for her from that point. I love how every performance that she did on The Voice gave me chills. She's really a talented singer with powerful vocals. Watch Cassadee's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7xdO80KVM">Cry performance</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Griffin Peterson is the person behind those amazing songs featured in Colleen Hoover's Maybe Someday novel. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MS will always have a special part in my heart because it gave me a very unique reading experience. I always feel like crying whenever Griffin's songs come up on my playlist because with his words I am reminded of what transpired in the book. If you haven't read it, then you better do so. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I don't have time to mess around, and I sure as hell didn’t see her coming.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“I think there was a lot of beer involved.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Not even once?” she asked, her eyes still
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“I believe that’s the definition of never.”
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“That’s ridiculous,” she said, her head shaking
back and forth in complete shock, as if I’d just told her I’d never used modern
plumbing or had a haircut. “We’re going to rectify this. Before we leave,” she
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“If you say so, but it’s really not that
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“It’s weird, Roman,” she retorted,
instantly realizing her slip. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was the first time she’d ever used my
first name. Usually, she didn’t address me at all, which I’d always found
unusual, considering her immaculate manners. But seeing her reaction now? The
instant flush, dodging my gaze… it was obvious she was conflicted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“I’m sorry,” she said quickly. “I didn’t
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Don’t apologize. I’m Roman, Cara. To you…
I’ve always just been Roman.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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seemed to stand still. The sound of the tires against the pavement, the cars
around us… everything stopped. For just one moment <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Sir, we’re here,” the driver announced as
we came to a stop. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She looked at me for the briefest of time
and then blinked, and it was as if the world reset itself. She gave me a polite
smile, grabbed the formal tweed jacket she’d been carrying around with her all
day, reached for the handle of the car, and was gone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And the world suddenly seemed louder
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<b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">About BEHIND CLOSED DOORS</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My name is Roman Cavenaugh and I’m kind of an asshole.
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Running a company isn't easy, especially when everyone expects you to fail, so
being a jerk? It comes with the territory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I don't have time to mess around, and I sure as hell didn’t see her coming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cara Hamilton—she was supposed to be off limits…a temporary employee brought in
during my assistant’s maternity leave. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But, in the blink of an eye, she became so much more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An obsession I couldn’t shake.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So
yeah, I may be an asshole, but now, I finally had a purpose, and soon, she
would be mine. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All’s fair in love and war…</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Can I
ask you something?" she said, drawing my attention away from the monotony
on my computer screen. I looked up to
find her eyes dead set on mine. It was
unnerving. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She usually
tried to avoid direct eye contact with me.
Maybe I intimidated her. Perhaps
she found me attractive and the idea of lusting after her boss bothered her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Believe me,
it bothered me too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In a very
physical way.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Go ahead,”
I answered, unwilling to break the intimate connection she'd started. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">"When
you saw me…</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Jill%20Sava" datetime="2016-06-06T11:51"> </ins></span></span><span lang="EN-US">at the club that night," she said, her eyes
wavering just slightly. "What was
it you saw in me? I mean, was it just the clothes?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My eyebrows
furrowed in confusion. Even though I'd
said we'd never speak of what happened that drunken night two weeks ago, I saw
something in her eyes that needed an answer.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That needed
something more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Why
are you asking?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"It's
nothing, sorry. I'm being stupid," she backpedaled, as she began fiddling
with the hem of her skirt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Looking back
at our few interactions, I suddenly noticed the difference in how she'd acted
today. Her normal never-ending stream of
word vomit was there, but behind it, there was an internal struggle going
on. The hemline wasn't the first thing
she'd fidgeted with. I'd watched as
she'd pulled at the collar of her shirt and then, as if she'd realized what she
had done was wrong, quickly lay it flat again.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this have something to do with the way you're dressed today?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pink tinged
her cheeks once again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"You
noticed?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I simply
nodded, not trusting myself with words in that moment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because I’d
more than noticed. It’d been damn hard
not to think about anything but. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"A gift
from my boyfriend," she replied. "He said my old clothes didn't fit
in with our new life style. It was a
very generous gift," she added, never forgetting that politeness she'd no
doubt been taught since birth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"But?"
I questioned, waiting for her to continue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">"But…</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Jill%20Sava" datetime="2016-06-06T11:52"> </ins></span></span><span lang="EN-US">I don't feel like me anymore," she finally
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"And
I'm guessing the night in the club was another gift of his as well?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I could see
the indecision and worry gnawing at her.
Someone like her, sweet, honest and good…</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Jill%20Sava" datetime="2016-06-06T11:53"> </ins></span></span><span lang="EN-US">she was meant for better things than a life with
a man who didn't appreciate her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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"That night in the club, I'll admit, I noticed the dress first." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her lips to speak but I held up my hand to stop her, wanting to make my point. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">"And
today, when you walked in, I couldn't help but give a second…</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Jill%20Sava" datetime="2016-06-06T11:53"> </ins></span></span><span lang="EN-US">or third glance at the way that new skirt hugged
your ass."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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widened at my blatant honesty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"So
yes, the clothes may grab my attention for a moment or two, but the fact that
I'm still interested, two weeks later?
That's you, Cara. That’s all
you.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’d hit on
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Fandomly Bookishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754840306665913220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751084465768042287.post-46025255439366112722016-09-04T05:53:00.001-07:002016-09-06T06:18:06.679-07:00The Sunday Currently: Volume 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Long time no post, huh? I know, I know. Here's the thing. I’ve been busy dealing with real life stuff which resulted to me having a hard time keeping this blog up and running. Sometimes a barrage of words
rushes through my mind, I get this sense of <i>“I
know I should type it in and make a blog post out of it”</i> but when I face my
laptop or I’m in the middle of writing my post – the spark in me little by
little fizzles out or time restrains me from finishing it up. Let’s not dwell too much on that,
shall we? As a comeback post, I’m using <i>siddathornton</i>’s
The Sunday Currently. I haven’t done this here in my blog yet (hence the Vol. 1
in the title) and so it’s going to be a new feature that I’ll be updating
weekly or we’ll see what I’ll come up with the schedule for this. In addition
to that, I think this is a great idea for me to reintroduce myself and talk
about where’s my head at concerning my blog, Fandomly Bookish. Okay, let’s
start!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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couple of days ago, I find myself wanting to read. It was an <i>out of the blue</i> move for me because I’m
currently into this reading slump period which was brought on by It Ends with
Us by Colleen Hoover. But surprise, surprise, not only did I finish one book in a few days but I ended
up with two, which were the first two books of this series. I have to say that
McLaughlin’s books are addicting. Once you start reading it and get introduced
with her set of characters, you just can’t help it but to be curious about
everyone. So that’s what happened to me. I devoured those books and now
planning to add another one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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level of joy with blogging. Probably it has something to do with it being a
comeback post and at the same time, a new feature. I’m also having fun with
just letting my thoughts out through a blog post. I’m planning to write another
post today or tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed for that one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Listening </i></b>to
You and Me by Ahn Hyeon Jeong from W Original Soundtrack Part 7. Twitter
friends wouldn’t be shocked with this but I’m sure my dear blog readers will
be. I think ever since this blog existed not for once did I mention any Korean
related stuff here and you’d be amazed with my progress in this area. Just so
you know guys, my playlist is invaded and filled to the brim with Korean songs.
Most of those songs are from the original soundtracks of the Korean dramas that
I’ve previously watched and am currently watching. Some people will probably
say that I can’t even understand the lyrics, so why listen? Wait. Hold up. This
is something that I’ve came to realize after all these weeks that I’ve spent
listening to these songs – I might be clueless with their lyrics but the
emotions of the artists transcend the message of the song and affect me. <i>And
Google’s around too. I could do a one click to read about the English
translation and double the song’s effect on me.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Thinking </i></b>about
the things that I should consider to spice up this blog and make it come alive.
I have a few things up my sleeves and I’m still trying to finalize it in my mind. I'm also thinking about W - Two Worlds and Waves of Memories by Jonaxx. What a mind-boggling duo! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Smelling </i></b>the carbonara and fried chicken from the dining room. It's my cousin's 20th birthday and we had a simple gathering awhile ago and the smell of the foods and festivity are still lingering in the air. Happy Birthday, cous!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Wishing</i></b> that I can really push through with those
plans that <i>I’m currently thinking</i>. I’m
wishing that I won’t be placed under a reading and blogging slump too. It’s
seriously messing up with my plans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Hoping</i></b> that W – Two Worlds leaves its viewers fully
satisfied and ends happily. Right now, W is delivering the satisfied part <i>(just a few more triggers and my mind would
probably explode already)</i> but on the other end, nope. My heart is
thoroughly crushed by that cruel ending and cliffhanger from Episode 13. This
Korean drama is a MUST WATCH!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Wearing</i></b> a tank top and shorts that I usually just
wear inside our house. My comfy clothes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Loving</i></b> all the love my Twitter account is getting. I
love all the interactions and mentions. I love my Twitter friends. Hi!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Wanting</i></b> to make some changes here in my blog for
quite some time now but distracted to do it. I think, I might be able to pull it off this time around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Needing</i></b> more behind the scenes videos and photos of
Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo. For added feels and my strong need to check up on
what’s happening with the two of them in between takes. I also need my
on-screen couple – <i>Kang Chul and Oh Yeon
Joo</i> – to end up together and be their saccharine selves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Feeling</i></b> sleepy. I didn’t get enough sleep last night
because my mind went into an overdrive and kept on thinking about different
things from my blogging life and real life. Decisions, decisions, decisions…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There you have it. I'm done filling out 'The Sunday Currently' feature and I certainly had fun! How about you? What were the things that you accomplished today? What were the thoughts that circled through your mind? Want to share it to me? Just comment down here on my blog post or let's talk about it on Twitter @ @fandomlybookish! I'd be glad to entertain you!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know what to say about It Ends with Us. But what I do know is that I want say great things about it to encourage more readers, more people, to hear your voice - to hear your story. I've been staring at my laptop for quite some time now and words just went out the window. You've literally left me speechless. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: italic;">That </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;">last chapter </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>+ epilogue + note combo you pulled in this book was a sure killer. </i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also know that I'm barely coherent to be typing in this note but whatever. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm just going to wing it from here and tell you something. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for being so brave and bold. Thank you for deciding to share the story that enfolded in It Ends with Us to us. I am, we are, lucky. Now, I finally know why you're so nervous about the release of this book and why IEWU means a lot to you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your honesty on how you intricately wrote this story brought in how raw, profound, moving and deeply personal this book is. It is all too real. It Ends with Us is like </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Colleen Hoover by Colleen Hoover. You've left marks everywhere - from the major events that transpired in Lily's life down to the littlest of things mentioned. You've left a "Colleen Hoover" imprint all throughout the book.</span></div>
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But there is one bright spot: Mark Connelly, her very cute, very off-limits 28-year-old calculus teacher. She falls hard for him—a ridiculous schoolgirl crush headed nowhere. She can't help it. He's the only good thing at Crestview High. She doesn't expect him to reciprocate her feelings. How inappropriate, right? But he does. And he shows her.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It actually started out so well (sneaky forbidden stories often do) but then as I delve deeper into the story, I cannot help but feel being stuck on a loop. Over and over again I was going through the motions with both protagonists' issues: insecurities and control. It just got dragged through the entire book and character development at the end is weak.
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be emailing me back with her answers. I took a chance. I was just happy with
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I was
already lounging in my bed, relaxing and getting ready to continue reading the
book that I picked out that afternoon. That’s how my usual night life goes. When
a notification suddenly popped on the topmost part of my phone’s screen saying
that I have an email coming from Jonahmae Pacala. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Me: ENTERS IN A DREAMLIKE STATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I found
myself abruptly standing up, opening and reading the content of her email. When
I saw that she indeed answered all of my questions, I cannot help myself from
constantly chanting, <i>“What? Seryoso?
Nagreply siya? Sinagutan niya?”.</i> I
was shaking. I was fangirling so hard and I need people to talk to me. I ended
up sending messages to some of my friends and sharing the news over the JSL
main group and Bicol chapter about this blog interview. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I
couldn’t believe it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It may
have taken her some time in replying to my email but it was definitely worth
the wait. This surely is going down as one of my surreal blogger and fangirl
moments: <i>Interviewing one of my favorite
authors. </i>And it truly is a pleasure to share this interview with you, blog
readers and Jonaxxstories Lovers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Since I
already formatted my interview questions in a conversation-type of way when I
emailed it to Queen J, I won’t be editing it out <i>(just a little tweak here and there) </i>and I would really love to
share it with you as it is. My questions, my thoughts and her answers – just out
there for you to read. Let’s get started! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>Amanda
(A)</b>: Thank you so much for giving me and my blog this huge opportunity of
having you here and at the same time interviewing you. If only I can squeal and
be heard by my readers here in this blog just for them to know how I’m reacting
to all this. Seriously, I’m such a big
fan of yours so this all seems to be so surreal for me. Enough of me and my
fangirl ways, though. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">I’ll
start off this interview by asking you a little bit about yourself. You’re
widely known as The Royal Writer, the Queen or Queen J by your royal readers,
but what is it like just being Jonahmae Pacala? What are your favourite: songs,
movies and books? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(J)</b>: I have so many favourite songs and movies. Genres like EDM, slow love
music, pop, and alternative. It’s difficult to mention it one by one. Haha! For
movies, I like the Divergent, the Harry Potter Movies, and all movies with
medievalish setting. And for books, I’ve read HP series and it was very nice. I
am always amazed by how J.K. did it. She’s a legend. And then I also like Paulo
Coehlo. I like books with deeeeeep messages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>A:</b> When
you aren’t writing, where would we most likely find you? What are your hobbies
aside from writing? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>J:</b> Malling,
sleeping, going out with friends, roadtrips, beaches… etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Speaking of writing, was writing a long-time dream of yours or some sort of a
snap of a finger, “I want to write.” decision? Who/What inspired you to get
started with writing? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I recall the first time I wrote online, parang wala lang naman iyon. Napadaan
lang sa Creative Corner, tapos nakitang may mga stories doon. Nagpost ng sarili
kong story. At tuloy tuloy na. Years passed by, I’ve learned so many things
like how to write better <i>(sentence
construction)</i> and many more. It’s just a hobby. A pastime.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A):</b> What’s your favorite and least favorite part in the writing process? Up to
the date, what was the story that has been the most difficult for you to write?
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(J):</b> The most difficult part of writing for me is the beginning. Minsan alam ko
na ang climax, ending, and everything in between pero ‘di ko pa alam paano ko
sisimulan. I really suck at beginnings. And the most difficult story to write
so far is Heartless dahil lagi kong binabalikan ang Mapapansin Kaya <i>(parallel)</i> para lang maisulat ang next
chapter niya.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>A:</b> I noticed
that you write your stories in the female characters’ perspective. Do you have
any plans of writing an entire story coming from a male perspective? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><b>A: </b>One of the things that I love the most about your characters is that they always pop. They always feel like they are real human beings because of how authentic their personalities are. How do you treat each of your characters? Are they loosely based on the people you know? Where do you get the inspiration on how they’re going to end up be like?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><b>J:</b> Some events in my stories are based on personal experience. Some characters are also based on a real person. Iyan siguro ang dahilan kung bakit they feel “almost real” to the readers.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><b>J:</b> Erin Montefalco, Rosie Aranjuez, and Freya Cuevas. I don’t need to pretend every time I write their monologues. Palaging akong ako. Haha! Not that I pretend with Klare and my other female leads but sometimes, salungat iyong mga iniisip. Pero kailangan panindigan.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>A:</b> I
think, I’ve already mentioned it in one of my feature articles here in this
blog that I truly adore how you deal with the chemistry between characters. Not
just the romantically involved characters but with the friends that they have
and especially when it comes to family relationships. How do you do that? How
do you handle relationships and chemistries? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don’t know. I just create subtle moments <i>(usually
reality based)</i>. Ayaw ko naman kasi ng kinocomplicate kasi it will look
cliché so what I do, subtle lang ang pag atake sa chemistries para hindi
pinipilit. Para hindi frustrating.</span></div>
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do you choose on what to write next? Do you plan that you’ll be writing about
this and that character already or you choose spontaneously from all the ideas
that are circling your mind? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>J: </b>Sometimes it’s spontaneous. Most of the time, I plan ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>A: </b>With
Drifting Souls, the first thing that I noticed when you posted it on Wattpad is
the genre. What drove you to try out writing a story under the Romance Fantasy
genre? What are the materials <i>(books/movies)</i>
that inspired the plot for Drifting Souls? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>J: </b>Hell
Girl (Anime) and my fascination for the fall of Lucifer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>A:</b> Can
you give a teaser on your next priority story? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>J: </b>My
current story is Ripped. The teaser’s on my site. jonaxx.com. I have yet to decide my next
priority story after Ripped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A): </b>Recently, you’ve decided to self-publish 24 Signs of Summer/Remembering
Summer and now, Until Trilogy. What were the things that led you to make that
decision? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(J):</b> I want to try publishing it my own for experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>A:</b> In
the future, do you still plan to self-publish your stories? If yes, what would
you choose? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A):</b> At present, we live in a world where books seems to be dominating the
box-office and even in the small screens. What are your thoughts on having your
story/stories adapted into a movie/TV series? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mga scenes talagang madedelete at
madadagdag kung magiging movie ang isang b ook para lang maitama sa kaonting
time na nakalaan pag naging movie. And also, all the dragging scenes and
monologues won’t be present. “The book is better than the movie” Or “The movie
is better than the book” isn’t an acceptable statement. Talagang mag iiba iyan.
You can’t expect to put all the monologues I wrote in the movie. That would be
dragging for some who didn’t read the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much for the support. Words aren’t enough to
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ms. Jonah, Queen J or Ate J, even if my
reply to your email was a string of thank yous already, I would never get tired
saying thank you to you. Thank you for this interview. Thank you for your
stories and characters that are keeping me happy, making me feel kilig, <i>sad and heartbroken too</i>. Thank you for
making me a very happy fangirl. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. More power to
you and your stories!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Are still you there, dear blog readers? I hope you enjoyed this post, learned some
author facts about our Queen and that this interview shed in some new light to
your thoughts - especially during the adaptations part of the interview. I know
everybody’s throwing in their opinions about it, some love the idea and the
others, well shutting their ears down before the conversation even starts. Just
read and reflect on Queen J’s thoughts about it, okay? She actually nailed what
I was thinking when it comes to adaptations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I did an <i>okay job</i> with the interview
questions. Tell me your thoughts about this interview on the comments section
below! I would definitely love to read it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Author: Christine Brae (<a href="http://christinebrae.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christine-Brae/251960864949578">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/christinebrae">Twitter</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It started out so simply. Anna runs away to Thailand, drags her best friend Dante with her and spends a few weeks away, taking on other people’s problems while getting away from her own. She meets the enigmatic Jude Grayson, and for as long as it’s clear to both of them that it ends when they leave, she thinks she’s got the perfect fling planned out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anna returns home to find that her life is no longer the way it once was, and that she can’t stop thinking about him. She learns through tragedy that nothing she’s ever believed in has turned out to be true. The worst part? The people she loved were keeping a secret from her. And that no matter what she does, no matter how hard she fights against it, every path she takes keeps leading her back to Jude. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is a story about love, found in a faraway place by two very unlikely people. It is also a story about friendship and loyalty and fighting for what you have despite the illogical mystery of fate. And with the struggle between morality and guilt, faith and acceptance, there comes a learning that even the best-laid plans are powerless against the alignment of the universe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the beaches of Thailand to the streets of New York, three friends, Anna, Dante, and Jude will learn the hard way that once providence steps in, there is nothing in the world that can change what is truly meant to be.</span></div>
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take time and read In This Life by Christine Brae. It’s emotional. It’s real. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have when I read all the works of an author is being able to witness the growth
taking shape when it comes to their writing style. Just like her previous
works, Christine Brae’s prose for In This Life is that of poetic and
beautifully weaved truths. But this time around, her words packed a lot more
punch which resulted for the emotions of her characters to freely flow to us,
her readers. Brae’s thoughts and words is the perfect match to flawlessly
execute such a plot line as with In This Life. It’s a story that truly requires
a certain bravery and sincerity to radiate through the words and pages of the book
for readers to fully feel and grasp its vital points. Aside from those, I do
think that one of Brae’s strengths lies on how her words leave marks, make
people think and reflect about their personal lives. In This Life may be about
Anna’s self-discovery journey but a bonus to this is having our own
self-discovery journey while reading the book and beyond that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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immune to Christine Brae’s shocking twists and I go, read this one. Actually,
the first few chapters were a breeze to read through. I was immediately
captivated by Anna and Dante’s friendship and Anna and Jude’s blossoming
feelings towards each other. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I did not expect the plot line
for In This Life to turn out this way. I don’t know what I was actually thinking
and expecting but certainly not this one. A string of curse words flew out of
my mouth upon realizing the weight of the situation. It’s insane. I was so confused
and torn with everything that’s happening in the story. From that point, I knew
that these characters were going to ruin me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What I love the most about
Anna, Jude and Dante is the fact that they were flawed characters. They weren’t
perfect at all, just like us. It seems like they were instruments used to
showcase the weaknesses and strengths of human beings in trying times wherein
our faith and passion is put to the test. All three of them were at a life-altering crossroad
– torn between what their minds think is right for them and on the other hand,
what their hearts truly want. Is Jude going to continue pursuing his life-plans
or for once and for all, stray from it? Is Anna going to stay committed or is
she going to follow heart? What about Dante? Now that he’s given
the chance, is he going to right the single thing that he’s done wrong or is he
going to continue his life just the way it is? In This Life was a tough read
because you know that one or the other needs to give way for a real chance at
happiness to shine through. Well, that’s life and we make the most out of it no
matter what the consequences of our actions are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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conversations of these characters were definitely my favorite parts of the book.
Those were the parts where we see them stripped down to core, bearing their hearts
and souls out. In some scenes I felt like being slapped in the face, sucker
punched in the gut and my heart being ripped out of my system. The last 20% of
the book affected me so much. It gutted me. I ended up being such an
emotional mess. I wasn’t prepared for THAT particular thing to happen. I just
wasn’t. The next thing I know there’s another highly emotional, touching and
enlightening scene about to unravel right before my very eyes. I remembered reading
that part at 2 am-ish and tears just can’t stop leaking out of my eyes. Every
single emotion seemed to be swirling inside of me. Too much. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sniffing going around this part. That being said, reading the ending brought happy-sad
tears to my eyes. <i>It may be bittersweet, </i>but
that ending fully satisfied my reading cravings and I actually expected for a
heart-warming scene to close the story of Anna, Jude and Dante. I’m thoroughly impressed
with how Brae handled the story, wrapped everything up and for her plot to come
full circle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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over to Amazon (B&N and iBooks) and purchase In This Life for a very
great deal of $0.99! Sweet!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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powerful thing. You can convince yourself of anything. But at the end of the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christine Brae is a full time career woman who thought she could write a book about her
life and then run away as far as possible from it. She never imagined that her words would
touch the hearts of so many women with the same story to tell. In This Life is her fourth
book, and is set to come out on January 22, 2015. </span></div>
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can be seen shopping for shoes and purses, running a half marathon or spending time with
her husband and three children in Chicago.
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Author: Susan Dennard (<a href="http://susandennard.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/stdennard">Twitter</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.</span></span></div>
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you’re on Twitter, Goodreads and follow book bloggers around the world, surely
you’ve encountered posts about Truthwitch by Susan Dennard already. There was
so much hype surrounding this book leading up to its release date, January 5th.
I even remember reading tweets from people who attended BEA ’15 lining up and
sprinting just to snag an ARC of it. With my Twitter-BEA experience, I could
definitely say that Truthwitch was one of the “It” books during that event. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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thing I know, early reviews started to pop out and more people were raving
about it. The hype’s continuously building and also having my hopes up that it
would turn out so great, just like what they’re saying. But then all of us
experienced reading an over-hyped book and ended up thinking that, <i>“meh it didn’t live up to its hype”</i>. So
that factor made me quite nervous to read this one and also the reason why I
decided to stop checking out reviews. I don’t what to build it up more in my
head. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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as I’m typing in this review, I understood now why the early readers of this
book are gushing about it. All those excitement-feely tweets/posts, I
understand you now guys. Oh <i>hell-gates</i>,
Truthwitch is such an impressive series starter. There are just so many
elements of the story that people needs to get excited about and go for it.
Read it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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basically follows the story of the Threadsisters, Safiya and Iseult, who are on
the run after encountering such doomed dealings. One thing lead to another and
the next thing they know a Bloodwitch <i>(someone
who has the ability to sense and control their blood)</i>, named Aeduan, is
hunting them down. Oh ho ho, that’s just the beginning of it. Safiya and Iseult
find themselves in the middle of political machinations, truces, battles and
mystifying religious connections. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Dennard created such a complex, rich and vibrant world. As I flicked the first
page of the book, it made me feel like being transported and on a real
adventure into a new world. I love the fact that there’s no information
dumping. It’s wherein terminologies are being shoved on our throats as early as
page one so it’s out of the way already. Here in Truthwitch, we’re on our own.
Us, readers, have to grasp whatever it is being presented and introduced to us
as they <i>come</i>. It sparked an element
of surprise in me because I never know what I and the characters will be facing
next. Once I got the hang of the world, terms and everything, I completely breezed
through this book. <i>Though</i>, I need a
guide-like novella or something for me to <i>get
really</i> acquainted with every single thing that involves all the Witchery
stuff in Witchlands. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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many books do we get for this series? Three? Six? Whatever number it is, I do
think that Truthwitch has a great pacing – story wise and as the book that will
set the movement of the series. A lot of hints and conflicts were dropped in
this book as to where the series could possibly go. So I can see a lot of back
stories and <i>mysterious elements</i> entering
in the sequel <i>(and the next books after
that)</i> and I do think will do wonders <i>again</i>
for the world building. We are not just going to pick up where we left off but
we’ll surely be digging deeper into the heart of everything where this story is
built upon. New and exciting things to dive into definitely await us. Going
back to Truthwitch, there was no room for any dull moment in it. It’s packed
with detailed and intricate action sequences, lull moments wherein we get to
know more about our characters and their world and numerous curveballs thrown
into the story. There were times when the story gets predictable, like you
clearly know where it is heading and your theory is actually correct. But then,
how you get to that certain point of your theory and the moments following that
will leave you breathless. I tell you, it’s an intense roller coaster ride. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i>(key players)</i> in the story. Everyone
is concocting plans. Everyone is on the move. We follow through the adventures
of several characters and actually got my mind spinning. All good. Though, it
may feel like a tad bit overwhelming because it’s shifting from one character
to another and a lot of things are happening but no, things were perfectly
plotted, timed and all a result for things being set in motion. With a number
of key players in the story Dennard was pretty clever about this because the
plot and how she wrote the book worked flawlessly together. It essentially showed
what she wanted for her readers to see: that every single character that she
created has a purpose and has something to fight for in the story. Though, I
have unsure feelings over some characters. Especially, Aeduan. I’m keeping my
eyes on him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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from enjoying almost everything about Truthwitch, now I get to talk about how I
adore the friendship and romance in this. Reading how Safiya and Iseult’s
friendship works makes me want to have my own Threadsister. They balance each
other – Iseult’s logic levels with Safiya’s reckless mouth and actions. They’re
also so attuned with each other and moves/works perfectly in sync. Their fierce
love, loyalty and years of friendship are some of the things that bound them
together. Read the book and I’m sure you’ll be in awe with this two. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think most of you will say <i>“Finally,
somebody got it right!”</i> when it comes to the romance component of this
book. I’ve been reading reviews of other YA books out there and a lot are put
off with how romance between characters are being dealt with. Trust me, not
with this one. Nobody was struck love at first sight. Nobody said that three
letter word. What we get here is a sweet, slow-burn romance and tension between
the characters. It was so <i>(so so)</i>
good to witness how friendship/relationship blooms in Truthwitch. It’s <i>not overwhelming</i> to the readers but
enough to keep us on our toes. But the most important thing is it <i>does not overpower</i> the plot. I’m excited
as to how relationships will progress in the next books. If Iseult could just
see the Thread that’s burning so bright with me now, I’m sure it would be <i>giddy pink</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I had a thrilling experience with Truthwitch. It woke up my YA High Fantasy bone
in my body and reminded me why I love exploring books in this particular genre.
I was so engrossed reading this book. Consider me hooked and invested with all
the Witchery stuff and the characters.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">To those who'll <i>still</i> be asking me what's Truthwitch like, let me use the book language. Truthwitch <i>kinda reminds</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">me of Grisha Trilogy’s world-building and Throne of Glass’
bad-ass action-packed sequences with the main characters having a Vampire
Academy - Rose and Lissa’s <i>(could also be
the TMI/TID parabatai)</i> relationship. I love all those series that I’ve
mentioned <i>(even though, I’ve only read
the first of book of TOG series... I must read it asap!), </i>so just imagine all of those elements
combined together and thrust into this unique world of Witchlands with political-Witchery conflicts. Picture that out. Sweet! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Title: <b><span style="font-size: large;">VAIN</span></b> (The Seven Deadly #1)</span></div>
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<span id="freeText5577437305999699440" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because mine is not the story you read every time you bend back the cover of the latest trend novel. It’s not the “I can do anything, now that I’ve found you/I’m misunderstood but one day you’ll find me irresistible because of it” tale. Why? Because, if I was being honest with you, I’m a complete witch. There’s nothing redeeming about me. I’m a friend using, drug abusing, sex addict from Los Angeles. I’m every girlfriend’s worst nightmare and every boy’s fantasy.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25420031-vain"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>GOODREADS </b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/VAIN-Standalone-1-Seven-Deadly-ebook/dp/B00ATRCQV0">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vain-fisher-amelie/1115679459">B&N</a> </b></span></div>
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morning and ended up having puffy eyes. This book made me weep and broke my
heart. It broke my heart into tiny fragments but at the end of the journey of
these characters, the story managed to put it back up. Vain is one of those
stories that I can say that it truly touched my heart. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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off with Sophie Price, our main character who<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>feels
like every single person on Earth should bow down with just the sight of her<span class="apple-converted-space">, was caught in a
party with/doing Coke. Unluckily, it's her second offense and that ensued
the possibility for a graver sentence. But she never would've thought that
it'll be a service of six months in a certain orphanage in Uganda! What?!
Sophie Price?! The top of the richie rich kids ladder banished to Uganda? Well,
Sophie didn't a have choice but to suck it up and face whatever challenge is going
be thrown in her way...<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Travel. Uganda.
Orphans. Staff. Ian. But then what seems to be the craziest sentence she first
thought then vanished. It was replaced with comfort and happiness. Go figure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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seven deadly sins as the base of each story. Vain is a very well-written book
and great kick start to a series. I love everything that had happened in the
story. It is not your usual type of book. It's a story of how immersing one's
self into another way of life can fully transform and reform a person's
perspective and habits in life. It'll bother your conscience because one way or
another we can pick up similarities from ourselves with how Sophie was before.
That just leads us to reflect on how we are treating our own lives. How at
times we get too self-centered and not caring about the people around us like
our own parents or siblings who are just at our arm's length. Or how we all are
focused on materials things or anything money could buy and neglecting the
intangible things life. Happiness, Hope and all that.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-SG" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sophie Price.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Her
life really took a full 360 degrees change after that sentence she was given.
I'm proud of her and I love how she truly welcomed that change in herself. She
just let it happen and not the other way around of repelling it out of her
system. Instead of taking that service in the orphanage as a punishment, she
took it to a new light and considered it as a blessing. And from being a girl
who was so lost in life, that single move by the court certainly give direction
to her life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ian Aberdeen.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">His
character shares similarities with Sophie's pre-Masego life and I think from
that point they've already established a connection. Maybe not a two-way
connection but for Ian, I'm sure he already built that up because of him
knowing why Sophie was sent to their place. I'm quite shocked actually when he shared
his past to Sophie. I just couldn't believe it because of what I came to know
of Ian from the very beginning of the story.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">With Sophie and
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<span style="background: white;">Oh man. The
situation in Masego is a proof that cruel people does exist. Like how could
they do that to innocent kids? But something that we could take away from that
situation is these kids treasure their lives deeply and they find a way to make
the most out it. Even if they have disabilities and such. Good thing, people
like Charles and Karina exists. They make those kids lives happier and lighter.
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recommend this book to anyone!! I'm sure anyone who reads this will learn
something out this book! I'm also excited for Greed's (Book 2) release and it's
only days away from it! Wohoops! Hoping it'll be great just like this one!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because you sent me to work for Dean Harper, aka a control freak in
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Kanye West look like the Dalai Lama.</span></span></div>
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devil…and before you say anything, I don’t care if the devil has punch-you-in-the-gut
brown eyes and an ass to match. My soul isn’t for sale.</span></span></div>
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romance with overlapping characters from The Allure of Julian Lefray. Both books can be read
separately. Chronologically, The Allure of Julian Lefray happens
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things "funny". Women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling are definitely the
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn’t spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn’t draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">From: JosephineKeller@LLDesigns.com<br />To: LilyNBlack@gmail.com<br />Subject: Justin Timberlake Nudes!</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Lily, you predictable perv. I knew you’d open this email faster if I tempted you with a glimpse of JT's “PP”. Well, put your pants back on and grab some bubbly because I have much better news to share.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I GOT A JOB!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">As of tomorrow, I’ll be the new executive assistant at Lorena Lefray Designs. I am SO excited, but there’s one itty bitty problem: I won’t be Lorena’s assistant. I’ll be working for her older brother, Julian.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I know what you're thinking- </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">"But Jo, what’s the problem?"</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Google him. </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Now.</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> He’s the man in the fitted navy suit whose face reminds you that there’s hope yet for this cruel, ugly world. Keep scrolling…Do you see those dimples? </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Yup.</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> That’s the Julian Lefray I will be reporting to tomorrow morning.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Lord, help us all...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">XO,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Jo</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"># 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm on a blogging funk for the past couple of weeks now and I wasn't even planning on making this post. But I simply cannot not blog and share about this very intriguing book that I JUST NOW stumbled across. Did the synopsis spike your interest and curiosity? Because right now, this book is all I can think about and my head's just exploding with questions and theories on how this will go down. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">How will Kelsey tell Peter that she isn't her sister, Michelle? How exactly will Peter find out about it? How will Peter react? Questions. Questions. Questions, please stop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Author: Caisey Quinn (<a href="http://www.caiseyquinnwrites.com/">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/caiseyquinn">Goodreads</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meena has a secret guarded closely by her family—a secret as dangerous as the sea and buried just as deep. When court-appointed community-service workers are assigned to Flukes, the family-owned animal sanctuary, everyone is on high alert. It doesn’t help that Meena finds herself attracted to sexy-as-sin Blake Weathering, one of the new workers. If he wasn’t so distracting, she might be able to land Flukes a much-needed cruise-line contract.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">“He’s friendly.” Blake’s voice was amused and he automatically scratched under </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Mitch’s chin. She squee’d loudly and spit water at his face. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">“Mitch is a girl.” He held his hands up to ward off her wet assault and I couldn’t </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">help but laugh. He didn’t seem irritated by Mitch’s antics, just amused and wet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">“My apologies, Mitch. I did think it was weird that you were so pretty if you were </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">a boy.” Blake reached out a hand and scratched her chin again. He looked at me </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">from the corner of his eyes. “Did you tell her to do that?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">“What? Oh, the splashing? No. She’s just sensitive.” Jallia came over and rolled </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">onto her side. I traced my hands over her belly and cooed under my breath. The </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">baby was healthy and happy. He was going to be a big boy. “Not long now, Jallia. </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">You’re going to have your son out and playing in no time.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Mitch nosed her mother for a minute, checking the baby as well. After a minute, </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Stormy started making noises about being hungry and I laughed. I set the fish </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">bucket between Blake and Ime. “Here, feed them, but don’t let them knock the </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">bucket over.” Mitch rose out of the water and flopped onto the decking between </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">us. “Mitch! You got my clothes wet!” I yanked the bucket out of the way and </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">pushed Mitch back into the water. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">“Are these markings from the other dolphins? They look like teeth scrapes.” Blake </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">leaned close to Stormy and peered at the teeth rakings on his melon. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">He was so engrossed at looking at his legs in disgust, I couldn’t help myself. It was </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">the perfect chance to get payback for his insulting Flukes. I shoved his shoulder, </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">pushing him into the water. “Now it’s all over you.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Mitch laughed her dolphin laugh, but Jallia scolded me. When Blake came up </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">sputtering, he glared at me. Mitch spit water at him, but he ignored her and swam </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">to the platform. I thought he was going to sulk until he got closer. He looked up at </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">the last minute and his mischievous smile pulled at the corners of his mouth. His </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">brown eyes twinkled and I knew I was in trouble. I tried to get up and out of the </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">way quickly, but he was faster than I thought. His strong hand closed around my </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">ankle and dragged me into the water. Mitch darted down to me and I grabbed </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">onto her dorsal fin. She surfaced quickly and scolded Blake with sharp whistles. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">“She had it coming!” Blake held his hands out in front of him and laughed. He </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">splashed water at me and I returned the favor. Mitch and Stormy joined in, but </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Jallia swam away, not in the mood for playing. His smile was infectious as he </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">played with the dolphins, not minding when they dunked him or pushed him </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">around. I found myself watching more than playing because I liked seeing him </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">look so happy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lily, you predictable perv. I knew
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As of tomorrow, I’ll be the
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scrolling…Do you see those dimples? <em>Yup</em>. That’s
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>MARRY ME, CHARLOTTE B!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Published April 30th 2015 by Midnight </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Books</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />Genre: New Adult</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nellie Canlas loves her job. She loves being assistant to reality TV star and wedding planner goddess, the fabulous Charlotte Bertram, and she loves working with couples to make their wedding dreams come true. What she doesn’t love is having cameras following her all the time, especially when she’s crushing hard on the lawyer from another floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Robert Bertram doesn’t like planning weddings. He doesn’t like being on TV either. But when he finds himself in possession of Nellie’s diary, he thinks he can turn her into anyone’s dream girl. If he doesn’t fall for her first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The camera pans in on one of the many skyscrapers in downtown San Francisco. We zoom in on a corner office on the higher floors of the building. The wall on the right is a gallery, full of gorgeous black and white photographs of weddings. The desk looks simple and nondescript, with black glass top. There is a vase of peach roses on the desk, along with papers portfolios, and several sticky notes in neon orange clashing badly with the white walls. There are more photographs posted on the tall office window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A woman strides in, her heels clacking against the hard wood floor until she reaches the large rug. Her long, wispy red hair lifts gently away from her face as she tosses her coat over the arm of the sofa. The subtitle tells us that this is the legendary Charlotte Bertram, CEO of Charleston Weddings and star of Marry Me! Charlotte has sharp blue eyes and a gorgeous figure, always dressed in low cut silk shirts and fit pencil skirts. She ignores the camera as she looks over the work she has to do for the day. Then she looks up and blinks around her office, as if expecting something to happen. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When she’s not sitting in a plane or working, Carla writes for her blog, Some Midnights (<a href="http://www.somemidnight.wordpress.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.somemidnight.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com</a>), Modern Filipina and for When in Manila.</span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s release day for <em>Compulsive </em>by Lia Fairchild! I am so excited to be sharing this new contemporary romance with you. To celebrate the release, Lia is
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">From Besteller author, Lia Fairchild.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">But some lies protect…and heal. At least that’s what Gray Donovan had hoped for. She’s a compulsive liar using it as a defense mechanism to survive life and her shattered past</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Daniel feels drawn to his new patient, but knows he will have to fight it in order to resurrect Gray from her demons. His will and his judgment are tested when he must overcome his own doubts and face his own secrets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">“I was flipping pages like a maniac trying to figure out what in the heck was going on and what Gray was hiding.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Fairchild spins an emotional story that is saturated in sex appeal.”
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“What a beautiful, beautiful story!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“OMG! I honestly loved this just like every book I've read by this talented Indie author!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I was flipping pages like a maniac trying to figure out what in the heck was going on and what Gray was
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ridges on the stark white ceiling blurred from my intense stare as I listened to the steady even breaths coming from the body next to me. He wasn’t a bad guy. Just an idiot. Maybe even married for all I knew. The clock read four twenty-three. That wouldn’t work for me. I waited for a nice round even number. Something that felt right. I held my phone with the message typed out: I need you. I keyed in the address, and when the clock hit four thirty, I hit Send.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At ten before five AM, I eased my body out of the bed the way a mother slips from her sleeping child, hoping not to rouse her angel. He stirred a moment and turned on his side, his arm involuntarily reaching for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Sky,” he murmured with his eyes closed. His dark buzz cut hair was sprinkled with gray flecks, and a small rectangular scar bordered the hairline on the right side of his face. I hadn’t noticed that the night before, or I would have asked him. Now my curiosity had me pausing, conjuring up various scenarios for its origin. Whatever the cause would forever remain a mystery. With a gentle hold around his wrist, I lifted his hand and rested it on the comforter. His eyes flitted open and closed. Frozen, I waited to see if he’d wake. I didn’t worry about coming up with a story. It always came.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Still sitting on the edge of the bed, I reached over to an adjacent chair to snag my black silk shirt. When I pulled it over my head and then glanced down, two light blue eyes met mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Hey, you,” he whispered. His soft, sweet smile almost made a dent, but I pulled my hand away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Surprise and confusion colored his face. “What time is it?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He seemed satisfied with my excuse and looked thoughtful. “Ah, yes, Dr. Phillips. Time to save lives.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I gave him a nod and a tight smile just before a knock at the door sounded. I rose from the bed to pull on my skirt and slip my feet into my heels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He sat up watching me closely like a cat that’d dart out of an open door. “Who could that be at this time?” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“My ride,” I threw over my shoulder. I scooped up my purse from the dresser on the way out, catching his face in the mirror. They always had that same look the next day. Or perhaps I was the one who saw things differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I reached the door, he came in and leaned against the couch, folding his arms. “I could have driven you home.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“It’s okay,” I said, pulling the door open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan stood in the doorway, hands stretched out to the jams on each side, his brown hair ragged from being dragged from the comfort of his bed. He shot me that look that said, you owe me and then let one hand fall and sweep to the side as if making a path for royalty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Wait,” a voice came from behind me. “Who’s this guy?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan took a step into the doorway. “Oh, hey, man.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“John, this is my cousin, Nathan,” I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unfortunately, Nathan had spoken at the same time I did and said, “I’m her neighbor.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">John walked over to the two of us, eyes darting between me and my partner in crime. “Well, which is it?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan and I exchanged looks, and I opened my mouth to speak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">John held up his hand. “No. Let me guess,” he said in a sarcastic tone. “He’s your cousin who lives next door.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I half-shrugged while looking him dead in the eye. “I really should get going.” A split second later, I plastered on a smile. “I’ll call you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You haven’t given me much choice,” he said to my back as I sidled past Nathan. “I don’t even have your number.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>About Lia Fairchild:</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bestselling author, Lia Fairchild, is both a
traditionally published and independent author who writes women's fiction, romance, and chick lit. Fans
of her books praise her endearing, real characters who come to life in stories that will touch your heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fairchild is addicted to the warmth of Southern California and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi, Book nerds and
Fangirls! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It's been a long
time since I’ve posted a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>ramblings feature</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> here in my blog and I think it's just fitting
for me to talk about the ‘Shadowhunters’ TV series. A lot of casting
announcements happened in the Shadowhunter fandom recently and I seriously love
it. It has been a long time since my fellow Filipino Shadowhunters made noise
all over social media sites and now we even managed to trend stuff over Twitter
(Worldwide and here in the Philippines). Most of the casting announcements, I’ve
been up and using our The Mortal Instruments Philippines Twitter account
(@TMI_PH) to join in the fun and fangirl with Shadowhunters across the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As of now we have
SIX actors on board with the show: Dominic Sherwood (Jace), Emeraude Toubia
(Isabelle), Alberto Rosende (Simon), Kat McNamara (Clary), Matthew Daddario
(Alec) and Isaiah Mustafa (Luke). Behind each casting announcement is a fandom quite divided into
four: 1) Shadowhunters who are immediately on board with the actors, 2)
Shadowhunters who believes that those actors will do well but still prefers the
TMI movie cast, 3) Shadowhunters who will wait for the pilot episode before handing in their judgment and lastly, 4) Shadowhunters who negatively comments on the
casting. I’m part of that group who has been constantly giving the casting team
thumbs up with their picks. I love that the ones they’ve cast were not that
famous and how it shows diversity within the cast members. But on the flipside of
that, were boat load of negative comments and others with issues regarding changes to be made in the TV series.</span></span></div>
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create this post and hopefully get everybody’s attention. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning, I
posted a Facebook status and asking my friends this question: <b>“Is ‘The Vampire Diaries’ TV series
faithful to the books?”</b>. I know the answer to this but question I just want
them to answer my question. All of them responded with a “No.” and some even
expounded that the series is far from the book and that there were characters
who weren’t in the book but appeared on the TV show. If you want to take a look
at it, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amandanicolette.banzuela/posts/10205981998856601">here’s the link to that</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When evening came
and I logged in onto my Facebook account again, I decided to compose a new
status on how relevant my previous status is with the point that I’m making
towards the ‘Shadowhunters’ TV series. I edited out my recent Facebook status
and added more to it. But if you want to read the original status, you can read
it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amandanicolette.banzuela/posts/10205983056923052?pnref=story">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 14.5pt; text-align: justify;">My thoughts: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, what’s the purpose of my previous status regarding
‘The Vampire Diaries’ TV show?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I just want to make a point on how Hollywood treats
book to TV series adaptations. I'm not saying that 'Shadowhunters' TV series
will not be faithful to the books <i>(we
still don’t know how the TV series plot line will go)</i> but when the rights
for having it adapted into a show was acquired, Cassie signed it away. Adapting
it into a TV show means it will open a whole of possible diversions and changes
in the story line and even with the characters. Just like this: <i>“Luke Garroway
is an NYPD detective investigating a string of “demonic” murders. This is a
change from the books, but it’s one we’re embracing because it sounds like Luke
will have a more expanded role in the series.” </i>– from <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/2155983/shadowhunters-luke-alec-casting/?utm=share_twitter">MTV’s article</a>. In TV shows
they can add, they have the freedom to expound more on the world and
characters. Just like with ‘The Vampire Diaries’. I think it will be so much
easier to develop since Cassandra Clare already created a very broad
Shadowhunter world and it will only need the TV series crew the right timing on
how they’ll fit (let say), ‘The Infernal Devices’ events to ‘Shadowhunters’. They could have flashbacks or whatever they want. With
that being said<span class="textexposedshow">, fans need to be open to these
possibilities and stop being so narrow-minded.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><br />Another
thing, it's just the start of the casting process and some people are already
reacting negatively. Some even resulted to being racists. It’s okay if you
don't like or kind of iffy with the actors that were cast. It's normal and I
know what you're feeling too with having a perfect TMI movie cast, it's really
hard to let go of the previous actor’s images and how they delivered their
roles flawlessly. But to result being racists, is a BIG NO. That's just rude
and downright mean. We haven't even seen those actors act and portray our
beloved characters but it seems like others are already set in stone that they
hate this and that actor. Even going further with saying that they’ve lost hope
with the adaptation. Those actors were chosen for a reason and only the casting
directors and Cassie have seen that. Give them a chance, people. If you end up
not liking their acting during the pilot episode, rant away. I don't care. But
not now because we don't have the room to judge them.<br /><br />Let's try and trust the 'Shadowhunters' crew. I know
that every decision they're making, us, the fans, is always on the forefront of
their minds. We should also consider ourselves very lucky too because the
network is involving Cassie with major decisions regarding the show. Plus, we have
a lot to be grateful for.<br /> <br />If Shadowhunters will keep this up, this could end up
being the show's downfall. I don't want that. We don't want that.<br /><br />Remember…</span></blockquote>
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