#Jacqueline Firkins

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The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch by Jacqueline Firkins #NetGalley #ARCReview #BookReview #ContemporaryRomance #StMartinsGriffin

A woman unlucky in love meets up with her high school crush again. Can she break her relationship curse? #Thepredictableheartbreaksofimogenfinch #jacquelinefirkins #NetGalley #ARCReview #Bookreview #Newbooks #contemporaryromance #romcom #chicklit

Imogen Finch has just been through her seventeenth breakup. She saw it coming, so she’s not as crushed as she might be, but with all sixteen of her exes leaving her for other partners, she’s come to believe a prediction her well-intentioned and possibly clairvoyant mother made over twenty years that Imogen would never come first at anything or to anyone. Is her love life failing due to a magical…

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The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch, Jacqueline Firkins

out 10/31 | ☆☆☆.5 | full review

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September books

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. I really liked the focus on the three individuals, which created a narrative to follow the central premises.

Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt. My teenage self would have eaten this book up with a spoon, because I read a lot of historical Christian/LDS fiction back then. Adult!Me saw many more flaws with the story and pacing.

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.  I liked the different mysteries that the book had, although the resolution of the main mystery was a let down. The structure of the book was unique - the flashbacks of events were incorporated into the different cases the protagonist was investigating.

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings. Engrossing, horrifying, and very much not surprising.

The Pairing by Casey McQuinton. I'm starting to think that my love of Red, White, and Royal Blue was a one time win for this author. The premise was supposed to be lightly based on A Room With A View, which I love, and this was not that. Felt pretentious.

Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper (audiobook). The little recordings of birds were delightful. It was a lovely memoir (not a birding book although it made me want to go birding), but it felt a little long in places.

Marlow Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins. There was a lot that was enjoyable, but I didn't relate to the heroine at all. Also, I thought I understood the difference between a "closed door-fade to black" and an "open door" love scene, but being explicit in the details to just prior to orgasm and then fading away is a new one for me.

The Turner Series by Courtney Milan (3 books: Unveiled, Unclaimed, Unraveled; 1 novella: Unlocked; and 2 short stories: Birthday Gift and Out of the Frying Pan). A friend recommended these books as romance books without toxic masculinity - I thought there was still some throughout the books (some brawls, a lot of temper tantrums), but the men do apologize and work through their feelings. I also feel that I have been completely spoiled by fanfic, where after the love declaration, there is lots of intimate scenes afterwards. And all of these seem to be 1-2 scenes prior to the wedding/HEA and that's it. Overall, I read them in a weekend back to back.

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle. You know, I have never read (or watched) The Last Unicorn, so I have no idea how this compares. It was cute and a fast read, but it took until halfway through before there was any plot and the villain wasn't introduced or even hinted at until 3/4th through, so pacing was definitely odd. 

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The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch by Jacqueline Firkins

Published: October 31, 2023 St. Martin’s Griffin Genre: Contemporary Women’s Literature Pages: 343 KKECReads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I received a copy of this book for free, and I leave my review voluntarily. Jacqueline Firkins is a writer, costume designer, and lover of beautiful things. She’s on the fulltime faculty in the Department of Theatre & Film at the University of British Columbia where…

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The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch by Jacqueline Firkins #BookReview #WomensFiction #ChickLit

Jacqueline Firkins’s The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch is a beautiful story of friendship, and second chances at love.Imogen Finch has just been through her seventeenth breakup. She saw it coming, so she’s not as crushed as she might be, but with all seventeen of her exes leaving her for other partners, she’s come to believe a prediction her well-intentioned and possibly clairvoyant…

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“Resenting someone else’s potential success is kind of sad,”

Marlowe Banks, Redesigned - Jacqueline Firkins

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Sense and Sensibility, at Arts Club Brings Today's Sensibilities to Jane Austen

On stage at the Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, until April 2, 2023, Sense and Sensibility by writer Kate Hamill adds a bit of modern perspective to the Jane Austen classic tale of love, marriage, wits and class. Gossip, intrigue, scandal, impropriety are at the forefront of director Rachel Peake's production, mixed with the typical emotional restraint of Regency England. First greeted by Shizuka Kai's creative set, made up of embroidery hoops highlights the expectations, and burden, imposed upon ladies of English society. Sarah Cantuba, Nyiri Karakas, Amanda Sum, and Janet Gigliotti (l-r) in Sense and Sensibility, 2023: set design by Shizuka Kai; costume design by Jacqueline Firkins; lighting design by Itai Erdal; photo by Moonrider Productions for the Arts Club Theatre Company As the story begins, Costume Designer Jacqueline Firkins wraps the villagers in garments printed with handwritten notes, as their loose tongues catch us up to the plight of the Dashwoods; recently widowed, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, who are being put out of their home by the new heir, their half-brother and his snob of a wife. Reflecting today's insatiable appetite for scandal and intrigue, the 'gossips' cleverly appear throughout the play to help move the story along, without them, the play would be even longer than its 2.5 hours. The scene changes are also creatively fast-paced as the company rolls and slides the set furniture along with the performers between locations. The subject of much of the gossips gaze centers upon Elinor and Marianne, played by Nyiri Karakas and Amanda Sum respectively. The only two cast members to not appear as more than one character, Karakas and Sum carry the heavy burden of Elinor and Marianne's emotional and turbulent love lives. Karakas brings the level-headed, propriety expected of elder-sister Elinor, who pines for the love of unavailable Edward Ferrars (Kamyar Pazandeh). Meanwhile Sum's Marianne, a modern thinking girl who cares little for what's expected of her, is an emotional roller-coaster torn between two suitors; the vibrant, and unscrupulous Willoughby (Jay Clift) and staid, honourable Colonel Brandon (Abraham Asto). Aided and abetted though their trials and tribulations; Sarah Cantuba as younger sister Margaret Dashwood, Janet Gigliotti as Mrs Dashwood, as well Andrew McNee as cousin Sir John Middleton, Emma Slipp as his drunken wife, and Nora McLellan as his meddling, mother-in-law Mrs. Jennings. With a cast filled with many actors so skilled at comedy, their delivery and timing keep the play from being weighed down by the lovelorn, balancing laughter along with the wails of heartbreak. While Sense and Sensibility is long, the creative direction and precisely choreographed set changes keep up a quick pace, sure to appeal to those who enjoy a period drama (with some scene-stealing comedy). Sense and Sensibility plays at The Arts Club Theatre Company's Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 2750 Granville Street, until April 2, 2023. Details and tickets online at artsclub.com

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HOW NOT TO FALL IN LOVE

by Jacqueline Firkins

(Clarion, 12/21/21)

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A hardened cynic and a hopeless romantic teach each other about love in this swoony and heartfelt contemporary romance that's perfect for fans of Tweet Cute and The Upside of Falling. Harper works in her mom’s wedding shop, altering dresses for petulant and picky brides who are more focused on hemlines than love. After years of watching squabbles break out over wedding plans, Harper thinks romance is a marketing tool. Nothing more. Her best friend Theo is her opposite. One date and he’s already dreaming of happily ever afters. He also plays the accordion, makes chain mail for Ren Festers, hangs out in a windmill-shaped tree house, cries over rom-coms, and takes his word-of-the-day calendar very seriously. When Theo’s shocked to find himself nursing his umpteenth heartbreak, Harper offers to teach him how not to fall in love. Theo agrees to the lessons, as long as Harper proves she can date without falling in love. As the lessons progress and Theo takes them to heart, Harper has a harder time upholding her end of the bargain. She’s also checking out her window to see if Theo’s home from his latest date yet. She's even watching rom-coms. If she confesses her feelings, she’ll undermine everything she’s taught him. Or was he the one teaching her?

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (December 17th, 2019) ___

Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___

New Standalones/First in a Series:

Hearts, Strings, & Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins

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Happy reading!

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Spotlight: Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins

Spotlight: Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins

Hey everyone! I’m part of the blog tour for Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things, put together by the Fantastic Flying Book Club! I’m just doing a spotlight today, but I’ll be posting my review at a later date… you’ll understand why once I post the thing, but for now, here’s this book with a LOVELY cover, yay!

Synopsis

Mansfield, Massachusetts is the last place seventeen-year-old Edie…

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How Not to Fall in Love Fumbles the Friends-to-Lovers Trope

Both main characters in this young adult romance are deeply unlikeable, which ultimately tanks the book.

HMH Books for Young Readers Friends-to-lovers is one of my all-time favorite tropes used in any kind of fiction. An established relationship morphing into something new is a plot I’ll never grow tired of—when it’s done right, at least. There are a few times when I’ll come across a friends-to-lovers story that I don’t enjoy, and that has everything to do with unlikable characters who are difficult…

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(via Waiting on Wednesday: Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things)

This book sounds like it is going to be so much fun to read, and I love the summer before college setting. The fact that it is a Jane Austen retelling has me really intrigued as well. I can’t wait to find out how this book ends.

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Heyyyy have you read Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins? I’m only a couple of chapters in but it’s like, every fanfic trope ever compiled into one book and I’m having a hard time not imagining it as an adrienette au lol

i have not read this! but thank you for the recommendation <3

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my year in books

excluding rereads, every book I read last year will be given a grade 

hold me by courtney milan- A

supernova by marissa meyer- C+

the hazel wood by melissa albert- D

crown of feathers by nicki pau preto- B

just neighbors by charity ferrell- F-

down among the sticks and the bones by seanan mcguire- B+

beneath the sugar sky by seanan mcguire- B

belle révolte by linsey miller-  D

a good girl's guide to murder by holly jackson- B+ 

heart of flames by nicki pau preto-  B-

the way you make me feel by maurene goo-  B

the summer I wasn't me by jessica verdi- B-

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust- B+

the cruel prince by holly black- C

hearts, strings, and other breakable things by jacqueline firkins- F

american royals by katharine mcgee- C

tweet cute by emma lord- B

moment of truth by kasie west- B

tarnished are the stars by rosiee thor- D

come tumbling down by seanan mcguire- B

the lost plot by genevieve cogman- B-

the shadows between us by tricia levenseller- B-

girl gone viral by alisha rai- A

firebird by mercedes lackey- F

felix ever after by kacen callendar- A-

to kill a kingdom by alexandra chistro- C-

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert- A-

ash princess by laura sebastian- D

the princess and the fangirl by ashley poston 

the silvered serpents by roshani chokshi- B+

bad blood by jennifer lynn barnes- C+

queer by kathy belge- B-

the boy most likely too by huntley fitzpatrick- B-

majesty by katharine mcgee- F

the crow by james o’barr- C

the burning god by rf kuang- B+

son of a trickster by eden robinson- C+

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid- A-

the lovely and the lost by jennifer lynn barnes- B

how to be ace by rebecca burgess- B

radio silence by alice oseman- B+

the invisible life of addie larue by ve schwab- C+ 

the old guard by greg rucka- B

ace by angela chen- A+

feel free to ask for details!!! 

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31 Days of quietYA: YA Romances

Sometimes we just need a good romance - preferably a romantic comedy. And in recent years, they’ve become more and more inclusive. Here are just some YA romances to check out! As a warning, some of these get kind of heavy, but they all have happy endings.

Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney When the Stars Lead to You by Ronni Davis I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins Technically You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud The Bookworm Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts Birthday by Meredith Russo Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi If I’m Being Honest by Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith How the Light Gets In by Katy Upperman Stealing Home by Becky Wallace Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss by Kasie West Maybe This Time by Kasie West Going Off Script by Jen Wilde Frankly in Love by David Yoon

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The Best New Young Adult Books in December

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Every month our team takes a look at the books being published and how they're resonating with early readers. We use this information to put together a roundup of soon-to-be favorites.

Favorites for December:

Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi

Reverie by Ryan La Sala     

Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen

Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean   

Diamond & Dawn by Lyra Selene       

Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things by Jacqueline Firkins