#make my wish come true

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Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024!

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024! We’re celebrating with these lesbian protagonists, and you can too! For more recs, check out past years’ posts!  Young Adult We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will. It’s positive thinking that has gotten…

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🎄 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY 🎄

I’m so excited to read this one. Thank you Simon & Schuster Australia for sending me a copy!

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SYNOPSIS:

Twelve days of fake dates. Two holidays. One chance to convince everyone they’re in love.

Hollywood teen actor Arden James’ messy reputation is interfering with her career when a notoriously picky director won’t give her a role based on her party-girl image. So she and her publicist make up a lie – not only is she from a small town (true) but her childhood best friend Caroline, is her long-term girlfriend (false) and she can prove it when she goes home for Christmas.

Caroline Beckett hasn’t thought about her ex-best friend Arden James for years, focusing instead on her dreams about becoming a journalist. When Arden turns up on her doorstep and promises her an article in Cosmopolitan magazine on their twelve snow-covered romantic days together, Caroline agrees to play along. But when old feelings start to bubble up, what will fall faster – Arden and Caroline or the Christmas Eve snow?

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Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb:

‘Tis the season for holiday hijinks in the newest sapphic rom-com about a rising star and a small town girl going on twelve fake holidates from the New York Times bestselling authors of She Gets the Girl, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick!

Twelve days of fake dates. Two holidays. One chance to convince everyone they’re in love.

Arden James is Hollywood’s hottest teen actor. Infamously reckless, she’s a constant in the tabloids. But when her messy reputation costs her an audition for her dream role, Arden and her publicist make up a lie to flip the script. Only, for the lie to work, she’ll have to head home for the holidays for the first time in four years.

Caroline Beckett has spent those last four years shining up a stellar portfolio that will get her into a top journalism program and convincing herself she could not be less interested in what her former best friend and first crush has been up to since she left without a word. But when Arden suddenly shows up at her doorstep with the promise of a real byline in Cosmopolitan in exchange for a write up on their “secret romance” and twelve snow-covered holidates in their Christmas-obsessed hometown, Caroline can’t help but be tempted into playing along.

It should be easy enough to stand each other for twelve days to make their dreams come true, right? But when old feelings start to bubble up, so do new holiday wishes that might just have Arden and Caroline falling faster than that Christmas Eve snow…

Review:

A second chance sapphic romance between a rising star and a small town girl who have to go on twelve fake dates together to convince everyone they are in love despite their past. Arden James is Hollywood's rising teen actor and she is known for her reckless reputation and for partying hard... but her reputation might cost her her dream role. Her publicist tells her to make a lie to convince the director that she's the perfect small town girl that would be great for the role... but that means going back to her actual small town and facing her ex best friend and the one girl she's always had a crushed on and left behind. Caroline Beckett adores her small town life, she's working to get into her top journalism program and trying very hard to avoid all news about her former best friend/first crush, Arden. Yet when Arden suddenly shows up and asks Caroline to be her fake girlfriend for twelve holidates in their Christmas obsessed town and let Caroline write an article on Arden.... Caroline agrees. Yet this means that they'll both have to face their old feelings and hurts as well as the undeniable crushes on each other... but as the holidates begin to feel real, can they make a relationship work when they live two completely different lifestyles? This was a a very second chance best friends sapphic romance and I loved the Christmas vibes of this one. This was a cute read and one that would make a fun one for the holidays. I loved that no matter what Arden and Caroline did really love one another despite the years apart and it was sweet to see them finally get their happily ever after. This would make such a cute Christmas rom com! Highly recommend for your holiday TBR.

Release Date: October 1,2024

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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Starting off the TRCC Readathon strong by finishing an ARC of Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick tonight! Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with an ARC of this fabulous book!

I adored this book! It was exactly the kind of cheesy, schmoopy, small town Christmas romance I love reading, but it came served with a healthy amount of angst and mutual pining, too! The main characters, Arden and Caroline, were super likable - and also super flawed. It made their romance that much more believable.

One thing I enjoyed about this story that while it definitely leaned on the standard holiday romance tropes, it didn't rely on them. Arden and Caroline get real development over the course of the story and it was easy to see why they'd never gotten together to begin with. There was miscommunication, yes, but the story didn't fall into the trap of miscommunication being the only thing keeping its heroines apart. These two had real issues they had to contend with before they could admit they loved each other.

The authors captured the small town vibes perfectly. Anyone who has ever lived in a small town will be able to picture their favourite spots when Arden and Caroline are visiting theirs. And I loved how the story embraced both Hanukkah and Christmas, including traditions from both - it was nice to see another holiday included in a holiday romance other than just Christmas!

Overall, this was an easy 5 star read from me. I will be purchasing a copy as soon as they're available here. I've already texted all my sapphic friends to tell them to, too.

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Maaaaan... My roommates went to the countryside for the weekend and it's just ✨ heaven✨ on earth to live alone ʕ⁠ ⁠º⁠ ⁠ᴥ⁠ ⁠º⁠ʔ

I never felt as relaxed and peaceful as I'm rn. Having the whole apartment as ur own personal space is like incredibly awesome!!! щ⁠(⁠゜⁠ロ⁠゜⁠щ⁠)

I can't afford the whole apartment for myself unless I win the lottery jackpot or find some random treasures/gold here, so I went and bought a lottery ticket 🎟️.

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this is for me specifically actually

[yangbbokari]

Y'all im getting ready to shazaam my profile into Christmas. What do yall think?

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I want Christmas to happen already

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Just One More Page November Book Photo Challenge

Day 14: New Release

This one is on my TBR shelf! It was released last month.

Hollywood teen actor Arden James' messy reputation is interfering with her career when a notoriously picky director won't give her a role based on her party-girl image. So she and her publicist make up a lie – not only is she from a small town (true) but her childhood best friend Caroline, is her long-term girlfriend (false) and she can prove it when she goes home for Christmas.​

Caroline Beckett hasn't thought about her ex-best friend Arden James for years, focusing instead on her dreams about becoming a journalist. When Arden turns up on her doorstep and promises her an article in Cosmopolitan magazine on their twelve snow-covered romantic days together, Caroline agrees to play along. ​ But when old feelings start to bubble up, what will fall faster – Arden and Caroline or the Christmas Eve snow? ​

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Make My Wish Come True Review

Make My Wish Come True by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick - 5/5 - WLW Contemporary YA Holiday RomCom

What's this? A review for a Christmas novel? In October? Why, it's not even Halloween yet! Look, I get it, imaginary audience! When Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick announced a holiday romance to be released in October, I assumed it would be a Halloween romance. They corrected my assumption, but I did suggest that they do a Halloween one in the future. How cool would that be? A Pittsburgh Halloween queer ya romcom? I'll be so excited if (when?) that happens. In the meantime, if you think I'm going to wait 3ish months to read a book by this couple, you just don't know me. I already had to miss the book launch because I caught Covid. My impatience eagerness was rewarded with Jewish rep! Yep, that's right! Make My Wish Come True is queer and Jewish!

Make My Wish Come True is a hallmark-esque interfaith holiday rom-com starring a small-town girl and a big-city actress. Arden James can't stay out of the news due to her bad-girl antics. Of course, her persona is fabricated by her agent. So when an amazing role could be hers if she'd just clean up her act and embrace her small-town roots, it's easy as flipping a switch. Or, it would be if she had been back home at all in the last 4 years. Her agent thinks the perfect solution is going back to Arden's small town outside of Pittsburgh and fake-dating the girl she left behind. That girl is Caroline Beckett, a journalist in the making, Christian and Jewish, a family girl, and an active member of her community. She never got over her crush on Arden, but she also never got over the hurt of being ghosted. When Arden appears 12 days before Christmas/Hanukkah, it's not easy to convince Caroline. Once she does, it shakes up both of their lives. Will it settle nicely like a snow globe or end up like a natural disaster? 

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Fave Five: New Queer Christmas Romances (2024 Edition)

I’ll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone (f/f) The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch (m/m) Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake (f/f) The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky (m/m) This Christmas by Georgia Beers (f/f) Bonus: These are all Adult Romances, but for YA, check out Make My Wish Come True by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott (f/f)  and Flopping in a Winter…

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✨ A BOOK THAT… ✨

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A book that…

Was made into a movie:

- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Features queer rep or was written by a queer author:

- Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

Has real people on the cover:

- Vanish by Tess Gerritsen (I know this is a stretch 😂)

Is titled after the main character:

- Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

Was published before you were born:

- Persuasion by Jane Austen

Was written by 2+ authors:

- Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Written by a BIPOC author:

- The Unbroken by CL Clark

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10 Exciting October 2024 Book Releases

We’re deep into fall now, and that means we’re starting to see Christmas books hit the shelves. I love the warmth of the holiday season, and so this list includes quite a few romances on it. Since I know a lot of you are cynics at heart, I’ve also mixed in some nonfiction and thrillers, so there’s something for everyone. Happy Autumn! Make the Season Bright Author: Ashley Herring…

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I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need 🤍🖤

Prime, I'm on my knees and I'm begging

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Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas is You" Make my wish come true

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You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side