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Which novel series has captured your imagination the most? Cast your vote and let us know your top pick from the list! 📖✨ Choose your favorite and share why it's the best!

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Losing on "Jeopardy"?

jeopardy - noun - exposure to or imminence of loss or injury

Looking to find a basic definition, I googled "jeopardy," and guess what I came up with? The television game show, of course! Jeopardy has been on the box for forty seasons, boasting over nine thousand shows. Which says a lot. It says that enough people out there in TV Land (network TV Land) are interested in seeing just how much they learned in all of their years of schooling. Ergo, for decades, they have played along with the three contestants chosen from a deep pool of erudite individuals. But as we all know, when it comes to Hollywood, nothing is as it seems to be, especially in a town that invents fantasies and perpetuates them.

Today, my daughter and I drove onto the Sony Pictures' lot in Culver City (definitely one of my favorite L.A. sub-cities) unprepared for what the morning and a portion of the afternoon would bring us as members of Jeopardy's studio audience. Personally, I thought the experience would be more like being in the house at Jimmy Fallon's show where one observed an even taping and only had to applaud when the flashing light labeled APPLAUSE warranted it. It was more of a live broadcast. Being in the stands at Jeopardy was quite different, like being an extra on a movie set sans the omnipresent catered cuisine��and eventual paycheck. We volunteers had to do a lot of cueing up and waiting in corralled herds (common on movie sets), listen to and follow through with multiple directives, and maintain patience while the production crew corrected misspellings on the board and overdubbed some of Ken Jennings's and the contestants' words. We, about a hundred naive tourists, were put in jeopardy as human flaws were being perfected in real time. Of course, no one in the audience realized that the studio system was taking advantage of them since both the parking and ticket to the show were free and so few things in life are free. On the other hand, as P.T. Barnum once said, "There's a sucker born every minute." And Hollywood makes no exceptions. 

On the totally positive side, while we were lined up single file outside against the wall of the soundstage, polished Ryan Seacrest, Dick Clark's successor and new host of Wheel of Fortune, drove up in his new muted-gray Austin Martin (yes, I know how much they cost), parked parallel to our firing line, stepped out three feet in front of me and gave me, my daughter and a few other stunned onlookers one beaming Hollywood smile. He was, to be honest, a sparkler, perhaps better looking in real life than on TV. Being able to drool over him for a New York minute was worth the complimentary ticket to Jeopardy and what it yielded.

Needless to say, as many of you bonafide fans already know, the contestants don't lose even if they lose. The second and third place gamers walk away with 2K and 1K even if they wind up with nothing earned. One could say that the audience is at a loss, but it really depends on how you look at it. We did walk away with a thorough knowledge of the recording process and the recognition that it isn't easy. 

My recommendation? Even if you are a huge fan, don't buy a plane ticket to L.A. just to see a taping. Watch the show at home where you can call out the answers–whether they be right or wrong–and throw popcorn at the tube if you feel the answer to the inevitable question was too vague or misleading. We in the audience didn't have those luxuries. I actually missed them. One thing is for certain. If you at home continue watching the show, you'll never be in jeopardy of losing it. 

[garethwilliamsauthor]

https://www.readersmagnet.club/needing-napoleon-by-gareth-williams/

Here is a recent article I wrote about my historical adventure series The Richard Davey Chronicles for @readersmagnet Authors’ Lounge. I hope you enjoy it.

I am hopeful the third book will be out sometime in spring 2023. It is entitled Rescuing Richard.

[armandisdaddy]

I haven’t had any inspiration to post at the moment. Forgive me. I’m kind of going through it right now.

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Looking for people to read a book that isn't a book but it is. Don't worry, you don't have to pay anything. My business model is dismal.

[luvliewriting]

No because like the people who reblog your stories with a huge paragraph and commentary aren't annoying at all!!

Its fucking amazing to open my tumblr and see the positive feedback and commentary to my work

I want more of that!

Please!!!!!

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Printers Row Lit Fest is happening now!

If you're unable to join us physically, we're bringing you one of the biggest literary events! 📖✨ Get ready for a literary adventure as ReadersMagnet wows at Printers Row Lit Fest. Virtually immerse yourself in the magic of words. Watch our live session now! You may even win surprising gifts 🎁

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[lillianbrockett]

It's not goodbye but see you later because even though it's the 5th day of the Seoul International Book Fair 2024, ReadersMagnet still has a lot in store for us! What's waiting for you in today's afternoon portion are book shoutouts, author interviews, engagement with the audience, and so much more. So be sure to join the afternoon livestream and spend ReadersMagnet last day at the SIBF 2024 with a blast! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadersMagnet/videos/3612968868944386 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFTyIU6Pt8 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:7213044712927084545/ Twitter: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OdKrjDopgQKX

[rebeccajordan092]

Watch more author talks, panels, and Q&As today! ReadersMagnet Book Confab goes even stronger on its 2nd day. You're never too late to jump in on the fun. Click the links to catch the discussion...

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"So You Want to Be A First Lady" by Tish Barnhardt offers a candid look at the challenges faced by women in powerful roles. Through heartfelt storytelling, Tish highlights how faith provides strength to women suffering in silence, guiding them through adversity and empowering them to stand strong.

This inspiring book is a must-read for anyone seeking hope and resilience. Learn more and order your copy today at https://www.tishbarnhardt.com/ website.

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Distorting Reality in "A Complete Unknown"

distort - verb - to give a misleading or false account or impression of. (Google)

The real magic of the cinematic art is that it can take a slice of reality and reconfigure or distort it. Setting, a pedestrian place in particular, can be twisted, transfigured, or transmogrified so that it can appear to be somewhere else, a completely different locale, perhaps one that isn't as glamorous as the original. 

Case in point: the recently released, Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, produced by and starring Hollywood's current hottie, the actor Timothee Chalamet. The movie, which authentically portrays a slice of Bob Dylan's rise to fame, was shot almost entirely in my home state of New Jersey. Even the scenes that are supposed to take place in Greenwich Village, practically a stone's throw away from Jersey, were staged and recorded in Hoboken. What I found astonishing is that the outdoor concert footage depicting a great lawn in what is supposed to be Newport, Rhode Island is actually one in Echo Lake Park, a bit over a mile from where I grew up in Mountainside, a don't-blink-otherwise-you'll-miss-it hamlet, hugging Rt. 22, famous for being the former home of the infamous godfather of N.J., Gip DeCarlo–also a character in Jersey Boys–whose sons I had attended school with. How the production company found the park, I have no idea. Maybe I don't want to know? The very familiar looking motel used in the film is also not in Newport, but in Cape May. 

Since I had known the actual locations before seeing the movie, I found veracity to be distracting. For instance, during the concert scenes, I kept looking for evidence of the Echo Lake Park I remembered: the wooded acres where I would hike with friends in the fall, the lake itself where I would ice skate and the hill where we would sled in winter, the playground where I would watch my daughter climb the monkey bars and listen to her laugh as she negotiated a path through the play set in spring and summer. Although some of the concert audience was C.G.I.ed to seem a lot larger, I could still make out some familiar trees and even a portion of the lake surrounding the extras. As a result, suspension of disbelief became impossible for me, yet not for the Los Angeles natives in the theater, who seemed completely convinced that they were in Rhode Island along with the cast members. 

Good for them! They left the house believing Mountainside was Newport. I left the theater believing my little town had finally found its place in the sun, the sun of Hollywood. Who would have thought? Not I. Not in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that the park down the street, 25 miles west of Manhattan, would ever, could ever touch the imaginations of millions the world over. Yet it is. Hmm. Miracles can and do happen. 

The takeaway? Never say never? The next small borough featured in a big movie could actually be your own, the one attached to your childhood. It may not have the same name or even the exact same look, but you'll recognize it. And the memories that will come flooding back will be yours alone.

Happy New Year, readers, wherever you are. Although you might disagree, I think 2025 could just be a magical, miraculous year. We'll see. Stay safe and stay positive :).

[reginald99]

Yesterday, we were enlightened by several authors and their discussions. Today, ReadersMagnet introduces another set of insightful conversations. Click any of the links to check them out.

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[lenavlog25]

Catch author Lonnie Bray EL talk about how to write non-fiction books and shares his insight about his book "Moorish American Nationality Keys" at The Festival of Storytellers Chapter 5 from 7 - 7:30 PM tonight...