#sadie wen

[agamemnomenonn]

julius gong is SO down bad because what do you mean ??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN that you committed her hate emails about you to memory ?????

[csilneistuff]

[blueberryexistence]

this book is so funny

[garvalhaminho]

oooh fictional characters who are driven by academic validation and need to be reminded that they are needed and loved and not a nuisance and feel the need to be independent are the spectacular give me fourteen of them right now

[crazycatlady6]

Just finished "I hope this doesn't find you" by Ann Liang. Y'all have no idea how long I waited for this and it was definitely worth every second of the few hours I spent reading it (I couldn't put it down).

I couldn't help notice the similarities between I Hope This Doesn't Find You and Maid Sama so I'm gonna list all that I remember here

Academic rivals/enemies to lovers

School captains/ Class president

All four of them are amazingly talented at everything; curriculars, co-cirriculars, extracirriculars

Sadie/Misaki both work really hard at whatever they do, they shoulder the world's burden, they would "dance on flames just to keep everybody entertained"

Sadie/Misaki have an after school job

Which brings me to, and this need not be said, the social class difference (working girls, rich AF boys)

Sports week (need I say more? Cuz I will)

Sadie/Misaki ran most of the races for their barely competent teams while their competitors had a physically fit team with Julius/Takumi as their leader

Julius/Takumi are the runts of their families

Getting hosed down in school wearing 'white' shirts

He fell first, she didn't catch on/refused to admit it

He only has eyes for her. Literally. Julius/Takumi give off strong demi vibes

“There’s nothing—nothing I resent more than when people feel sorry for me. Because I don’t need it. I’m fine. I’m perfect.” ~ Julius Gong

This describes Julius/Takumi so well

"You’re smart and good at everything and you’re totally hot in this kind of successful future-executive way—" ~ Abigail

Here is Abigail giving a totally valid description of Sadie/Misaki

[strwbryfrogs]

hey you make me so violently angry i want to strangle you then throw your body into a river but also your hair looks sooo pretty and soft can i run my hands through it lol.

[jessread-s]

Thanks to @ireadyabooks for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review

✩💌💻Review:

This is the second ya rom-com I have read by Ann Liang and I cannot get enough of her writing! 

“I Hope This Doesn’t Find You” follows Sadie Wen, the perfect student who channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. While some are addressed to her teachers and classmates, most are directed at her infuriating co-captain Julius Gong. When they are accidentally sent out, her carefully crafted reputation begins to crumble. But amidst the chaos, the one boy she is sworn to hate begins to fall for her true self. 

I have never connected with a character as deeply as I connect with Sadie Wen. I felt so seen by her need to be perfect and her people-pleaser tendencies. Julius calls her out for being fake, because she never allows herself to express how she truly feels, and she undergoes so much growth because of it. I loved seeing her begin to prioritize herself towards the end.

Julius and Sadie’s relationship is top tier. The pace of the romance in this book is so deliciously slow with the most satisfying pay-off. Liang takes her time in establishing their decade old rivalry, even going so far to explain its origins and the point system attributed to it. It felt so real and her gradual blurring of the line between loathing and love is so well done. I especially enjoyed reading the contents of Sadie’s emails after Julius committed them to memory because they are what made them both come to the realization that they were meant for each other.

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[scarlet742]

MY EMAILS GOT DELETED !!! 😭😭😭

Anyone has access to emails Sadie sent to Julius in the book I hope this doesn’t find you by Ann Liang ?

Or how to ask author to mail them again ? Somehow ? 😭😭

[lovethornes]

I WANT A JULIUS GONGGGGG

[purplink8]

which fictional character are you? (but it's my comfort characters)

I enjoyed this quiz! (not mine tho)

[qylinscafvne]

my roman empire is julius gong

[blueberryexistence]

this is what we do, i realize. we talk in circles. we give each other riddles, confounding clues, half answers. everything and anything but the truth.

[typingwithmyhandstied]

I am loving A Song to Drown Rivers, but the itch... the itch is ever present... to read I Hope This Doesn't Find You again.

[sparxentertainment]

Karate Kids: Legends Trailer Tells A New Story

A new chapter begins with the trailer of Karate Kids: Legends starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio and Ben Wang #KarateKidsLegends #movie #film #news

Lessons and connections are revealed in the new trailer. Written by, J. Johnson In a surprise that’s delighting longtime fans, Karate Kid veterans Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio are teaming up for the upcoming film Karate Kids: Legends, a new chapter that pays homage to the franchise’s origins while carving out a fresh path for today’s audiences. The film introduces Ben Wang (American Born…

[buffyfan145]

Another casting addition today for the new "Karate Kid" movie as Ming-Na Wen has joined!!! 😀 Earlier today Sadie Stanley was announced too as the love interest of Ben Wang's character and the daughter of Joshua Jackson's.