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Katie Khan

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Katie Khan's first novel, Hold Back the Stars, was published in the UK by Doubleday (Penguin Random House) and in the U.S. by Gallery (Simon & Schuster) in 2017, and translated into twenty-one languages.

A film of Hold Back the Stars is in the works at studio Lionsgate, to be directed by Justin Baldoni (Five Feet Apart) from a screenplay by Christy Hall (I Am Not Okay With This), produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen (Strange Things and Arrival).

Her second novel, The Light Between Us, was published in 2018. Katie is a writer from London who also works for a major film studio on a magical British film franchise.

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Katie Khan wants to read Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1) by Sable Sorensen (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Romantasy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The thing about first love, Cari, is that it breaks you. It changes everything about who you are for the next person.”
― Katie Khan, Hold Back the Stars

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“First love can break you. But it can also save you.”
― Katie Khan, Hold Back The Stars

tags: first-love, heartbreak, love

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“She won’t love again in the same unbridled way; she’ll never feel the sharp brightness of her own personality when he gazes upon her, when he draws a spotlight over her and she responds, fully illuminated.”
― Katie Khan, Hold Back The Stars

tags: love, love-hurts, love-quotes, love-story, lovers-sadness

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Y como el año anterior aquí una votación para elegir mis 5 primeras lecturas del siguiente año, 2019. Igual si no han leído ninguna de estas opciones pueden votar el que les parezca más interesante o también pueden no votar ninguno, que nadie los obliga. XD

Rojo y oro de Iria G. Parente

21 votes, 23.9%

Una vacante imprevista de J.K. Rowling

19 votes, 21.6%

El juego de la corona de Evelyn Skye

10 votes, 11.4%

La esposa entre nosotros de Greer Hendricks

8 votes, 9.1%

Reino de fieras de Gin Phillips

7 votes, 8.0%

La razón de estar contigo de W. Bruce Cameron

7 votes, 8.0%

Maldad de Tammy Cohen

4 votes, 4.5%

Invierno asesino de Kate A. Boorman

4 votes, 4.5%

Tocar las estrellas de Katie Khan

3 votes, 3.4%

Zero de Morgan Dark

2 votes, 2.3%

Por siempre, unidos de Taylor Jenkins Reid

1 vote, 1.1%

El taller de escritura de Jincy Willett

1 vote, 1.1%

Las Tradiciones Son Para Romperse de L.C. Julia

1 vote, 1.1%

La última mentira de Kimberly Belle

0 votes, 0.0%

Búscame de J.S. Monroe

0 votes, 0.0%

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Katie’s Quotes

“Hell is the absence of the people you long for.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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“On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

tags: childhood, magic

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“Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

tags: heart

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“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

tags: love

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