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Jon Yang
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Exclusively Chloe
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2009
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5 editions
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The First Time
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2011
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2 editions
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“all stories, the hero is the average of his friends, and the hero’s journey is a challenge to unite these ingredients in victory—Might and Right.”
― Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
― Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
“You take twenty-five things that are in any successful genre, and you reverse one of them,” he said. “Reverse too many, and you get genre confusion. It’s a muddle, and nobody knows how to place it. Invert all the elements, and it’s a parody.” But one strategic tweak? Now you’ve made something that is perfectly new, like a classic western adventure story, but set in space.”
― Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
― Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular
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A cultural challenge- commit to reading 50 books (and watching 50 movies) -- all new to you- during 2012.
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A book club to catch up on all those books you've been meaning to read since High School and College. ...more
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This is a group dedicated to books written by leading health experts or inspirational stories for people that need a intellectual or emotional boost t ...more
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“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” ― Paul Sweeney ❗️❗️❗️WE DO NOT HANDLE ...more
Multiculturalism in YA,Fantasy, Sci FI,Paranormal and fun books ;p
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While most people define multiculturalism as just multiracial, I invite anyone who is interested in multiculturalism in many forms. Books or topic dis ...more
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Jan 13, 2009 09:36AM
You should create an all time best books bookshelf, although I already know 2 of them (they're on my list of all time favorites too).
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where are you, jon?! come back to goodreads!
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