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Tropetastic and Thoughtful High-Concept Romance: Mhairi McFarlane's IF I NEVER MET YOU

The high-concept/tropetastic hook: After her boyfriend-since-college unceremoniously dumps her, thirty-six year old biracial (or "dual heritage") Nice Girl Laurie Watkinson tries to make him jealous by dating the playboy at the Manchester (England) law firm where all three work.

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	Harry Potter and the Other: Race, Justice, and Difference in the Wizarding World by Sarah Park Dahlen (Editor), Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jackie C. Horne (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	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
	Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden: A Children's Classic at 100 by Jackie C. Horne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Sutliff Sanders (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	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
	Critical Insights: The Hunger Games by Lana A. Whited (Editor), Jackie C. Horne (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Amy H. Sturgis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	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
	History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	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
	Genre, Reception, and Adaptation in the Twilight Series by Anne Morey (Editor), Jackie C. Horne (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	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
	Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows: A Children's Classic at 100 by Jackie C. Horne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donna R. White (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	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
	Conversations with Madeleine L'Engle (Literary Conversations Series) by Jackie C. Horne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Madeleine L'Engle 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 6 editions	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 Duke's Dark Secret (The Astley Chronicles #4)

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Divided by the Wall: Progressive and Conservative Immigration Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border

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“The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you're loyal and faithful, they turn those against you. If you're passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears. Your weak weaknesses are no use to them.... They find the strongest weaknesses you didn't know were yours and use those against you.”
― Aidan Chambers, This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

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“Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists.”
― Aidan Chambers, This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

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“If a boy, if a man, asks you if you're all right and you say yes, he'll always believe you and get on with what he wants to do. It's just the way they're made.”
― Aidan Chambers, This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

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“We resent being faced with facts we'd prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven't.”
― Aidan Chambers, This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

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“Yet, isn't it strange, isn't it weird, how we can KNOW that someone is not behaving in the way we imagine, and at the same time we can be totally convinced that he is! How clever the human mind is, that it can accept two contradictory things as 'facts.' Yes, I know that in this case one 'fact' was untrue. But the human mind can KNOW something is untrue and still accept it as a 'fact,' and act on it as if it were true.”
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message 7: by Jackie

Nov 18, 2017 01:11PM

Jennifer wrote: "Jackie, I recommend you check out Better At Weddings Than You for your blog. The heroine is totally competent, works hard at what she does, and she is the best at it. Best of all, s..."

Thanks for the rec, Jen! I'll definitely check it out.

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message 6: by Jennifer

Nov 17, 2017 02:39AM

Jackie, I recommend you check out Better At Weddings Than You for your blog. The heroine is totally competent, works hard at what she does, and she is the best at it. Best of all, she does not pretend to be less than any of these things, and the hero wants to be her understudy! Also, all Filipino characters set in Manila.

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message 5: by Talltree

Jul 14, 2015 11:58PM

Thanks for the FR, I'm honored!! Truly respect and love the thoughts on your blog<3!!!

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message 4: by willaful

Oct 24, 2014 05:12PM

You respect my taste in books? You can't have been paying attention... ;-)

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message 3: by Jackie

Aug 17, 2010 11:12AM

How funny! I put in my votes -- did you?

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message 2: by Stephanie

Aug 16, 2010 06:56AM

Have you seen this yet? I love it!

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message 1: by Stephanie

Dec 03, 2009 08:07AM

Hi Jackie! I just met Maria Modugno yesterday (she is--get ready--one of my old student's mom's sister-in-law's sister) and she told me you both worked together at Little Brown, back when they were in Boston. I thought that was a funny coincidence :)

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