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Carrie Jones

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Born

in Manchester, NH

December 13

Website

http://www.carriejonesbooks.blog

Genre

Children's Books, Young Adult, Nonfiction

Influences

Strudel. I am very influenced by strudel.

Member Since

September 2007

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/carriejonesbooks

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***SO MANY APOLOGIES***

I had been unable to get into my Goodreads account for years. If you have friended me, I have just friended you back (July 2021). If you have messaged me, I'm going to be working through those in the upcoming weeks.

Thank you all for reaching out and I'm so sorry.

Now onto the regularly scheduled bio:

Carrie Jones likes Skinny Cow fudgsicles and potatoes. She does not know how to spell fudgsicles. This has not prevented her from writing books. She lives with her cute family in Maine, but she grew up in Bedford, NH where she once had a séance with cool uber-comedian Sarah Silverman.

The Meyers brothers are from Bedford, too, so you’d think it would make Carrie funnier, coming from Bedford N.H. Obviously, something didn’ ...more

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Carrie Jones's Blog

Archetype, Stereotype, or Cliché? What’s the Difference?

And a random photo of Barbies because it’s Wednesday and why not.

Carrie Jones

Apr 07, 2026

Photo by Julee Juu on Unsplash

Someone asked what the difference is between an archetype and a stereotype.

So here you go, someone and everyone else!

First up, archetypes!

According to masterclass.com when it comes to writing an archetype is

“An emotion, character type, or event that is notably recur

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Carrie Jones’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 164,158 ratings · 8,856 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	Need (Need, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 64,465 ratings — published 2008	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
	Captivate (Need, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 40,068 ratings — published 2010	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
	Entice (Need, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 31,946 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Endure (Need, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 19,108 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	After Obsession by Carrie Jones (Goodreads Author), Steven E. Wedel (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 4,899 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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
	Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend (Belle, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 723 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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
	Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape) (Belle, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Flying (Flying, #1) 3.27 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	In the Woods by Carrie Jones (Goodreads Author), Steven E. Wedel (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Time Stoppers (Time Stoppers #1) 3.76 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2016 — 7 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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Need (4 books)
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Carrie Jones wrote a new blog post Archetype, Stereotype, or Cliché? What’s the Difference? And a random photo of Barbies because it’s Wednesday and why not. Carrie Jones Apr 07, 2026 Photo by Julee Juu on UnsplashSomeone asked what the diffe Read more of this blog post »
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“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
― Carrie Jones, Need

tags: courage, freedom, happiness

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“Losing people you love affects you. It is buried inside of you and becomes this big, deep hole of ache. It doesn't magically go away, even when you stop officially mourning.”
― Carrie Jones, Captivate

tags: bereavement, loss, mourning

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“He wipes his hand on his shirt.
What? Did I drool on you?"
A little."
You're a wolf. You should be used to drool."
That's low.”
― Carrie Jones, Need

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