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Lenore Appelhans

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Minot, North Dakota, The United States

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	Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 2,825 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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
	The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project 3.46 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Chasing Before (The Memory Chronicles, #2) 3.49 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2014 — 15 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
	Among the Shadows: 13 Stories of Darkness & Light by Kate Karyus Quinn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Demitria Lunetta (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	The Best Things in Death (The Memory Chronicles, #1.5) 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2014	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
	The Family Business by Lenore Appelhans (Goodreads Author), Ken Lamug (Illustrator) 3.42 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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
	Level 2 Free Preview Edition: (The First 11 Chapters) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 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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Cover for THE MANIC PIXIE DREAM BOY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT!

The cover of my forthcoming novel was revealed last week, and I neglected to put it on this neglected blog, so I shall remedy that now!

Isn't it magnificent? The cover designer, Emily Harris, really captures the fun energy of the book. I love how she included the glass-shard hearts as they actually appear in a few scenes.

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The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre

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Why Not Me?

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A Place at the Table

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“The point is to keep trying new things, meeting new people, visiting new places. Once you settle into a rut, no matter how fun that rut may seem, you stagnate. You might as well be dead.”
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“I'm not uptight. I'm conscientious. There's a difference.”
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“Yes, I've lost him. But I don't have to lose myself.”
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tags: loss

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“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

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tags: experiences, life, stagnation

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“Or maybe Jason's right: there are perfect people, many of them, and it's up to you to grab one when you find each other in the random chaos of life and love.”
― Lauren Morrill, Meant to Be

tags: love

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“If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.”
― David Levithan, Every Day

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“This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.”
― David Levithan, Every Day

tags: love, writing

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