Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Day Eleven - All About My Life After Now

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Book Profile

Name - My Life After Now (Goodreads)
Author - Jessica Verdi
Genre - Contemporary
Release Date - April 1st 2013


WHAT NOW?

Lucy just had the worst week ever. Seriously, mega bad. And suddenly, it’s all too much—she wants out. Out of her house, out of her head, out of her life. She wants to be a whole new Lucy. So she does something the old Lucy would never dream of.

And now her life will never be the same. Now, how will she be able to have a boyfriend? What will she tell her friends? How will she face her family? Now, every moment is a precious gift. She never thought being positive could be so negative. But now, everything’s different…because now she’s living with HIV.


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The Insider's Scoop

I had to do a ton of research for this book. While I was gathering reading material, I was shocked to find out how few books have actually been written about teenagers and HIV/AIDS. Though young people ages 13-29 account for nearly forty percent of the new HIV cases in the U.S. every year, in the whole of the New York City Public Library system I found a total of one book that featured real life teenagers telling their stories in their own words. There were also very few novels written about teens with HIV, and none that had tackled the issue the way I wanted to tackle it. It’s kind of funny how doing research for a book I had already decided to write was what ultimately made me realize just how much a book like this really needed to be written. Lucy might be fictional, but her story is playing out in the lives of real teens every single day.

The theater storyline in the book, on the other hand, required pretty much zero research—I was an actor before I realized that being a writer was way better. I’m still a total theater geek, though. J

Bonus fact: My Life After Now was originally titled On the Plus Side. I’m so glad my publisher decided to change it!
(Bookie's Note: I knew that! :P)

~Giveaway~


Jessica is giving away a Signed ARC of My Life After Now!

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37 comments:

  1. It's awesome she's tackling this subject.

    Thank you:)

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  2. AMAZING subject. I love to read a book from a girl's view, when she has HIV
    Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  3. sounds fantastic! thanks so much for sharing!

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  4. This is a new book for me! I hadn't seen it anywhere until now. Sounds like a great read!

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  5. Can't wait to see if i win the book.

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  6. This sounds pretty good, I'd love to read it!

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  7. I can't wait to read this one! It's a subject that I don't think I've seen in YA yet, so I'm eager to see how it's handled.

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  8. Every time I see than cover, I remember how much I love it. Can't wait for the book!

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  9. Sounds and looks really interesting! (And the new title is so much better!)

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  10. Sad that there are only few books on this topic. (When it's a big issue.)

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  11. +JMJ+

    I'm one of those who is surprised that there are so few YA novels that tackle this issue. Then again, I read YA pretty widely . . . and I can't think of any off the top of my head! I just never made the connection until now!

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  12. I'm happy to see that someone tackles this hard subject in a book. I can't wait to see how it works out.

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  13. This blog is really informative .Thanks for sharing.
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  14. The plot is really realistic. Sounds like a really good book!

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  15. Glad to see a book tackling the topic! Thanks for posting about it.

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  16. I'm so glad you've written a book about this. I can't wait to read it. I love YA books that tackle real issues and problems.

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  17. This sounds like it could be a really powerful book and one that is needed...we have very few YA novels about HIV out there. I hope the book handles it well. I simply love the cover. Contemporary covers can be very "blah" at times and while this one is very simple...the lighting makes is spectacular and the red dress also very poignant. Thanks for the chance to win.

    Courtney
    Stiletto Storytime

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  18. Sounds good, thanks for the giveaway

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  19. You'd think there'd be more books tackling the topic considering so it's good that your book is releasing. I'm glad they changed the title too! My Life After Now is so much better than On the Plus Side! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  20. I love these debutante posts! This is the first I've heard of this book and it sounds awesome! Can't wait to read it : )

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  21. I only heard about this one a few days ago but I'm really looking forward to reading it. It sounds like it's going to be an intense read and the subject matter hasn't really been tackled yet.

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  22. It's not something I know much about, at school you're just taught that you don't want it so I'm glad an author has allowed us to view the POV of a girl with HIV and the effects it can have on someone's life. Awesome giveaway! :)

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  23. It's an amazing subject, and the book sounds great !
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  24. I'm so glad that this author is writing about such an important topic, HIV. I can't believe that there aren't more books about that out there! But thank you for the lovely giveaway. <3

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  25. Sounds nice! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  26. Thanks so much for the amazing giveaway, you guys! :)

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  27. thank you very much for the amazing giveaway... this book sounds good... :)

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  28. I`d love to read this book ,it sounds great :)
    Thanks for a chance to win!

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  29. I'd love to read this book.Thank you!

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  30. This book sounds like a new adventure I'd love to go on!!! I hope I win!! I never win anything, haha!!!

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  31. This book looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing the fun with us!

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  32. Lucy just had the worst week ever. Seriously, mega bad. And suddenly, it’s all too much—she wants out.
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  33. Lucy just had the worst week ever. Seriously, mega bad. And suddenly, it’s all too much—she wants out.
    bonus bookie

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