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Andie is addicted to movies, especially romance movies. She is the
type of person who has the perfect thing to say, only after the moment
has passed. However, she is yet to experience her first kiss but, she
wants it to be special. When her family moved to Punxsutawney, PA, for
her senior year, she hopes that will meet her true love. Her plans are
abandoned when she is caught in an endless loop of her first day at her
new school. She keeps reliving the day over and over until she can find a
way to break the loop. As she continues on her search for her true
love, she spends time with the various cliques and learns that not
everything is what it seems. Will Andie be able to find her true love?
Ever read the saying "The
definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but
expecting different results"? I thought this novel was going to be
repetitive to the point of tears and boredom. I was pleasantly surprised
how fun it was to read especially when Andie kept trying different
combinations to find her "perfect ending". I did cringe on a few things
that she did because she knew that the day would be repeated. However,
it was a fun and delightful read. I can't wait to read more from the
author.
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Pretty In Punxsutawney
by Laurie Boyle
Crompton
Publisher: Blink
Release date: January
22, 2019
Genre: Young Adult --
Contemporary, Romance
A mashup of Groundhog Day and Pretty
in Pink, the book stars a senior who is forced to relive the first day at
her new school in an endless loop. Andie is convinced she needs true love's
kiss to break the curse, but instead discovers how a high school filled with
cliques and misfits can find common ground despite everyone's differences.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laurie Boyle Crompton is the YA author of the upcoming PRETTY IN
PUNXSUTAWNEY (Blink/HarperCollins 2019) as well as ADRENALINE CRUSH
(Macmillan/2014, Square Fish/2016), BLAZE (or Love in the Time of
Supervillains), THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH and LOVE AND
VANDALISM (Sourcebooks/2013, 2014, 2017). Growing up in ‘Pennsyltucky’ in the
1980s, Laurie couldn't wait to escape rural life. After saving up her tips
from waitressing at a local greasy spoon at 18 she packed up her
acid wash jeans and moved to NY. Where everyone else had stopped
wearing acid wash.
She graduated first in her class from St. John’s University
with a BA in English and Journalism. Since then she’s written for national
magazines like ALLURE, survived a teaching stint at an all-boy high
school, and appeared on Good Day New York several times as a Toy Expert. And
yes, ‘toy expert’ is an actual profession. Really.
She has lived in places like Orlando, Florida where she and
her husband spent all of their spare time and money visiting theme
parks before moving to the Cotswolds in England for six months, which
was every bit as cool as that sounds. The Cromptons are now back in New York
where their two children resent never going to Disney.
Laurie occasionally enjoys hanging out in fields of blooming
flowers and also refering to herself in the third person.
Links:
Website: https://www.lboylecrompton.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lbcrompton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbcrompton/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurie.b.crompton
