This Is How It Ends
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For so long, I wanted to make them convenient plot points, something acceptable enough for, say, family friends to read on Facebook. I wanted punchy sentences replete with the perfect bon mots. I wanted a beginning and an end, a perfect arc, maybe even a good denouement. I wanted a good story.
I chose great friends. I chose English and journalism. I chose The Daily Californian. I chose therapy. I chose to say no when it mattered. I chose to say yes when it mattered. I chose to not go to class sometimes. I chose to sleep in till noon when I needed and/or wanted to. I chose to do only what feels good right down to the marrow. I chose to accept that relapse, backsliding and struggle will always be part of the equation. I chose to accept that I did the best I could at this school. I chose to carry on.
I know that again and again, I will be hurt. Again and again, I will be challenged. Again and again, I will redefine my bests and worsts. Again and again, I will question why I should continue, but then I do. Again and again, I will choose this life. Whatever it is, whatever it will be, I choose it. Again and again and again.
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Fall, 2008.This is where it beginsThe coast of Dublin, Ireland.This is why it beginsBruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt, but soon a tragedy will test them - and their new-found love - in ways they never imagined possible. This is how it ends...A story you will never forget.
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MARIEKE: When I set out to tell this story, I wanted to tell the story of a school shooting. Not the lead up, not the aftershocks, but the shooting itself. So I knew early on I wanted that limited timeframe, because I wanted, as much as possible, to recreate the experience and the feeling that, from one moment to the next, your entire life can be upended.
Wonderful camera work, along with top-notch stunts and special effects, can't begin to make up for a story that simply doesn't track, that lacks logic, cohesion, and even a modicum of resolution. And sincere performances fail to mitigate the script. The action-packed journey seems to go on forever. Every cliché of dystopian villainy shows up to impede the two heroes. Mains roads are either too dangerous or closed, but that doesn't mean that the men won't conveniently show up just down the road from a friend or even a family member. And they're isolated the rest of the time -- speeding down lonely roads. Where is everybody else on the planet Endings that leave some question for audiences to ponder and/or sort out can be inspiring, provocative, or fun. But there's no ending; How it Ends simply stops. If the folks who created this film hoped that the title would explain everything, it was wishful thinking. Not recommended.
This is a pretty standard world ending movie where Theo James plays, Will a lawyer who is up with his girlfriends parents to get permission to marry her. A series of events take place which sees Will and his soon to be father-in-law having to trek across the West coast to rescue Sam.
Steve Geck, editorial director of children's books, also brings a strong indie bookseller perspective to Sourcebooks Fire; he started his publishing career as buyer and manager at Eeyore's bookstore in New York City. He often approaches acquisitions with a bookseller's eye: \"My first thought is 'Is there readership for this' \" he says. \"I don't acquire a book just because I like it.\"
Not only has this experimentation allowed Sourcebooks to diversify the list, it's also helped Fire to establish itself as one of the leading YA thriller publishers. The team highlights author Natalie D. Richards as a thriller standout. In 2013, her first novel, Six Months Later, debuted to strong reviews--including a YALSA Teen Top Ten nomination--and sales, and has been followed by three additional standalone thrillers, the next of which, One Was Lost, is due this October. They've also been able to build a major U.S. readership for U.K. author Natasha Preston, whose debut thriller. The Cellar (March 2014), has sold more than 140,000 copies to date.
This Book Is Gay by James Dawson (now Juno, since transitioning to female at the end of last year) is a handbook about sexual identity that any person can relate to, and is \"irreverent, deeply experiential, and has lots of stories,\" Stocke says. \"A lot of books in this space are pretty didactic and don't rollick like Dawson's does.\"
Annette Pollert-Morgan calls the book \"truly hilarious and informative, with something for everyone, not just teens. For a parent or an educator or a librarian, this is an amazing resource. I thought I was well-versed on a lot of this, but I learned new things too.\"
\"I heard from a librarian just this past weekend who mentioned that this title has the highest circulation of any nonfiction title in their library,\" adds Beth Oleniczak, marketing specialist. \"We're just so proud to have it on our list.\"
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp ($17.99, 9781492622468) begins on the first day of a new semester at Opportunity High School in Alabama. At 10 a.m., the principal finishes her welcome address to the student body. By 10:05, the students find themselves trapped in a locked auditorium with a classmate and his gun. Told over 54 minutes in real time, from the perspectives of four students, all with their own reasons to fear the shooter, This Is Where It Ends is a chronicle of their struggle to survive this tragically realistic scenario, and elicits equal parts terror and hope.
The unfortunate, timely topic and strong narrative hook of this title created immediate in-house noise at Sourcebooks. \"Lots of people have called it harrowing, important, shocking,\" says Beth Oleniczak, \"but we were left with an important marketing question. How do you create 'buzz' around something that's clearly so tragic We had to figure out how to spread the word while respecting the subject matter.\" So, she worked with senior publicity manager Heather Moore to put together a launch plan that would help enhance the conversation that they knew would surround the difficult content. \"One of the first things we saw was how strongly educators were responding to this book--so many mentioned in early reviews that they couldn't wait to share it with their students,\" says Oleniczak. So they used the reviews as an opportunity to start these conversations. They contacted the teachers directly about holding pre-publication book clubs with their teens, ultimately distributing more than 550 ARCs to 26 schools and libraries in 20 states--and sent the author on a virtual Skype tour. Each student also received an individual chalkboard--to mimic the title's cover--and was asked to record their reaction to the book. Says Oleniczak, \"Feedback from teachers was unbelievable: one teacher passed out 30 advance-reader copies on a Friday, and Monday morning there was a line out the door of students who had finished the book and wanted to talk about it.\"
They extended the chalkboard campaign to bloggers, asking them to record their reactions and post them on social media with #thisiswhereitends, and Moore has also been maintaining a special Tumblr page to keep all of these assets in one place. Trade and consumer advertising, successful author signings at BEA and ALA Midwinter, a Winter 2015-2016 Kids' Indie Next Pick, broad media attention and librarian support have helped round out the plan, and the strong word-of-mouth that's been building over the past six months foreshadows even bigger buzz following the book's January 5 release.Marieke Nijkamp is the founder of DiversifYA, an executive committee member of We Need Diverse Books and a founding contributor to YA Misfits. She was born, raised and lives in the Netherlands, where she maintains an international social media presence. This Is Where It Ends is her first book.
When looking at the wide range of contemporary novels that are out in the market right now, it's critical to remember that different readers are looking for different things--ranging from dark and angst-ridden, to riotously funny and entertaining, and, as made clear by these forthcoming Sourcebooks Fire titles, \"It's important for us to have a spectrum,\" says Annette Pollert-Morgan, \"to have both ends of it on our list.\"
On your nightstand now: Stand Off by Andrew Smith.Favorite book when you were a child:Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. A teacher read this aloud to us in third grade and I vividly remember thinking, \"Wait, Mrs. Gorf is turning the students into apples because she doesn't like them What sort of awesomeness is this!\" The novel is probably the start of my twisted sense of humor.Your top five authors:Stephen King, Robert B. Parker, Andrew Smith, Chris Crutcher and A.S. King.Book you've faked reading:Oh man, where to begin There are a lot of college novels I faked my way through reading. The one I remember most was The Canterbury Tales, which we were to read in the original Old English. I tried (sort of) for a few minutes, then gave up. On the day before the test, I went to the library, found a modern translation of the book, and read two of the stories. Then, brilliantly, I memorized two short sections of the novel in the original Old English and used them on the test to make it look like I really knew what I was talking about. I'm pretty sure I got an A in that class. So let that be a lesson to all of you.Book you're an evangelist for:The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. We read this book to our son when it first came out. It's a perfectly plotted and beautifully written novel. I find myself thinking of Ivan, his elephant friend Ruby, and the stray dog Bob at odd times.Book you've bought for the cover:Plan B by Jonathan Tropper. I'd just turned 30 and was getting divorced when I saw this book with two people on the cover, one with \"Thirty\" on her shirt, and the other with \"Sh*t\" on his. It was pretty much exactly how I felt at the time. Little did I know Tropper would become one of my favorite writers.Book that changed your life: From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror and Madness. I was 35 when I discovered this in a used bookstore. I bought it for the Stephen King story, and in the back found an ad for a writer's workshop that Tom Monteleone, the book's editor, ran in Maryland. You had to submit a writing sample to get in, so I applied just to see if my stuff was good enough. Ultimately, I was accepted, was told by my wife, \"Oh, you are going,\" and things have never been the same. If I hadn't found that book, there's no way I would be a writer today.Favorite line from a book:\"Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the front doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, went inside, and shut the door behind him. I never saw him again.\" Obviously, To Kill a Mockingbird. It gives me chills every time!Book you most want to read again for the first time:Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. I think everyone has a few books, movies, or albums that make them sit up and say, \"Wait, you can do that Oh my God.\" It's an exhilarating moment and your life is never the same again--it's wider and deeper than it was before. Vonnegut's novel was the first book that did this for me. 59ce067264