I WAS BORN FOR THIS: TikTok made me buy it! From the YA Prize winning author and creator of Netflix series HEARTSTOPPER

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The smug look on Rowan’s face when he wins the signature challenge is incredibly irritating, but I act happy for him and clap anyway, because that’s what you do on Bake Off. to continue on the characters - mental health and personal issues and struggles doesn't a personality make. there's nothing that makes any of these charaters stand out, other than the muslim rep. i don't know their journeys really, nor do i know their personality at all. they're only separated by their diagnoses and role in the band. that's literally it. even for all the talk of family, we don't really get a lot of familial moments with the band members who are almost always in conflict, or isolated in some other way (mostly by their mental health issues tbh). The plot is so so good! The story composition of two separate plot lines weaving together works especially great here because we are able to see two sides of the fandom: the band and the fandom for them, the artists and the fans. It gives a unique perspective of following both of these stories, seeing them as real people. If it were one-sided the message wouldn't work.

Now Jimmy is my precious son, I can go to lengths to protect him, dare say anything about him and I will break your teeth. Your signature challenge this week,” begins Sandi, and then she lays out what’s about to happen – we have to prepare a Victoria sponge.Alice May Oseman (born 16 October 1994) [1] is an English author of young adult fiction. She [a] secured her first publishing deal at 19 and had her first novel Solitaire published in 2014. [2] Her novels include Radio Silence, I Was Born for This, and Loveless. She wrote and illustrated the webcomic Heartstopper, which has been published as multiple graphic novels and which she adapted into a TV series, earning her a BAFTA TV Award nomination and two Children's and Family Emmy Awards as both a writer and producer. Her novels focus on contemporary teenage life in the UK and have received the Inky Awards.

As I said before, this is Alice Oseman's best book so far, especially plot-wise. It's a strongly character-driven book but what happens in it is equally exciting. I was drawn into the story right from the beginning. When I first heard that Alice was writing a novel about a fangirl and her favourite band, I wasn't sure if I would like it. Even though I knew that Alice was an exceptional writer, I didn't think that I could relate to a boyband-obsessed main character and the superfamous male counterpart. I expected this story to be a romantic one - but I should have known better. Even though we get to see a few kisses and crushes, the focus is on friendship, faith and respect. The characters were all relatable, even though some of them are more sympathetic than others. I don't want to tell you too more than that this story will surprise you. Neither of us have any friends in real life who like The Ark, but that doesn’t matter, because we have each other. I used to try to get people to talk about The Ark with me – my school friends, my parents, my older brother – but no one really cared. c) It's a great story about friendships, I'm sure everyone who's ever be in a fandom will find joyful and relatable moments in the book. Alice Oseman was born in Chatham, Kent and grew up in a village near Rochester, Kent with her younger brother, William, and attended Rochester Grammar School. [3] [4] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Durham University in 2016. [5] [6] Career [ edit ] I loved the interview they gave when they said “the fans like to overthink everything we do” and I had to agree so much! *lol* I mean JK shows his eye tattoo in an episode of RUN and ARMYs be like: OMG!!! WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!?? I’m ARMY myself so I can laugh about this and say that we’re all clowns. *lol* Anyway, what I want to say with this is that the fandom rep was so damn on spot I can’t even! Haha! Alice Oseman captured it so well and I loved that by inventing Juliet and Angel she also gave room to the fandom side that’s not just screaming and fainting fangirls/boys. You’d be surprised about how many of us are actually normal people that just love our boys and their music. XD If I’d get a chance to spend a day with BTS I’d probably just hang out with them, eat good food, play silly games and talk about God and the world. Maybe I could even persuade them to play guitar or e-bass with me? *lol* So yeah, pretty normal stuff. Also since my kid is so little she’d probably be the star in the room and they’d play and goof around with her. XD Because no matter how famous they are, they are still normal (okay, they are perfect!) people and I totally agree with the sentiment that they feel like they are my friends. In difficult times their music helps me to get through the day and they always make me smile which is pretty amazing. =) So if you ever come to Austria and read this BTS, write me and I’ll invite you over for a schnitzel and potato salad. Considering the dumpling incident I better don’t invite you for roast pork and dumplings though. *lol* ;-P

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Everyone's normal, everyone's weird, everyone's just trying to deal with their own life and keep calm and carry on. And hold on to something that'll keep them going. That's why people get into fandom and bands and stuff. They just want to hold on to something that makes them feel good. Even if it's all a big lie." We also have other amazing diverse characters in this book, we have two bisexual characters, mixed-race characters and just beautiful diversity overall that made me really happy. This is a small, silly spin-off story about characters from I Was Born for This, written as a treat for readers in March 2020. This story is not necessarily canon, but would occur – I think – about eight months before the events of IWBFT. I hope you enjoy it!

Love Island woman keeps pulling me into an extremely dull conversation. I keep it going to be polite, and also because, as previously mentioned, she’s kind of hot, and I just act like a shallow idiot around hot people. I can’t help it.

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