#Sara Read

[bamsara]

"youve already written that trope" yesss. i like it a lots. i will be writing it again. 1000 stories of the same trope over and over again for ten million years

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry by Sara Read

 Catalyst invitation accepted and art show attended instigate changes that see major changes in Johanna Porter’s life. How she will come out at the other end as her story progresses is well worth reading.

 What I liked:

* Johanna: mother, art teacher, divorced, once an up and coming artist, stymied and boxed in for almost twenty years, rebirthing herself, coming into her own

* Mel: Johanna’s daughter, late teens, athlete, self-aware, supportive, integral to the story

* That this was not an easy read filled with sunshine and light but one that had me thinking, caring, and contemplating ‘what if’

* The changes and growth that occurred in Johanna as the story progressed

* That Johanna took time to look at and learn from her past while using it to create a better more real future for herself – she put the past in perspective

* The plot, pacing, and writing with flashbacks that explained Johanna’s backstory

* The love interest that could have been Mr. Perfect but instead was a rather brilliant but flawed human instead

* Johanna’s ability to, in the end, do what was best for herself and make it happen

* The growth in more than one character in the story and the inclusion of the reader in the process

* Reading a new-to-me author that I would read again

 What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* Johanna’s mentor that proved to be more menace than lover

* The time Johanna lost before coming into her own and the reasons this happened

 Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes

 Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade for the ARC – This is my honest review.

 4-5 Stars

BLURB

A sharp, witty debut novel about a soccer mom who steals a world famous portrait of herself from the narcissistic artist who was once her lover, an impulsive crime that will re-frame her suburban life and make her question her life choices.

The headlines dubbed it the art heist of the decade, but for Johanna, it wasn’t theft, it was a rescue.

Twenty years ago, Johanna Porter was a rising star in the art world. Now she’s an unknown soccer mom. When an invitation arrives to an elite gallery opening for her former lover, the great Nestor Pinedo, Johanna wants to throw it in the trash where it belongs. But with some styling help from her daughter, she makes an appearance and comes face-to-face with the woman she was before the powerful and jealous Nestor ruined her.

La Rosa Blanca is a portrait of Johanna herself, young and fierce and fearless—a masterwork with a price tag to match. When she cuts it out of its frame, rolls it up, and walks out, Johanna is only taking back what was stolen from her.

Hiding out with La Rosa Blanca in a shack on the Chesapeake Bay, Johanna digs into the raw work of reviving her own skills while battling novice-thief paranoia, impostor syndrome, and mom guilt. But Johanna doesn’t just want the painting, she wants to paint again. To harness her powerful talent, she must defy everyone’s expectations—most of all her own—for what a woman like her should be.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Originally from Washington, DC, SARA READ tried the nine-to-five life for about a nanosecond before moving to rural Virginia to become a flute-maker’s apprentice and traditional fiddle player. Childbirth led her to a career in nursing. A cancer survivor herself, she now has the distinct privilege of caring for cancer patients. She is co-founder of #momswritersclub, a biweekly YouTube and live Twitter chat for writers. Sara lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband, two teens, a terrier, and three snarky cats. She loves a long run, a long road trip, and a long talk with a friend. www.sararead.net

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Blog Tour & Review: Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry by Sara Read

Author: Sara ReadPublisher: Graydon HouseReleased: March 7, 2023Received: NetGalley Book Summary: It’s hard to believe that once upon a time, Johanna Porter had a dream. Those dreams would have taken her rising art career and turned it into something new and bright. Unfortunately, those dreams didn’t exactly happen. She’s just one of several unknown soccer moms in her area suffering from the…

[abbeyofcyn]

Future Donnie go nyoom

[artofobsession]

cw: blood

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Spy AU! comm for @cha-melodius 's "Nova, Baby"!

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[sitzfleischh]

Ok ok ok but the THING the thing that GETS ME about Aziraphale and I feel like I don't see as much about it written on here is that yes we all know that Crowley pretends to be cynical and dark because he wants so badly to be joyful and optimistic but he's been hurt & let down too many times so he puts up the cynicism as a facade.

But Aziraphale is ALSO DOING THIS, just using the opposite tactic.

Crowley assumes everything will go badly because he's protected from disappointment when it does, and gets to be pleasantly surprised when it doesn't.

Aziraphale assumes everything will go well because he's unBELIEVABLY anxiety-ridden ALL THE TIME and cannot deal emotionally with even the prospect of things going wrong. So not only does he optimism his way out of seeing issues that are right in front of him until he absolutely can't avoid them any longer (see: dancing in his bookshop surrounded by demons), but he also actively gaslights himself into thinking that the bad things that happened to him or that he was involved in weren't that bad, and pretends that he doesn't have negative emotions and is just fine and happy all the time because he doesn't know what to DO with those feelings-- he's an angel! He's supposed to be placidly happy forever! What do you mean he's angry or sad or disappointed or disgusted or lonely? Angels don't feel those things!

Season 2 showed us Crowley getting in touch with his feelings of love and care, and I think season 3 is going to show us Aziraphale getting in touch with his feelings of anger and disappointment, and I for one CANNOT WAIT.

[more-than-ideas]

Sun,book,coffee

Sara Kocevska

[prentitssgf]

when someone asks what book im reading but im actually secretly reading the same fanfic trope about the same sapphic couple for the 17th time but i downloaded the fic on my e-reader so i dont look like a loser

[babkaboy]

a few weeks ago my queen @sputnikan recommended me Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez saying “it reads like a star wars fanfic” and not only was she right but the book itself destroyed me into pieces and what a better way to get the brainrot out of me by drawing a bunch of scenes but with these space mfs. anyways if you enjoy paranormal shit, horror stuff and messed up father/son relationships please read that book

[bamsara]

As a writer who doesn't often read other fics because of personal preferences, but also to focus on my own and spend a lot of time writing something completely to my own exact tastes instead I gotta ask

(This is specifically about long-fics, but short fics can work too)

Personally, I have specific preferences/squicks that make it hard for me to read certain things and prefer to write what I like instead of looking for it in other places (That's not to say that it can't be found! I just find writing it to be a lot more satisfying)

[lyr-caelum]

I love you till the end 🫠♥️

(This is the new cover for the ATYD COMIC)

Feel free to take a screenshot to use as a screensaver BUT! Please don’t post on other platforms ♥️

[gothhabiba]

The economy of Israel has benefited from the changes it has created within the economy of the Gaza Strip. The availability of a large pool of unskilled and semi-skilled workers has provided Israel with a reserve of labor that it can utilize or marginalize without great risk to its own economy. In periods of economic prosperity, for example, the availability of large resources of labor has had a stabilizing effect on wages inside Israel and in periods of recession has acted as a repository for surplus labor. Given the state's control over the economy of the occupied territories, wages paid to workers from these areas do not drain Israel's economic reserves since the consumption expenditure of Palestinian labor is directly tied into the Israeli economy.

The resulting state of dependency of the Palestinian labor market on the economy of Israel renders the former vulnerable to the political, social, and economic exigencies of the latter.

– 1987. Sara Roy, "The Gaza Strip: A Case of Economic De-Development." Journal of Palestine Studies 17.1, pp. 56-88.

[bberry005]

there's something so poetic about young royals ending with the four characters who's journeys of finding themselves were so influenced and ruined by hillerska and the system all driving away from it laughing and heading towards something new together. they are literally leaving hillerska and the story they lived there behind

[merciganimard]

Sara from A Little Princess was the patron saint of weird little girls. Passionately telling stories about her special interest the French Revolution and Princess de Lamballe getting her head cut off and carried on a pike

[martellspear]

me ○ く|)へ 〉 ￣￣┗┓ "elia was ok with it because she's dornish" ┗┓　 ヾ○ｼ ┗┓ ヘ/ ┗┓ ノ ┗┓