From the BLURB: When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for? This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do ...
One of my most anticipated signings this year, Stephanie Perkins, author of one of my favorite books (Anna and the French Kiss) arrived in Manila as the next hot author in a string of fabulous, amazing author line-up for this year. And of course, who am I to pass this once in a lifetime chance to see her? Photo courtesy of Kate of The Bookaholic Blurbs! My morning was an adventure of sorts. I live close by, but I still got to the venue a little late because I had to fetch a few blogger friends! I love the night and the morning before signings... there's always this low level buzz that turns into something that keeps us up all night because of the anticipation and excitement at the prospect of meeting an author we idolize and adore, and in this case? That's Stephanie Perkins. Stephanie answering questions! I wasn't there the moment she arrived, but there's still this shock factor when I saw her face to face, up close. It took a while to sink in: Stephanie Perkins is in f...
