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BONUS – NOTE TO SELF is FREE today on Amazon!<\/strong><\/p>\n

What makes a book sell? What is that \u201cthing\u201d that has readers swarming to the stores to buy it? What attracts them to begin with? Is it the cover? The summary of the plot? Great reviews? The price? The author?<\/p>\n

Again this week, I\u2019d like you, the readers, to give your opinion on this book. I\u2019d like to know\u2013as does the author\u2013what works for you and what doesn\u2019t. We\u2019d like an honest gut reaction to everything we present to you here to \u00a0make sure the author is headed in the right direction or if there are things that can be tweaked to make this book the bestseller it has the potential to be.<\/p>\n

If you choose to supplement your poll responses with personal, honest constructive comments, you will be entered to win a book from my ever growing stash of books.\u00a0\":)\"Thank you in advance for your time and your honestly. I know it\u2019s valuable and I do appreciate it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"NOTE TO SELF<\/span><\/strong>
\nAuthor:\u00a0Avery Sawyer<\/strong>
\nGenre: Young Adult
\nPages: 168
\nDigital Price: $3.99
\n<\/strong>(free for Prime Members)<\/em>
\nPublisher: Avery Sawyer<\/p>\n

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Two climbed up. Two fell down.
\nOne woke up.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Robin Saunders is a high school sophomore with an awesome best friend, a hard-working single mom, and a complicated relationship with a sweet guy named Reno. She’s coasting along, trying to get through yet another tedious year of high school, when Em suggests something daring. They live in Florida– tourist central–and Emily wants to sneak into a theme park after midnight and see what they’re made of.<\/span><\/p>\n

When things get out of control, Robin wakes up in a hospital bed and Emily doesn’t wake up at all. Just getting dressed becomes an ordeal as Robin tries to heal and piece together the details of that terrible night. Racing to remember everything in the hopes of saving Emily, Robin writes a series of notes to herself to discover the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gr. 8-12. Adult language.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I usually don’t read many books in the Young Adult category, but I am glad I read this one – I seriously think this could \/ should zoom up the charts and be a huge bestseller and I could also see this one being made into a smash summer movie.<\/em>” ~Michael Gallagher<\/p>\n

“I started and finished this book in about 2 days- something I only do when a book grabs me and refuses to let me go.” ~Amazon reviewer<\/p>\n

“Notes to Self is an emotional journey that any woman, teenager or otherwise, can relate to. It made me think about my own formative years and that connected me to the narrator on a deep level. I recommend Notes to Self to readers who appreciate honest contemporary fiction.”<\/em> ~Amazon reviewer<\/p>\n

“I recommend NOTES TO SELF very highly. The story is both inspirational and real, which is a difficult combination to pull off. This is a very powerful novel.”<\/em> ~Top 500 Reviewer<\/p>\n

~*~*~<\/p>\n

SAMPLER \u2013 First 10 lines of NOTE TO SELF<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if the lightning was actually there or if my brain added it afterward, when I searched it over and over for what Emily had said that night.<\/p>\n

It was cold and dark\u2014darker than we thought it would be. I remember wishing I was younger so I could admit I was too scared to climb. Or older, so I could say, \u201cNot my thing, no thanks, let\u2019s get out of here,\u201d and not care if Em thought I was lame. She said we were supposed to go a little crazy once in a while; it was practically our duty. Pretty soon it would be too late.<\/p>\n

But I knew it was already too late.<\/p>\n

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