And on this lovely Friday, we have a SUPER awesome guest post for you guys from the author of A Weeks of Mondays, Jessica Brody.
It is seriously one of the best guest posts I’ve ever hosted!Â
A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody
Published by Macmillan on August 2nd 2016
Genres: Contemporary, Emotions & Feelings, Fantasy, Love & Romance, Romance, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Issues, Social Themes, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
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When I made the wish, I just wanted a do-over. Another chance to make things right. I never, in a million years, thought it might actually come true... Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a serious case of the Mondays. She gets a ticket for running a red light, she manages to take the worldâs worst school picture, she bombs softball try-outs and her class election speech (note to self: never trust a cheerleader when she swears there are no nuts in her bake-sale banana bread), and to top it all off, Tristan, her gorgeous rocker boyfriend suddenly dumps her. For no good reason!As far as Mondays go, it doesnât get much worse than this. And Ellie is positive that if she could just do it all over again, she would get it right. So when she wakes up the next morning to find sheâs reliving the exact same day, she knows what she has to do: stop her boyfriend from breaking up with her. But it seems no matter how many do-overs she gets or how hard Ellie tries to repair her relationship, Tristan always seems bent set on ending it. Will Ellie ever figure out how to fix this broken day? Or will she be stuck in this nightmare of a Monday forever?From the author 52 Reasons to Hate My Father and The Unremembered trilogy comes a hilarious and heartwarming story about second (and third and fourth and fifth) chances. Because sometimes it takes a whole week of Mondays to figure out what you really want.
Why Fortune Cookies Hold the Secret of Life
by Jessica Brody
Ever since I was a kid, Iâve been strangely obsessed with fortune cookies. Little harbingers
of wisdom and destiny, wrapped up in a delicious crunchy treat, what could be better? And
for a long time, I truly believed fortune cookie fortunes had the power to shape and change
my destiny. Then I turned seven.
But seriously. Fortune cookies are cool right? Theyâre this cultural staple that weâve all
come to love and expect. I mean, imagine if you went to eat at a Chinese restaurant and
didnât get a fortune cookie at the end? Youâd probably burn the place down. Okay, maybe
not that.
But I love that thereâs this little air of mystery surrounding the fortune cookie custom.
Especially if you think about how many fortune cookies there are in the world at any given
time, and you just happened to get this one. Why this one? What does it all mean? Is
someone or something trying to tell me something? Maybe thereâs some kind of cosmic
significance in that. Or maybe I just need to get a life.
When I sat down to plot out the book A WEEK OF MONDAYS, about a girl named Ellie who
has to relive the same horrible Monday every single day, I wanted to include my whimsical
view of fortune cookies somewhere within the story. And since this is a book about destiny
and whether or not we have the power to change it, I felt like it was a perfect pairing. So
when I developed Owen, Ellieâs best friend, I gave him a part-time job bussing tables at a
Chinese restaurant and every Monday morning, he brings Ellie and himself two fortune
cookies and asks her to choose one. Itâs their little Monday morning tradition. On this
particular fateful Monday morning Ellie unwraps her cookie and her fortune says:
âToday, you will get everything your true heart desires.â
Yes, I wrote that fortune. And yes there is significance behind the words âtrue heart.â
So you would think that when Ellie wakes up the next day to find itâs the exact same
Monday that sheâd get the exact same fortune, because the day is exactly the same. And
actually, youâd be right. She does get the same fortune on the Second Monday. But on the
Third Monday, her fortune changes. Because thatâs the day that Ellie starts to fully embrace
her predicament (being stuck in the same day over and over) and starts to make changes in
her life. Therefore, I felt it only appropriate that her fortune would change from day to day
as Ellie made different choices. So yes, even though Owen works at the same Chinese
restaurant and grabs the same two cookies, the messages inside of those cookiesâthe
harbingers of wisdom and destinyâdo change throughout the story.
Because maybe fortune cookies really are magicâ¦
Okay, enough woo woo. Iâve decided, in honor of this magical fortune cookie post, I would
list out my top ten favorite fortune cookie fortunes of all time (that I actually found on the
internet, since who really remembers their fortunes from cookies they ate seven years
ago?) Who knows if these are real fortunes, but who cares!? Theyâre funny!
So here we goâ¦
1) The Fortune You Seekâ¦is in another cookie
2) If you think youâre going to sum up your life on this little bit of paper, youâre crazy
3) Only listen to fortune cookies; disregard all other fortune telling units
4) I cannot help you, for I am just a cookie
5) You couldnât be less interesting. But youâre going to try, arenât you?
6) Your reality check is about to bounce
7) You will be hungry again in one hour
8) Meh.
9) How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
10) Help! Iâm a prisoner in a fortune cookie factory!
So what about you guys? Do you have any funny or memorable fortunes? Post them in the
comments! And enjoy the book!
About Jessica Brody
Jessica Brody is the author of several popular books for teens, including the Unremembered trilogy, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, and The Karma Club, as well as two adult novels. She splits her time between California and Colorado. Find out more at jessicabrody.com.
Jessica asked above:
Do you have any funny or memorable fortunes?
Such an awesome blog tour post ð Thank you for sharing Crystal. <3 I really do want this book. Ahh. Seems so cute ð I'm pretty curious about it.