Janet Tashjian
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East Providence, RI
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Children's Books
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Many people talk about the books that changed their lives. One that truly changed mine was The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. It was written with such simplicity and grace that when I finished it, I told my husband I was quitting my job to become a writer. I bought myself a box of pens, a stack of notebooks, and started writing.
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about this author
I write almost every day. If I don't, the words start backing up inside me and it gets ugly fast. My mind pretty much never stops -- I have more ideas than time to write them in. Nothing makes me happier than coming up with characters and story lines for a new project. My family and friends very graciously put up with my barrage of new ideas.
I grew up in East Providence, Rhode Island. My father was a sales engineer, my mother a homemaker. I'm the oldest of four with two sisters and a brother. I always liked to keep busy, working on several projects at once. I wrote a little, but never thought of becoming a writer.
I've always been an avid reader; I still read several books a week. When I was young, it was mostly myste...more
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The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.88 — 505 ratings — published 2004 8 editions |
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Vote for Larry by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.92 — 151 ratings — published 2004 8 editions |
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Multiple Choice by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.61 — 90 ratings — published 1969 6 editions |
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Fault Line by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.83 — 82 ratings — published 2003 3 editions |
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Larry and the Meaning of Life by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.31 — 75 ratings — published 2008 |
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Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.67 — 45 ratings — published 1997 5 editions |
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Marty Frye, Private Eye by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1998 3 editions |
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Tage mit Eddie. Oder was heißt schon normal. ( Ab 10 J.). by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999 |
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Fault Line by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads author), Clara Bryant , Jason Harris avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004 |
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Welcome to the Young Adult Book Club!
Welcome everyone who is interested in YA books! Each month we read a book and discuss it with the group! W...more
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Whatever your age is, if you love reading young adult fiction, then I want to know what you are reading! Let's exchange ideas of good reads, nice idea...more
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For fans of the SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC series written by Vicki Pettersson. If you love Joanna Archer and Zoe Archer then this is the place for you!!
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Weeeeeell, My groups always die..... so I made this group! You can put whatever you wanna put, like roleplays, and stuff like that. There's a vote, fo...more
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I just finished reading Larry and the Meaning of Life. It was just as great as the other Larry books!!!!
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Janet, I've added your five books, The Gospel According to Larry, Fault Line, Tru Confessions, Multiple Choice and Felicity: Summer to my to-read list.
