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Marie Landry

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Marie Landry has always been a daydreamer. She has created imaginary worlds for as long as she can remember, so it only seemed natural that she would become a writer. With a passion for words that started in early childhood, Marie has written a varied range of works, and has been freelance writing since 2009. She resides in Ontario, Canada, and most days you can find her writing, reading, blogging about writing and reading, listening to U2, or having grand adventures with her two precious nephews.


May was a really busy, kinda weird month. I feel like I didn't get a whole hell of a lot accomplished, and that bothers me. Here's a recap:

Books read:Cinder by Marissa Meyer The Single Girl’s To-Do List by Lindsey Kelk *Reviews to come for both these books

I also read about 1/4 of The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa before I gave up/my NetGalley license expired. Clearly my reading sucked in May.... read more »
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Average rating: 3.78 · 120 ratings · 52 reviews · 1 distinct work
Blue Sky Days
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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May was a really busy, kinda weird month. I feel like I didn't get a whole hell of a lot accomplished, and that bothers me. Here's a recap:
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The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
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This review was originally posted on my blog, Ramblings of a Daydreamer. You can find it, and many more reviews at the blog.

I have really mixed feelings about this book. If I were basing my review on the concept of the book, or on the last quarter or...more
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Shut Up & Read: Author Fan Page! 54 207 Feb 27, 2012 04:11pm  
Basically Books!: ARR #5 BLUE SKY DAYS by Marie Landry 63 76 Apr 10, 2012 09:35pm  
Sophocles
“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
Sophocles

Stephanie Perkins
“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”
Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“You should date a girl who reads.
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.”
Rosemarie Urquico

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Marie Melissa wrote: "Hi Marie! Thanks for the friendship!"

Hi Melissa! Thank YOU! Always love making new bookish friends. :-)


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Marie Tana wrote: "Happy Birthday Marie, have a great day and hope all your wishes come true."

Thanks so much, Tana! <3


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Tana Happy Birthday Marie, have a great day and hope all your wishes come true.


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Marie Dani (Voguedotcom) wrote: "Hi Marie!
Thank you for the add! Of course I don't mind - I love connecting with any reader - especially those readers that take the time to read my blog. I am very proud of what I have achieved w..."


And so you should be! Blogging isn't necessarily as easy as a lot of people might think...it's time consuming, but it's so much fun, and so rewarding, that it's totally worth it. Really enjoying what I've seen of your blog so far. Glad to connect with you Dani! :-)


Dani (Pen to Paper) Hi Marie!
Thank you for the add! Of course I don't mind - I love connecting with any reader - especially those readers that take the time to read my blog. I am very proud of what I have achieved with it so far!!

Dani :)


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Marie Misty wrote: "Ohhh your profile is so different to mine cuz you have a fancy author one lol
So, how's it shaking? I went to see footloose yesterday, it was great :)"


LOL! I kind of miss the old profile, I lost a few of the features I liked, but then I got new ones, so I guess it's a fair trade haha. Ooh Footloose, I've heard so many great things about it, I might have to go see it...I've never even seen the original lol.


message 3: by Misty

Misty Ohhh your profile is so different to mine cuz you have a fancy author one lol
So, how's it shaking? I went to see footloose yesterday, it was great :)


Laura Ann Dunks Hey birthday twin! That's awesome! Also, you're book sounds amazing.

Laura xxx


message 1: by Char

Char Hi Marie,

Thanks for the add and the follow. I can't wait to talk books with you.

Char =)


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