Jennifer Niven's Blog, page 532

Today’s bright place: Breakaway (gluten-free!) Bakery....

Today’s bright place: Breakaway (gluten-free!) Bakery. #allthebrightplaces (at Breakaway Bakery)

"You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart...

"You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp." — Anne Lamott

These days, I’m dancing with the limp.

My bright place for the day: @andersonsbookshop and this copy of...

My bright place for the day: @andersonsbookshop and this copy of #allthebrightplaces autographed by lovely, lovely teen readers. @allthebrightplaces

Book Riot's best books of October

Book Riot contributors name the best book they read in October and All the Bright Places is on the list!  (Even though the novel won’t be released till January 6.)

Rachel Manwill says, “It is a gut-punch of a book, but a gut-punch I’d ask for over and over again.”

@randomhousekids wants to know: What makes you be bright? Share...

@randomhousekids wants to know: What makes you be bright? Share your bright places using #allthebrightplaces

Penguin NZ has created the loveliest trailer for All the Bright...

Penguin NZ has created the loveliest trailer for All the Bright Places.

Like seriously lovely.

Like it-makes-me-want-to-buy-the-book lovely, and I wrote it!

Oxnard High makes it lovely

On November 7, I visited Oxnard High School in Oxnard, California, with fellow author Arwen Elys Dayton to promote our upcoming books, All the Bright Places (Jan 6) and Seeker (Feb 10).

Here’s a lovely article about the event written by student Stephanie Quero for the school’s newspaper.

Thank you @thebookkat for this lovely post and all your lovely...

Thank you @thebookkat for this lovely post and all your lovely words while reading! ❤ #allthebrightplaces #youstarthere #belovely365 #finchandvioletforever

Lovely day with Velva Jean and the AAUW, but now— at...

Lovely day with Velva Jean and the AAUW, but now— at last— it’s time to rest! #velvajean #allthebrightplaces

A whole bunch of Velva Jeans and me. #velvajean (at Four Points...

A whole bunch of Velva Jeans and me. #velvajean (at Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort)