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J.A. Buckle

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Born

The United Kingdom

Genre

Humor and Comedy, Children's

Influences

The great Terry Pratchett. Also the amazing Douglas Adams RIP

Member Since

July 2013

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https://www.goodreads.com/awkwardpenguin

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Jacqui has two teenage kids and a big, friendly dog. For the last 25 years she's worked for a human rights organisation as well as volunteering as a be-friender for an eating disorders society. Jacqui has had some issues with anxiety and depression during her life but has found that humour often helps! Her main interests revolve around nature, learning about mental health issues, and dark and dry humour,
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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

J.A. Buckle Interesting question. I think maybe Twoflower and Rincewind in Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic. They are such opposites, with Twoflower being en…moreInteresting question. I think maybe Twoflower and Rincewind in Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic. They are such opposites, with Twoflower being endearingly naive and seeing the good in everyone whereas Rincewind is so wonderfully cynical. And yet they get on, and through all their adventures come to a mutual respect and, dare I say it, affection!(less)

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So, loved the Josh books, but just wondering why the heck he turned 17 twice?

J.A. Buckle Hi Emily, so pleased you liked the books! Did you read the US version of Half my Facebook friends are ferrets? If so, the US publishers decided to mak…moreHi Emily, so pleased you liked the books! Did you read the US version of Half my Facebook friends are ferrets? If so, the US publishers decided to make Josh a year older than he was in the original UK version. The sequels were only published in the UK so follow the first UK book - if that makes sense! Thanks for the feedback, so nice to know books are being enjoyed :-) Best Jackie(less)

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Average rating: 3.87 · 265 ratings · 68 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets 3.82 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It's hot in here but that's just you, Michelle, for when I see you it's like the sun comes out in my head. You are the reason for global warming but in a good way.”
― J.A. Buckle, Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets

tags: chat-up, flirt, girlfriend, global-warming, humour

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“Don’t worry,” I say. “There’s plenty more fish in the sea.”
“But I don’t want a fish,” Davey says. He really did say that and he wasn’t even trying to be funny.
“I mean there’ll be other girls,” I say. “And anyway I’ve been thinking about all this and I’m wondering if we’re a bit too young to be worried about girls. You know, Davey, there are actually loads of boys who haven’t got girlfriends at our school. And even the ones who have don’t really go out with them. They just hang around school and maybe outside Morrisons. What sort of relationship is that? I think we’ve been fooled into submitting to peer pressure and we should just stop and say no! No, I will not feel inferior. I refuse to feel like a loser just because some bimbo isn’t trying to lick my tonsils... And besides, a girl will come along in her own good time. Probably when we're least expecting it!”
― J.A. Buckle, Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets

tags: fish, funny, girlfriends, humour, peer-pressure

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“You'll be alright," I say, "Mum likes you.”
― J.A. Buckle, Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets

tags: ferrets, humour, parents

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“Life in this world,” he said, “is, as it were, a sojourn in a cave. What can we know of reality? For all we see of the true nature of existence is, shall we say, no more than bewildering and amusing shadows cast upon the inner wall of the cave by the unseen blinding light of absolute truth, from which we may or may not deduce some glimmer of veracity, and we as troglodyte seekers of wisdom can only lift our voices to the unseen and say, humbly, ‘Go on, do Deformed Rabbit . . . it’s my favorite.’ ”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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