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1. Hey Nicole and welcome to Next Page Please! I am so excited to have you here. Congrats on the publication of Blackhearts! What are you doing in celebration of Blackheart's publication? 
Thank you so much for having me! To celebrate the publication of BLACKHEARTS I'm looking forward to seeing family and friends at my signings. It's been a long journey and so many people have been supportive of me.

2. What has been your favorite part of the publication journey? I know it can be very exciting as a debut author! 
My favorite part has been meeting so many amazing people, both in real life and online. It's fun to connect with book bloggers and other authors. Basically everyone who has a passion and love for reading.

3. Do you have any tips for bloggers and readers who want to support authors? Anything that we can do that really helps authors gain readers? I would love to know!
I think Twitter chats have been extremely helpful for me. I know it's different for everyone, so it really depends on the author. I would suggest reaching out to an author., and telling them you'd like to help promote their books for them. The worst they can say is no. :)

4. Were there any difficulties in writing Blackhearts? How did you overcome them? 
Honestly, I loved writing BLACKHEARTS. That doesn't mean I wrote a perfect first draft. I didn't, not by a long shot. But I loved the entire process, including revisions. I haven't always felt that way with some of my other manuscripts. I just felt that BLACKHEARTS was special. At least to me. :)

5. Thank you so much for being here and answering my questions, Nicole!  For my final question, I wanna know what is one thing you're excited for readers to read about in Blackhearts? 
I'm excited for readers to discover Anne and Teach. I can't wait for them to learn about their longing for freedom. That's why the cover for the book is so perfect. It's emblematic of the story.

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Breaking The Spine where we share upcoming releases that we are excited about!

So tell me: Have you heard about this book before and what are your thoughts on it?

Hello everyone and welcome back to Next Page Please! where I try my bestest to post consistently. So, yes I know, last week fell a bit and I have a pretty good reason why. First of all, I really did not have much time to draft things up and I didn't have much planned for that week anyway so I didn't throw myself too off of what else I have scheduled for the rest of the month.

Today's person is pretty exciting for me because, well today is Chinese New Year! Yep, as my mom is pretty superstitious, I spent a good amount of yesterday of cleaning the house and watching the Superbowl. If you don't celebrate Chinese New Year, I hope you have a great Monday but to everyone that does celebrate, I hope you have an awesome Chinese New Year filled with red envelopes, time with family, and great food. Now, in celebration of Chinese New Year, I have compiled a list of 7 characters who represent us Asians in YA. I am pretty positive I've missed some characters so if I have, definitely let me know! It actually is pretty sad to see how little Asian characters are represented in YA and that realllly needs to change because there are so many ethnicities that fall under "Asian" so there are a lot of different characters would be able to get from Asians. I hope you guys enjoy reading about these Asian characters and definitely check out the books that I have mentioned.

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1. Lara Jean | To All The Boy's I've Loved Before
Lara Jean was the first person I thought of when I came up this post idea. She is literally the one character that is Asian and everyone knows that I know of. Lara Jean is Korean and what I love about Jenny Han is how she was able to include some Korean culture into the To All The Boy's I've Loved Before duology and it is always so interesting to be reading about that. She is such a great character and I thank Jenny for including so much Korean culture into her books.

2. Maddie | Everything, Everything
Maddie is half Japanese I believe? I'm pretty sure Nicola is half Japanese as well, which is cool because it's not every day someone is half Japanese half black. There wasn't a lot of Japanese culture in Everything, Everything but the fact that she is Asian already earns her a few points.

3. Samantha | Under a Painted Sky
Ohhh Samantha is a character I totally forgot about and banged my head on the table for doing so! She is Chinese (Yes! Finally) and speaks Cantonese, I believe? (Muahahaha even better!) I really enjoyed reading from Samantha because she really believes in the Chinese zodiac calendar and it was nice reading about her Chinese cultures and beliefs and being able to compare them and contrast them to mine.

4. Park | Eleanor and Park
Ahhh, Park! Another Korean character a good amount of people know about. I want to say Park is half white and I am pretty positive on that piece of information. Again, not a lot of Korean culture written into Eleanor and Park (at least...none that I actually remember) but I am not complaining much because yay! Another Asian character!

5. Jubilee | This Shattered World
This is one of my recent reads and I was very interested to find out her mother was Chinese! Making Jubilee half Chinese. I honestly did not expect Amie and Meagan to write about her culture and stuff in this dystopian novel but I did like how there the fact that she was half-Chinese was not pushed aside! There is a line of mandarin in this book and that little small line made me feel just a bit more connected to Jubilee.

6. Alan | What You Left Behind
I know Alan is Asian, Korean or Chinese I believe. Alan is only a side character so I definitely did not expect the author to go deeper into his Asian roots. The author didn't but that is totally fine with me because the fact that Alan was Asian and not white made this book a bit more colorful, which is something I always appreciate.

7. Cinder | The Lunar Chronicles
Cinder is definitely Asian, but is she Chinese? Chinese in their world, let's put it at that. Definitely, not much Asian culture is mentioned in the book but I don't blame that because of the fact that it's dystopian, I am grateful there is an Asian character so that is definitely enough for me. I do love how they call her "Lihn, Cinder" because ya know, you call people by their first then the last name in China!

So tell me: Have you read any of the books I mentioned above and let me know if you celebrate Chinese New Year!

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