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Morgan Matson

Författare till Since You've Been Gone

16 verk 5,110 medlemmar 281 recensioner 3 favoritmärkta

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Morgan Matson was born in 1981 and grew up in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles and obtained Theater/English degree. Following college graduation she moved back East to attend the New School, where she received her M.F.A in Writing for visa mer Children. Morgan's first book, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour published in May 2010, was inspired by Morgan's three cross-country road trips. It was named an ALA Top Ten Best Book, a PW "Flying Start" book, and was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Prize. Her book, Second Chance Summer, won the California Book Award and named A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year in 2012. Matson is also the author of best seller Since You've Been Gone which made the Silver Inky Award shortlist. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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female
Nationalitet
USA
Bostadsorter
Los Angeles, California, USA
Utbildning
The New School (MFA|Writing for Children)
Relationer
Finn, Jane (mother)
Agent
Emily Van Beek
Kort biografi
Morgan Matson received her MFA in Writing for Children from the New School. A road-trip veteran, she has driven cross-country three times...so far. She currently lives in Venice, California.

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Morgan is an author I always enjoy. I've read all her books. This is as good as any she has written. You start with Stella, a girl who is obsessed with spreadsheets and logistics, to a point where she's lost touch with the unpredictable beauty of real life. When her boyfriend dumps her, she still goes forth with plans to attend prom, plans that include going to Disneyland beforehand, all dressed up in her gown. Lady fortune has bigger plans, ones that include her best friend's girlfriend inviting a strange boy to join them...Only Reese isn't really a stranger. He was the waiter who witnessed her getting dumped and subsequent disaster when she backed into him and ended up wearing cola all over her white dress. Not the best memory for either, but Reese got fired because of it.
Their prickliness is tipped upside down when they rush back into the castle to retrieve his phone and end up in a fairy tale. He knows the story, she doesn't, and they must work together in order to make it end happily. Read the story, feel the enchantment, and watch Stella discover there's a lot more to life that logistics.
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sennebec | 2 andra recensioner | Mar 18, 2024 |
I'm a Morgan Matson fan but 60 pages into Promchanted I was struggling. I just couldn't get into the characters. I like the ancillary characters, Nisha and Allyson more than I liked the main characters.

Stella's boyfriend broke up with her several weeks before prom. It occurred in a restaurant and their waiter, Mauricio, witnessed it all. When he is invited to her pre-prom Disneyland adventure by her friend Allyson, Stella is mortified. Going by the name Reece, he saw Stella at her lowest point. But she tries to make the best of this bad situation.

If this is an enemies to friends romance, they needed a little more 'dislike' before they can get together. There was no spark. There was more of a spark with Stella and her prom nemesis, Avery, than there was with Reece. And if I missed the mark, shame on me for not reading further.
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EdGoldberg | 2 andra recensioner | Feb 29, 2024 |
I really loved this read. I found the unique structure of this book to be so fun. I also loved this book was set in NYC and really focused on friendship but also theater life and. I also liked that we got several POV and the back in "sandwich" parts were so fun. I really also liked all the tie backs to the previous books in her world. I really enjoyed this read and loved the focus on friendship so much. Def A new fav for me from this author!
 
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lmauro123 | 5 andra recensioner | Dec 28, 2023 |
I really enjoyed this book. I have enjoyed all the books set in the Matson world. I really loved not only the formate of this book but also the entire family and the various situations that occurred. I loved the relationship between bill and charlie and just wish we saw a bit more of it throughout the novel. I just love all the high jinx that came from the wedding and all the problems that need to be solved. I thought it also tackled harder issues super well. I really loved the tie backs to her other novels. And it was a prefect summer read!… (mer)
 
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lmauro123 | 26 andra recensioner | Dec 28, 2023 |

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Verk
16
Medlemmar
5,110
Popularitet
#4,894
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
281
ISBN
122
Språk
10
Favoritmärkt
3

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