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An Innocent Fashion
An Innocent Fashion: A Novel | RJ Hernandez
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The literary love-child of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bell Jar, this singular debut novel is the story of Ethan, a wide-eyed new Ivy League grad, who discovers that his dream of making it at leading New York City fashion magazine Rgine may well be his undoing. When Ethan St. James graduates from Yale, he cant wait to realize his dream of becoming a fashion editor at Rgine. Born Elin San Jamar, he knew from childhood that he was destined for a more beautiful life than the one his working-class parents share in Texasa life inspired by Rgines pages. A full ride to the Ivy League provided the awakening he yearned for, but reality hits hard when he arrives at Rgine and is relegated to the lowest rung of the ladder. Mordantly funny and emotionally ruthless, An Innocent Fashion is about a quintessential millennialnave, idealistic, struggling with his identity and sexualitytrying to survive in an industry, and a city, notorious for attracting new graduates only to chew them up and spit them out. Oscillating between melodrama and whip-smart sarcasm, pretentiousness and heartbreaking vulnerability, increasingly disillusioned with Rgine and his two best friends from Yale, both scions of WASP privilege, Ethan begins to unravel. As the narratives of his conflicted childhood, cloistered collegiate experience, and existential crisis braid together, this deeply moving coming-of-age novel for the 21st century spirals towards a devastating truth: You can follow your dreams, but sometimes dreams are just not enough.
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Bookchipmunk
An Innocent Fashion | R.J. Hernndez
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Weekend TBR: My plan is this library stack. I'm not sure Winnie has a plan but I know she will be ecstatic when her human arrives home from college tomorrow! Aloha Friday 😎🐶🌺

LectricSheep Dog loaf! So cute! 🍞 8y
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Litsy
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It's Fashion Week! Here are a few fabulous novels with characters who work in the industry in some capacity, or are really into fashion. (Links in comments.) 👠👜👗 #LitsyRecommendations

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melbeautyandbooks Added all to my growing TBR list. So happy I found Litsy! My wallet- not so much. 📚💸 8y
Library-Belle Just picked up Nine Women One Dress from the library! Excited to give it a try :) 8y
rubyslippersreads @Library-Belle I really liked it. ❤️👗 8y
queerbookreader Meg Cabot's Queen of Babble series features a protagonist who loves vintage clothing and loves refurbishing vintage clothing, especially old wedding gowns ✨ 8y
katedensen I love that I live in NYC and had no idea it was fashion week until seeing this post. Because 📚 > 👠👗 8y
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bookishkai
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15 books this month! I think The Kept Woman was my fave, and Honesty and An Innocent Fashion win for unexpected finds that left me completely gutted.

Eyelit 👏📚👍 8y
[DELETED] 1409720085 🎉 impressive! I love going over my books read at the end of each month. 8y
Minimalgrl Love the Karin Slaughter 8y
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PurpleyPumpkin Well done! I see Life Moves Pretty Fast is on your list. How was it? I recently picked it up and I'm hoping it's a good one. 8y
bookishkai @PurpleyPumpkin it was okay. I felt like some of the chapters were reaching a bit, like she had to think of reasons to include the movies she liked. But I'd read an entire book based on her chapter about Dirty Dancing as feminist film. 8y
Tav Holy cow that's a lot of books! 8y
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Seems like it was just yesterday when I got to 1,000 😺 My dog and her bits thanks all you Littens for providing an awesome space to talk about books!

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LauraBeth
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I haven't won a Goodreads giveaway in forever until this and based on the description, I'm in for something good - the back cover says The Devil Wears Prada meets The Bell Jar - yes, please 😀 Thanks #harperperennial

Beckys_Books Good for you! I never win anything except things that sound good, but really aren't. Like an entire litter of puppies. 8y
SecretLivesOfFictionLovers Aww yay congratulations! I hope it's a great read! 8y
LauraBeth Thanks @SecretLivesOfFictionLovers - @Liberty also recommended it a few months ago 8y
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LauraBeth @Beckys_Books 😂😂😂😂 8y
Cinfhen Congrats!!! Looks like a good one😍 8y
Reading_E Congrats! I have been trying to win a giveaway on Goodreads forever! How do you do it?? 8y
LauraBeth I just continually enter them @Reading_E. Keep entering - I'm sure you'll win soon 😀 8y
Suzze Congrats! I recently won one for The Last Days of Night. Hope it comes soon! 8y
bookishkai I read this a few weeks ago and liked it a lot; it's more intense than I expected, but really good. 8y
Laura317 Cool! 😎 8y
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LauraBeth
An Innocent Fashion | R.J. Hernndez

I haven't won a Goodreads giveaway in forever until this and based on the description, I'm in for something good - the back cover says The Devil Wears Prada meets The Bell Jar - yes, please 😀 Thanks #harperperennial

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bookishkai
An Innocent Fashion | R.J. Hernndez
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Wow. Much darker than I had anticipated, with intensity and moments of lightness. Not at all a typical boy makes good in the big city book, which is what, I think, makes it so good. Very realistic depictions of the feverish friendships you find in life sometimes, and those sections sweep you in, churn you over and around, and then drop you suddenly back into reality. Highly recommend.

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bookishkai
An Innocent Fashion | R.J. Hernndez

I was a little unsure at the beginning because it reads a lot like The Devil Wears Prada, but now that I'm reaching the middle it's settled down and I'm loving it. Parts are reminiscent of a book I read ages ago that dealt with life and class and gender and sexuality at Yale called Everything Looks Impressive, but there's an interesting romantic twist and unexpected allies, and I'm engrossed.

LauraBeth Sold 😀 8y
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bookishkai
An Innocent Fashion | R.J. Hernndez
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Methinks it's time to start this. As much as I'm longing to dive into The Crow Girl, or catch up on Karin Slaughter's Will Trent books, I keep coming back to this. Now, if I can stay awake long enough to read a little bit . . .

brendanmleonard Love that cover! 8y
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HarperPerennial
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Oh yes, I ate this right up. Ethan St. James, a wide-eyed Ivy League graduate, discovers that his dream of "making it" at a fashion magazine in NYC may well be his undoing. Fast, funny, and ruthless!

laurabradburywriter Looks like a yummy read. 8y
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bookishkai
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I was browsing Amazon and this little smoosh-face wanted to read, too. Livy has a love-hate relationship with books; she loves them because Mama stays still when she's reading so puppy can sleep, but she hates them because when I'm reading I can't pet her. #readingwithpugs

HotMessJess I read nightly with my frug ❤️ 8y
Megabooks Too cute! 🐶 8y
Mayread Oh jeez and I thought my cat was a problem! 8y
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Mariposa_Bookworm Cutest squishy face ever! 8y
Mimi28 Aaaaaawwww! 8y
Robothugs This reminds me of my dog, I could never take a picture of him where he looked happy. He always looked so sad! So adorable when they really lay it on thick! 8y
Karen.reads I have a black pug too! ❤️ 8y
Suzze My best friend has 3 pugs, and is on the board of the local pug rescue. She reads with a couple of pugs on her lap all the time. 🐾🐾🐾 8y
AmandaL I am dying of cute! Your fur baby is adorable!❤️ 8y
bookishkai @Skiles this dog has slept on me like that since the day we brought her home. @Robothugs believe it or not, she can smile a full smile showing all her teeth! 8y
Robothugs Hopefully we get to see it because she is adorable! 8y
Notsowiseowl I have a black pug! 8y
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Excited to sink my teeth into this one! It's edited by Hannah Wood - I read everything she works on. 📚💕🚀

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Alittlebookish This book sounds so good. Can't wait to see what you think. 9y
MyBookLife Ohh, that sounds great!! Who is Hanna Wood? 9y
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Liberty @MyBookLife Superstar editor! 🌟 9y
MyBookLife @Liberty Ah, thanks! 9y
ImAnAdult Hannah Wood is amazing! Still will never forget her LOVE IS RED recommendation to me. 8y
RoseWeasley @Liberty I loved the credit you gave to editors on the All the Books podcast! How do you know who edits a particular book? That sounds like a dumb question, but can you look it up somewhere? 8y
Liberty @RoseWeasley In this instance, she sent me the book. But it is hard to find out usually. I often find out from the Twitter feed of the author or the editors's feed. That's a good place to start! 8y
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