Love following Poorly Drawn Lines on Instagram
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Love following Poorly Drawn Lines on Instagram. Everything is hilarious. So, I was happy to buy this as a gift for a friend who ended up loving PDL as well.
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The publisher's blurb claims that this "Regency fashion colouring book will delight your senses and inspire your creativity." It will certainly inspire your creativity--because the drawings are so poorly executed that you will to feel compelled to improve them. I am sorry to be so snarky, but what were the publishers thinking??
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So here's the thing, some of this stuff should be common sense. But it's really not, and I found myself committing a ton of these errors too I'm sad to say. But no more. My profile is in awesome shape now and my reply rates have gone quite a bit higher! More dates are probably in my pipeline, and after all... that's what we're looking for from books like this right?
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funny!  you messed up the model's left thigh.  maybe find someone who can proof the photoshop edits!?
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I can't bring myself to rate this higher despite all the feelings the author invoked in me. I can't find fault in the writing or deny my emotional engagement with the story. But I also can't use the word 'enjoy' to describe my reading experience because I feel more depressed/sad/angry than happy.

The story was told in alternate chapters of THEN and NOW.

In THEN, we witnessed the blossoming love between the rich, Felicity Bainbridge and white trash, Knox Parker. They are the star-crossed lovers with their families hating each other. Witnessing their sweet young love should be an enjoyable experience. But due the the hint of something awful happened that torn them apart, the waiting for the inevitable is pure torture for me. I keep hoping we can get it over it and move on already.

"You're ... a Parker."
"Bainbridge."
And just like that, we were enemies.

In NOW, Knox had just came out of prison. He had no family, no friends and nowhere to go. However, a chance encounter led him to the Forbidden men and with the help from Pick, Knox had a place to stay and a new job. The last thing he expect was to have the love of his life, Felicity to be his new colleague and housemate.

I love a good tortured hero and Knox's story is hitting all the right buttons for me. The poor guy was just a boy in love and he got punished for it. Don't let me start with the cruelty he endured in prison. It was so awful. But what I'm not comfortable with is how is was described in detailed by a third party to Felicity. It just doesn't seems normal friends etiquette to tell your friends such graphic thing.

"No matter what either of us want, I'm never going to be that innocent boy you fell in love with."

"I think the worth of a person comes from who you are and less from what you are."

I find that the happiness towards the end is too short lived and not well balance with the emotional tortured I endured. I need more time spend on Knox's emotional recovery, seeing him heal with Felicity and basically see them having a functional relationship together. To me the ending wrapped up too fast with so much happening in the last quarter. I think for those to love basking in the angst and gut wrenching feelings will love it more than I did.
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This is an interesting read about the app and the way it functions.  I had heard of Tinder before reading this, but I didn't realize that it runs off of your Facebook profile.  The app conducts its own search engine research to find matches for the user.  Its not an in-depth personal profile of likes and dislikes, but it is a ready-made search system that plucks the prospects from the pages of Facebook and lines them up for your consideration.  After understanding how this app is driven, the advice falls right into line.  Your Facebook pictures are your dating portfolio.  It is a good idea to edit the ones that are posted.  You may have posted that pic of your buddy lying in the dogs dish after the party was over, but that is telling a prospective date that these are the types of people you hang out with and these are the activities you enjoy.  The funny thing for me was that after reading the book, I was VERY aware of what I had posted on my personal accounts, and the way it may be misinterpreted by people who don't know me yet.
Great read that makes you think.
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I loved the flow of the book..however there were some typos. Casey and Pam reminded me of my girlfriend and myself. We had a second chance on real love.
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The shallowness of outward beauty is a shame, especially when one doesn't look bad just not 'striking'.  Was glad he finally came around & how humbling to have a wife praying for your love that you refused her.  Shows God is indeed in control!
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G.L. Morrison's poetry is filled with images of lust, longing and love. Her words fall off each page knowingly, and there isn't a doubt remaining that she hasn't lived what she puts on paper for others to want also.
I'm known as a poet, but after reading her work that word is not in the same category. If I were to spend the rest of my days trying to achieve what she has already mastered, there's a distinct feeling that coming up short would be the outcome.
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ordered for a friend on the other side of the country, so i'm not sure how accurate his report was, but apparently he couldn't use instagram on it. when he attempted to install instagram, he got the message that instagram was not compatible with this device. he had specifically wanted to use with instagram, so we wound up returning it.
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I really enjoy reading Thurber when I'm feeling down and need cheering up. I'd like to see this, and more of Thurbers' work on the Kindle.  The quirky badly drawn illustrations (Thurber was extremely near sighted) are already black an white anyway
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I bought this for my photography loving sister. She follows humans of New York on Instagram and loves each post! This book was a huge success with her!
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Petal and Luka have a complicated and muddy relationship. Lies and miscommunication have torn these two apart. Forgiving themselves and each other is a difficult trail to navigate. There is a HEA when two lovers find themselves and their love in each other.

We all have a past and a story that makes us who the people we are today.  What really matters in life is if you can take the time to reflect on those choices, and hopefully change us for the better. That's my take on the "Happy Trail," no pun here, just hopefully a happy life. #CheersToTheTrailLife

***I received an arc for and honest review.***
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What's not to love about this book? It's your favorite Instagram account,  with all the hot dudes, books and comments in one adorable hardback book.  So much fun! Don't miss out buy it today!
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I love it when people that have their own agendas wind up together against all odds. The couple are both lovable people and although you know they are doomed to fall in love even though it would the worst thing for each of them, you want to root for them anyway.
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I draw a card every morning and try to remember it's message throughout my day.  The beautifully romantic images soothe me into my own self-care.  It's not simply about "loving" yourself, but acting in a loving way towards yourself.
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I have overall mixed emotions about this coloring book. As much as I love the comical, sassy pages of this adult coloring book, the poor quality of some of these pages cannot be ignored.

After a long, tiring day, I've always found coloring to be a nice stress relief. The tension is further released when you get to color a comical, sassy coloring book that describes a lot of the emotions I've felt throughout the day. Be for warned, it is to be stressed that this is an ADULT coloring book, as it not only contains explicit language, but also sexual pages as well.

I also love the variety in the coloring pages, where there is a mixture of mandala, floral, and other abstract pages.

Unfortunately, as much as I love this coloring book for it humorous, sassy quotes, there are several drawbacks to this coloring book that cannot be overlooked. The main negative feature is how there are a number of poor quality pages. I have attached pictures of a few of these negative pages. As you can see, they appear very blurry. I have also noticed that most of these blurry pages are the ones that consist of the mandala designs. There are also several pages where the designs are far too small to see, none the less color. The final negative drawback are the fonts on these pages. Though the quotes are comical, it appears as though the same font is used for every page. It would of been nice to have a different font set up for each page to add variety.

I received this product for free/ at a discounted price in exchange for my unbiased honest opinion; however, this does not influence or reflect my opinion about this adult coloring book.