Showing posts with label Julie Murphy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julie Murphy. Show all posts

11 May 2018

Review #709: Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”

----Roy T. Bennett



Julie Murphy, an American best-selling author, has penned an entertaining and thoroughly inspiring young adult contemporary fiction called, Ramona Blue that surrounds around a confident white 6 foot 3 in' tall blue-haired high school teenager who has forever been sure about being a lesbian but when a childhood friend who has become tall dark and handsome arrives at the seaside town, her feelings act in a rather different way. Blue-haired Ramona has always been taking care of her good-for-nothing dad, pregnant elder sister and her sister's boyfriend, without giving a second glance to her dreams or ambitions. But will love and the arrival of a new baby save her from all the real-life drama?

29 February 2016

Review #354: Dumplin' by Julie Murphy with Author interview



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


"I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it's important to embrace it and get down! The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs!"

----Christina Aguilera



Julie Murphy, an American best-selling author, has penned an inspiring as well as thoroughly entertainingly YA novel, Dumplin' that unfolds the story of a "curvy" high school teenage girl who after losing her self-confidence over her image enters a beauty pageant of her town to make people know that beauty pageants are not only for skinny girls but are also for "curvy" girls.