{"id":8507,"date":"2019-12-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/?p=8507"},"modified":"2019-12-08T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T22:23:20","slug":"interview-colleen-hoover-author-of-regretting-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/10\/interview-colleen-hoover-author-of-regretting-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Colleen Hoover author of Regretting You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ali:<\/strong> You are \u2018label-less\u2019 in the fact that you write in several genres. Readers never know what to expect next. If someone asks, how do you label yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen: When I self-published my first novel I had no idea what genre to put it in. I thought I had written a drama but it turns to that I had written a romance. I\u2019ve learned a lot since then, but I still don\u2019t put a lot of weight in genre when I write. When your best friend is begging you to read a book, it\u2019s not going to matter what genre it is when someone you trust is passionate about the story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ali: <\/strong>To keep all of your stories and characters straight, you must be very organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen: I\u2019m the most disorganized person you will ever meet! I have no schedule. I can\u2019t wake up before nine in the morning. I probably don\u2019t go to bed until like three in the morning. I usually work about 16 hours a day.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali:<\/strong> What happens if you get blocked when you are writing?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen: If I get stuck writing, I go for a drive and play music. Music really helps me plot. I love The Avett Brothers, X Ambassadors, Airborne Toxic Event…I could go on and on.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali:<\/strong> What can you tell readers <\/strong>about your latest release Regretting You<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen: I would spoil it if I told you about it! Most of my books are like that. I can\u2019t say what they are about or it spoils it. But I can say that Regretting You<\/em> is told from a dual point-of-view centered on the inner lives of both a teen and adult protagonist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali: <\/strong>Sounds like lots of different types of readers will be interested!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen: Absolutely. I wanted to write a book that bridged the gap between young adult and contemporary romance so that mothers can read with their daughters. I think it\u2019s exciting to see people sharing reading experiences.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Colleen Hoover:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colleen Hoover is the #1\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author of several novels, including the bestselling women\u2019s fiction novel\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/em>\u00a0and the bestselling psychological thriller\u00a0Verity<\/em>. She has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance three years in a row\u2014for\u00a0Confess<\/em>\u00a0(2015),\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/em>\u00a0(2016), and\u00a0Without Merit<\/em>\u00a0(2017).\u00a0Confess<\/em>\u00a0was adapted into a seven-episode online series. In 2015, Hoover and her family founded the Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly subscription service that offers signed novels donated by authors. All profits go to various charities each month to help those in need. Hoover lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect with Colleen: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | BookBub<\/a> | Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regretting You Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite knowing I just pissed my mother off by being half an hour late for curfew, I still can\u2019t stop smiling. That kiss with Miller was worth it. I bring my fingers to my lips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never been kissed like that. The guys I\u2019ve kissed in the past all seemed like they were in a hurry, wanting to shove their tongue in my mouth before I changed my mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller was the opposite. He was so patient, yet in a chaotic way. It was like he\u2019d thought about kissing me so often that he wanted to savor every second of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ll ever not smile when I think about that kiss. It kind of makes me nervous for school tomorrow. I\u2019m not sure where that kiss leaves us, but it felt like it was a statement. I just don\u2019t know what exactly that statement was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My phone buzzes in my back pocket. I roll over and pull it out, then fall onto my back again. It\u2019s a text from Miller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller: I don\u2019t know about you, but sometimes when something significant happens, I get home and think of all the things I wish had gone differently. All the things I wish I would have said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Is that happening now? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller: Yes. I don\u2019t feel like I was entirely forthcoming with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I roll onto my stomach, hoping to ease the nausea that just passed through me. It was going so well\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: What weren\u2019t you honest about? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller: I was honest. Just not entirely forthcoming, if there\u2019s a difference. I left a lot out of our conversation that I want you to know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Like what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller: Like why I\u2019ve liked you for as long as I have.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Regretting You
Author: Colleen Hoover
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date:<\/strong> December 10, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn\u2019t want to follow in her mother\u2019s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn\u2019t have a spontaneous bone in her body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris\u2014Morgan\u2019s husband, Clara\u2019s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she\u2019s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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