FFBC Ink by Amanda Sun: Express Yourself, Winner & Surprise!

Book Addicts,

We are sad and happy at the same time to tell you that our Fantastic Flying Book Club event of this month is over. We are sad because we are ending our first FFBC, however we're beyond happy to pick a winner for the paperback of Ink and to finally tell you all that Ink is NOW available in your stores!

We're thrilled with this now and we are eager to tell you who the winner is, but first... we promised some surprises!

For those who don't have read the other post, we have a section called express yourself where we express our feelings about the books we have read with gifs. More dramatic and gets to the point. And that's not an exception. So first...

What we think about Katie

What we think about Tomohiro

What we think about Jun

What we think about Satoshi

What we think about Yuki and Tanaka

What we think about the end of the book

We are really happy about this event and we couldn't have do it without our friend A Reading Nurse and without Amanda Sun.

Amanda helped us a lot with the interviews, the tweets and everything in the Fantastic Flying Book Club event.

We really had a lot of fun with this and talking with Anasheh from A Reading Nurse and keep an eye on us, Book Addicts, because this is definitely going to happen again! And Soon!

Without further hesitation, here are the results:

Thank you to all of you that were part of this giveaway. We had over 3000 entries for our first FFBC event and we're really happy.

We hope we'll have you in our next FFBC event =)

We promised a big surprise...

Well, since we're madly in love with this book, we wanted to spread the Ink Madness and it's our first Fantastic Flying Book Club event, we are not having one winner, but TWO!

Amanda talked in twitter about cake, but we didn't know how to send you the cake, in a good state and all that, but we had this! Another winner! What do you think? Still missing the cake? If that so email me, Patricia and i'll think of something to sending you a piece of my birthday cake! Yay!

I'm really happy to share my birthday with Ink ;)

For those who didn't won this giveaway, don't be sad! We'd be doing this next month =)

And if you're madly in love with Ink after our event, don't hesitate in reading it. It's a fantastic and marvelous book that would hooked you from the first page. And we're not the only ones who think this!

We really hope you had tons of fun like we did and hope to read more about you, Book Addicts, in our blog!

FFBC Ink by Amanda Sun: 6 Things You Should Know About Ink

Book Addicts,

We've had an interview with Amanda, so we could get to know her, but today we've another interview with her totally different. Today is an interview to know a little bit more about Ink. Did you think we could forgot to ask this? Nope.

The amazing thing of having an interview with Amanda Sun is to have the opportunity to ask her about things we want to know.... badly! Because we think we may faint until the second book comes out, so at least we needed to know more.

1. Which part of the story did you enjoy writing the most?

I love writing the scenes where Tomohiro sketches, because you never know what the ink is going to do. It’s unpredictable, and I find it really exciting because it often surprises me as well. :D

I also love writing conversation between Tomohiro and Katie, because they often try to one-up each other and it’s fun to listen to in my head. ^_^

2. For Ink Fans, what was the first thing Tomohiro thought about Katie?

Ah, well you actually get to see that in the prequel e-novella SHADOW! Tomohiro is startled because Katie has a connection to the nightmare he’s been going through. He’s drawn to her for many different reasons, some of them sinister. You’ll have to read to see what I mean ;)

3. We are madly in love with romantic endings, are we going to see more romance between the main characters in the second book?

I’m glad you are! There will certainly be more romance, but at the same time they’re entering that stage in their relationship where they have to face the danger they’re putting each other in. Katie and Tomohiro will have to learn more about how they are tied to the ink and whether they can be together because of it.

4. We are dying to know this. Is something going on between Yuki and Tanaka?

Haha, that depends which of them you ask! ;) Unlike Yuki, I can keep secrets—but you’ll have more clues in the next book.

5. Is Satoshi keeping some dark or deep secret that we could know about?

Why yes, he is. Sharp eye! I really feel for Satoshi because he’s going through a lot right now, trying to find his place in life and understand who he is. I wish I could tell you more about him, but you will have to wait for the next book to see what I mean. I appreciate the love for him, though! I think he’s quite the misunderstood character.

6. If Ink Fans would get lucky and Ink was a movie, which actor would fit best to play Tomohiro and which actress would be the best Katie?

Boy, I would be the first to flail and dance if that happened! ^_^ I think Okada Masaki or Oguri Shun would make a great Tomohiro, but I’m not sure if they speak English. Honestly, I’d like to see a brand new Asian face in Hollywood to play Tomohiro, because I think we need more hot young Asian actors! *laugh*

As far as Katie, maybe Emma Stone or Bonnie Wright? I have to admit, I don’t know my western celebrities very well haha.

Thank you so much for having me on the blog! ^_^

Yuu Tomohiro

    

Okada Masaki

Oguri Shun

Katie Greene

Emma Stone

Bonnie Wright

"What would be your dream cast choices for Tomohiro & Katie?"

Want to know our answers?

Patricia

Wow, I can see Amanda's choices perfectly. I have to confess, I don't really know Asian actors. It's a shame. However, I like Amanda's choices. If I had to choose I'd say Okada Masaki as Tomo. As for Katie... It's a difficult decision! I totally see both actresses, however I would choose Bonnie Wright.

Rosa
Oh! *o*
I would love to see Oguri Shun as Tomohiro and Emma Stone as Katie Greene. I think they would be a lovely couple. Hope to heard that's going to be a movie. Soon. Please! =)

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FFBC Ink by Amanda Sun: Japanese Words We Love

Book Addicts,

As you know, Ink is set in Japan, where Katie meets Tomohorio. Therefore, the author makes us a glossary of Japanese at the end of the book of words and phrases used in the book. Amazing, right?

Then, we are going to do an ABC of words in Japanese used in Ink that we really like!

-A-

Ano

"Um" a filler word telling the speaker you have something to say.

-B-

Baja ja nai no?

“Are you stupid or something?”

-C-

Che

“Damn it!”

-D-

Domo

As used in Ink, “Hi” or “hey”

-F-

Faito

An encouraging phrase meaning to fight with one’s might or do one’s best

-G-

Guzen da

“What a coincidence!”

-H-

Hazubi

“Embarrassing”, slang form of hazukashii

-I-

Ikemen

A good-looking guy

-K-

Koibito

“Lovers”, dating couple

-M-

Moshi Mosh(i)

Said when answering the pone

-N-

Ne

“Isn’t it” It can also be used as “Hey!” to get someone’s attention.

-O-

Oi

“Hey”

-P-

Peko peko

“I’m starving” usually said by younger children or girls to be cute

-S-

Saitei

“You’re the worst”, something despicable

-T-

Tomodachi

“Friends”

-U-

Ume

Plum tree

-W-

Warui

“Bad”, sometimes used as an apology

-Y-

Yatta

“I did it!” or as a general “Yay!”

Don't say you don't know a little bit of Japanese after this! If you liked this, there are even more words in the glossary of the book. We personally like the last one. Yatta. Now we cannot stop saying this! It makes us remember Hiro Nakamura in the TV Show Heroes when he arrived to NY the first time screaming that. Now we understand everything!

"Which word of the list do you like the most and why"

And because we know you are dying to start reading this wonderful book, here is an chapter sampler of  Ink.

Ink by Amanda Sun - Chapter Sampler by Harlequin Australia

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