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About Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez

My Niece and Nephew joke that I could open a used book store with all the books that I own. I love to read, that is my addiction. I can't go a week without going to a book store. I love crocheting. I love to write stories and poetry. I also love my family, even though they make me crazy at times. I am a huge Donald Duck Fan.

Paid to Be Perfect Virtual Book Tour

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The Secret to Finding Your Perfect

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Date Published: Jan 4 2022

Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

Paid to be an exact size six under contract, a professional model, starting from her late teens to her late forties, shares how she has maintained her exact measurements for decades. In an informal, uninhibited voice she explains how she focuses on how she feels enabling her to eat whatever she wants, whenever she wants, while maintaining her body’s natural size and how you can too!

This intimate guide encompasses all of her healthy lifestyle habits around nutrition, fitness, skincare, and wellness and includes insider secrets into the fashion world where she was paid to be “perfect.”

Whether you’re a size two, size 22, or any other size, her tips can help you find and maintain YOUR PERFECT!

 

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I am a body twin, a nearly identical match, to a lifeless mannequin form that clothing manufacturers use to make clothes fit in mass retail. Being measured and discovered to match measurements and body type to the fit form I’ve modeled alongside throughout the years was how I became paid to be “perfect.” We – the form and I – measure the same on most measurements from our head circumference to our ankles. And I’ve maintained my body measurements under contract from my twenties to my late forties within tolerance of a quarter of an inch plus or minus. 

My stories are based on these experiences working in the fashion industry as a model and specializing as a standard size six contemporary fit model – a niche in the world of fashion modeling – to show you exactly how, other than pregnancy and shortly thereafter, I have kept my body within a quarter inch of the same measurements for years while eating whatever I want without stress or guilt. Whether you’re a size two or a size 22, know that what I share can be applied to ANY and ALL sizes, shapes and ages. The message beyond the fit model statistics provided throughout for context is body positivity for everybody and every body.  

To achieve consistency your measurements and weight will not be absolutely exact from day to day. There is a range on the scale of a little bit bigger and a little bit smaller that we all vacillate between as absolute exact weights and measurements are not humanly possible. The point is to eliminate the extremes as well as to find pleasure in the one thing you will do every day you’re on this beautiful earth, eat. 

Consistency is only one part of the story. True contentment and happiness will never be found on a number on a scale. Though having the knowledge to naturally create this consistency is freedom – freedom to NOT obsess about your weight so that you have time to focus on all the best that life has in store for you. If that’s your goal you’re in the right place. 

The first section, Part One: The Secret to Finding Your Perfect, provides a glimpse into the world of fit modeling to explain how I came to the knowledge around consistency of my own weight and measurements and how that led to what I do today before sharing my habits around nutrition, fitness, skin care and wellness to help those of all ages and sizes find their own perfect. 

Part Two, The Fit Model Manual, shares detailed insider information for those who dream of getting into the business and ask “How can I become a fit model?” I reveal how I got my big break into modeling and everything I’ve learned about the business throughout the years. Part two is my pay it forward for the amazing career I’ve been fortunate to have had over my decades-long modeling career. 

Before I begin, know that my way is one way, but there are many other routes to take. You may align with me 100%, or you may take a little from my story, or you may have your own completely unique path to follow. Whichever path you take, this book is about using my stories to work with what mother nature gave YOU to be your best self and find YOUR PERFECT. Yours alone which may be entirely different from the “perfect” I share altogether. 

And while I have been paid to be “perfect” I am NOT perfect. What does that even mean anyway – to be perfect? Think for a minute of how miraculous it is that we are even here on this planet. How often do we think about the fact that we are hurtling through space while our beautiful earth journeys around the sun right at this very moment as we go about our day to day? Or how amazing it is that our ancestors’ fastest sperm made its way to the egg creating each generation of us in perfection? Despite the first line of this paragraph, all of us, here, now are perfect simply because we exist. 

The contradiction occurs because we generally think of the word perfect in the way of flaws, which of course everyone has and I am no exception. This book is not about striving to be absolutely perfect which does not exist. It’s about helping you find or finetune your own unique path that only you can create – the path that’s perfect for you. It’s about making mistakes along the way without judging ourselves because that’s how we learn, grow and truly discover what perfect looks like in our own lives. It’s about appreciating those inevitable bumps in the road, knowing that the growth will fuel our ever-evolving potential. It’s about acceptance of wherever you land in life, knowing deep down that it’s all a part of the process even when you don’t particularly like where you are, because the feeling that something is off is the only way to become aware that it’s time to make some changes. 

So yes, it’s technically true that nobody is perfect. However the dichotomy remains that it’s also true that we are ALL perfect exactly as we are, exactly where we should be, at exactly the right time. And maybe…this book landed in your hands at the perfect time for you!

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A Royal Mind Blitz

 

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The Kingdom of Ignis, Book 1

 

Young Adult, YA Adventure Fantasy

Date Published: January 10, 2022

Aster has always felt something was wrong with her. Her friends and family have always made her feel crazy for her constant daydreaming. Then one day everything changes all thanks to an old family journal. Now Aster has to decide whether she can accept her purpose and embrace her destiny. Or will she allow darkness to keep her from being who she’s meant to be?

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Abigail Elizabeth Black

Abigail believes in the power of a good book. A good book can take readers of any age on an adventure that will stay with them forever. That is the goal she has for her books, to provide a lasting adventure. Her inspiration stems from reading Ella Enchanted over and over again until the pages started falling apart, and of course traveling through the wardrobe into Narnia age after age. When she’s not teaching or working on continuing her own education. She’s filled boxes of notebooks with stories, and it wasn’t until she was stuck at home that she eventually self-published her first book Adelyn’s Amazing Adventures. When she isn’t writing she’s crocheting, reading fantasy, scanning through Pinterest, and drinking coffee.

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From Small Beginnings Virtual Book Tour

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Date Published: December 1, 2021

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Great things come from small beginnings, and GREAT you are indeed.

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Stephanie Trachier Laskoskie

Stephanie Trachier Laskoskie was born and raised in Texas. She is a proud mother of four, author of the international best seller “My Baby is a Superhero!” and runs a NICU support organization called From Small Beginnings.

In 2016, her life was turned upside down when her twins were born at 23 weeks 2 days gestation. Thanks to the incredible care received, her twins beat all odds and were able to come home together after 151 days in the NICU.

Her parents were both educators and books, specifically children’s books, were always a huge part of her life. This experience with her own children fueled her passion to write children’s books that were tailored to the NICU experience, not just for the baby but for the siblings and family. Proceeds from her books have been used to create NICU sibling care packages that have supported thousands of NICU families during their most difficult days.

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Message in a Bullet Blitz

 

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A Raymond Mackey Mystery, Book 1

 

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Date Published: September 30, 2021

Publisher: OTF Literary

Raymond Mackey is a struggling crime writer. His friends call him Mack. But friends are in short supply these days. Mack’s thirty years as a homicide detective came to the kind of abrupt, ignominious end that tends to make friends dry up and blow away. It matters little that Mack was never actually a mole working for a shadowy, seemingly omnipresent mob boss. Somehow, the evidence was there anyway and the scandal ended everything for him overnight. Lucky to stay out of prison, Mack lives in a netherworld of forced retirement, spinning his memories of old homicide cases into pulp fiction and working part time as a shopping mall cop. His wife Marlo, the greatest criminal investigator Mack has ever known, has been dead of pancreatic cancer for nearly five years. That leaves his ancient Smith-Corona Corsair, a pack of Camels, a bottle of Old Forester, and Marlo’s bourbon-loving cat, Phil, as Mack’s only company.

Almost. Because Mack also keeps himself company. The psychiatrists call it Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder. Mack calls it Triple-D. But crazy also works. It means he watches himself, usually from an overhead perspective, as though someone has tied a floating camera to a back beltloop on a long string. It makes him feel watched, and not by someone inclined to judge him kindly. So Raymond Mackey comes complete with his own Greek chorus. “Watch yourself, Mack,” people tell him. He has no choice.

When one of Mack’s old informants goes missing and Mack’s face turns up in a dead man’s camera, his past comes roaring painfully back to life. Now the police want him for questioning, the mob want him dead and it’s increasingly difficult to tell who, exactly, is working for whom. As a mercilessly hot Chicago summer finally breaks and it starts to rain bodies, Mack finds himself past his prime for this kind of action. Retirement has added weight and subtracted agility. He hasn’t fired a weapon in years. His antiquated cell phone will not stop ringing with a mysteriously blocked number. In the end, as Mack watches himself from above, it is razor-sharp instinct, cheap consumer electronics and his dead wife that offer his only hope.

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CORINTH 2642 AD Blitz

 

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Adult Sci-Fi Thriller

 

Date Published: Sept 21, 2021

Publisher: Zenith Publishing

A lot has changed in 2642 AD. Chocolate has become extinct, Hyperloops have replaced cars and wearable technology is the norm. But nothing has changed more than humans themselves. People no longer identify themselves as White, Asian, Brown or Black. Because of globalization and war, no one person is ethnically like the other because they are a beautiful mix of every race that existed before them.

This is the world that Cara yearns to escape to. She can no longer be a part of the pureblood, white supremacist cult (led by her imperial grandfather Julius Bull) where she was raised, so she and other young people make a run for it.

Desperate to keep Cara’s dissidence quiet for fear of losing face and potentially inciting a power struggle against his own police force, Bull calls in some favors and requests Jimmy Matoo, a Special Investigator from San Francisco, to help him.

For Matoo, the visit to Corinth, Oregon, is eye-opening. He has never seen a white person before, at least not in real life. He quickly discovers that to keep their bloodline pure and grow the populace, the surviving colonies have been intermarrying to keep producing the next generation of survivors. And, that’s not all. His investigation reveals dozens of young colony members have gone missing over the years, and some have been found dead on the outskirts of Corinth.

With the clock ticking, Matoo’s missing persons investigation soon becomes a fight for survival—turns out the residents don’t like a brown fellow in their midst. Can he find Cara, figure out what happened to his brother, and save the leader’s family from the cabal terrorizing Corinth before it’s too late? Maybe. But first, he must find out who in the colony has the means and connections to smuggle the dissidents out without being detected because it could be the difference between life and death.

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The word minority rolled uncomfortably around in my head. The concept was so alien these days when most people could trace their family tree—starting with their grandparents—back to at least four different countries. I couldn’t explain how diverse my own family was if I tried.

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Bindiya

Bindiya is a former defense and aerospace journalist. Before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, she lived in Dubai, UAE and Bangalore, India.

When she’s not writing, she’s camping in the California wilderness (where she also writes) with her husband and baby-dog.

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