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Janelle Brown

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Welcome to my home on Goodreads.

A little about me: I'm the New York Times bestselling author of the novels PRETTY THINGS, WATCH ME DISAPPEAR, ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, I'LL BE YOU and the upcoming WHAT KIND OF PARADISE. My books have been New York Times bestsellers and published in a dozen countries around the world. My books tend to be page-turners with dysfunctional family relationships at their hearts; domestic dramas crossed with literary suspense. I'm also very much a California writer, and my books are set across the state.

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	Pretty Things 3.89 avg rating — 87,187 ratings — published 2020 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watch Me Disappear 3.68 avg rating — 42,267 ratings — published 2017 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Kind of Paradise 4.15 avg rating — 21,341 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'll Be You 3.73 avg rating — 18,301 ratings — published 2022 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All We Ever Wanted Was Everything 3.28 avg rating — 8,572 ratings — published 2008 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Sister Wives by Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Janelle Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.17 avg rating — 6,092 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble 3.76 avg rating — 2,693 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is Where We Live 3.22 avg rating — 2,332 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	all we ever wanted was everything by Janelle Brown (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Janelle answered Tracie Weiss's question: I just finished What Kind of Paradise and really enjoyed it! I lived in Bozeman, MTand found some inaccuracies in the book that could have been solved by some simple research. For example, Gallatin High School opened in 2020, Bozeman never had a Walgreens and you mention Univeristy of Montana students when it is Montana State that is located in Bozeman. How do you research the areas you write about? Hi! Well, when it came to Bozeman some of my writing was based by the time I spent there in the 90's, when my family had a home near Bridger Pass. Other research was done by going through government and local Web sites and doing lots of searches! I k See Full Answer
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“It's easiest to judge from distance. That's why the Internet has turned us all into armchair critics, experts at the cold dissection of gesture and syllable, sneering self-righteously from the safety of our screens. There, we can feel good about ourselves, validated that our flaws weren't as bad as theirs, unchallenged in our superiority. Moral high ground is a pleasant place to preach, even if the view turns out to be rather limited in scope.”
― Janelle Brown, Pretty Things

tags: internet, mindset, social-media-behaviour

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“When you're documenting everything you do, you stop living life for yourself and start living it as a performance for others. You're never in the actual moment, just the response to the moment.”
― Janelle Brown, Pretty Things

tags: live-life

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“Nothing is ever as pure as it seems at first glance; there is always something more complicated to be found when you peel back the unmarred surface of pretty things.”
― Janelle Brown, Pretty Things

tags: first-glance, reality-of-pretty-things

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