CAN'T WAIT WEDNESDAY + AUTHOR INTERVIEW (& GIVEAWAY!): Counting Down With You by Tashie Bhuiyan

 Hello, reading buddies! Welcome to Can't Wait Wednesday -- a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. To make this a little bit extra, I will be sharing with you an interview I did with the author of the book I'm featuring this week! If you want to know more about Counting Down With You by Tashie Bhuiyan, then just keep on reading --



ABOUT THE BOOK



Title: Counting Down With You
Author: Tashie Bhuiyan
Publication Date: May 4, 2021
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Page Count: 464 pages
Synopsis:
A reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy.
How do you make one month last a lifetime?

Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules—even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything.

Karina is my girlfriend.

Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. But Ace Clyde does everything right—he brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade. Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back.

T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal—but what if Karina no longer wants it to?

Content Warnings: in-depth discussions of mental health (specifically anxiety) and mentions of parental abuse (emotional and psychological)

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW

🦋Hi, Tashie! First of all, I would like to thank you for agreeing to do this interview with me! I’m very excited to know more about you and your upcoming novel, Counting Down With You. So, to start off, what are your favorite moments when you were still writing Counting Down With You?

My favorite moments were writing at school when I was with my best friend, Pietra. She would constantly read over my shoulder and react in person to the scenes. It gave me such a confidence boost, and it was wonderful to share the writing experience with someone I adore.

🦋Now, let’s get to know the two main characters more. How would you describe Karina and Ace when they’re alone and when they’re together?

Karina is quiet when she’s alone. Ace is standoffish when he’s alone. When they’re together, Karina is bolder. When they’re together, Ace is calmer. They push each other to be better. :)

🦋Since Karina is an ultimate bibliophile, what do you think are some books that she loved that Ace could also possibly love?

I think Ace would love sci-fi books Karina recommends to him! He’s a huge fan of astronomy, so I think he’d enjoy books set in space. 


🦋Now, I’m sure a lot of our readers would also like to get to know you more. So, Tashie, we would like to know -- what is the book that made you a bookworm?

This is such a good question… I think the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan! I loved reading those while growing up.

🦋Let’s say we’re not in a pandemic and you were given a chance to host a release day party at your house. What songs are you going to play in the background while your guests are waiting for the party to officially start?

I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t say Lights Up by Harry Styles!

🦋Lastly, what are you hoping for your readers to take away from this book?

More than anything, I hope readers come away from this book with a sense of hope. <3

ABOUT THE AUTHOR



Tashie Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi American writer based in New York City. She recently graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations, and hopes to change the world, one book at a time. She loves writing stories about girls with wild hearts, boys who wear rings, and gaining agency through growth. When she's not doing that, she can be found in a Chipotle or bookstore, insisting 2010 is the best year in cinematic history. (Read: Tangled and Inception.)




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TIME FOR CHIT-CHAT, BUTTERFLIES!

Do you like reading stories with bad boy characters? If yes, what are some of your favorite books that feature such characters?


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