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Nine Actual, Real World Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend

Posted by Sarra on February 15, 2012 at 8:59 pm

Hey, Hi, how you doing?

I hope you are enjoying Nine Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend. I think if you’ve ever been through the torturous process of breaking up with someone you love, even when they’ve done you wrong (or especially when they’ve done you wrong,) then it will resonate.

I definitely think I need to write a much longer blog piece about why I wrote the book and what I wanted to achieve, but that’s for another day. I also have a killer recipe for some really gooey and decadent Broken-Hearted Brownies. What I will leave you with is my definitive nine uses for an ex-boyfriend:

Nine Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend

1. Target practice
2. Changer of lightbulbs, mender of plugs and on call handyman for all other household repairs.
3. Shoulder to cry on, even though he’s the one responsible for 95% of your tears.
4. Bedroom buddy when you’re having a dry spell that would put the Sahara Desert to shame.
5. The reason why you’ll never trust a man again.
6. Something to bore all your friends about as you describe yet again all the ways he did you wrong.
7. A best friend, though generally most of your friends don’t break your heart into itty bitty little pieces.
8. The person you call at 3am, because there’s a spider in the bathroom.
9. Well, you wouldn’t call him an ex-boyfriend because technically you haven’t broken up. OK, you’re going through stuff, but true love always triumphs in the end. Hopefully. Fingers crossed. Yeah, you might be on a break but it’s not over. No sir. Not at all…

Oh, and I have a piece about the film Young Adult and about writing Young Adult fiction in Sunday Times Style this Sunday. Hope you enjoy it!

And if you did enjoy Nine Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend and felt moved to review it on Amazon or GoodReads, that would be neat.

Live on

Sarra x

8 Comments

i really want to read this book but do u ever think about writing another book for diary of a crush i just finished reading the last book and i really want a next on to come out i fist found ur book in one of my school librarys and i just feel in love with dylan and edie i surched every where for the diarty of a crush 4 but there aint one. yesterday i recenly bought one of ur diffrent books called lets get lost i havent started reading it but looks good and i hope u write abd to me and i hope u write andother diary of a crush book……ur a great author keep up with the good work xxx

Posted on April 8th, 2012 at 1:56 pm by latarsha

LOVE IT! IT WAS AWESOME!

Posted on March 19th, 2012 at 6:45 am by K.Ling

I just read finish nine uses and it’s the first of your books I’ve read and it’s won’t be the last! That said, I went to buy ‘You don’t have to say you love me’, hoping to enjoy reading it soon. This books is absolutely stunning and I felt a great need to relay this. Very much hope there’s a sequel.

Posted on March 18th, 2012 at 7:40 pm by Kymberly

I absolutely can not wait to read this book! I’ve been obsessed with your novels for about 6 years now! I ordered ‘Nine Uses…’ about a week and a half ago and am waiting for it to cross the pond (I live in Philadelphia). So excited, I know what I will be reading for the next few days!

Posted on March 17th, 2012 at 11:52 pm by Piper

A big thanks for your wonderful books. Absolutely loved “Unsticky” which I have now read twice. Couldn’t stop and had to read 9 uses for an exboyfriend and then “you don’t have to say you love me”. Needless to say house didn’t get cleaned and we ate takeaway while I could not stop reading. So please please when are you releasing another book.

Posted on March 6th, 2012 at 9:44 pm by sandra

Not at the moment, as I don’t have a US publisher, but may have some good news on the US e-book front soon.

Posted on February 19th, 2012 at 11:35 am by Sarra

Very interested in your books however a huge kindle user. Do you know if your books will be available on Amazon kindle in the US?

Posted on February 19th, 2012 at 12:13 am by Corrina

Just wanted to say nine uses for an ex boyfriend was the first book i read of yours and it was fantastic, so i went and bought another of your books, you dont have to say you love me…cant wait to settle down this evening to reading it.

Posted on February 17th, 2012 at 5:03 pm by samantha