The following is a combination of emails sent from Rosemarie to Booksnbrew who tracked her down. I put the link to her facebook page in bold, so everyone could learn who the actual writer of “Date A Girl Who Reads” is. I’m off to work now, but when I come home I’ll also update the post on my Tumblr that has the quote with this information as well.

Thanks so much to Booksnbrew for putting in the work to find her!

ADDENDUM: I changed the “Date a Girl Who Reads” so that it links to the facebook profile (I think you have to be logged in to see it, though) and then links back to this post. Full circle, bitches.

» Letter from Rosemarie Urquico (“Date A Girl Who Reads”). She is a writer from the Philippines, currently living in Baguio City. Text is slightly edited in a couple of places (to make sense as a single coherent post instead of a set of back and forth emails).
- J
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Hi Jonathan,

Yup. It was me. I originally posted it on my FB account and tagged a few of my friends. It was at the time meant just for them - just a writing exercise, something I did to pass the time.

Other people started reposting, sharing and eventually someone placed it on Tumblr.

» {On the fact that after a day on Tumblr, and then Stumbleupon afterwards, everyone changed her name to ‘Rosemary’}

Really? Maybe they changed it because it’s easier to spell. Funny that they kept the last name the same though.

» {On the earliest Tumblr source post I found}

[She] is actually my sister’s friend on Facebook and she quite nicely emailed me and asked me if she could post it on her Tumblr account.

» {Misc general thoughts}

It is quite interesting to see the reactions, criticisms and critiques of the piece. After a few checks it got so big … I kind of gave up following the track, already. I really only meant it as kind of a tribute to my friends - in fact, there are a few lines that are just inside jokes. For example, my best friend’s fiancee proposed to her very casually when she was sick.

I no longer have an active blog, but a friend and I are actually in the process of making one. I will update you when it’s up - in the meantime people can feel free to link my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=585211028

Thanks for contacting me about this. It’s a little funny how the Internet makes the world so small.

Take care and good luck with everything.