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Archives for June 2011

Book Review: Wings by Aprilynne Pike

June 20, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Enchanting, beautiful and sweet. It's about the kind of fairies you think of as a little girl with flowers and fairy circles.  It also surprised me with its new imagining of fairies walking among us.  A great page-turner that I couldn't put down. Content Rating: Mild, for minor swearing, some kissing, and a tiny bit of ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 20, 2011 9:27 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Fiction, Mild Content, Young Adult
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Book Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

June 18, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

Maggie Stiefvater is a great storyteller.  I liked how she used smells to describe everything. A lot of it made me think of Twilight. I always thought Jake had it easy. What if you couldn't choose to be a wolf? It was heart-breakingly sad and beautiful at the same time.  The pace was calm to ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 18, 2011 2:36 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Fiction, Medium Content, Young Adult
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Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

June 18, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

The narration style is what made this book so unique and interesting. The narrator is all-knowing and is actually a character in the story that talks to you, the reader. It's old-fashioned to do that, but the author modernizes it by making the narrator Death. Set it WWII, it's a thought-provoking story on the power of ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 18, 2011 12:55 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Fiction, Medium Content, Young Adult
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Pottermore

June 17, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: News 2 Comments

J.K. Rowling herself put up a scavenger hunt on the internet a few days ago (which I participated in!) and it revealed the word "Pottermore" and a new website.  And the craziness began.  WHAT IS IT?  Everyone wants to know and there's a YouTube video covered in owls where in 5 days and counting, she'll ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 17, 2011 2:35 am By Jessica Filed Under: News | Tagged With: Harry Potter, News, Pottermore
2 Comments

Flashback Friday: Civil War in 3rd Period English

June 16, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 6 Comments

Flashback Friday is where I post a little snipet of my life as a teenager. This story is totally true as far as I remember it. I'm sitting in my 7th grade English class when severe pain hits in the lower abdomen area. There's a civil war raging inside me and I know it's only a ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 16, 2011 5:21 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: Funny, True Story, Writing
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