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Archives for September 2013

Book Review: The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White

September 30, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 9 Comments

Book Review The Chaos of Stars Kiersten White

I really struggled with The Chaos of Stars.  I adore Kiersten White's Paranormalcy series, but this felt like someone found a Egyptian mythology textbook and stuck in a teenage girl.  I mean, I liked the mythology stories and I did learn a little bit about them, but it did not feel updated or interpreted in any ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 30, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 2 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eARC, Medium Content, Young Adult
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My Mailbox (49)

September 27, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: In My Mailbox 13 Comments

My Mailbox is where I show all the books I’ve gotten by various means throughout the month. I will be linking up with Mailbox Monday and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Since I LOVE book cover art on my kindle, I took my own pictures of the covers of my ebooks. This post contains affiliate ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 27, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: In My Mailbox |
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My Fall TV Show Lineup

September 24, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 9 Comments

New Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3T-evQZiQo This is the only new show that I'm picking up this fall. I'm very picky about my shows because I don't have much time to watch TV. So the show can't just be "good". It has to be something to completely fan girl about. And this show looks fan girl worthy to me.  I ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 24, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: TV Shows
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Book Review: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

September 23, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Book Review The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate

The One and Only Ivan was just the bittersweet book I needed when I was dealing with a stressful week.  I read it in about one day because I could not put it down.  The whole story felt like a work of art about a gorilla who makes art.  The voice was such a cute, ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 23, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Middle Grade, Mild Content
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Let’s Bloggiesta!

September 20, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 19 Comments

It's Bloggiesta again! I don't know what I'd do without this event.  It's a weekend to fix up things on your blog with other bloggers and I love it. Here is my Bloggiesta to-do list: Regenerate thumbnails to be proportional Done. I couldn't wait until Bloggiesta to do it :) Add featured images to posts in all my ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 20, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Bloggiesta
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