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Archives for September 2014

Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

September 30, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

The subtitle for We Were Liars should be, "I Can't Remember the Really Stupid Thing I Did Last Summer."  I read this book because there was a lot of hype around it. "Crazy Twist Ending! Must Read!" is what everyone said.  I don't normally read contemporary YA books, but I decided this one might be ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 30, 2014 10:04 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Hardcover, High Content, Standalone Challenge 2014, Young Adult
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Book vs Movie: The Maze Runner

September 26, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

Spoiler Free Version The movie is much better than the book and I loved the book.  It did a great job of moving through the plot quickly and answering questions at a good pace.  There were a couple funny moments that weren't in the book that I really enjoyed in the movie - especially the scene ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 26, 2014 8:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Movie Adaption, Movie Review, Movies
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Top 100 Favorite Books

September 22, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading List 9 Comments

I love lists. I love books. OMG I love lists of books. When I saw this list on Jenni Elyse's blog I had to do it too.  Facebook released an analysis of the "10 books that have stayed with you" meme and listed the top 100 books that people chose.  So of course I had to write ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 22, 2014 10:04 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading List | Tagged With: List, Reading List
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Bloggiesta 2014

September 17, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 7 Comments

Bloggiesta is a blogging event where us bloggers get together and fix things up on our blogs. This is the perfect time for Bloggiesta!! Since I changed my blog design, there are a few small things that still need to be fixed.  And here they are: Change favicon using this tutorial from Jenni Elyse Search results header Rewrite About ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 17, 2014 10:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events |
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Audiobook Review: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch

September 16, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair reminded me of Eat, Pray, Love. The author, Nina, uses reading to deal with her grief instead of travel like in Eat, Pray, Love, but both books had very interesting insights and growth from their experiences.  Nina sets out to read a book a day for a year and also ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 16, 2014 10:25 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Adult, Audiobook, Audiobook Challenge 2014, Book Review, Content Rating, High Content
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