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Archives for January 2016

Top 5 New Books in Young Adult for January 2016

January 28, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: New Releases 1 Comment

Why I'm Excited to Read it: Pirates and time travel? Yes please!  Loving Hook from Once Upon a Time might have something to do with my interest in this book, too :) It's not actually about Hook or anything, but it's got pirates! So yay! It's also gotten some pretty good early reviews. Why I'm Excited to ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 28, 2016 8:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: New Releases |
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How to Make Your Own Book Blog Planner

January 26, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: How To 3 Comments

Why You Should Have A Paper Planner I got into paper planning last year.  If you love reading books made of real paper, then you'll love planning on real paper, too.  I know a lot of people use spreadsheets to organize their blogging and that's totally fine! But here are a few advantages to having a paper ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 26, 2016 1:12 pm By Jessica Filed Under: How To | Tagged With: Blog Planner, Planner
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Book Review: Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford

January 15, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

I read this book out loud to my kids and they loved it.  I didn't expect that I would love it too! It was a lot of fun to read out loud becuase it was full of clever dialogue.  I maybe got a little carried away with the voices but my kids seemed to like ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 15, 2016 2:21 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Children, Hardcover
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Books I Abandoned in 2015

January 12, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 5 Comments

Ok so I only DNF'd one book this year. But I'm still writing this post because there was one other book that I wish I had abandoned but didn't. Reawakened by Odette Beane Emma Swan's life has been anything but a fairy tale. She's been on her own since she was abandoned as a baby--that is, until the ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 12, 2016 12:27 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: 2015
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A Year of Reading 2015

January 9, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

The questions for this survey came from The Perpetual Page Turner's blog. I love doing end of year recaps.  I did this same survey in 2013 and 2014.  You can also check out my recap posts for 2012 and 2011 too. :) Reading Stats Books read: 50 (same from 2014) Pages read: 11,196 (-4,046 from 2014) Average pages per book: 228 (-77 from ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 9, 2016 10:20 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: 2015
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