I've been having this dilemma for a while now. I don't know whether to put book descriptions in my book reviews. I personally hate book descriptions. My favorite thing about reading a book is being surprised and book descriptions usually ruin this for me. I pick a book to read based on how often I ... Read More »
Classic Double Challenge: Persuasion and For Darkness Shows the Stars
This is my first post for my Classic Double Challenge from One Librarian's Book Reviews. My goal for this challenge was to compare the re-telling to the original and see how much was the same or different. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund is a sci-fi re-telling of Persuasion by Jane Austen. *There ... Read More »
New Young Adult Releases: October 16, 2012
You know that feeling of browsing the brand new books at the book store? I want to re-create that as best as I can online. But I’ve got better shelf categories than the boring ones they have at the story like “Teen Fantasy” and “Paranormal Romance.” And the best part – they are shelved purely on ... Read More »
Book Review: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Before I start my review of The Casual Vacancy, I want to make it clear that I only read 25 pages of this book (and it took me 5 days to even get that far because it wasn't keeping my interest). I also want to make it clear that in my life I have not ... Read More »
Opposite Title Puzzle Challenge
Welcome to the Opposite Title Puzzle Challenge for Dewey's 24-Hour Read-a-thon! It's hour 21. Are you starting to feel like this? (Image Source) Well if you are, then I have a fun challenge for you. Take one of the books you are reading for the read-a-thon and change all the words to be the exact opposite. Some examples (real ... Read More »
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My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.