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Utah Book Month: Title Puzzles Challenge!

August 6, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 17 Comments

In honor of Utah Book Month,  I've got some fun title puzzles for you :) Opposite Utah Book Titles Here's how it works.  I've taken titles of books by Utah authors and changed each word to be the exact opposite. For example: Bird Boy would really be Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. Here are some hints: Each opposite title will have ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 6, 2012 1:37 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Utah Book Month
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August To-Read List, Events and Challenges

August 3, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: News Leave a Comment

To-Read List for August In honor of Utah Book Month, I'm going to read as many books as I can by authors from Utah.  Since I'm on a book buying ban, these are also ones that I own already :D Goodreads Links The Limit by Kristen Landon Life in the Pit by Kristen Landon Shayla Witherwood by Tamra Torero (the ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 3, 2012 1:38 am By Jessica Filed Under: News | Tagged With: Online Events, TBR Pile, Utah Signings
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Blogoversary Survey Results

August 2, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: News Leave a Comment

First, I want to say thanks to everyone who filled out my survey way back in...um...June.  You guys gave me some great ideas and insights! The thing I was most interested in finding out was what information people like in their reviews.  Personally, I like the review to look clean and I usually scroll through the ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 2, 2012 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: News | Tagged With: Blogoversary
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Book Buying Ban for Charity

August 1, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Events 3 Comments

The comment I hear a lot in my Dusty Bookshelf Goodreads Group is that people wish that they could stop buying books and read the ones they already own.  I have this problem, too.  Hello 100 ebooks on my Kindle. So I tried to think of some motivation to stop myself from buying books and I ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 1, 2012 7:04 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events | Tagged With: Dusty Bookshelf
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Book Review: Endlessly by Kiersten White

July 31, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

Spoiler free even if you haven't read the first two books in this series. One of my favorite things about this whole series is that the voice is so amazing.  You get this great, sarcastic, funny teenager who is just full of personality.  Endlessly inspires me to write better voice in my own writing.  Through the ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 31, 2012 7:55 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, Mild Content, Young Adult
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