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A Year of Reading 2016

January 31, 2017 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary Leave a Comment

These questions came from The Perpetual Page Turner I love doing end of year recaps.  You can read my end of year recaps for 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 too. :) Reading Stats Books read: 50 (same from 2015) Pages read: 15,573 (+4377 from 2015) Average pages per book: 311 (+83 from 2015) Books Re-Read in 2016: 4 books that I read to my kids: The Wizard ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 31, 2017 2:40 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: 2016
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How Much I Spent on Books in 2016

January 31, 2017 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 4 Comments

Here's the third edition in my series of how much money I spend on books each year.  You can read my posts from 2015 and 2014. Books I Bought in 2016 Hardcover $20 - The Force Awakens $10 - Illuminae $17 - Jack $17 - Red $17 - Bloodline $11.16 - Calamity $0.75 - Star Wars Golden Books ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 31, 2017 2:25 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: 2016, money
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New Year’s Resolutions 2017

January 30, 2017 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 3 Comments

I might stop doing these New Year's Resolution posts because my Passion Planner has a place to write down things like this.  Before, I felt like my blog was the only place to write things down.  I don't know.  We'll see.  Blogging keeps changing.  Anyway.  I started brain-storming things I wanted to do this year. ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 30, 2017 12:27 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: 2017, resolutions
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Book Review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

December 6, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

The Nightingale opens with this amazing first line: “If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.” -Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale pg 1 This story is about what it’s like to be a woman during ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 6, 2016 7:11 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review, World War II
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Book Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

November 29, 2016 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

I'm not sure that I liked this as much as Cinder, the first book in this series. The writing was funny. I find this series very unique in the fact that the story is continued but from someone else's point of view. Cinder still has chapters from her point of view in this book, but ... Read More »

 Posted on: November 29, 2016 7:49 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review, Young Adult
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