• RSS
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Goodreads
  • Instagram
  • Bloglovin'
  • Pinterest

Books: A true story

Book reviews and some (mostly funny) true stories of my life.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
    • About Jessica
    • About the Blog
    • Contact Me
  • Book Reviews
    • by Title
    • by Author
    • by Star Rating
    • by Series
    • by Genre
    • by Year Reviewed
  • Features
    • Evermore Park
    • Giveaways
    • My Google Diaries >>
      • Browse by Most Recent
      • Browse by Title
    • Links
    • Reading Challenges 2011-2018 >>
    • My Star Wars Reading Challenge
    • 2011-14 Events Archive
  • Reading Lists
  • Policies
    • Review Policy
    • Contests and Privacy
    • FTC Disclaimer
  • Writing
    • About My Writing
    • Writing Archive

Waiting on Wednesday: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

September 4, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Waiting on Wednesday 3 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme to highlight upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating, hosted by Breaking the Spine Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund Release Date: October 15, 2013 Series: For Darkness Shows the Stars #2 Short, Sweet and Spoiler-Free Blurb: Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 4, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Waiting on Wednesday |
3 Comments

Reading Queue September

September 3, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Queue 3 Comments

Reading Queue is a monthly meme where you share what books you plan to read for the month.  You can hop to other blogs and see what others are reading and maybe find someone reading the same thing as you! Or you can ask for people to vote on what you should read next if ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 3, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Queue |
3 Comments

Austenland: I {heart} Mr Darcy

September 2, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 5 Comments

Here's the blurb for Austenland in case you haven't heard of this movie yet. Socially awkward Jane Hayes (Keri Russell) is obsessed with the works of Jane Austen and fantasizes about the character of Mr. Darcy. She scrapes together as much money as she can and takes off for Austenland, a British theme resort where guests ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 2, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Movie Adaption, Movie Review, Movies
5 Comments

My Mailbox (48)

August 30, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: In My Mailbox 6 Comments

My Mailbox is where I show all the books I’ve gotten by various means throughout the month. I will be linking up with Mailbox Monday and Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews :) Since I LOVE book cover art on my kindle, I took my own pictures of the covers of my ebooks. This post contains affiliate links and I receive a small ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 30, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: In My Mailbox |
6 Comments

My Pointless Commentary for The Host

August 27, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 9 Comments

https://twitter.com/BooksATrueStory/status/370735672606220288 I thought I'd expand on my tweets I did about The Host a few days ago, add some animated gifs and BOOM I've got a movie review and hopefully something entertaining for you to read :) Before I even turn on the movie, I notice on the DVD menu that it's Jake Abel aka the bad ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 27, 2013 8:25 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Movie Adaption, Movie Review, Movies
9 Comments

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • …
  • 187
  • Next Page »

My Instagram Feed

Follow @booksatruestory

Recent Reviews

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensStar Wars: Aftermath by Chuck WendigWishtree by Katherine ApplegateHarry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey by Bob McCabeNine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart

email newsletter

Categories

  • Author Interview (5)
  • Blog Tour (10)
  • Book Club (5)
  • Book Review (301)
  • Book Signing (18)
  • Events (80)
  • Flashback Friday (20)
  • Giveaways (14)
  • Google Diaries (34)
  • How To (8)
  • In My Mailbox (59)
  • My Fictional Stories (1)
  • My Reading Diary (136)
  • New Releases (55)
  • News (69)
  • Reading Challenge (51)
  • Reading List (6)
  • Reading Queue (24)
  • Series Theories (5)
  • Top Ten Tuesday (25)
  • Waiting on Wednesday (47)

Archives

2021

  • + November (1)

2020

  • + June (1)
  • + April (1)
  • + March (1)
  • + February (1)
  • + January (2)

2019

  • + September (1)
  • + August (1)
  • + May (2)
  • + April (3)
  • + March (4)
  • + February (4)
  • + January (3)

2018

  • + November (2)
  • + September (1)
  • + August (2)
  • + July (2)
  • + June (3)
  • + May (3)
  • + April (1)
  • + March (1)
  • + January (5)

2017

  • + December (1)
  • + November (1)
  • + August (1)
  • + July (4)
  • + June (2)
  • + May (6)
  • + April (3)
  • + January (5)

2016

  • + December (1)
  • + November (4)
  • + October (4)
  • + September (4)
  • + August (6)
  • + July (5)
  • + June (5)
  • + May (3)
  • + March (4)
  • + February (7)
  • + January (8)

2015

  • + December (4)
  • + November (3)
  • + October (6)
  • + September (2)
  • + August (3)
  • + July (4)
  • + June (5)
  • + May (8)
  • + April (10)
  • + March (6)
  • + February (7)
  • + January (8)

2014

  • + December (5)
  • + November (7)
  • + October (13)
  • + September (10)
  • + August (1)
  • + July (9)
  • + June (7)
  • + May (8)
  • + April (11)
  • + March (15)
  • + February (18)
  • + January (20)

2013

  • + December (12)
  • + November (14)
  • + October (17)
  • + September (16)
  • + August (16)
  • + July (16)
  • + June (16)
  • + May (17)
  • + April (18)
  • + March (22)
  • + February (19)
  • + January (19)

2012

  • + December (17)
  • + November (20)
  • + October (25)
  • + September (19)
  • + August (27)
  • + July (22)
  • + June (18)
  • + May (22)
  • + April (21)
  • + March (23)
  • + February (17)
  • + January (25)

2011

  • + December (20)
  • + November (25)
  • + October (22)
  • + September (24)
  • + August (22)
  • + July (26)
  • + June (25)

Books Reviewed This Year

I have reviewed 0/100 books so far this year.

0%

Grab my Button!

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.  Read more….

email subscription

rss
twitter
Facebook
instagram
goodreads
youtube
bloglovin
pinterest

Copyright © 2026 ·Swank Theme · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · WordPress · Log in