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Ask Me Anything Answers

May 18, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 6 Comments

Thanks for the questions everyone! I had a lot of fun answering them. 1. My local bookstore is selling ARC for half the price of the finished copies. I know they are not suppose to do this. What is the best way to tell them want they are doing is so wrong and that they are stealing money from ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 18, 2012 12:40 pm By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: About Me
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Ask me anything!

May 11, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary Leave a Comment

I've been wanting to interact more with you guys that read my blog, so I thought I'd do an ask box. You can ask me anything - books, blogging, music, movies, my super-duper exciting life in Utah...whatever you want.  You can ask anonymously if you want or you can add your name at the end. ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 11, 2012 1:21 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: About Me
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My Google Diary for Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

May 10, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Google Diaries, My Reading Diary 3 Comments

  When I read, I ask a LOT of questions.  Here's some stuff I searched or wondered about while reading Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by . From my review: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer was like The Sixth Sense meets Paranormalcy. It's creepy in a funny way. At first, I felt spine-tingling horror at this one scene but when I was telling my mom about ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 10, 2012 1:40 am By Jessica Filed Under: Google Diaries, My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Google Diary, Research
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Once Upon A Time

April 27, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 7 Comments

Besides Downton Abbey (which is sadly off the air until next season) I watch one other TV show and that's Once Upon A Time.  I never miss a show and I got Hulu Plus just so I could catch up with all the episodes.  Seriously, I pay 8 bucks a month for Hulu and I ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 27, 2012 1:48 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: TV Shows
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Paradise is Lost and I’m Going to Find It

April 13, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

I'm finally reading Paradise Lost by Milton!  My main motivation (besides it sitting on my shelf for 8+ years because I couldn't understand it the first time) was that the character Jace reads it in The Mortal Instrument series.  I figured if Jace can read it, then so can I. Cassandra Clare, who wrote The Mortal Instrument series, ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 13, 2012 10:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Journal
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