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Top Ten Tuesday (10): Books I Thought I’d Like MORE or LESS Than I Did

April 22, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 26 Comments

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish with a different theme every week. Books I sadly thought I'd like more 1. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson - I was so disappointed that this Peter Pan retelling lacked an interesting world or characters and that the writing felt like it was trying too ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 22, 2013 11:59 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday |
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Top Ten Tuesday (9): Books Over 1000 Pages

April 16, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 6 Comments

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish with a different theme every week. This week we got to choose our own theme.  Really long books have been on my mind (and how I want to read them all). I love long books.  So since today was a freebie topic and I wanted ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 16, 2013 8:32 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday |
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Top Ten Tuesday (8): Books I HAD To Buy But Still Haven’t Read

March 19, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 16 Comments

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish with a different theme every week. Harry Potter Page to Screen by Bob McCabe - I was dying to get this for Christmas....two years ago.  It looks so interesting and I'm ashamed every time I look at it that I haven't read it. The Knife of Never ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 19, 2013 8:19 am By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday |
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Top Ten Tuesday (7): Series I’d Like to Start But Haven’t Yet

March 5, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 18 Comments

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish with a different theme every week. Top Ten Series I'd Like to Start But Haven't Yet Covers are links that go to Goodreads if you decide you want a longer TBR today :) 10. Gemma Doyle Series by Libba Bray  I love historical fiction! So why haven't I started ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 5, 2013 1:51 am By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday |
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Best YA Covers of 2012

December 22, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 4 Comments

Here are my favorite covers for YA books published this year.  I haven't read all of them, but the cover alone makes me want to!  To me a good cover is not only beautiful art, but tells you right away what kind of story is inside.  I think all these covers do that it such ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 22, 2012 6:41 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday |
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