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My Google Diary for Reached

April 3, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Google Diaries, My Reading Diary 1 Comment

  When I read, I ask a LOT of questions. Here’s some stuff I searched or wondered about while reading Reached. From my Review: More poetic writing from the lovely Ally.  In the final book of the Matched trilogy, we get a lot of questions answered, like how Cassia became immune to the red tablet.  But Ally doesn't ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 3, 2013 1:33 am By Jessica Filed Under: Google Diaries, My Reading Diary | Tagged With: Google Diary, Research
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Book Review: Reached by Ally Condie

April 1, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 5 Comments

Book Review Reached Ally Condie

Spoiler free even if you haven't read the first book in this series.  "But we do find answers in beauty, more often than not." - Ally Condie, Reached pg 507 More poetic writing from the lovely Ally.  In the final book of the Matched trilogy, we get a lot of questions answered, like how Cassia became immune ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 1, 2013 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Everyone Content, Hardcover, Young Adult
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Reached Launch Party Recap + Giveaway

November 16, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Signing 15 Comments

Reached by Ally Condie Bubble Cover

The launch party for Reached by  at The King's English was so much fun! I was lucky enough to meet Ally before the signing with bloggers Suey from It's All About Books, Jenni from Jenni Elyse, Kim from The Broke and the Bookish, and Jessica from Cracking the Cover.  Here's some of my favorite things we talked about in this exclusive blogger ... Read More »

 Posted on: November 16, 2012 11:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Signing |
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Crossed Release and Giveaway!

November 2, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Signing 107 Comments

Crossed by was released yesterday.  In case you didn't know, it's the sequel to Matched and it's very awesome.  Ally did a signing at The King's English bookstore in SLC and I had to go!  Yay for another launch party! Ally recapped some of what I heard at the library signing in August about the ... Read More »

 Posted on: November 2, 2011 4:27 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Signing | Tagged With: Events, Giveaway
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Book Review: Crossed by Ally Condie

September 20, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

This review is spoiler free, even if you haven't read Matched.  I got this Advanced Reading Copy from a giveaway from poetrytoprose.com. Crossed is like 1984 meets My Side of the Mountain. I took my time reading this book and when I sat back and thought about it, I realized that it was because the writing ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 20, 2011 4:29 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, ARC, Book Review, Content Rating, Mild Content, Young Adult
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