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Book Review: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

February 17, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Is it cheesy to say The Power of Habit changed my life? Well it has. I finished this book yesterday and today I decided to change one of my bad habits that I've had my whole life. Using the steps in the book I quickly found out that my bad habit was a distraction for ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 17, 2014 11:33 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, Medium Content
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Book Review: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

February 3, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 5 Comments

I loved the writing in A Study in Scarlet.  The dialogue was catchy and natural.  I found the book surprisingly easy to read especially considering how old it is.  The thing that really stands out in this book and the thing that has made it last for so long are the characters.  Sherlock is very ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 3, 2014 11:54 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 2 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014
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Book Review: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

January 27, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Spoiler free even if you haven't read the first book in this series.  As dark and epic as Days of Blood & Starlight was, I found it surprisingly funny.  I especially loved the Monty Python references.  While Daughter of Smoke & Bone was more of a love story, this sequel was more a story about war. ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 27, 2014 11:52 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, High Content, Young Adult
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Book Review: Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike

January 20, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Without it saying so in the summary that Life After Theft was a retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel, I would have never known.  It was a very loose retelling since instead of saving people's life, the main character Jeff is returning people's stuff.  The setting did a great job of being updated and contemporary, but ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 20, 2014 7:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, Medium Content, Standalone Challenge 2014, Young Adult
2 Comments

Book Review: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

January 13, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 6 Comments

The writing of The Scarlet Pimpernel hooked me from the first page.  It was deliciously sarcastic and funny.  I was having a grand old time until I noticed this pattern of the writing getting kind of repetative.  See, the main character, Marguerite has to make a hard choice.  I mean it's a really hard choice. ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 13, 2014 10:01 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014
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