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Book Review: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

December 15, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Short and Sweet Version The Secret Keeper was a unique murder mystery about Laurel delving into her mother's past to find out why her lovely mother murdered someone with a cake knife (Happy birthday! Let's cut the cake! Where's the knife?  Uh.....we lost it.).  This historical fiction story set during the Blitz in World War II will make you ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 15, 2015 8:47 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Hardcover
2 Comments

Book Review: Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer

October 20, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 8 Comments

Short and Sweet Version No, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart do not just switch lines.  But, I'm not going to lie - a lot of the book is copied and pasted.  Little details are different like Beau opening the door for Edythe and Edythe smiling all the time.  Seriously, why is she smiling all the time? ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 20, 2015 2:05 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Hardcover, Medium Content, Twilight, Young Adult
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Book Review: Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

October 9, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Short and Sweet Version I loved the sarcastic writing. The author experiments with formatting words on the page which I thought was cool.  The world was fascinating and felt new, but the plot slowed down in the middle because the world building kind of took over at that point.  It has a lovely ending and wonderful characters.  This ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 9, 2015 3:10 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Hardcover, Medium Content, Young Adult
2 Comments

A Whole New World Fairytale 2.0 Giveaway #FairyTale2pt0

September 21, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Blog Tour, Giveaways 14 Comments

Disney has a brand new Young Adult retelling of Aladdin. Fairytale retellings are my favorite thing to read so I was excited to see a retelling of one of my favorite Disney movies.  It's called A Whole New World (now that song is stuck in my head lol). And you can win a copy! About the Book FAIRY ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 21, 2015 11:32 am By Jessica Filed Under: Blog Tour, Giveaways |
14 Comments

Book Review: Out of the Past by Kalinda Vázquez

August 4, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 1 Comment

Short and Sweet Version A fun, quick must-read for Once Upon a Time fans.  The art is gorgeous.  The stories are all new and set in the Enchanted Forrest which I don't get to see as much of on the TV show as I would like.  Loved it! Jessica Thinks Too Much Version Mild spoilers ahead! This spoiler warning ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 4, 2015 7:04 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Hardcover, Mild Content, Young Adult
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