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Book Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

October 16, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Where'd You Go, Bernadette is a literary book that is full of witty, intelligent humor.  The voice of the teenage girl, Bee, who narrates this book is delightful and sarcastic especially about some of the crappy things that happen to her.  I love the humor of the unpopularity of Bee's dad working at Microsoft where they are "acronym-happy ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 16, 2014 10:18 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Book Club, Book Review, Content Rating, eBook, High Content
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Audiobook Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

May 13, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 5 Comments

Ready Player One was like Willy Wonka meets a virtual reality video game and 1980's culture.  It was a blast to read.  The dystopian setting in the near future was not something I was expecting.  I felt like it was a way to add a little depth to a story that a lot of people ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 13, 2014 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Audiobook, Audiobook Challenge 2014, Book Review, Content Rating, Dystopia Challenge 2014, High Content
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Book Review: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

April 7, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 5 Comments

I was not expecting this classic novel about revenge to also be ironic, sarcastic, funny, witty, and based on a true story. The Count of Monte Cristo is about more than just revenge, especially in the unabridged edition that I read. As long as this story is, I really can't see how you would abridge it without ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 7, 2014 1:12 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Chunkster Challenge 2014, Classics Club, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, Mild Content, TBR Pile 2014
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Audiobook Review: The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani

March 24, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

The Queen of the Big Time reminded me of Gone with the Wind but set in the north instead of the south.  There's a guy that Nella, the main character, pines for but can't have (who is kind of whiney by the way) and she doesn't fully love the one she has until it's too ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 24, 2014 1:47 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Adult, Audiobook, Audiobook Challenge 2014, Book Review, Content Rating, Medium Content
2 Comments

Audiobook Review: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

February 11, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Cold Sassy Tree was a great book for book club.  It brought up a lot of things to discuss about religion, women, and gossip set in early 1900s South.  It's always interesting to me to read historical fiction like this and see how women were treated.  Women were often blamed for the things that men ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 11, 2014 11:39 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Adult, Audiobook, Audiobook Challenge 2014, Book Review, Content Rating, Medium Content, Standalone Challenge 2014
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