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Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

June 9, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Short and Sweet Version This passionate, gothic romance will appeal to people who loved Jane Eyre.  It's a thoughtful, beautifully written novel about honesty and finding yourself. Jessica Thinks Too Much Version The setting of Rebecca draws you in with it's beautiful but haunting mansion and the wonderful, vivid descriptions of it.  The writing in this whole novel ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 9, 2015 7:29 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Adult, Book Club, Book Review, Classics, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2015
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Book Review: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

December 18, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

Northerner Abbey might be my favorite Jane Austen novel.  One of the main reasons is because Catherine is my new favorite heroine.  She's a tom boy and she treats her life like it's a fictional novel.  Catherine is the kind of person that would yell "plot twist!" at an unfortunate event in her life.  I aspire ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 18, 2014 8:11 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Classics Club, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, TBR Pile 2014
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Book Review: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

October 23, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 35 Comments

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is a beautiful memoir about the power of love, language, and learning.  It was sad and humbling to hear Helen describe how desperate she was to communicate with people.  Since Helen was deaf and blind, she would go into a rage after being so frustrated that no ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 23, 2014 10:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Classics Club, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, TBR Pile 2014
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Book Review: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

September 9, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 1 Comment

Frances Hodgson Burnett's way of writing, even in the author's note, has a whimsical, magical child-like tone to it that is very endearing.  And like a child, the author can also be bluntly honest which made me laugh. I loved reading about Sarah and the teacher that is jealous of her.  In all honesty, the imaginative and ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 9, 2014 10:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, Children, Classics Club, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, TBR Pile 2014
1 Comment

Book Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

May 29, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

 Journey to the Center of the Earth was incredibly slow.  It took 100 pages for them to get to the volcano, walk around, and run out of water.  That is half of this 200 page novel.  I struggled through this book because all I could think for the first half of the novel was "Nothing....is...happening." Another thing ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 29, 2014 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Classics Club, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014
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