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Audiobook Review: Giving by Bill Clinton

March 6, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

What kind of evil person gives a book about charity one star?  Me apparently.  I think Giving was supposed to be a book but it was really one long, tedious list of all the charities Bill Clinton could think of.  He would just skip from one story to the next so they all kind of ran ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 6, 2014 1:04 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 1 Star, Adult, Audiobook, Audiobook Challenge 2014, Book Review, Content None, Content Rating
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Book Review: The Forgotten Locket by Lisa Mangum

October 28, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

Spoiler free even if you haven't read the first two books in this series.  I think the best way to describe The Forgotten Locket was melodramatic.  Meaning that it felt so dramatic that I was disconnected from it.  It was more entertaining when I read it in my head with a super dramatic voice. I was honestly ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 28, 2013 8:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 1 Star, Book Review, Content Rating, Hardcover, Mild Content, Young Adult
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Book Review: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

October 15, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 12 Comments

Before I start my review of The Casual Vacancy, I want to make it clear that I only read 25 pages of this book (and it took me 5 days to even get that far because it wasn't keeping my interest). I also want to make it clear that in my life I have not ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 15, 2012 9:34 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 1 Star, Adult, Book Review, Content Rating, Fiction, Hardcover, High Content
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Book Review: Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

June 28, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 1 Comment

It made me laugh out loud sometimes, but swears so much that I wouldn't recommend it. The movie catches the essence of what she went through in the book.  There are some scenes in the book that were funny and didn't make it into the movie, but there are also a few gross stories that ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 28, 2011 6:39 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 1 Star, Adult, Book Review, Content Rating, High Content, Movies, Non-fiction, Paperback
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