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Book Review: Winter by Marissa Meyer

February 28, 2019 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 1 Comment

Book Review Winter Marissa Meyer Lunar Chronicles

Winter ended up being my favorite book in the whole series. Snow White is probably the hardest fairy tale character to connect to. She's perfect and helpless. Winter spends a lot of time dusting, sweeping, cleaning rugs, organizing and washing laundry like Snow White does (but no forest animals in this version). But Winter pays ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 28, 2019 12:03 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review, Young Adult
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Book Review: Cress by Marissa Meyer

February 11, 2019 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review Leave a Comment

Book Review Cress Marissa Meyer

I liked Cress much better than Cinder or Scarlet. In fact, it took me a few years to even finish the series because I didn't like Scarlet very much. I'm so glad I didn't quit the Lunar Chronicles series! My favorite thing about this series has been the subtle tie-ins to the fairy tales. In ... Read More »

 Posted on: February 11, 2019 11:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Audiobook, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review, Young Adult
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Book Review: Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

June 18, 2018 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Book Review Made You Up Francesca Zappia

My favorite thing about Made You Up is the main character, Alex, who I found very endearing. Alex has schizophrenia. She takes pictures to help her know what’s real and what’s not.
“Sometimes I think people take reality for granted.”

- Francesca Zappia, Made You Up pg 1
Her reality is full of things that could not ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 18, 2018 3:49 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review, Young Adult
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Book Review: The Humor Code by Peter McGraw and Joel Warner

April 4, 2018 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Book Review The Humor Code Peter McGraw Joel Warner

The theory behind The Humor Code is that benign "moral violations" are funny.  The example that he gave that set the author off on his research was about a church giving away a hummer which made the class he was teaching laugh.  The example was supposed to cause disgust so one student asked why they ... Read More »

 Posted on: April 4, 2018 7:45 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Adult, Book Club, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review
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Book Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

May 8, 2017 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Book Review Steelheart Brandon Sanderson

Whenever someone asked me what I was reading, I would describe Steelheart like this: "All the superheroes are bad guys and the regular humans have to fight them." With such a saturated market of superhero stories, it was really cool to find this unique spin. The idea behind all the superheroes being bad is that ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 8, 2017 2:32 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Book Review, eBook, Instagram Review, Young Adult
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