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Top 100 Favorite Books

September 22, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading List 9 Comments

I love lists. I love books. OMG I love lists of books. When I saw this list on Jenni Elyse's blog I had to do it too.  Facebook released an analysis of the "10 books that have stayed with you" meme and listed the top 100 books that people chose.  So of course I had to write ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 22, 2014 10:04 am By Jessica Filed Under: Reading List | Tagged With: List, Reading List
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Book Blogger Bucket List

January 15, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 5 Comments

I got this idea from The Book Wheel during a Bloggiesta that they were featured in last year.  I've been wanting to make one ever since!  I have done a lot of these, but before my blogging career is over I want to try all the blogging things and this is the list I came up ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 15, 2014 9:46 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: List
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Classics Club

January 8, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge 3 Comments

Since I want to read more classics this year, I'm joining the Classics Club.  All you have to do is make a list of books you want to read in the next five years.  I have listed more than the 50 I want to read just to give me more choices.  I always get so ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 8, 2014 11:03 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Reading Challenge | Tagged With: Classics Club, List
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Top Ten Books I Read In 2013

December 30, 2013 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 11 Comments

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish with a different theme every week. I love writing these posts! I look forward to them every year.  You can see my lists for 2011 and 2012 if you'd like. :) I made this list from all the books I gave 5 stars so that's ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 30, 2013 10:55 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday | Tagged With: 2013, Favorites, List
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Top 12 Books I Read in 2012

December 18, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday 8 Comments

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish with a different theme every week. Top Ten  Twelve Tuesday (5): Books I Read in 2012 List is in the order I read them. I cheated and picked 12 because these are all the books I rated with 5 stars this year. Plus top 12 in 2012 has ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 18, 2012 10:41 am By Jessica Filed Under: Top Ten Tuesday | Tagged With: 2012, Favorites, List
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