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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (10/6/14)
Click above to join in the fun! Let the countdown begin! It’s the last week before I go on vacation and I couldn’t be happier! Well, except maybe if I won a million dollars. Here’s my week in reading. I was browsing the library shelves last week and one of the displays was books about unicorns! Okay, so I’m 30 and I still love unicorns. What’s wrong with that? I grabbed Into The Land of Unicorns on a whim. Final verdict? Young Jessica, the Jessica who this book was intended for, would have loved the heck out of this. I only…
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Book Review: The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place Author: Julie Berry Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Pages: Kindle; 368 Release Date: September 23, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy witty banter, mixed with mystery and farce. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes There’s a murderer on the loose—but that doesn’t stop the girls of St. Etheldreda’s from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce. The students of St. Etheldreda’s School for Girls face a bothersome…
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September 2014 Wrap Up
Ah, Fall. You’re here! Well sort of. I mean, it’s not quite Fall weather in Southern California yet. Still, this time of the year means hot drinks (preferably Pumpkin Spice flavored) and comfy coats. I love it! It also means I usually get more time to read in bed, and so that I’m thankful for as well. Here’s how this month went down! ********** (C) = Children / (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in September: (YA) Heir of…
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Monday Musings
Picture of the day: Because whether this is a kitten, or a puppy, or some kind of adorable new puff ball pet? It’s absolutely adorable! How can you have a bad Monday when something that adorable is staring at you? *** I’ve slowly been settling back in to blogging more regularly over here. I’m still only making it a 3-4 day a week thing, but it’s feeling more natural. I think I’m getting back into the groove of wanting to write new content. To all of you still out there? You have no idea how much I always appreciate you…
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Book Review: The Betrayed (Krewe of Hunters #14) by Heather Graham
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Betrayed *Series: Krewe of Hunters #14 Author: Heather Graham Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Pages: MMP; 368 Release Date: September 30, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Romantic Suspense / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, although this can be read as a standalone as well. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Sleepy Hollow isn’t so sleepy anymore… One night, New York FBI agent Aiden Mahoney receives a visitor in a dream—an old friend named Richard Highsmith. The very next day he’s sent to…
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Book Review: The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co. #2) by Jonathan Stroud
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Whispering Skull *Series: Lockwood & Co. #2 Author: Jonathan Stroud Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 448 Release Date: September 16, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Especially those who loved the first book in this series. Can you believe it? It gets better! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. hasn’t made much progress. Quill Kipps and…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (9/22/14)
Click above to join in the fun! Good news? I have three more weeks left until my vacation. It’s my hope that it’ll pull me out of this existential funk I currently find myself in. Bad news? It’s still three weeks away. LOL. Ah, Monday. You never cease to make me pout. It was a good reading week though! Here’s what I devoured, and what’s on deck. Last week I finished reading some more of the NetGalley ARCs I had piling up. I’m trying to cull them into submission, since my clicking finger goes a little crazy sometimes :). The…
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Thoughts on Thursday
Picture of the day: Donuts. Mmmm… donuts. That’s what’s on my mind today. So, once upon a time, a long time ago, in a blog far far away, there was a Jessica who actually loved posting in her book blog every day. She’d lay out posts weeks in advance, revel in the opportunity to create new content, and grimace only slightly when one line of HTML would throw off her whole formatted blog post. Then, she got a full time job. It’s been two years since then. I miss having more time to blog, but I also miss not actually…
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Book Review: Made For You
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Made For You Author: Melissa Marr Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 16, 2014 Source: Publisher / Publicity ——————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy atmospheric, dark and twisted YA thrillers. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes When Eva Tilling wakes up in the hospital, she’s confused—who in her sleepy little North Carolina town could have hit her with their car? And why? But before she can consider the question, she finds that she’s awoken with a strange new skill:…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (9/15/14)
Click above to join in the fun! Is it really Monday again already? Sigh. The weekends are just never long enough, I tell you. That, and I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump again. Hopping between books, just trying to find something to hold my attention. I made it through 3 of the books I’ve flitting between last week. Solomon’s Whisper is the fifth book in Sandra Brannan’s Liv Bergen Mystery Series! I love Liv with all my heart. While this wasn’t my favorite book in the series so far, I did enjoy it. I also finished The Swallow:…