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archive: 2019

Review: Potency by Aubrey Hadley

9:07 PM
Another day indoors (at least it's "warmed" up and is now negative 10 outside!) means another book! ...

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Review: The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin

1:04 AM
Long live the Queens!  ...

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Little Darlings is An Eerie, Compelling and Shocking Thriller (Review: Little Darlings by Melanie Golding)

12:04 AM
Make way for book #3 out of 6 that I aimed to read this week.  We've been stuck indoors because it was NEGATIVE 51 Wednesday.  (And below zero the rest of the week. Dangerous cold, guys.)  ...

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Review: 29 Dates by Melissa de la Cruz

5:24 PM
 I'M SOFT, I'M SOFT, I'M-- ...

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Review: The Colonel and the Bee by Patrick Canning

4:45 PM
Are you ready for a new adventure?  Are you ready for a new adventure?  ...

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Review: Once Upon A [Stolen] Time by Samreen Ahsan

11:00 PM
Once Upon A Time, there was a book...  ...

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Top Ten Tuesday: The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List (#27)

11:01 PM
Hi, my name is Jessica and I have a nasty habit of adding WAY TOO MANY BOOKS to my TBR.  *everyone* HI, JESSICA.  Hi, my name is Jessica and I have a nasty habit of adding WAY TOO MANY BOOKS to my TBR.  *everyone* HI, JESSICA.  ...

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Monday Chitchat: Rent Live on Fox + Thoughts on Writing and Researching True Crime

2:01 PM
I feel like this first month of 2019 has just gone by in a blur. I mean? Yesterday was suddenly a week ago. Another week gone. Only a few more days until February. Wasn't Halloween hours ago? Daang. But "Happy" Monday, everyone! It's time to chitchat and wrap up last week. ...

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Review: Internment by Samira Ahmed

1:41 PM
  This. Was. Beautiful. And. Painful.  ...

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Holly Black Crafts a Violent Splendor in The Cruel Prince (Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black)

5:55 PM
It's been a long time since a book captivated and consumed me like The Cruel Prince did. I'm blown away and still recovering weeks after finishing it. ...

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Photo Journal: My A.G. Howard Collection

2:55 PM
 Happy Saturday, everyone! Where did the week go? The cold weather is preventing me from going outside--and it's about to dip into the negatives again... send hot coffee and blankets please--so I decided to do a cozy little impromptu photo journal entry for my A.G. Howard collection. At least of her young adult releases, as I only own digital copies of her other...

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Amanda Lovelace Reclaims Her Voice and Sets a Standard for Modern Poetry (Review: The Mermaid's Voice Returns in this One by Amanda Lovelace)

1:59 PM
Jessica's Love of Poetry Returns in This One.  Jessica's Love of Poetry Returns in This One.  ...

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Photo Journal: ThriftBooks Birthday Haul

6:30 AM
My birthday is coming up (February 15th! Yes, the day after Valentine's Day, which I fondly refer to as Birthday Eve.) and I went on a bit of a haul on ThriftBooks. I ended up buying 10 books and spent around $40 on the orders, which is actually a steal because I got mostly hardcovers. So, how did I do? ...

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Review: Kingdom Cold by Brittni Chenelle

3:53 PM
 Get ready for your next obsession!  ...

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101 Thoughts I Had While Reading the Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro

3:00 PM
Turns out, I have a lot of thoughts while reading.  Also, I meant to post this A FREAKING MONTH AGO. ...

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2018, But Didn't Get to (#26)

11:05 PM
Me: *reads well over 100 books in 2018* Also me: YEAH, GREAT, BUT DID YOU READ *lists 400 more books*  Me: *reads well over 100 books in 2018* Also me: YEAH, GREAT, BUT DID YOU READ *lists 400 more books*  ...

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Blog Tour + Review: The Transparency Tonic (Potion Masters, #2) by Frank L. Cole

7:22 PM
If you haven't read this charming middle grade series yet... I have A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.  If you haven't read this charming middle grade series yet... I have A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.  ...

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Monday Chitchat: Guest Post + Review of Solo: A Memoir of Hope by Hope Solo

11:00 PM
You ready for something new? Happy Monday, everyone! One of my best-friend's is here to chitchat about Hope Solo's book Solo: A Memoir of Hope, and why the athlete inspires her so deeply. And why you should be reading her memoir. ...

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Review: Just for Clicks by Kara McDowell

5:08 PM
Another day, another wonderful YA contemporary.  Another day, another wonderful YA contemporary.  ...

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Review: In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen

4:42 PM
Time for another review! Time to drag JESSICA PROCRASTINATING the review of this because she sucks.  Time for another review! Time to drag JESSICA PROCRASTINATING the review of this because she sucks.  ...

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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Holli's Hellfire by Tish Thawyer

8:30 AM
  Happy release week, Tish! It's time to look into Holli's Hellfire, the third installment of The Women of Purgatory.   ...

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Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2018 (#25)

11:20 PM
Happy Tuesday, everyone!  ...

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Monday Chitchat: Authors Who Will Always Have a Space in My Heart... and on My Shelves

6:30 AM
First Monday Chitchat of the year!  First Monday Chitchat of the year!  ...

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Review: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

2:12 PM
I have 7 or 7½ reasons of MY CONFUSION. I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK.  And I kind of love it.  I have 7 or 7½ reasons of MY CONFUSION. I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK.  And I kind of love it.  ...

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Cover Reveal + Giveaway: When the Sky Falls by Scarlett St. Clair

6:30 AM
It's here! The cover for the second installment of When Stars Come Out! ...

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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2019 (#24)

11:42 PM
It's getting cold in here, so stack up some more books! Wait, what do you mean that's not how the song goes?  ...

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Review: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (!!!!!!!)

5:25 PM
I finally started Percy Jackson and the Olympians (!!!!!) and I AM SO HAPPY.  I finally started Percy Jackson and the Olympians (!!!!!) and I AM SO HAPPY.  ...

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archive: 2019

Book Blitz: Privilege by Bethany-Kris

7:30 AM
New year means, "It's time for something different!" New year means, "It's time for something different!" ...

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Photo Journal: Which Way to Wonderland?

5:59 PM
Today was unusually warm for January, so I took my books for a walk... like the good book hoarder owner I am. I decided last year that I was going to make an effort to further along my photography. Or at the very least, my book photography. My goal was to start a Booked J photo journal and cross-post the pictures here and...

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!jessica talks

Blogging, Writing, Literary and Personal Goals for 2019

4:07 PM
It's a few days into 2019 and I'm more than ready to see where life takes us this year. Are you?  It's a few days into 2019 and I'm more than ready to see where life takes us this year. Are you?  ...

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Review: When the Truth Unravels by RuthAnne Snow

1:47 PM
First review of 2019!  Wasn't it just 2010 like five minutes ago?  First review of 2019!  Wasn't it just 2010 like five minutes ago?  ...

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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Shrouded Kingdom by Rachel Medhurst

7:30 AM
  New year, new books to obsess over. First on the radar? SHROUDED KINGDOM.   ...

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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2018... That Weren't Released in 2018 (#23)

8:30 AM
Happy New Year, everybody!  ...

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