Dear Readers,
Hey guys college just started so I am gonna be super busy with homework and classwork. I am however currently in the middle of a good book called Firecracker by David Iserson. He has written for SNL and my favorite TV show New Girl. When I have time and finish the book I will be posting a review of it. Please BTW comment below about this blog or the books you recommend I should read or whatever. I will hopefully be able to post my review of the book in a week or so but that is at the earliest.
Thanks for understanding and please comment below with questions, concerns, positivity, constructive criticism, or whatever you want.
Thanks,
-Jessica
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
College Book Haul
Dear Readers,
Ahh college...an average of four years of schooling that cost thousands of dollars and will in return provide you with a piece of paper that can hopefully help land you a job, I digress though, I am not saying all college is bad. I mean I am one of the people going to it so why would I bag on it so much. These are honestly what I believe are normal thoughts of an average kid who is going to attend college these days. This post is not to list the pros and cons of college though. It is to discuss books. College books are books that I don't actually want to buy. Now before you freak out and call me a hypocrite let me explain why and what college books I actually do want to buy. Now I am someone who rarely passes up the option to buy a book, if I am at a Barnes and Nobles or a consignment store, the chances are I will end up purchasing at least one book if I have money. College books though are different. The books have rental options and because college is expensive as it is with tuition alone and unless it is a book you really will need/want ( like for your major) or have no other option but to buy it, most people will rent their books. I did a mixture of both for my first year at community college ( I will be here a year or two before I transfer to another school to get my four year degree), I hope to be able to rent most of my books next semester to help save money.
Anyway, I want to talk about my college books and what I got. I know many of my readers may be wondering what is so interesting about college books. The answer is that the books I got are not actually all boring, dull, text books, but plays, guides, memoirs, and books I feel I can actually use in the future of my writing career. Let me first star off by saying I am a Communications/Journalism major. So I am gonna be really exited and intrigued by the writing books I purchased or rented, rather than some people may. I'd also like to get the "boring books" that I deemed not very topical or worthy of long explanations. The first was my math book. I am going to be taking Math 011 and had to purchase a new book for it. At first I didn't understand exactly why I needed a new book and why my only option was to purchase it new rather than having options to rent or purchase the book. I learned today when my books came that It was because it was a workbook that my assignments would be in. Oh and I purchased a calculator Yeah...I told you it was boring.
For my English stuff it gets a bit more interesting. I rented two books and bought the third one. The two books I rented were both novels that seem fairly interesting. The one book is Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, which I have already read and seen most of the movie. I thought it was decent when I read it. I am excited to read it again though. The only problem is if you do rent or buy used, just remember you may have to deal with pen or highlighted areas in the book. That is the issue with my copy, it has many pages with pen markings and side notes on it. While I would not mind a few pages or just highlighting throughout my book, it has at least 50% of the pages with markings on it. It will be a bit annoying, but it is not that bad considering It is a used rental that I paid way less money for compared to if I had bought the book. The second book I rented for my school was a play called The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance. Though I have not read it, the book looks interesting and as far as I can tell is about a man who has some kind of deformity and while in the hospital meets someone who tries to help them in life. That is a rough description, but a somewhat accurate one I believe. It seems to remind me of the musical My Fair Lady ( which was based on the book Pygmalion by the way). The copy I got look almost new, even though it was used which can be a fun surprise for some who are renting or purchasing used books. The final book I got for English was an English Writing reference guide. It is a spiral book I bought used that was made specifically for my school. The book is spiral bond and includes tabs that when you turn to certain pages will tell you about how to write in MLA or APA format or about researching, word choice, sentence structure,etc. I bought the book because in the future I think it will be a good reference guide for me to look at for writing, especially if I will be taking more writing courses.
My favorite books I got are definitely for my communications major. The first class I got two books. One I bought and the other I rented. The book I bought for my first Communications class was The Associated Press Stylebook. This book I recommend to anyone going into journalism or PR or some kind of news/media writing career. In the book the first is like a journalism dictionary. You can find almost any word and the description will tell you if you should capitalize it, explain it for the readers, don't have to explain it for the readers, how you should word something,etc. At first glance this stuff may seem like common sense, but you would be surprised when it comes to how certain words should be written to be professional.The book also talks about media law, terms I should know, and resources I can use in my writing or to learn more. I purchased the book because I believe it would help me not just during my college years, but after I graduate and could be used as a reference for later on in my career. The book I rented for the class was the book Writing for the Mass Media. The book is basically self explanatory, It goes over writing in all different forms from newspapers or twitter. It talks about how to write news stories and different kinds, guidelines to follow when writing, and exercises for writing practice, as well as helping you to become a better writer. For my second Communications class I just needed to rent one book entitled Key Readings in Media Today. The book again tells me the types and ways to write news stories, but also is filled with research about different news and media in the past as well as today. All the books I bought or rented for my communications classes seem fascinating and I can not wait to read them.
College is a new experience and so far I am excited about the subjects I will be learning (well except math, but at least most of the math looks algebraic which I am pretty good at). The books, I hope will help me in my journey to becoming a real writer that can hopefully one day see there name on the byline of the front page of a newspaper or byline of a magazine story (or internet news story depending on how technology and print news are in the future).
Thank you
-Jessica
Ahh college...an average of four years of schooling that cost thousands of dollars and will in return provide you with a piece of paper that can hopefully help land you a job, I digress though, I am not saying all college is bad. I mean I am one of the people going to it so why would I bag on it so much. These are honestly what I believe are normal thoughts of an average kid who is going to attend college these days. This post is not to list the pros and cons of college though. It is to discuss books. College books are books that I don't actually want to buy. Now before you freak out and call me a hypocrite let me explain why and what college books I actually do want to buy. Now I am someone who rarely passes up the option to buy a book, if I am at a Barnes and Nobles or a consignment store, the chances are I will end up purchasing at least one book if I have money. College books though are different. The books have rental options and because college is expensive as it is with tuition alone and unless it is a book you really will need/want ( like for your major) or have no other option but to buy it, most people will rent their books. I did a mixture of both for my first year at community college ( I will be here a year or two before I transfer to another school to get my four year degree), I hope to be able to rent most of my books next semester to help save money.
Anyway, I want to talk about my college books and what I got. I know many of my readers may be wondering what is so interesting about college books. The answer is that the books I got are not actually all boring, dull, text books, but plays, guides, memoirs, and books I feel I can actually use in the future of my writing career. Let me first star off by saying I am a Communications/Journalism major. So I am gonna be really exited and intrigued by the writing books I purchased or rented, rather than some people may. I'd also like to get the "boring books" that I deemed not very topical or worthy of long explanations. The first was my math book. I am going to be taking Math 011 and had to purchase a new book for it. At first I didn't understand exactly why I needed a new book and why my only option was to purchase it new rather than having options to rent or purchase the book. I learned today when my books came that It was because it was a workbook that my assignments would be in. Oh and I purchased a calculator Yeah...I told you it was boring.
For my English stuff it gets a bit more interesting. I rented two books and bought the third one. The two books I rented were both novels that seem fairly interesting. The one book is Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, which I have already read and seen most of the movie. I thought it was decent when I read it. I am excited to read it again though. The only problem is if you do rent or buy used, just remember you may have to deal with pen or highlighted areas in the book. That is the issue with my copy, it has many pages with pen markings and side notes on it. While I would not mind a few pages or just highlighting throughout my book, it has at least 50% of the pages with markings on it. It will be a bit annoying, but it is not that bad considering It is a used rental that I paid way less money for compared to if I had bought the book. The second book I rented for my school was a play called The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance. Though I have not read it, the book looks interesting and as far as I can tell is about a man who has some kind of deformity and while in the hospital meets someone who tries to help them in life. That is a rough description, but a somewhat accurate one I believe. It seems to remind me of the musical My Fair Lady ( which was based on the book Pygmalion by the way). The copy I got look almost new, even though it was used which can be a fun surprise for some who are renting or purchasing used books. The final book I got for English was an English Writing reference guide. It is a spiral book I bought used that was made specifically for my school. The book is spiral bond and includes tabs that when you turn to certain pages will tell you about how to write in MLA or APA format or about researching, word choice, sentence structure,etc. I bought the book because in the future I think it will be a good reference guide for me to look at for writing, especially if I will be taking more writing courses.
My favorite books I got are definitely for my communications major. The first class I got two books. One I bought and the other I rented. The book I bought for my first Communications class was The Associated Press Stylebook. This book I recommend to anyone going into journalism or PR or some kind of news/media writing career. In the book the first is like a journalism dictionary. You can find almost any word and the description will tell you if you should capitalize it, explain it for the readers, don't have to explain it for the readers, how you should word something,etc. At first glance this stuff may seem like common sense, but you would be surprised when it comes to how certain words should be written to be professional.The book also talks about media law, terms I should know, and resources I can use in my writing or to learn more. I purchased the book because I believe it would help me not just during my college years, but after I graduate and could be used as a reference for later on in my career. The book I rented for the class was the book Writing for the Mass Media. The book is basically self explanatory, It goes over writing in all different forms from newspapers or twitter. It talks about how to write news stories and different kinds, guidelines to follow when writing, and exercises for writing practice, as well as helping you to become a better writer. For my second Communications class I just needed to rent one book entitled Key Readings in Media Today. The book again tells me the types and ways to write news stories, but also is filled with research about different news and media in the past as well as today. All the books I bought or rented for my communications classes seem fascinating and I can not wait to read them.
College is a new experience and so far I am excited about the subjects I will be learning (well except math, but at least most of the math looks algebraic which I am pretty good at). The books, I hope will help me in my journey to becoming a real writer that can hopefully one day see there name on the byline of the front page of a newspaper or byline of a magazine story (or internet news story depending on how technology and print news are in the future).
Thank you
-Jessica
Monday, August 11, 2014
Reviews: Dangerous Girls
Dear Readers,
I'm Baaaaack!
Good morning or afternoon or night wherever or whenever you are reading this, I just got back from my vacation to Cape Cod and it was awesome. Got to see the movie Lucy (which was pretty good), went shopping, ate lots of sea food, and especially read and finished 3 books on the trip. I was able to finish Gone Girl and Prisoner of Night and Fog (please write comments below about which one I should review next), but also buy and read in about a few hours this book that was so full of twist and turns and WTH moments that I just had to write a review to tell all my readers about it. The book is Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas.
Premise: Basically, the book is about a group of teenager on spring break. Anna, the narrator, Tate, her boyfriend, and Elise her best friend are all on spring break along with their other friends. When going back to their room they find Elise killed in her room. While the others are able to go free, Anna is being held on trial for the murder of Elise. Throughout the book we are shown into the case of the murder as well as what is happening behind the scenes, flashbacks to Anna's life when she met Elise or started dating her boyfriend or during spring break before the murder,other evidence including text messages and maps of the beach house, and even into some of the news interviews on both sides about Anna on either the opinion of how she is a murderer or how she is innocent depending on the point of view of the interviewer. The book has a lot of twist with who you think the villain is, I feel that because of the fact the reader is so focused on the murderer seeming like one person or another, we as readers do not realize the biggest plot twist of all, who the murderer was all along.
This is where I leave all you spoiler free people.I will be making huge spaces in the next few lines to show that I wrote above major spoilers. If you want to see my closing arguments you can read so at the bottom next to words "closing statements:"
Anyway...SPOILER ALERT TO END OF BOOK! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Spoilers: So I want to talk about the ending of the book cause it is kinda huge. So like I said before all this time you are thinking one person or the other had committed the murder. We start to get hints of the real true murderer in the 2nd to last chapter and finally the last scene and line of the final chapter. First let me remind you the narrator of this first person book is Anna. It is being told from her perspective. So when you find out the murderer you really are shocked to discover Anna was the one who murdered Elise. This is because most people including myself didn't even think of this as a possibility. There were some clues in the book, but most reviews I have seen seem to agree that they had no idea that Anna was the murderer of Elise. The clues in the book were as I said hidden, but the biggest ones were in the last two chapters of the book. The first is when she is going to the grave to put down the necklace that Elise and her each had identical ones to. This necklace is a pentagram (which was mentioned earlier in the novel) and if that does not give you a clue, when she bends down Elise says "I win." When I read that I will admit I was a bit confused because I did not fully comprehend the fact that Anna could very well be the murderer. Then I got to the ending. And that ending...well what can I say but "What did I just read?" I honestly did not comprehend it at first when I read it. I admit I had to look up exactly if she really was the murderer because honestly it felt I was lied to. It felt like everything I had just spent the last few hours reading was a lie. Then I realized that was the point. It was supposed to show us how Anna was such a crazy and psychopathic person that she had been able to trick even the people she was telling the story to (aka us the readers) that any other possibility,besides her being the murderer, was possible. I think that is honestly brilliant on the writers part because it was creative, unique, and unexpected to the reader for the most part. I have never read a book where the murderer was the narrator and did not flat out say it. That twist still has me baffled and I can not wait to read the book again to try to see more signs of Anna actually lying to us because I am sure there are more hidden in the story I have yet to see.
Ending Statement: Alright, if you read the spoiler part thank you and if not thank you still for reading my review. This book is a sadly underrated book I really hope more and more people read This book has an interesting premise, good story line, and a twist ending you don't see coming. I highly recommend this book and give it 4.5 stars. It is not the best book I have ever read or anything, but it is really good and I definitely want to re read the book.
**** 1/2 stars out of *****
- Jessica
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This is where I leave all you spoiler free people.I will be making huge spaces in the next few lines to show that I wrote above major spoilers. If you want to see my closing arguments you can read so at the bottom next to words "closing statements:"
Anyway...SPOILER ALERT TO END OF BOOK! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Spoilers: So I want to talk about the ending of the book cause it is kinda huge. So like I said before all this time you are thinking one person or the other had committed the murder. We start to get hints of the real true murderer in the 2nd to last chapter and finally the last scene and line of the final chapter. First let me remind you the narrator of this first person book is Anna. It is being told from her perspective. So when you find out the murderer you really are shocked to discover Anna was the one who murdered Elise. This is because most people including myself didn't even think of this as a possibility. There were some clues in the book, but most reviews I have seen seem to agree that they had no idea that Anna was the murderer of Elise. The clues in the book were as I said hidden, but the biggest ones were in the last two chapters of the book. The first is when she is going to the grave to put down the necklace that Elise and her each had identical ones to. This necklace is a pentagram (which was mentioned earlier in the novel) and if that does not give you a clue, when she bends down Elise says "I win." When I read that I will admit I was a bit confused because I did not fully comprehend the fact that Anna could very well be the murderer. Then I got to the ending. And that ending...well what can I say but "What did I just read?" I honestly did not comprehend it at first when I read it. I admit I had to look up exactly if she really was the murderer because honestly it felt I was lied to. It felt like everything I had just spent the last few hours reading was a lie. Then I realized that was the point. It was supposed to show us how Anna was such a crazy and psychopathic person that she had been able to trick even the people she was telling the story to (aka us the readers) that any other possibility,besides her being the murderer, was possible. I think that is honestly brilliant on the writers part because it was creative, unique, and unexpected to the reader for the most part. I have never read a book where the murderer was the narrator and did not flat out say it. That twist still has me baffled and I can not wait to read the book again to try to see more signs of Anna actually lying to us because I am sure there are more hidden in the story I have yet to see.
Ending Statement: Alright, if you read the spoiler part thank you and if not thank you still for reading my review. This book is a sadly underrated book I really hope more and more people read This book has an interesting premise, good story line, and a twist ending you don't see coming. I highly recommend this book and give it 4.5 stars. It is not the best book I have ever read or anything, but it is really good and I definitely want to re read the book.
**** 1/2 stars out of *****
- Jessica
Monday, July 21, 2014
Book Haul!
Dear Readers,
I was gonna be writing a book review for Conversion maybe or another book, but I wanted to make a post before that with all the books I got lately. I am gonna have to go on a book buying ban soon cause I can't buy anymore books because I already have like 8 I have to read. Anyway this is just a list of books I will be reading and If you guy could suggest which one of these books I should do a review on after reading that would be great.
1. Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
3. Why we Broke up by Daniel Handler
4. 10 rules for living with my sister by Ann M Martin
5. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
6. A Girl like Moi by Lisa Barham
7. the summer i turned pretty by Jenny Han
8. The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson
9. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
I think those books will probably be enough to last me about the rest of the summer. I hope that they are at least, anyway please write to me and tell me what books our of those you want a review on. I will try to write the review and choose the book according to what you readers say in the comments about which book you want me to read and review. Anyway I will try to post more soon, but I must warn you my life is kinda a little hectic right now with all the stuff I have to do so please be patient.
Thank you
- Jessica
I was gonna be writing a book review for Conversion maybe or another book, but I wanted to make a post before that with all the books I got lately. I am gonna have to go on a book buying ban soon cause I can't buy anymore books because I already have like 8 I have to read. Anyway this is just a list of books I will be reading and If you guy could suggest which one of these books I should do a review on after reading that would be great.
1. Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
3. Why we Broke up by Daniel Handler
4. 10 rules for living with my sister by Ann M Martin
5. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
6. A Girl like Moi by Lisa Barham
7. the summer i turned pretty by Jenny Han
8. The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson
9. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
I think those books will probably be enough to last me about the rest of the summer. I hope that they are at least, anyway please write to me and tell me what books our of those you want a review on. I will try to write the review and choose the book according to what you readers say in the comments about which book you want me to read and review. Anyway I will try to post more soon, but I must warn you my life is kinda a little hectic right now with all the stuff I have to do so please be patient.
Thank you
- Jessica
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Anna and the French Kiss Book Review
Book Review #1
Book: Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
For my first book review I will be reviewing the book Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. This book I will admit really surprised me.I think this is one of those books that you should really not judge by its cover. I will admit that when I first saw the cover of this book I was not that impressed. I honestly thought it would be another one of those cliche teen romance type stories. Something where boy meets girl and there is some kind of misunderstanding or love life of one of the two leads that is preventing them from being together and then they get together in the end and live happily ever after.
Now do not get me wrong there are those cliches in the book. What I enjoyed about the book though is there is more to just those teen romance tropes in the book. The book I actually thought was pretty funny and had actually some culture and history in it. Before I get into that I want to talk about the story.
A quick spoiler free synopsis of the book is the story of Anna Oliphant, a senior who hopes to grow up to become a film critic and is happy with her life in Georgia working at a movie theater with her crush. Her life is turned around though when her "Nicholas Sparks writer like dad" ships her off to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year. There Anna meets new friends, new bullies, and Etienne St. Claire, the cute and nice boy who unfortunately has a girlfriend. Anna is torn between her new life in France she has a love/hate relationship with and her crush, best friend, mom, and brother at home. She also had to deal with her crush on St. Claire as well as remember her crush at home.
Upon reading my synopsis you may be thinking "How is this not a cliche teen romance story?" Like I said though it does have those themes of young love rom com type of story, but again it is more than just that. The book is actually really funny. I found myself laughing a few times out loud at some of the situations in the book. Like at one part [Spoiler Alert] St Claire had slept in Anna's room ( nothing actually happened btw) and when he wakes up he accidentally hits her boob.That I thought was funny. Another part of the book that I enjoyed was the parts when the characters were actually in Paris and [Spoiler Alert] St Claire was showing Anna around and explaining about the history of certain places in Paris and even the story of how Rasputin had died.
There is not much to say about this book. Honestly I did enjoy it, I was not a whole fan of some of the cliches but I still enjoyed it. I did not see much chemistry between St. Claire and Anna at first, but as the story went on I started to like them together more and more. I enjoyed Stephanie Perkins writing as well and do want to read Lola and the Boy Next Door and the other books she has written.
3 & 1/2 out of 5 Stars
*** 1/2 out of 5
- Jessica
Book: Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
For my first book review I will be reviewing the book Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. This book I will admit really surprised me.I think this is one of those books that you should really not judge by its cover. I will admit that when I first saw the cover of this book I was not that impressed. I honestly thought it would be another one of those cliche teen romance type stories. Something where boy meets girl and there is some kind of misunderstanding or love life of one of the two leads that is preventing them from being together and then they get together in the end and live happily ever after.
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Now do not get me wrong there are those cliches in the book. What I enjoyed about the book though is there is more to just those teen romance tropes in the book. The book I actually thought was pretty funny and had actually some culture and history in it. Before I get into that I want to talk about the story.
A quick spoiler free synopsis of the book is the story of Anna Oliphant, a senior who hopes to grow up to become a film critic and is happy with her life in Georgia working at a movie theater with her crush. Her life is turned around though when her "Nicholas Sparks writer like dad" ships her off to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year. There Anna meets new friends, new bullies, and Etienne St. Claire, the cute and nice boy who unfortunately has a girlfriend. Anna is torn between her new life in France she has a love/hate relationship with and her crush, best friend, mom, and brother at home. She also had to deal with her crush on St. Claire as well as remember her crush at home.
Upon reading my synopsis you may be thinking "How is this not a cliche teen romance story?" Like I said though it does have those themes of young love rom com type of story, but again it is more than just that. The book is actually really funny. I found myself laughing a few times out loud at some of the situations in the book. Like at one part [Spoiler Alert] St Claire had slept in Anna's room ( nothing actually happened btw) and when he wakes up he accidentally hits her boob.That I thought was funny. Another part of the book that I enjoyed was the parts when the characters were actually in Paris and [Spoiler Alert] St Claire was showing Anna around and explaining about the history of certain places in Paris and even the story of how Rasputin had died.
There is not much to say about this book. Honestly I did enjoy it, I was not a whole fan of some of the cliches but I still enjoyed it. I did not see much chemistry between St. Claire and Anna at first, but as the story went on I started to like them together more and more. I enjoyed Stephanie Perkins writing as well and do want to read Lola and the Boy Next Door and the other books she has written.
3 & 1/2 out of 5 Stars
*** 1/2 out of 5
- Jessica
What I've Read and TBR ( To Be Read)
Hey,
So I thought to help for my readers to get a better idea for what kind of books I enjoy and what I have read and what I will be reading, I thought I would make a list for you guys of the books off the top of my head that I owned the the books that are in my TBR ( to be read) pile. I also wanted to inform you all that I am open to recommendations so if there are any book recommendations you have for me please feel free to tell me.
Books I Have Read ( from my own bookshelf or borrowed)
So I thought to help for my readers to get a better idea for what kind of books I enjoy and what I have read and what I will be reading, I thought I would make a list for you guys of the books off the top of my head that I owned the the books that are in my TBR ( to be read) pile. I also wanted to inform you all that I am open to recommendations so if there are any book recommendations you have for me please feel free to tell me.
Books I Have Read ( from my own bookshelf or borrowed)
- Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison
- Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
- Struck by Lightning by Chris Colfer
- Peeled by Joan Bauer
- Looking for J.J. by Anne Cassidy
- Paper Towns by John Green
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Elanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
- Geektastic by various authors ( large collaboration of authors worked on this book)
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
- Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
- Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
- Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell
- The Book Thief by Mark Zusak
- Diva by Alex Flinn
- Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
- Across the Universe by Ann M Martin
- Penelope by Marilyn Kaye
- Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
- Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsburg
- With you and Without you by Ann M Martin
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Divergent Trilogy (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant) by Veronica Roth
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Belle Teal by Ann M Martin
- Glee The Beginning by Sophia Lowell
- Glee Foreign Exchange by Sophia Lowell
- Glee Summer Break by Sophia Lowell
- Heaven looks a lot like the mall by Wendy Mass
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
- Someone like You by Sarah Dessen
- That Summer by Sarah Dessen
- Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
- Dream land by Sarah Dessen
- Matched by Ally Condie
- I'd Tell you I Love You but then I'd have to Kill you by Ally Carter
- The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Roth
- Charlottes Web by E. B. White
- Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Unauthorized Glee Companion Filled With Glee edited by Leah Wilson
- Don't Stop Believin the unofficial guide to glee by Erin Balser and Suzanne Gardner
- Lily B on the Brink of Cool by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- The Clique book series #1-14 by Lisi Harrison
- Baby Sitters Club by Ann M Martin ( basically I own about 50-75 books in the series)
- The Clique Summer Book: Dylan by Lisi Harrison
- The Clique Summer Book Claire by Lisi Harrison
- The Clique Summer Book: Massie by Lisi Harrison
- Main Street: Welcome to Camden Falls by Ann M Martin
- Main Street: Needle and Thread by Ann M Martin
- Main Street: Tis the Season by Ann M Martin
- Main Street: Best Friends
- Main Street: The Secret Book Club
- Main Street: Summer Surprises
- Main Street: Special Delivery
- Main Street: Coming Apart
- Leap Year by Wendy Mass
- Nancy Drew Series ( I own about 17 of the original books) by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Files Case 37 Last Dance by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Files Case 40 Shadow of Douby by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Files Case 41 Something to Hide by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Files Case 101 The Picture of Guilt by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Girl Detective: Without a Trace by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Girl Detective: A Race Against Time by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Girl Detective: False Notes by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Girl Detective: High Risk by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Girl Detective Super Special Edition (Secrets can Kill,Deadly Intent, Murder on Ice) by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Super Mystery #2 Once upon a Crime by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Mystery Stories # 68 The Elusive Heiress
- Nancy Drew on Campus #116 The Case of the Teddy Bear Twins by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Digest #134 The Secret of The Forgotten Cave by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Digest # 143 Mystery on Maui by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Digest # 151 The Chocolate Covered Contest by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Digest # 162 The Case of the Lost Song by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Digest #173 Danger on the Great Lakes by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Digest #175 Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Ghost Stories by Carolyn Keene
- Nancy Drew Sleuth Book by Carolyn Keene
- Lilly B. on the Brink of Love by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
- Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume
- American Girl Series
- Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
- This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Grace Earl
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K Rowling
And that is just books I mostly own, that is not even counting every book I own or the books i have borrowed from the library or from friends and family
To Be Read ( Books I own but are currently sitting in a pile waiting to be read)
- Conversion by Katherine Howe (Currently Reading)
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
- The Summer I turned Pretty by Jenny Han
- The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- Sarah's Key by Tatianna De Rosnay
- The Interns: Truth or Fashion by Chloe Walsh
- Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
- Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
- Breaking Night by Liz Murray
Finally, Books I want to read that have not come out yet or books I have not bought from book store yet
- Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
- Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
- The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
- Find Me by Romily Bernard
- Sisters by Raina Telgemeier ( Out August 2014)
- Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
The next post will probably be a book review. Currently I am reading Conversion and when I am done that I will probably write a review. Before that is finished though I will be reviewing one of the books I have already read. If you have any book suggestions for me or suggestions about what I should review from the list of books I have read or just want to comment please feel free. I love getting comments on my post.
Till next time dear readers,
- Jessica
Monday, July 7, 2014
Welcome!
Welcome,
If you found the time to click on this blog thank you for your interest. This is just a little tidbit about me and what I will be writing on this blog. I am gonna try to update this book blog as often as I can and I even may start "book tubing" ( basically making a youtube channel about books). The blog that hopefully you will come back and read is about just that reading. I will be talking about basically all things books. Some times it will be updates about book hauls and what I have got this week or month or even just a trip to the book store, book reviews or recommendations, my opinions about book related issues like e-books or independent book stores vs. online shopping, etc. I will be basically just blogging about books. So I thought just to get started I would do a little book blog Q& A for you to answer any questions that you may have ( of course you can always comments about questions you have for me or reactions to what I wrote,etc).
Anyway...
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: My number 1 favorite book is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, 2nd is Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, & 3rd is To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.
Q: Who are your favorite Authors
A: John Green is my number 1 favorite author. Other authors I enjoy though are Joan Bauer, Chris Colfer, Sarah Dessen, Ann M Martin, Rainbow Rowell, Wendy Mass, and Maureen Johnson.
Q: Do you enjoy writing
A: I actually want to go into journalism as well as one day actually start and finish a novel that I can maybe publish. I am not asking to be like J.K. Rowling famous or rich, but It would be nice to have a book published even if it did not end up a bestseller.
Q: What else do you enjoy besides reading and writing?
A: I enjoy going on social media (Twitter, Facebook,etc.), watching shows on Netflix ( my favorite show is New Girl), eating chocolate, playing video games ( Wii or Nancy Drew computer games), Watching movies especially musicals ( my favorites are Rent, Funny Girl, and Sound of Music), watching musicals on YouTube ( Legally Blonde the musical is awesome by the way), watching YouTube videos in general ( web shows, musicals, old TV shows or clips, movie clips, music videos,etc.), and just hanging out with my friends. I also have a job ( grader for Kumon Learning Center) and college starts in fall ( community college for two years and then I will be transferring to another school for my bachelors degree).
Q: What are you majoring in?
A: Communications with a focus in Journalism
Q: What can you not live without?
A: Books,Wifi, TV, Computers, Phone, and Chocolate
Q: E books or Print books?
A: I will probably make a post about my opinion on this soon, but for now Print books (I'll explain in the post later).
Q: Will you take book recommendations?
A: Absolutely! I can not make any promises, but I will try to at least see if I can find the book to read and if I can, I will at least try to read it. If I get a lot of recommendations I can not promise I can fulfill every one and that I will enjoy every book, but I will at least try to read each book recommendations I get and if I have strong enough feelings about it I may even write a review on it.
Q: Why are you writing this blog?
A: I am writing this blog because I love books and I want to be able to share my opinions about books and recommendations with all my readers. I also hope that I can help others find books they will love.
- Jessica
Anyway...
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: My number 1 favorite book is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, 2nd is Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, & 3rd is To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.
Q: Who are your favorite Authors
A: John Green is my number 1 favorite author. Other authors I enjoy though are Joan Bauer, Chris Colfer, Sarah Dessen, Ann M Martin, Rainbow Rowell, Wendy Mass, and Maureen Johnson.
Q: Do you enjoy writing
A: I actually want to go into journalism as well as one day actually start and finish a novel that I can maybe publish. I am not asking to be like J.K. Rowling famous or rich, but It would be nice to have a book published even if it did not end up a bestseller.
Q: What else do you enjoy besides reading and writing?
A: I enjoy going on social media (Twitter, Facebook,etc.), watching shows on Netflix ( my favorite show is New Girl), eating chocolate, playing video games ( Wii or Nancy Drew computer games), Watching movies especially musicals ( my favorites are Rent, Funny Girl, and Sound of Music), watching musicals on YouTube ( Legally Blonde the musical is awesome by the way), watching YouTube videos in general ( web shows, musicals, old TV shows or clips, movie clips, music videos,etc.), and just hanging out with my friends. I also have a job ( grader for Kumon Learning Center) and college starts in fall ( community college for two years and then I will be transferring to another school for my bachelors degree).
Q: What are you majoring in?
A: Communications with a focus in Journalism
Q: What can you not live without?
A: Books,Wifi, TV, Computers, Phone, and Chocolate
Q: E books or Print books?
A: I will probably make a post about my opinion on this soon, but for now Print books (I'll explain in the post later).
Q: Will you take book recommendations?
A: Absolutely! I can not make any promises, but I will try to at least see if I can find the book to read and if I can, I will at least try to read it. If I get a lot of recommendations I can not promise I can fulfill every one and that I will enjoy every book, but I will at least try to read each book recommendations I get and if I have strong enough feelings about it I may even write a review on it.
Q: Why are you writing this blog?
A: I am writing this blog because I love books and I want to be able to share my opinions about books and recommendations with all my readers. I also hope that I can help others find books they will love.
- Jessica
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