Jenna Likes to Read

I am finally caught up on reading books by authors at the Decatur Book Festival and stuff I had to read for PBS Games.  It’s a very liberating feeling!  Of course, now I want to read every book on my shelves immediately.  And those books that are not on my shelves but in stacks around [...]

Mockingjay Day finally came!  Yes, it was an actual holiday for me.  I took the day off work and spent it reading, except for a doctor appointment in the afternoon and dinner with friends. Books Read: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley -  I really liked this!  It was so funny and [...]

This is two weeks of recap because I was on vacation last weekend and forgot to post! Books Read: Lies (Gone, Bk 3) by Michael Grant – It took me a little while to get back in to the FAYZ, but after 100 pages, I couldn’t stop reading!  I really like this series and can’t [...]

Books Read: Forget You by Jennifer Echols – Really good read, however not quite as good as Going Too Far.  It didn’t have the same emotional punch.  But it was definitely enjoyable.  At times it was confusing, but I guess that’s what happens when the narrator has amnesia. :) Stormbreaker (Alex Rider, Bk 1) by [...]

Books Read: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater – I wanted to like this more than I did.  I think I might have built it up too much in my head, because I love her writing.  I really liked Cole and Isabel, but Grace and Sam kind of grated on me and were too melodramatic.  Parts of [...]

Books Read: Ninth Grade Slays (Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Bk 2) by Heather Brewer – Love it!  I don’t know why I like this series so much, but I do.  I think part of it is I am enjoying books with male protagonists right now.  Vlad is awesome. Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien – Fantastic [...]

Books Read: Crazy Love by Francis Chan – Really interesting and challenging read!  I recommend it. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer – I’m not a huge Twilight fan, but I saw the movie Thursday night with friends.  Reading this was a nice refresher before seeing the movie, which was the [...]

I kind of like this weekly recap idea, so I’m going to go with it for a little while. :) Books Read: Incarceron (Incarceron, Bk 1) by Catherine Fisher – So good!  I really liked this book.  It was interesting!  The settings (both inside and outside Incarceron) were so imaginative.  Inside the prison was creepy.  [...]

Here’s what I read the second week of June. Zen and Xander Undone  by Amy Kathleen Ryan – This book was okay.  It was another book that the sibling relationship frustrated me quite a bit.  I kind of felt like the story meandered for a while before it got to the plot/resolution. Breathing by Cheryl [...]

I’m still in a blogging funk, so I thought I’d try doing weekly “what I’ve read this week updates” until I get back to actually writing about what I’m reading. Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts – the third book in the Bride Quartet.  I’m pretty burnt out on NR and find her stories predictable, [...]