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 was a crazy week for me!  Not only did I have my sister’s dog for the week, but I actually had to go on a business trip in the middle.  Luckily my parents are awesome and agreed to spend the night at my place to take care of both dogs.  But because of that, [...]

It finally came!  This weekend was the Decatur Book Festival!  I volunteered to work the first half of the day at The Escape, the Teen Stage.  At the beginning of September, I decided to read a book from each of the authors I would be seeing.  So I read I’d Tell You I Love You, [...]

IMM is a little late this week, but it’s technically still the long weekend, so no late, right? In My Mailbox was created by Kristi over at The Story Siren. Click here to learn more about it. These are all the books I acquired this week: From PaperBackSwap: Midnight Alley (Morganville Vampires, Bk 3) by [...]

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, Bk 1) by Richelle Mead St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on [...]

As You Wish by Jackson Pearce Ever since Viola’s boyfriend broke up with her, she has spent her days silently wishing—to have someone love her again and, more importantly, to belong again—until one day she inadvertently summons a young genie out of his world and into her own. He will remain until she makes three [...]

Sea Change by Aimee Friedman 16-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science…and not so great with boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she’s happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort out her late grandmother’s estate. There, Miranda finds new friends and an [...]

Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The book I am eagerly awaiting this week is As You Wish by Jackson Pearce. (Release date: 8/25/09) Ever since Viola’s boyfriend broke up with her, she has spent her days silently wishing—to have someone love her again, and, more importantly, to belong again—until [...]

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, Bk 2) by Ally Carter After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that’s easier said than done when you’re a CIA legacy and go to the premier school in [...]