Books I got this week No books this week :( Weekly Recap Posts on the blog: Around the blogosphere: I’m not going to go into the fiasco of last weekend. I’m not going to post about it. But I will say this: I am appalled. I am scared. I wish I had stuck with “Geo” instead of putting my real name out there for anyone to see. I shouldn’t have to feel this way. And to authors who think we’re […]
I have heard of this book through many bloggers, and have seen TONS of glowing reviews for it. I’ve seen people talk about how it changed their life. (This was actually my first foray into the Middle Grade genre.) Honestly, I don’t even know how to review and rate this because this book didn’t really do anything for me. It was deep…almost too deep for the audience it was meant for. But at the same time, it felt like kind of […]
Full list of Life of a Blogger topics. Last week’s topic: Favorite toys This week’s topic: Origin of your name Topic suggested by Holly @ Lost in a Library What my name means What Google says: In Hebrew the meaning of the name Jessica is: Rich. God beholds. The daughter of Shylock in Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merchant of Venice’. Rich? If only, ha… How I got my name I was named after my great grandmother, Jessica Joy Gerretson. And no, my middle name is not […]
Yep, you heard right…tomorrow is my 3rd blogiversary! WOO!! *throws confetti* The past two years I’ve done a full week of posts and had a big extravaganza. After three years, blogiversaries aren’t that exciting anymore, so this is all you get! Mwahahaa. I’ll just have to cram everything in one post ;) A year in review A year ago I changed my blog name from Auntie Spinelli Reads to Novel Heartbeat. I haven’t ever looked back! I don’t miss the old […]
This book was just….there. It wasn’t bad necessarily, but it wasn’t really all that good either. I felt NOTHING while reading. Absolutely nothing. No intrigue, no disgust (and there were plenty of disgusting things), no emotion whatsoever. Not good. I think that’s what ultimately scored such a low rating for this book is that I didn’t give a crap about the story or the characters. Even when things were actually happening I didn’t care. There was no anticipation, no suspense. The whole abductura […]
Oculus Directed by Mike Flanagan 4.11.2014 Rated R 104 minutes See on IMDb The twenty-one year-old Timothy “Tim” Allen Russell is discharged from a mental institution by his psychiatric Dr. Shawn Graham completely healed from a childhood trauma. His sister Kaylie welcomes him in the parking area and brings him home. Then she tells that they need to destroy an ancient mirror that she has just bought in an auction. The reluctant Tim follows his sister and has fragmented recollections […]