Life of a Blogger: Halloween!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 30, 2014 | 6 Comments

Full list of Life of a Blogger topics. Last week’s topic: Origin of your name This week’s topic: Halloween I’ve always loved Halloween. I love horror and scary things! Growing up, it was always tradition to go out trick-or-treating with my parents. There was always a big event at my campground where everyone sat on the tables with candy and the kids would go through the tables. It was awesome! I really, really miss trick-or-treating. I loved it so much that […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: October 2014

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 29, 2014 | 7 Comments

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Series: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Genre: Horror, Young Adult Published by Quirk (6.7.2011) Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Library A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off […]

Review: Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 27, 2014 | 8 Comments

Why oh why did I wait so long to pick this one up?! It’s been sitting on my shelf forever, but it was never really one that I was super interested in. While perusing my shelves for something horror that could also count toward the Rewind Challenge, I discovered this one. I’m SO glad I did! This book was pretty freaking awesome! There wasn’t a dull moment in this entire book. EVER. Seriously, it was non-stop, heart-pounding action! The first […]

Heartbeat Weekly (37)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 26, 2014 | 6 Comments

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 […]

Review: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 24, 2014 | 5 Comments

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 […]

Life of a Blogger: Origin of Your Name

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 23, 2014 | 9 Comments

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 […]