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Jactionary: Book Review – Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe by Josh Allen

by Josh Allen illustrated by Sarah J. Coleman Genres: Middle Grade (ages 8-12), Fiction, Short Stories, Scary, Paranormal, Ghost Stories Publisher: Holiday House Length: 176 pages Published: September 3, 2019 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks […]

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Jactionary: Harry Potter Coloring Book

  Today Scholastic Books is releasing a Harry Potter Coloring Book. Muggles, wizards, and witches everywhere are rejoicing. If you have not yet rediscovered the joy and stress-release found in adult coloring books, it is long overdue that you jump on the bandwagon. The 96-page long book will feature sixteen full-color pages and 80 intricate […]

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Jactionary: Reached by Ally Condie

The final installment of three successive book reviews featuring Ally Condie’s young adult dystopian series Matched / Crossed / Reached. Click here to read my review of Matched and here for my review of Crossed. Reached by Ally Condie (Book 3 of 3 in the Matched series) “You cannot change your journey if you are […]

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Jactionary: Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

by Daphne du Maurier Genres: Gothic, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Classic Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 410 pages Published: September 5, 2006 (originally published in 1938) Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick ‘Last night I dreamt I went […]

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Jactionary: Book Review – Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie by Richard Hack

by Richard Hack “Defeated, Agatha returned home and sat alone that night at the dinner table. The scene of that morning’s confrontation replayed itself in an endless loop, always ending with the same bitter threat. Desperate, yet hardly without resources or the determination to save her marriage, she began to craft a plan worthy of […]

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Jactionary: Book Review – Snappsy the Alligator by Julie Falatko

by Julie Falatko illustrated by Tim Miller “Snappsy the alligator wasn’t feeling like himself. His feet felt draggy. His skin felt baggy. His talk wouldn’t swish this way and that. And, worst of all, his big jaw wouldn’t SNAP.” Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book!) is a new picture book […]

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Jactionary: Book Review – Adult Coloring Books with Stress Relieving Patterns

If you have not yet bought yourself an adult coloring book, do it now. Stop waiting. They are wonderful. I’ve actually had many kids’ coloring books over the years to use myself, but recently bought this one. These books have been bestsellers for quite some time now, so I’m sure you’ve heard about them or […]

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Jactionary: Book Review – Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull

by Ed Catmull, with Amy Wallace “Failure isn’t a necessary evil. In fact, it isn’t evil at all. It is a necessary consequence of doing something new.” In Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation, recounts the founding and development of the animation studio that changed the film industry. Part nonfiction […]

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Jactionary: 21 Books to Read in 2019

My TBR (to-be-read) pile is getting ridiculously large, not just the ones I save on Goodreads but also the piles of books I own/have been gifted/have been sent that are starting to teeter and overwhelm me. That being said, there are still dozens of books I’m looking forward to reading that are coming out in […]

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Jactionary: Book Review – What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada

Written by Kobi Yamada, Illustrated by Mae Besom “One day, I had an idea. ‘Where did it come from? Why is it here?’ I wondered, ‘What do you do with an idea?’ At first, I didn’t think much of it. It seemed kind of strange and fragile. I didn’t know what to do with it. […]

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Jactionary: Book Review – Gender and Work by Sternadori & Prentice

Continuing my series, here is another book for which I’ve written a chapter. Thanks for checking it out!   Edited by Miglena Sternadori and Carrie Prentice Genres: Academic, Gender, History, Women’s Literature Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Length: 279 pages Published: May 1, 2016 Purchase Links: Amazon, Cambridge Scholars My Goodreads Rating: 5 out of 5 […]

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Jactionary: Cheaper, Better, Faster: Over 2,000 Tricks to Help You Save Time and Money Every Day by Mary Hunt

Cheaper, Better, Faster: Over 2,000 Tricks to Help You Save Time and Money Every Day by Mary Hunt In this book, Mary Hunt provides a large collection of tips for running a household and a budget more effectively. It’s a helpful resource if you’re looking for suggestions in a certain area of everyday life. Hunt […]

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Jactionary: Book Review: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

by Fredrik Backman translated by Neil Smith Genres: Contemporary Fiction  Publisher: Atria Books Length: 448 pages Published: June 5, 2018 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Official Book Summary: “After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will […]

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Jactionary: An Interview with Chadd VanZanten & Russ Beck, Part One

This week I’m pleased to feature a three-part interview with my friends Chadd VanZanten and Russ Beck, authors of On Fly-Fishing the Northern Rockies: Essays and Dubious Advice (The History Press, 2015). Chadd is a professional editor in Logan, Utah. His essays appear in the online journal Eat Sleep Fish, the anthology Utah Reflections,  and […]

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