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20 Aug 2015

Matched Series by Ally Condie: Alternatively, Why This Is My Favourite Dystopian Series

Jamie @ Books and Ladders 20 August 0 Comments

The Matched Series by Ally Condie has a not so great star rating on Goodreads, so when I first picked up Matched I was a little skeptical. I usually find that whatever the rating is on Goodreads, I rate the book about 1 star lower. But that was not the case at all with the Matched Series. I adored it and today I am going to be an advocate for telling you why you should read it, even though lots of people do not like it.

I gave Matched 4.5/5 stars, Crossed 4/5 stars, and Reached 4/5 stars.

17 May 2015

TBF2015: Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival 2015

Jamie @ Books and Ladders 17 May 2 Comments

So yesterday, I drove from my house in Canada to Rochester, New York for the Teen Book Festival at Nazareth College. I specifically went for Sarah Dessen because this was the closest her book tour for Saint Anything was getting to me. Needless to say, I was ecstatic because I have been reading her books for almost 9 years now (gosh I'm old) and I had burning questions about Just Listen and my lovely Annabel Greene, so I rolled my old body out of bed at 5:00a.m. and started the trek across the border. I brought along my dad and his best friend so they could explore the city of Rochester because I didn't want to drive that far on my own. I brought along 10 books by 4 different authors to get signed because I hate my back (also it is very sore today, I have kinks in my neck and want to cry).

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