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Jen is Currently Reading

Jen is currently reading:

How to Write a Short Story

by John Vorwald

bookshelves: currently-reading

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Jen said: "I thought reading a lot of stories would be good prep for writing a good story, but it turns out there are RULES in writing."

Jan 22, 2012 07:28pm · see review

Jen is currently reading:

Disquiet, Please!: More Humor Writing from The New Yorker

by David Remnick

bookshelves: currently-reading

My rating:

Jen said: "I have five days to write a short story, and it has to be a comedy. I don't know how to do comedy. Hopefully skimming this will help. I wanted a mystery!!"

Jan 22, 2012 07:26pm · see review

Jen is currently reading:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

by Gabriel García Márquez

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progress:

(page 96 of 120)
"The autopsy description is GROSS. it's a blessing and a curse that GGM can write smells." — Jan 16, 2012 08:53pm

Nov 26, 2011 09:09pm

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Jen's Recent Updates

Jen gave to: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green read in February, 2012	My rating:
True story. I'm one degree of separation from David Levithan. So I wrote that I "met the author." Because my boss is dating him! (or something). I asked to be invited to the wedding. My boss's face turned red. I think that means he likes him. Anyway...more
Feb 11, 2012 08:49pm · see review
Jen voted on a poll What's your feeling about hardcover dust jackets? she voted for I like them; they protect the book
Feb 11, 2012 08:43pm · take the poll
Jen gave to: Vermont Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Robert F. Wilson read in February, 2012	My rating:
This one is a little quirkier than the "off the beaten path" book, and I appreciate that. I wish I'd realized when I bought the two books that they were by the same author, but, alas.
Feb 11, 2012 08:42pm · see review
Jen gave to: Vermont Off the Beaten Path, 8th: A Guide to Unique Places by Robert F. Wilson read in February, 2012	My rating:
There's actually some good stuff in here, but I disagree that most of it is "off the beaten path." For example, one of the Burlington restaurants mentioned is SO busy and so popular - not off the path at all. Maybe because it's a block away from the ...more
Feb 11, 2012 08:39pm · see review
Jen gave to: The Confession by John Grisham read in February, 2012	My rating:
Aside from the utterly frustrating anachronisms at the beginning of the book (cell phones may have been around in 1998, but texting teenagers and blogging certainly weren't the norm), I got sucked in by Grisham's storytelling from the get go. I say...more
Feb 11, 2012 08:19pm · see review
Jen gave to: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
I've always wanted to be a foster parent - it's something I've felt strongly about since I was a teen myself and had really important adults in my life who weren't "family." My recent journey through losses put fostering again front and center, but m...more
Feb 11, 2012 08:09pm · see review
Jen marked as to-read: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness	My rating:
Feb 11, 2012 07:53pm
Jen marked as to-read: Hell's Secrets by F.R. Jameson (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 05, 2012 01:47pm
Jen marked as to-read: James Mollison: Where Children Sleep by James Mollison	My rating:
Feb 03, 2012 08:36pm
Jen made a comment on Shannon's review of College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College "This list of books you added amused me. AJ's 16 now? Man, time flies."
Feb 01, 2012 04:40pm · see review