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I am a freelance writer who works in the financial sector by day. I hold a B.A. in English which is just a fancy way of saying I like to read a lot! When I am not writing for Literary Quicksand I can be found on Instagram @the_book_ends where my brother and I share our current reads and literary exploits. I can also be found at jessicawerre.com.

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    May the 4th Be with You: 6 Star Wars Books from a Galaxy Far Far Away

    by Jessica May 4, 2021
    by Jessica May 4, 2021

    Happy May the 4th, aka Star Wars Day! I have been a big Star Wars fan ever since I saw my first Star Wars film sometime in the midst of my middle grade years. To this day I can’t remember…

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    Review: Midnight Sun and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

    by Jessica October 30, 2020
    by Jessica October 30, 2020

    Welcome to my Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!”  Previously,…

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    8 Bookish Movies to Watch this Autumn

    by Jessica October 11, 2020
    by Jessica October 11, 2020

    The leaves are turning and there is a notable chill in the air. The days are rapidly growing shorter. It’s autumn in the northern hemisphere! There is nothing better after a long day of work then getting the evening started…

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    Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

    by Jessica September 28, 2020
    by Jessica September 28, 2020

    Welcome to the Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!”  I…

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    Review: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

    by Jessica August 24, 2020
    by Jessica August 24, 2020

    The Summary Nana the cat is on a road trip. He is not sure where he’s going or why, but it means that he gets to sit in the front seat of a silver van with his beloved owner, Satoru.…

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    On Packing Books for a Road Trip

    by Jessica August 8, 2020
    by Jessica August 8, 2020

    Who doesn’t love a road trip?  Earlier this summer, my family and I took a road trip to visit Glacier National Park in Montana.  From where we live, that’s about 16-17 hours of drive time. It was a lot of…

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    10 Book and “Book-ish” Podcasts to Listen to Now!

    by Jessica June 25, 2020
    by Jessica June 25, 2020

    Who doesn’t love a good podcast? When I am not listening to an audiobook, I’m tuning in to the latest episode of my favorite pod. Whether it be washing the dishes or tidying around my apartment, podcasts make these boring…

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    Review: Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia

    by Jessica May 28, 2020
    by Jessica May 28, 2020

    I received a copy of Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia by Hans Kemp in exchange for an honest review.  There are two different types of travel. There is a vacation, were the primary goal is to relax,…

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    Christmas Book Giving: An Evening of Friendship and Literature

    by Jessica December 22, 2019
    by Jessica December 22, 2019

    For almost 10 years my bookclub has been getting together to discuss books. We have prided ourselves on being eclectic readers and enjoy finding new ways to spice things up! Every December we have a special outing to celebrate another…

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    Review: Again, but Better by Christine Riccio

    by Jessica November 16, 2019
    by Jessica November 16, 2019

    If you had a chance to do over part of your college experience, would you? Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal—but Shane’s made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that?…

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💜💔 ENOUGH stack for tighter gun control regulations 💔💜

How many more have to be killed by gun violence for things to change? This is senseless, infuriating, world-rocking stuff. How can we not all agree that a mentally unstable 18-year-old shouldn't be able two buy guns in order to kill innocent children? How is it even possible that people can STILL not vote for gun control? It sickens me to no end.

So, please join @readingrowans in the #enoughstack challenge to raise money for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety. There's also a link in my profile to join @iamthirtyaf's fundraiser for @everytown by donating yourself. If you're incensed, do something about it. We can't watch more innocent people (children) get slaughtered. 💔

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This book cover 😍😍! And the ARC has a glossy cover, so it just feels like a beautiful photograph. So pumped to have won THE LAST KARANKAWAS in a Goodreads giveaway! It sounds as good as it looks, too!

Synopsis:
Welcome to Galveston, Texas. Population 50,241.

Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn’t then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters’ lives and those of the individuals who circle them—Mercedes, Jess’s undocumented cousin; Kristin, Magdalena’s daytime nurse; Luz, the wife of Carly’s best friend; Schafer, Jess’s coworker out on the gulf—Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in Southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home.

Unflinching, lyrical, and singular, The Last Karankawas is a portrait of America scarcely witnessed, where browning palm trees and oily waters mark the forefront of ecological change. It is a deeply imagined exploration of familial inheritance, human perseverance, and the histories we assign to ourselves, establishing Kimberly Garza as a brilliant new literary voice.

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Current read: Upgrade by @blakecrouch1! If this one is anything like Dark Matter and Recursion, I'll get super sucked in and read it within a few days 😆. Will you be picking this one up?? It'll be out in July!

Synopsis:
“You are the next step in human evolution.”

At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.

But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways.

The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.

Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost.

Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human.

And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?

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Book club night 🤩 I got to give away 2 copies of next month's book, The Last Story of Mina Lee. And we enjoyed talking about Speak, Okinawa! Are you in a book club?

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#bookstackchallenge 📚 - One-word titles!

This was fun to put together 😄. Migrations is a new addition to my shelves and it sure is pretty 😍. I've only read Brooklyn, Wild, and Pest from this stack. I know I'm missing out having not read the rest of them yet. Soon I hope 🤞🏻🤞🏻. Spot any favorites?

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Our July book pick for @theglossbookclub arrived in the mail, and I'm not sure I can wait until July to read it! After seeing all the amazing reviews of The Guncle last summer, it's going to be pretty hard to wait 😅😁. Did you love this one??

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Well, I'm back from my first ever (work) trip to sunny Florida, and I'm now convinced that I need to go back with my family sometime 😊. Anyway, I just keep thinking about this book on my TBR (The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton), so I'm pretty convinced it should be my next read 😍. Also, my Lilac bush is starting to bloom and it smells divine!

Question: what's your favorite US state to vacation in?

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It's my last day in Orlando FL today. This picture is a little deceiving, as I mostly had work stuff, not lying by the pool stuff. But for that little relax time, it was fantastic 🌴🕶. As for the book, I still have 30 pages left, but what a fun story 💜😀. I'll post a review sometime after I finish!

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