Jennifer Estep » Young adult http://www.jenniferestep.com Personal Site of Author Jennifer Estep Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 996 and counting … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/07/996-and-counting/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/07/996-and-counting/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:39 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2021 Finished White Cat by Holly Black. This is the first book in her young adult fantasy Curse Workers series.

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers, or people who can do everything from kill you…

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This book focuses on Gen, a young thief who claims that he can steal anything. Gen’s…

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In Fire, Cashore focuses on a girl named Fire, who is so beautiful that she is considered a monster. Men and women are so…

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/02/976-and-counting/feed/ 0 My year in books … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/12/my-year-in-books-2/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/12/my-year-in-books-2/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:58 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=1358 Since I do so many book reviews here on the blog, I thought I would take a brief look back at my year in books:

Number of books I read: 53. I think this is down a little from 2008.…

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Yelena is scheduled to be executed…

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So I thought that I’d put my skill…

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In this one, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen lives in a postapocalyptic version of the United States — one where once…

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Seventeen-year-old Ever survived the car crash that killed her parents and younger sister, but at a high price —…

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