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Name: Jessica W.
Location: ANTIOCH, TN
Age: 26
Member Since: 9/6/2006 8:49 AM ET
Last Login: 11/19/2008 12:23 PM ET
Website: http://vanderbiltwife.blogspot.com
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I am a wife of 4 years and have a little baby girl on the way! I am happily churched and employed by the Southern Baptists! (Although I assert my right to autonomy of the believer--aka my views might not always line up with theirs!) I love to read, crochet, and play the Sims and Pogo games. I also consider cooking and baking a hobby and I love trying out new recipes and entertaining. Some days baking from scratch is just therapeutic. Most days my therapy is a hot bath and a novel, though!

My very favorite books ever: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez Sophie's Heart by Lori Wick Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

ARCs available with an order from my bookshelf:   Career Crossover: Leaving the Marketplace for Ministry by Tom R. Harper; Carpool Diem by Nancy Star; The Next Level by David Gregory.

Likes: purple. babies. pretty yarn and anything to do with crochet. cooking gourmet--i am interested in learning how to can and pressure cook. dark chocolate. caramel. candles. musicals. puppies--mostly mine. :)

Dislikes: pink.  candles that smell like flowers. cats. vampire/horror books. being organized.



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Read in 2008

I read 85 books in 2007. My goal is to read 100 in 2008! My goal is always to read more nonfiction and more male authors. Links are for my Bookloons.com reviews, if you're interested.

1. Swapping Lives by Jane Green (1/2/08)

2. Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass (1/3/08)

3. Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark (1/5/08) (NF)

4. Murder By the Glass by Michele Scott (1/7/08)

5. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1/19/08) (M)

6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1/24/08) (NF)

7. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett (1/30/08) (NF)

8. The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy (2/4/08)

9. Payback by Melody Carlson (2/08)

10. Better Read than Dead by Victoria Laurie (2/18/08)

11. Reluctant Smuggler by Jill Elizabeth Nelson (2/23/08)

12. The Next Level by David Gregory (3/1/08) (M)

13. Paint It Black by Janet Fitch (3/2/08)

14. The Island of Heavenly Daze by Angela Hunt and Lori Copeland (3/8/08)

15. The Real Deal Guide to Pregnancy by Erika Lenkert (NF) (3/8/08)

16. The Shack by William Young (M) (3/10/08)

17. And Sometimes Why by Rebecca Johnson (3/15/08)

18. Grace in Autumn by Lori Copeland and Angela Hunt (3/18/08)

19. A Vision of Murder by Victoria Laurie (3/21/08)

20. American Shaolin by Matthew Polly (NF, M) (3/29/08)

21. Callie's Tally by Betsy Howie (NF) (4/3/08)

22. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (4/8/08)

23. Mustard Seeds by Lynn Coulter (4/8/08) (NF) (proofed)

24. Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury (4/18/08)

25. The Men I Didn't Marry by Lynn Schnurnberger and Janice Kaplan (4/27/08)

26. I Love Everybody (And Other Atrocious Lies) by Laurie Notaro (NF) (4/29/08)

27. When Zeffie Got a Clue by Peggy Darty (5/5/08)

28. Killer Insight by Victoria Laurie (5/08)

29. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire (5/9/08) (M)

30. Reconstructing Natalie by Laura Jensen Walker (5/10/08)

31. The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregancy by Vicky Iovine (5/08)

32. Bed Rest by Sarah Bliston (5/15/08) 

33. Crime Seen by Victoria Laurie (5/19/08)

34. What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg (5/21/08)

35. 32AA by Michelle Cunnah (5/24/08)

36. The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater (5/27/08) (NF)

37. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (5/28/08)

38. Murder on a Girls' Night Out  by Anne George (6/1/08)

39. Death of a Six-Foot Teddy Bear by Sharon Dunn (6/9/08)

40. Notes from the Underbelly by Risa Green (6/15/08)

41. Skid by Rene Gutteridge (6/19/08)

42. Icing on the Cake by Laura Castoro (6/22/08)

43. Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout (6/28/08)

44. Digging to America by Anne Tyler (7/1/08)

45. Manual for Motherhood (vol 1) by various (7/3/08) (NF)

46. Better Off Wed by Laura Durham (7/6/08)

47. Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke (7/7/08)

48. Me Times Three by Alex Witchel (7/12/08)

49. Confessions from an Honest Wife by Sarah Zacharias Davis (7/16/08) (NF)

50. That's (Not Exactly) Amore by Tracey Bateman (7/20/08)

51. Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik (7/21/08)

52. Julia's Hope by Leisha Kelly (7/23/08)

53. Charlotte Leaves the Light On by Annette Smith (7/26/08)

54. Ina May's Guide to Natural Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin (8/3/08) (NF)

55. Emma's Gift by Leisha Kelly (8/13/08)

56. The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart (8/16/08)

57. Echoes by Robin Jones Gunn (8/19/08) (reread)

58. Valentine Murder by Leslie Meier (8/24/08)

59. The Smart One and the Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik (8/25/08)

60. A Garden in Paris by Stephanie Grace Whitson (9/1/08)

61. The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama (9/8/08)

62. The Good, Good Pig by Sy Montgomery (9/12/08) (NF)

63. The Rice Room by Ben Fong-Torres (9/23/08) (M, NF)

64. Katie's Dream by Leisha Kelly (10/5/08)

65. Rorey's Secret by Leisha Kelly (10/9/08)

66. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (10/13/08)

67. On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle (10/18/08)

68. The Birth Book by Dr. Sears (10/19/08) (M, NF)

69. The Vanishing Point by Mary Sharratt (10/24/08)

70. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean (11/08) (reread)

71. Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul (11/11/08) (NF)

72. Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman (11/18/08) (NF)

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