Jen Adams's Books
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The Books They Gave MeRomantic, funny and cathartic, THE BOOKS THEY GAVE ME collects stories of books people have received, forming a love letter to literature.Read More
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Eureka Street, March 7, 2013
...death apparatchiks and monsters, including his cunningly contrived interview with Adolf Hitler. Part potentate, part relic (well put, Jen), Adams' championing of the medium of radio does leave me cold. But his relevance comes from his rage maintenance....
News Gazette, January 6, 2013
...to books alone. The gift of a book carries great significance as well, serving as the basis of Jen Adams' book, "The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit." Adams recognized the full impact that gifted books can have upon their...
Cape Cod Online, January 6, 2013
...of books: "The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit" (Free Press), edited by Jen Adams and based on her Tumblr blog, collects dozens of personal stories about how gifts of books started, encouraged, changed or ended many kinds of...
WSBTV, December 5, 2012
...that these three books are recommended for the holiday gift-giving season. ‘The Books They Gave Me’ Freelance writer Jen Adams struck a nerve when she created a blog inviting readers to write short essays about books they received as gifts and...
St. Petersburg Times, December 1, 2012
...gift list. The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit (Free Press), edited by Jen Adams and based on her Tumblr blog, collects dozens of personal stories about how gifts of books started, encouraged, changed — or ended — many kinds...
Individual.com, November 21, 2012
...In "The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit" (Free Press, $19.99), blogger Jen Adams collected tales from readers of the books (that would be physical books, mind you) they were given by or to friends, lovers and in-betweeners. The...
HamptonRoads.com, November 18, 2012
...Now blogs beget books. Exhibit A: "The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life and Love" by Jen Adams (Free Press, 237 pp., $19.99). Adams is a founding contributing editor of Digital Scrapbooking magazine. Her credentials: "I am the archetypal...
Baltimore Sun, January 8, 2013
...skills and sportsmanship. Players with local ties chosen to Australian women's national team Loyola women's coach Jen Adams and fellow Maryland alumnae Courtney Hobbs, Sonia LaMonica (currently the Towson women's coach), Tess McLeod and Sarah Mollison...
News Gazette, January 6, 2013
...to books alone. The gift of a book carries great significance as well, serving as the basis of Jen Adams' book, "The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit." Adams recognized the full impact that gifted books can have upon their...
Cape Cod Online, January 6, 2013
...of books: "The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit" (Free Press), edited by Jen Adams and based on her Tumblr blog, collects dozens of personal stories about how gifts of books started, encouraged, changed or ended many kinds of...
Waterford Patch, December 31, 2012
...Post Road Fire Devastates Waterford Family In September, a fire at 520 Boston Post Road destroyed the home Jen Adams and her family was renting and killed two of their pets. Worst of all, Adams had no renter’s insurance, so she received nothing...
Inside Lacrosse, December 28, 2012
...scored twice and Smith, last year’s Tewaaraton Trophy winner who finishes her college career second all-time to Jen Adams in NCAA Tournament points, scored two goals and added two assists to earn Most Outstanding Player honors for the second...
Fairfield Echo, December 8, 2012
...that these three books are recommended for the holiday gift-giving season. ‘The Books They Gave Me’ Freelance writer Jen Adams struck a nerve when she created a blog inviting readers to write short essays about books they received as gifts and...
Red Bluff Daily News, December 7, 2012
...Bluff-based Girls with Guns Clothing line website. I met the girls (Girls with Guns' founders Norissa Harman and Jen Adams) out at Red Bank Outfitters and we've become friends, Gould said. They've been really supportive and taken a mentor role. In...
