Month: August 2013

Review – The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle (Check it Out Before Book #2 Comes Out!)

Title: The Hallowed Ones Series: The Hallowed Ones #1 Author: Laura Bickle Release Date: Sept, 2012 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 311, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 4.03 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16? (Some pretty grisly violence, sexual situations, but not much is really shown) Summary from Goodreads: Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste of the real world. But the real world comes to her in this dystopian tale […]

Posted August 30, 2013 in Reviews / 0 Comments

Feature & Follow Friday – Only One Book

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! This is a blog hop that allows bloggers to gain new followers and find some awesome new blogs to follow themselves! The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host has a blog that they feature each week! So, if you’re a blogger, come join in on the fun! Here’s today’s question […]

Posted August 30, 2013 in Feature and Follow / 0 Comments

Sunday Post 8/25/13

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. Last week on FYFA: Top Ten Tuesday – Top ten blogging tools The Witches of Dark Root by April Aasheim (review/guest post & giveaway) – still time to enter! Blog Tour Sign-up! – Sign up to host Scars […]

Posted August 26, 2013 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments

Review – Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

Title: Inside Out Series: Insiders (Book #1) Author: Maria V. Snyder Release Date: 2010 Pages: 320, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 3.86 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-13? (Some kissing and some violence) Summary from Goodreads: Keep Your Head Down. Don’t Get Noticed. Or Else. I’m Trella. I’m a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I’ve got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if […]

Posted August 23, 2013 in Random Reads, Reviews / 0 Comments

Blog Tour Sign-Up: Scars of the Bifrost by A.J.M. Mousseau

Sign Up for the Scars of the Bifrost Blog Tour! I am so excited to have completed my first fiction editing job (I used to write and edit technical documentation, but it’s not nearly as exciting!). I had such an awesome experience working with author A.J.M. Mousseau, and I wanted to help her get the word out about her book. So, I’m putting together a blog tour for her! The tour will run from September […]

Posted August 21, 2013 in Uncategorized / 0 Comments

Review, Guest Post & Giveaway: The Witches of Dark Root by April Aasheim

I am thrilled to be hosting The Witches of Dark Root tour today. Make sure you read the fun guest post by the author (I had to go back and re-read all of the chapter names after seeing this post) and check out the giveaway! Title: The Witches of Dark Root Author: April Aasheim Series: Daughters of the Dark Root #1 Release Date: June 4, 2013 Pages: 354, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.04 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16+? (Sexual situations, […]

Posted August 20, 2013 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 3 Comments

Top Ten Blogging Tools

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: *Top Ten Tuesday* Top Ten Things That Make Your Life As A Book Blogger Easier Goodreads – Before I started blogging, I was writing reviews on Goodreads and it naturally led to blogging! I LOVE Goodreads and always check out prospective reads there before I go anywhere else. I especially love Goodreads Shelves – they make life so much easier! NetGalley – When I first started blogging, I assumed that I would need a […]

Posted August 20, 2013 in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments

Sunday Post 8/18/13

I’m seriously going batty because I would have sworn that I had posted this last night. Um, so I guess this is now my MONDAY post. Sigh.The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. Last week on FYFA: Lola and the Boy Next […]

Posted August 20, 2013 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments

Review: Spark (Elemental #2) by Brigid Kemmerer

Title: Spark Series: Elemental (Book #2) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Release Date: 201 Pages: 345, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 4.29 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Content Rating: PG-13? (Not much more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: Gabriel Merrick plays with fire. Literally. Sometimes he can even control it. And sometimes he can’t. Gabriel has always had his brothers to rely on, especially his twin, Nick. But when an arsonist starts wreaking havoc on their town, all the signs point to Gabriel. Only he’s not doing it. […]

Posted August 18, 2013 in Reviews / 0 Comments

Feature & Follow Friday – What I’ve Learned

Posted August 17, 2013 in Feature and Follow / 0 Comments