Best of the Bunch is a book blog hop hosted over at Always Lost in Stories on the last day of each month, where we can look back over the books we have read over this past month and give a Best of the Bunch award to our favorite book of that month. September 2013 This month I reviewed the following books: You Are Mine by Janeal Falor | Review | Rating: 5/5 Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover | Review | Rating 4/5 […]
Title: The Elite Series: The Selection #2 Author: Keira Cass Release Date: April 23, 2013 Pages: 323, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 3.94 stars My Rating: 3/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-13 (Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: The hotly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Selection. Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection. All but six have been sent home. And only one will get to marry Prince Maxon and be crowned princess of Illea. America still […]
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: Embrace and Hold Tight by Cherie Colyer (excerpt & giveaway) – Still time to enter to win a $20 Gift Card! Kinetic by S.K. Anthony (excerpt & giveaway) – Still time to enter to win […]
Do you ever read through the spam comments that you get on your blog? They can be pretty frustrating, but they can also be a source of great entertainment! I mean, really, who do they think they’re fooling? Since those poor spammers never get a single reply, I thought I’d take a sampling of my spam and respond to their comments here. It’s only fair, right? INSULTING First, we have the insulting spam. Is this […]
Tour Schedule Title: Escape From Eden Author: Elisa Nader Release Date: August 18, 2013 Pages: 271, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.14 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16+? (Some sex and sexual situations – some serious issues addressed, and some relatively strong violence) Summary from Goodreads: Since the age of ten, Mia has lived under the iron fist of the fundamentalist preacher who lured her mother away to join his fanatical family of followers. In Edenton, a supposed “Garden of Eden” […]
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: Blood & Bone by Candace Osmond (excerpt) Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten books on my Fall 2013 TBR list Feature & Follow Friday – Favorite picture books Loving Your Lies by Piper Shelly (review […]
Scars of the Bifrost by A.J.M. Mousseau Genre: YA paranormal/sci-fi romanceI’m very excited to kick off the Scars of the Bifrost blog tour!! Check it out and be sure to read the excerpt and enter the giveaway!Tour Schedule Synopsis:Freya Catten has lived on the fringes of society her entire life, growing up in hiding with her mother in the deepest, wildest places left in North America—the national parks and forests. Freya’s mother taught her how […]
Tour Schedule Title: Loving Your Lies Author: Piper Shelly Release Date: January, 2013 Pages: 404, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 4.11 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-13 (Kissing and some talk of sex, but no actual sex) Summary from Goodreads: Julian is drop-dead gorgeous, annoyingly provocative, and he’s fast becoming her best friend. But he also has a secret that makes the little hairs on her arms stand on end… My name is Jona Montiniere, and that’s pretty much the only good […]
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 […]
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Books On My Fall 2013 TBR List I’ve got TONS of books on my TBR list and I’m not always so good at following a “schedule” – there are often books that I’m really looking forward to that I somehow don’t get to for quite a while. But there are some books that I’ve been meaning to read for a while that I NEED to read soon, so I’m putting […]