I wanted to sign up for some challenges for 2014. I didn’t have great luck with challenges last year. Since I just started blogging last February, I didn’t really know much about them and I only signed up for one (The Debut Authors Challenge). But, pretty early on I won one of the giveaways and never did receive my prize and I signed up for two debut ARC tours through the challenge site and never […]
Title: All Our Yesterdays Series: All Our Yesterdays #1 Author: Cristin Terrill Release Date: September 3, 2013 Pages: 368, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.09 stars My Rating: 5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-13 (Sex is vaguely implied, but not shown, Some violence) Summary from Goodreads: “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain. Only Em […]
The Prophecy is an exciting new YA fantasy novel. It’s a fantastic hidden gem that I’m hoping lots of people will find – because it definitely deserves an audience! Layla has lived her life hiding her eyes – purple eyes that mean she could be The Fulfillment, the girl who is prophesied to bring peace to the warring Ethereals and Vanguards. Between the Vanguards’ incredible strength and the Ethereals’ uncanny ability to control minds, trust […]
Title: Not a Drop to Drink Author: Mindy McGinnis Release Date: September 24, 2013 Pages: 320, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 3.89 Stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16 (Nothing more than kissing, though sexual assault is referred to, Violence) Summary from Goodreads: Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water. Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near […]
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:I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (or holiday, if you don’t celebrate Christmas). I had some nice time with my family and took a couple days off of blogging. Here’s what […]
Bloodmark was a little difficult for me to rate because I thought it started out really promising, then it lost me for a bit in the middle, and then picked up again at the end. The story centers around Ashling, a werewolf princess who is struggling to escape the suffocating traditions of her immortal (and therefore, very old-fashioned) father. Still, even a life with a man she doesn’t love might be preferable to being hunted […]
I’m taking a couple of days off for the holiday. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!
Well, the Read-a-thon has come to an end! Thanks to Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square for hosting it! FINAL WRAP-UP The last few days of the read-a-thon were a bit slower for me because I had Christmas things going on, but I’m still really happy with my results. Challenges Completed: TeaserTop Ten of 2013Spine PoetryFavorite Movie AdaptationSeasonal ReadsDream CastBook Title PoetrySpell it OutAnticipated 2014 Reads Total books read during the Read-a-thon: Nine books, one […]
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: Twisted by Holly Hook (excerpt) Breathless by Brigid Kemmerer (review) Secret by Brigid Kemmerer (review) The Tearings by V.C. Repetto (book blast) Game by Anders de la Motte (review) Imperfection by Phaedra Seabolt (review & giveaway) – last day […]
Jenny from Juliababyjen’s Reading Room and Dana from Dana Square are hosting a Read-a-thon from December 9th – 22nd called End of the Year 2013 #ReadingCram. My daughter really wanted me to read a book that she just finished, so I’m going off my original TBR list with The Familiars. Her happiness is more important than my to-do list! 🙂Day 12 Progress:Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet–Finished 87 pagesThe Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson–119 pagesTotal books read so […]