Year: 2013

ARC Review – Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Title: Cruel Beauty Author: Rosamund Hodge Release Date: January 28, 2014 Publisher: Balzer & Bray Pages: 352, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.05 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: Adult or Mature YA (Lots of references to sex, though it is not directly shown) Summary from Goodreads: Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl’s journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart. Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty […]

Posted November 7, 2013 in Reviews / 3 Comments

Release Day Review – North Pole Reform School by Jaimie Admans

Title: North Pole Reform School Author: Jaimie Admans Release Date: November 6, 2013 Pages: 232, ebook Goodreads Rating: 4.00 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16?? (Nothing more than kissing, but some violence and bad language) Summary from Goodreads: Mistletoe Bell hates Christmas. So would you if you had a name like hers. Her Christmas-mad parents make the festive season last all year, and with another Christmas looming, Mis doesn’t think she can take any more. After her carelessness causes […]

Posted November 6, 2013 in Reviews / 1 Comment

Top Ten Tuesday – Top 10 Sequels

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait To Get My Hands On (Click on the cover pic to see the book on Goodreads!) I’m anxiously awaiting all of these sequels! My last three choices don’t even have covers yet, but I’m anxiously awaiting them anyway! They are: The Seeker by Stephenie MeyerSevered Colours by Dawna RaverThe Forever Song by Julie Kagawa

Posted November 5, 2013 in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 11/3/13

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:This was a fun week at FYFA! I love the end of the month because I get to post my Best of the Bunch and Random Reads!! Cover Characteristics – Hats Allegiant by Veronica […]

Posted November 3, 2013 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments

Cover Characteristics – Colorful

This is a new meme hosted by Sugar & Snark. It came about when Sugar was wondering which cover to use for her #70 Cover of the Week post. Sugar kept on thinking of more than one, and they all seemed to have a theme/characteristic. So she decided to switch things up a bit! Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite cover’s with that characteristic. If you want to join […]

Posted November 3, 2013 in Cover Characteristics / 0 Comments

Review – Replica by Jenna Black

Title: Replica Series: Replica #1 Author: Jenna Black Release Date: July 16, 2013 Pages: 368, Paperback Goodreads Rating: 3.53 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-16? (References to sex-though it’s not shown, some violence) Summary from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Nadia Lake comes from a high-class Executive family in the Corporate States. Her marriage has been arranged with the most powerful family in her state, which means she lives a life of privilege but also of public scrutiny, followed everywhere by photographers, every detail […]

Posted November 2, 2013 in Reviews / 0 Comments

Feature & Follow Friday – Embarrassing Reads

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 […]

Posted November 1, 2013 in Feature and Follow / 0 Comments

November Random Read – Athena’s Daughter by Juli Page Morgan

It’s time for my November Random Read (a fun meme hosted by I’m Loving Books). The idea is to pick one random book from your Goodreads To-Read list (using Random.org) to read within the month. As I mention every month, I am in love with this meme! This is such a great way to make sure that I actually read some of those books that have been in my TBR list for eons.This month, I actually did something a […]

Posted November 1, 2013 in Random Reads / 0 Comments

Best of the Bunch – October 2013

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. October 2013 Wow!! I read A LOT of books that I really enjoyed this month!! Picking a Best of the Bunch is going to […]

Posted October 31, 2013 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 0 Comments

Review & $25 Giveaway – Just Ella by Annette K. Larsen

Tour Schedule Title: Just Ella Author: Annette K. Larsen Release Date: August 14, 2013 Pages: 300, ebook Goodreads Rating: 4.42 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG-13 (No more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: A Proper Romance Ariella was only looking for a distraction, something to break up the monotony of palace life. What she found was a young man willing to overlook her title and show her a new and vibrant way of life. But when her growing feelings […]

Posted October 30, 2013 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments