Month: February 2014

5 Star Review – American Girl on Saturn by Nikki Godwin

5 Star Review – American Girl on Saturn by Nikki Godwin

Title: American Girl on Saturn Series: Saturn #1 Author: Nikki Godwin Release Date: August 29, 2013 Pages: 341 Goodreads Rating: 4.25 stars My Rating: 5/5 stars My Content Rating: PG (Nothing more than kissing) Summary from Goodreads: The summer after graduation is supposed to be that first real taste of freedom – but not for eighteen-year-old Chloe Branson. Just as that breeze of freedom is making its way into her galaxy, her secret-service-agent dad drops a meteor-sized bomb of bad news on her and her […]

Posted February 25, 2014 in Reviews / 2 Comments
5 Star Review & Giveaway – That One Summer by C.J. Duggan

5 Star Review & Giveaway – That One Summer by C.J. Duggan

Tour Schedule   Title: That One Summer Series: Summer #3 Author: C.J. Duggan Release Date: December 17, 2013 Pages: 349 Goodreads Rating: 4.29 Stars My Rating: 5/5 Stars My Content Rating: Mature YA/NA (Sex – not super explicit, but described) Summary from Goodreads: Loving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted […]

Posted February 24, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 3 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 2/23/14

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 2/23/14

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:Been a great week here at FYFA!  Check out what you might have missed! Five–Out of the Dark by Holli Anderson (review & giveaway) – Still time to win one of two giveaways! […]

Posted February 23, 2014 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments
5 Star Review – Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

5 Star Review – Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

Title: Finnikin of the Rock Series: Lumatere Chronicles #1 Author: Melina Marchetta Release Date: 2008 Pages: 416 Goodreads Rating: 4.08 stars My Rating: 5/5 stars My Content Rating: Very mature YA or Adult (Contains sexual situations, including abuse and prostitution; violence) Summary from Goodreads: Finnikin of the Rock and his guardian, Sir Topher, have not been home to their beloved Lumatere for ten years. Not since the dark days when the royal family was murdered and the kingdom put under a terrible curse. But then Finnikin […]

Posted February 21, 2014 in Reviews / 20 Comments
Feature & Follow Friday – Last Book that Made Me Cry

Feature & Follow Friday – Last Book that Made Me Cry

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 February 21, 2014 in Feature and Follow / 0 Comments
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Things that Draw Me to a Book

Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Things that Draw Me to a Book

Okay, so today’s Top Ten Tuesday was the top ten things you love about blogging, but I feel like I’ve written similar lists a lot recently, so I decided to come up with my own list.  Hope you like it! Top Ten Things that Draw Me to a Book These are the things that get me interested enough to pick up a book – or at least take a closer look! The cover – Okay, I know they […]

Posted February 18, 2014 in Top Ten Tuesday / 5 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 2/15/14

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 2/15/14

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:So, I turned 40 this week!  Don’t worry, even though I’m officially old, I think I can still manage to write.  And I’m not even giving up YA books, even though I’m […]

Posted February 16, 2014 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments
Feature & Follow Friday – New To Me Blogger

Feature & Follow Friday – New To Me Blogger

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 February 14, 2014 in Feature and Follow / 0 Comments
5 Star Review & Giveaway – My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling

5 Star Review & Giveaway – My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling

***This review may contain spoilers for the first book in the series.  To read my review of My Ex From Hell click HERE.*** I LOVED My Date From Hell!!  This book included everything I loved about the first book, but it was even better because I was totally on board with Kai and Sophie this time! The negatives: Annoying deities.  This is nitpicking, but Aphrodite was really annoying to me.  I hated her New York accent (which often […]

Posted February 13, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 1 Comment
Review – My Ex From Hell by Tellulah Darling

Review – My Ex From Hell by Tellulah Darling

My Ex From Hell is a fun romp through Greek mythology.  First and foremost, his book will make you laugh.  The synopsis explains the plot pretty well, so I’ll just jump right into my review. The negatives: I wasn’t totally on board with Kai and Sophie.  I really wanted to love Kai (and to want Sophie to love Kai), but I just wasn’t totally there. He was a typical bad boy – the guy who […]

Posted February 11, 2014 in Reviews / 7 Comments