Year: 2014

Review – This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

Review – This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

Title: This Song Will Save Your Life Author: Leila Sales Release Date: September, 2013 Pages: 279 Goodreads Rating: 4.06 stars My Rating: 4.5/5 stars My Content Rating: Mature YA (Themes of suicide and bullying; sex, though not explicit) Summary from Goodreads: Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit. All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse […]

Posted March 4, 2014 in Reviews / 0 Comments
March Random Read – Severed Colours by Dawna Raver & Angelfall by Susan Ee

March Random Read – Severed Colours by Dawna Raver & Angelfall by Susan Ee

It’s time for my March 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.Again, this month I limited my Random […]

Posted March 2, 2014 in Random Reads / 2 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/2/14

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/2/14

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:My kids and I have been sick this week, so I’ve gotten way behind on replying to comments and getting around to other blogs.  Sorry if you’ve missed me!  This is your […]

Posted March 2, 2014 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments
Best of the Bunch & Challenge Update – February 2014

Best of the Bunch & Challenge Update – February 2014

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. February 2014 I’ve been on a great book streak for the past week or two!!  Read lots of amazing books this month! This month […]

Random Reads Review – Waterborn by Kimberly James

Random Reads Review – Waterborn by Kimberly James

Waterborn was my February Random Read selection.  As you can see, I’m pushing my review right to the very end of the month as usual!  I won this book awhile back and was looking forward to reading it – glad it was my RR choice! I’ve been eager to read a mermaid book for a while – and while the waterbreathers aren’t technically mermaids (no tails and they don’t live solely underwater), this book pretty […]

Posted March 1, 2014 in Random Reads, Reviews / 2 Comments
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