Month: July 2015

July Wrap-Up (and a reminder about the NEW Wrap-Up Round-Up!)

July Wrap-Up (and a reminder about the NEW Wrap-Up Round-Up!)

Wrap-Up Round-Up! I know I’ve been saying for a while that I was going to start a monthly wrap-up link-up so that we can all enjoy each other’s monthly wrap-up posts. Well, the time is now! Link up your monthly wrap-up post, and then next week I’ll create a scavenger hunt style giveaway to encourage everyone to check the posts out! Click HERE  for all the details and to join us! My Goings On in July: […]

Posted July 31, 2015 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 16 Comments
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid –  Review & Giveaway

Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid – Review & Giveaway

Never Always Sometimes is a YA contemporary romance with a bit of a twist. It’s the type of romance where you’re not exactly sure how things will end. Will Dave and Julia end up together or are they truly better as friends? It’s not a simple answer, and this isn’t a simple romance. What I loved: Dave and Julia. I really loved the relationship between Dave and Julia. They fit with each other and had a sort […]

Posted July 31, 2015 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 17 Comments
Announcing the NEW Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up

Announcing the NEW Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE monthly-wrap up posts! I can’t possibly read every post from every blog that I would like to (trust me, there are hundreds of you out there that I would like to do that for), but I CAN read lots of wrap-up posts and then go and check out posts that specifically interest me that I didn’t originally see. That way I feel like I’m not missing out. It’s […]

The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows – Review

The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows – Review

The Orphan Queen is a compelling YA fantasy novel that will be sure to hook anyone who’s a fan of the genre! I loved this one – and that ending! Now I can’t wait for 2016! The synopsis tells you pretty much everything you need to know, so I’ll jump right into my review. What I LOVED: The characters. There were so many characters in this book that I just truly  enjoyed. First off, there was […]

Posted July 27, 2015 in All-Time Favorites, Reviews / 30 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/26/15

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/26/15

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 (and in my life): I am officially in a blogging slump. I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I am feeling really uninspired and I’m not finding the […]

Posted July 26, 2015 in Sunday Post / 27 Comments
Top Ten Books that Celebrate Diversity!

Top Ten Books that Celebrate Diversity!

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten (Fifteen) Books that Celebrate Diversity! I love this topic! I actually wrote a list similar to this in my RT-inspired discussion post about reading and writing diversity, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to talk about it again because I’m always looking to read and recommend diverse books! While there are lots of great books that feature diverse secondary characters, I only included books with diverse MAIN characters. (And I […]

Posted July 21, 2015 in Top Ten Tuesday / 45 Comments
Get Even and Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil – Review

Get Even and Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil – Review

Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil Series: Don’t Get Mad #2 Also in this series: Get Even Published by Balzer & Bray on 6/16/15 Genres: Contemporary, Mysteries & Detective Stories,Mystery & Detective, Young Adult Pages: 384 Source: NetGalley My content rating: Mature YA (Characters do have sex, but it’s not really shown, Some violence) My rating: The members of Don’t Get Mad aren’t just mad anymore . . . they’re afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree […]

Posted July 20, 2015 in Reviews / 7 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/19/15

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/19/15

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 (and in my life): Strangely, now that I’m back from vacation I have barely managed to blog! Part of the reason is that I finished up one editing project […]

Posted July 19, 2015 in Sunday Post / 25 Comments
Editing in the Self-Publishing World – Let’s Discuss

Editing in the Self-Publishing World – Let’s Discuss

Now that my vacation is over, I’m switching back to my series of RT 2015 inspired discussion posts. These are thoughts that were inspired by specific panels, or by books from RT, or just by random passing things that happened there. So far, I’ve written posts on Faith in Blogging, Reading and Writing Diversity and how meeting an author makes you so much more eager to read their books. I love that events like this help me […]

Posted July 16, 2015 in Let's Discuss / 25 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/12/15

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/12/15

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 (and in my life): Well, this is it. Vacation is finally over. We spent a full month in Colorado, which was absolutely amazing! I’m going to be in vacation […]

Posted July 12, 2015 in Sunday Post / 20 Comments