Month: May 2016

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 5/8/16

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 5/8/16

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):   First off, happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there! I hope you have a fantastic day with your families! We have a […]

Posted May 8, 2016 in Sunday Post / 16 Comments
Do Stats and Reports Help You? Let’s Discuss!

Do Stats and Reports Help You? Let’s Discuss!

I’m going to make some confessions here about my shortcomings as a blogger – especially when it comes to the comparison game … the desire for some sort of “blogger status” and the desire for more. I try not to focus on those things, but I have to admit that they’re there – in the back of my mind. Anyway, as I’ve told you guys before, I’m a disorganized blogger. One aspect of my blogging that proves […]

Posted May 7, 2016 in Let's Discuss / 37 Comments
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – Five Star Review & Giveaway

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – Five Star Review & Giveaway

This book was simply beautiful and stunning! I was immersed in these characters’ lives and emotions and pulled into the pain of people enduring in this horrific period of our world’s history. What Fed My Addiction: A different view of WWII. One of the aspects of this book that I absolutely loved was the fact that it gave such a different view of WWII than is typical in historical fiction from that period. The story is told […]

Posted May 5, 2016 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 42 Comments
April Recap

April Recap

My Goings On in April: Our homeschool co-op performed their end of the year performances, including a performance of a play that I wrote! I thought it turned out great – the kids did a fantastic job with it, and I plan to do more writing for our co-op in the future! Our family signed up to host a teenage girl from Spain for three works during the summer. We did this five years ago […]

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Sign-Up

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Sign-Up

I just finished off ARC April, and it was such a success that I decided to keep going with the Clean Sweep ARC Challenge in May! This challenge also allows me to read finished copies that were provided by the author/publisher, which is great because that means I can throw in some books I received from RT last year that I’ve been meaning to read forever! (Plus, I recently accepted some indie and self-pubbed books […]

Posted May 2, 2016 in Challenges / 2 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 5/1/16

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 5/1/16

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): Started working on another proofread for Booktrope this week. Got halfway through and then found out that the company’s going out of business! If I’m […]

Posted May 1, 2016 in Sunday Post / 19 Comments
May Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

May Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

Welcome to the May monthly link-up for the 2016 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! This challenge has really been going strong! I love that it’s April and we’re still consistently getting over 80 discussions posted per month. Sometimes challenges start to lose steam by this time of year, but you guys are still coming up with great topics and doing lots of discussing! […]