Month: August 2016

Bite-Sized Reviews – Treason, Just a Girl, and Me Before You

A few quick reviews of some of the books I’ve read (or listened to this summer). Hopefully these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! Treason by S. M. Boyce Self-Published in October 2012 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 430 Audio Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins Source: Won It! My content rating: YA or NA (Nothing more than kissing, Some violence) My rating: Kara Magari ignited a war when she stumbled into Ourea and found the Grimoire: a powerful artifact […]

Posted August 18, 2016 in Reviews / 9 Comments

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi – A Whimsical Review

Okay, I lied. My actual review for this book probably isn’t going to be all that whimsical, but the book itself certainly is! This is an ADORABLE middle grade read, filled with colorful descriptions of magical happenings and set in the topsy-turvy, sometimes baffling world of Furthermore. What Fed My Addiction: Furthermore. If you read the blurb of this book, you will know exactly what to expect. Not only does it do a fantastic job of describing the […]

Posted August 17, 2016 in Reviews / 16 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 8/14/16

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): Yikes! Another Sunday Post going up really late. Oh well – I guess I should be happy I’m managing to get this up at all. […]

Posted August 14, 2016 in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

Sex and Violence in YA Books: Is There a Difference? Let’s Discuss!

There’s been lots of talk lately about what’s “appropriate” for YA. Alice over at Arctic Books recently wrote a post asking How Do You Define YA? and it really got me thinking. You see, my thoughts on the topic are complicated. As a mom of a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, I find my stance on this more conservative than I would have expected when I was younger. My kids are at the young end of the […]

Posted August 12, 2016 in Let's Discuss / 50 Comments

Victoria Schwab Event Recap

I was lucky enough to be able to attend Victoria Schwab’s tour for This Savage Song (which I ADORED – click the link to see my review) at Anderson’s Bookshop, and I thought I’d share some of the highlights with you! Victoria was a fantastic speaker, and I can honestly say that this was one of the best author events I’ve been to! First of all, the picture above was “stolen” from Schwab’s Twitter feed […]

Posted August 10, 2016 in Book Events / 19 Comments

July Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway!

I created this giveaway as a scavenger hunt to encourage people to visit the wrap-ups. There are entries for commenting on wrap-up posts and then there are additional entries for visiting specific posts and answering a question about them. The Link-Up Check out the July wrap-up posts in the linky below. These are the posts that can be used for the giveaway (Random.org chose ten of them to for the scavenger hunt portion of the giveaway). […]

Posted August 8, 2016 in Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 5 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 8/7/16

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 of all, today is my husband’s 40th birthday. Happy birthday, Scott!!! I spent most of this week feeling under the weather. Both my daughter […]

Posted August 7, 2016 in Sunday Post / 26 Comments

July Recap & Best of the Bunch

My Goings On in July: We started out the month by celebrating my son’s birthday (and his cousins’). All of the kids did indoor skydiving, which was a blast! But the most exciting thing that happened in July is that we had Carmen, a Spanish exchange student with us for three weeks. We did SO MANY fun things while she was here. Take a look at the pictures below to give you an idea of what […]

Posted August 6, 2016 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 16 Comments

What Do You Think of Goodreads’ New Look? Let’s Discuss!

So, Goodreads just rolled out some new changes, and I have to say that I’m liking them. The new look and feel seems easier to navigate somehow – easier to find the things I’m really looking for. I think, honestly, just has to do with the fact that they made the images bigger. It’s amazing to me how much of a different feel that gives the site. The biggest difference is that I now notice […]

Posted August 5, 2016 in Let's Discuss / 53 Comments

Top Ten Books I’d Buy if Someone Handed Me a Loaded Gift Card

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Books I’d Buy if Someone Gave Me a Loaded Gift Card Ah, a topic near and dear to our hearts. If money were no object, what books would we pick up FIRST! (Links go to Goodreads) 1. The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson There is a very good chance that I’ll head off to Amazon to purchase this book as soon as I’m done writing this post. The only thing that stopped me […]

Posted August 2, 2016 in Top Ten Tuesday / 23 Comments