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):
So, last Sunday my whole family ran a 5k, and I’m thrilled to say that I actually managed to run the whole thing. This is a big accomplishment for me, since when I was young I couldn’t even run a full mile (I did have asthma, which made things much tougher for me, but still). Now, I won’t say that I ran fast—there are probably people who could pass me up walking—but my main goal was to just keep going, and I did it!
Then on Monday (which was a holiday here in the US), we got season passes for an amusement park near us. They always have a great deal at the end of the year where you can get passes that work for the rest of the current season and next season. It works out perfectly for us because we like to get passes every other year (so we don’t get bored).
I taught my first co-op classes of the year this past week as well, so the schoolyear is now officially underway for me!
Here’s what you may have missed on the blog:
- Blogging 101: What Do You Wish You’d Known When You Started Blogging? – Thanks to all of you who gave me great advice on what I should include in my class. If you haven’t had a chance to add in your two cents on this yet, feel free to share still!
- Keep Her by Leora Krygier – Review for the Fall Favorite Things Blog Tour
- September is for Sequels Sign-Up
- August Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway! – Still time to enter to win! You don’t need to have linked up a wrap-up post to participate in the giveaway.
- Assassins: Discord by Erica Cameron – Review, Author Playlist & Giveaway
- Bite-Sized Audiobook Reviews: On the Jellicoe Road, Forgotten, Spin, Zac and Mia
Next week on FYFA:
- The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron – An unforgettable All-Time Favorite!
- The Copper Gauntlet and The Bronze Key by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare – Reviews
- Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes – Review
- Let’s Discuss: Something bookish! 🙂
Book Blogger Birthdays and Blogoversaries:
There are SO MANY birthdays and blogoversaries this week! I hope you’ll hop over to these blogs and wish them all a very special day! Also, check out the calendar to see what you might have just missed or what’s coming up. (If you want to be added to the calendar, you can always fill out the birthday/blogoversary form!)
- September 12th – Jordin @ A Bottomless Book Bag‘s Birthday
- September 12th – Remembered Deservedly‘s Blogoversary
- September 13th – Lunar Rainbows Reviews‘ Blogoversary
- September 14th – Jaclyn @ JC’s Book Haven‘s Birthday
- September 15th – Bookworm Mom‘s Blogoversary
- September 15th – The Fictional Reader‘s Blogoversary
- September 15th – Trisha @ Yellow, Green, and Read All Over‘s Birthday
- September 16th – Fantasy of the Silver Dragon‘s Blogoversary
- September 17th – Alicia @ Awesome Book Assessment‘s Birthday
- September 17th – Annette’s Book Spot‘s Blogoversary
For Review:
Great Discussions/Goings On Around the Blogosphere:
Here are some of my favorite posts I read this week:
- Lisa Loves Literature is hosting the September is for Sequels Challenge. There’s a giveaway involved and right now I’ the only person signed up. You KNOW you don’t want me to win the giveaway that easily! Join us!
- Sue @ Crushing Cinders asks Are Adult books threatened by YA?
- Cait @ Paper Fury gives 10 Requirements of Being a Book Blogger
- Andrea over at The Overstuffed Bookcase talks about Bullet Journaling for Book Bloggers
- Mary over at Mary Had a Little Book Blog talks about diversity and her reading habits
- I wrote a post about my frustration with the Me Before You movie and how it handled Will’s decisions (I won’t say more than that to avoid spoilers – read the post if you want to see more). Well, then this week I ran across this moving post that made me even less happy with the movie (and the book somewhat, but especially the movie).
- Jeann @ Happy Indulgence talks about When “Diversity” Isn’t Actually Diverse
Other Current Giveaways on FYFA:
(Besides the ones listed above)
Pre-Order Deals:
There are a TON of these right now!!!
- Pre-order GLITTER by Aprilynn Pike and get a fun Glitter swag bag!
- Pre-order DEAD GIRLS SOCIETY by Michelle Krys & get an invite to join the Society, a code to access exclusive content & signed poster!
- Pre-order REMEMBER YESTERDAY by Pintip Dunn and get a Remember Yesterday bookmark, a signed bookplate, and an eBook version of Before Tomorrow, a Forget Tomorrow novella from Logan’s POV, before anyone else can read it. (INT readers can get the novella only.)
- Pre-order HEARTLESS by Marissa Meyer to get a Heartless branded magnetic bookmark.
- Pre-order HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS ILLUSTRATED EDITION and get a wall sticker and 20% off. Order the deluxe edition to get a tote and 20% off. Or order both to get both the sticker and the tote and 30% off. (UK/AU/NZ residents only)
- Pre-order LITTLE BOT AND SPARROW by Jake Parker and enter to receive a signed print (while supplies last) by Jake Parker. All entrants are also automatically entered for a chance to win one of five custom prints by Jake!
- Pre-order CROOKED KINGDOM by Leigh Bardugo or the SIX OF CROWS DUOLOGY Boxed Set and you’ll get a fancy dice set in a branded pouch and a signed bookplate.
- Pre-order METALTOWN by Kristen Simmons and you can enter to win one of four fabulous prize packs!
- Pre-order STEALING SNOW by Danielle Paige to receive a compact mirror!
Even More Awesome Giveaways on Other Sites:
Again, lots of giveaways going on around the blogosphere this week!!!
- Head over to Skye’s Scribblings for a chance to win a hardcover of The Dark Talent by Brandon Sanderson and a swag button
- Head over to Chapter by Chapter for a chance to win a copy of Furthermore, a Tarte™ Matte Lip Tint, and a Gimme Brow Volumizing Gel (US Only)
- It’s Suze’s birthday and she has several giveaways going to celebrate, including a Book of choice worth $12 & 3 awesome book necklaces!
- Head over to Lili’s Reflections for a chance to win a Roald Dahl 100 Celebratory Prize Pack
- Head over to Kissin’ Blue Karen for a chance to win one of two Copies of Labyrinth Lost & Signed Bookmarks
- Writing My Own Fairy Tale has a weekly Friday Grab Bag where you can enter to win an ARC from her list!
- Head over to Jessabella Reads to enter to be one of three winners who will receive a finished copy of THE FORGETTING courtesy of Scholastic. US Only.
- Head over to FiktShun for a chance to win a Torch Against the Night Prize Pack
- The Bookavid is celebrating its two year blogoversary with a giveaway! Enter to be one of three people to win $20 worth of books from The Book Depository (INTL)
- Head over to The Reading Date for a chance to win The Possibility of Somewhere
- Lauren @ Shooting Stars Mag is celebrating her blogoversary with giveaways! Enter to win a cute Pineapple prize pack and a reader’s tote bag.
- Head over to Where Are You Going to win a print of a gorgeous lettering project from Six of Crows!
- Head over to Lilybloombooks for a chance to win a signed copy of all eight Middle Grade books featured on her Back to School Bookshelf Tour!
- Head over to Stuck in Books for a chance to win The Epidemic by Suzanne Young
- A Writer’s Tales has a blogoversary giveaway going on. You can enter to win any art print, mug, or totebag from Pam’s Society6 shop in November.
- Insane About Books is celebrating its fifth blogoversary by giving away a Mystery Box of Books (US) and $20 for TBD (INT)
- Author Kimberly Derting is giving away an ARC of Kami Garcia’s THE LOVELY RECKLESS
- Head over to It Starts at Midnight for the Shattering Stigmas giveaway!
- Star-Crossed Book blog has giveaways going for their blogoversary. Some have ended, but there’s still a chance to win The Iron King by Julie Kagawa, Angelfall by Susan Ee, The Unearthly Trilogy by Cynthia Hand and The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton, The Artists Trilogy (Sins & Needles, Shooting Scars and Bold Tricks) by Karina Halle (ebook), and Anew by Chelsea Fine (ebook)
Lots of good stuff! Have any giveaways or great discussions happening on your site right now? Feel free to share them in the comments!
Congrats on the 5k! I’m training for one of those right now. I’ll have to check out some of the diversity discussions going on in the blogosphere. A lot of people seem to be discussing it right now.
Diversity is definitely a big topic. It’s so complex because people have a lot of emotion wrapped up in it.
Way to go with the 5K! And wowza – thanks for all the links to the giveaways. So much going on in the book bloggiverse.
I think this list gets longer and longer each week – I keep running across more things to share! Glad you’ve found some things that caught your eye!
Go, you! Congratulations. I’m trying to make my way to a point where I can run again. So, for now, I’m walking my way through it.
I’m so bummed I didn’t pick up The Forgetting yesterday. It’s been recommended by a few of my book club friends. Definitely going back to the bookstore for it some time this week. 🙂
Have a great week!
Congrats on the 5K. I Can’t even walk a mile without difficulty. You got some great books.
Grace @ Books of Love
Wow! So many things going on this week! This is a cool post. It’s so nice of you to share all these links to other bloggers’ posts and giveaways and things! And thanks so much for sharing my Bullet Journaling for Book Bloggers post!
And congrats on the 5k! I’ve been trying to walk more often and I haven’t even walked 5k in one session, so you should definitely be proud! The amusement park sounds fun, too! My husband and I are taking the kids to Disneyland this fall and I’m so excited.
I’ll be sure to check out your review of The Forgetting; it sounds like such a good book!
Congrats on your 5K, I would love to do one, maybe one day.
Have a great week Nicole! Happy Reading! ox
Congrats on the 5k!! Hope you enjoy your new books and have a great week!
Congratulations! I couldn’t run a full mile as a kid either (I suspect I had asthma since every doctor since I turned 18 has asked me if I do). Now my knees don’t do any helping on that front, either. Congrats on your accomplishment! I hope the year is off to a great start!
Wow, so many fun giveaways- thanks again for sharing mine!
Congrats on running the 5k. I always really struggled running a mile when I was younger. I’m not sure I’ll ever be a runner, but I do want to get more physically fit!
-Lauren
Wow! Well done on the 5 K! There’s no way I could run that far. Although I’ve joined the gym this week and so will hopefully be getting more fit…I still think it’ll be a while before I’m doing any 5Ks though 🙂
Congrats on the 5k! How exciting and I think it’s neat your whole family did it. I’ve never done one of those but it must be a great feeling finishing! I ran in high school but it’s been a few years ha ha. And thanks for the great links as always. I think the Copper gauntlet and The Bronze Key sound good, and that Holly Black/ Cassandra Clare combo- I’m curious to hear how those books are.
Ooh nice! I keep debating about Dunn’s series! Hope you enjoy the new reads!
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Have a GREAT day!
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I really liked the first book in Dunn’s series, so I’m excited about reading the second one!
Wow, congrats on running the 5K! I’ve never run that much in my life lol. I’ve always hated running. And that sounds fun that you went to the amusement park. And you taught your first blogging class! It’s been a big week for you 😀 How did the class go, by the way?
Congratulations on running the whole 5k! That’s such a huge accomplishment!
And I can’t wait to see what you think of The Lying Planet! That sounds fascinating and it’s a standalone. And her other book sounds intriguing too, enjoy!
Wahoo on running the whole 5k. We use to take advantage of those type deals when our kids were living with us. Hope you had a blast riding the rides.
Wow, congrats on the 5K that is AWESOME! Running with asthma is SO not fun, so I give you so much credit! And I love that you get season passes to the amusement park, that sounds like SO much fun! I need to read The Forgetting, and am so excited to see that it is a favorite for you! I actually was going to start it last night, but it was kind of too close in genre to the ebook I am reading so it shall come next! Hope you enjoy the new books, and that school is going well! Thanks so much for linking to #SS too! You have reminded me that I must pick the winners- which is going to take awhile since there are 5, yikes! Have a wonderful week 😀
Congrats on the 5k! I got Remember Yesterday too, can’t wait for it, the first book was so good!
That is awesome about the 5K! I can’t run a whole mile myself. I wish I could. I just walk. I rarely get to the amusement park in my town. At my last school, I would always volunteer to be a sponsor so I could go with the students when the big field trip was to that amusement park. I’ve really got to get ahold of The Forgetting myself. I keep hearing a lot of good things! You can check out my Sunday Post in the link below!
Congrats on the 5K, Nicole! That’s fantastic – and such an accomplishment. The cover of Remember Yesterday is so gorgeous! So many birthdays and blogoversaries this week… I’m excited to go blog hopping and share some love. 🙂 Hope you have a great week!
FYI: I linked to this post as an Example for my Bloggiesta mini-challenge: “Increasing Readership & Engagement with a Wrap-up Post”
Congrats on the 5k!! That’s a huge acheivement. One day I’ll get there too! Thank you for the round up – I love this style of post!
Congratulations on running the 5K! That’s awesome!