Year: 2016

Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn and Jolene Perry – Review, Interview & Authors’ Top Ten Addictions

Out of Play is the sort of book that deals with tough issues really well but doesn’t completely mangle your heart in the process. Not that I’m not a fan of the occasional heart-mangling (you know I love a good cry now and then), but I think it’s great to have books that tackle these types of issues in a somewhat lighter, more accessible manner as well. A book that gives you the feels, but doesn’t tear […]

Posted June 3, 2016 in Author Interview, Author Top Ten Lists, Reviews / 3 Comments

May Recap & Best of the Bunch

My Goings On in May: BEA!! May was all about BEA. If you haven’t seen my recaps (with giveaways), check them out here: BEA Day 1, BEA Day 2, BEA Day 3 My daughter turned 12 and we went to a fun indoor waterpark to celebrate! I caught up with the current season of Once Upon a Time, so now I need to find a new show to watch while I’m doing the elliptical. Let […]

Posted June 1, 2016 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 21 Comments

June Discussion Challenge Link-Up and Giveaway!

Welcome to the June monthly link-up for the 2016 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! So after June, the year is going to be half over. How is this even possible? Didn’t we just post the sign-ups for this round?! We have really been loving the creativity in your discussions, and enjoy reading them, so thank YOU guys for your amazing participation […]

Posted June 1, 2016 in Book Blog Discussion Challenge, Challenges, Giveaways (Ended) / 3 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 5/29

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): Not much to say about this week, which is probably a good thing – I needed a relaxing week after all the craziness of BEA. […]

Posted May 29, 2016 in Sunday Post / 16 Comments

May Wrap-Up Round-Up

It’s time for the May Wrap-Up Round-Up! The April giveaway is being hosted by Laura @ 125 Pages! There are a couple days left to enter, so hop over there if you haven’t yet!! Thanks so much, Laura!! This is the link-up for our May wrap-up posts. If you don’t already know about the Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up, read the information below: Every month, at the end of the month, I’ll put up a monthly wrap-up link-up post where everyone can link […]

Posted May 28, 2016 in Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 3 Comments

#BEA16 Day Three Wrap-Up and Giveaway

Day Three The third day of BEA was much more laid back than the first two. (By the way, if you haven’t seen my recap of Day One or Day Two – and giveaways – check them out!) By Day Three, we’d gotten almost all the books that we really wanted to snag and I was feeling like everything we grabbed this day was a nice bonus. Because of that, we wandered a bit more and spent more time […]

Posted May 25, 2016 in BEA, Giveaways (Ended) / 33 Comments

The Cage and The Hunt by Megan Shepherd – Review

The Cage by Megan Shepherd Series: The Cage #1 Published by Balzer & Bray on 5/26/15 Genres: Young Adult, Sci Fi, Fantasy Pages: 405 Source: Edelweiss My content rating: YA (Nothing more than kissing) My rating: The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this gripping new series about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed author of The Madman’s Daughter trilogy. When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where […]

Posted May 24, 2016 in Reviews / 21 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 5/22/16

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): As if I didn’t get enough books at BEA, I spent several hours this past week volunteering at the Scholastic Warehouse sale so that I […]

Posted May 22, 2016 in Sunday Post / 35 Comments

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge 24-Hour Readathon Acrostic Giveaway!

Hello, everybody! Welcome to the Clean Sweep ARC Challenge 24-Hour Read-a-thon hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviews! Hope you’re ready for a fantastic reading day!! I thought for my giveaway, I’d do something a little fun and different. You can earn an entry for any book you read that starts with one of the letters in your name. For instance, here’s an acrostic I did awhile back with my first name: N – None of the […]

Posted May 20, 2016 in Challenges, Giveaways (Ended) / 4 Comments

#BEA16 Day Two Wrap-Up & Jennifer Niven Holding Up the Universe Giveaway!!

Day Two The second day of BEA was, by far, the most tiring and crazy! (By the way, if you haven’t seen my recap of Day One and that giveaway, check it out!) This day was all about the books, and I have to tell you that by the end of the day, I had almost every book that I was really hoping for. My mom and I definitely did the divide and conquer thing […]

Posted May 19, 2016 in BEA, Giveaways (Ended) / 40 Comments