Month: March 2017

March Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

March Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

  My Goings On in March: Remember how I said February was painful? Well, March was a huge improvement … until a curveball was thrown my way, and now things are crazy again. Hopefully it won’t affect my blogging much (I need this distraction), but if I’m around a bit less, I’m sorry. It’s looking like 2017 is going to be a tumultuous year for our family. On Instragram: Most Popular Posts: I’m sure you’re tired of […]

Posted March 31, 2017 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 31 Comments
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz: Review

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz: Review

I really enjoyed this book, and it was beautifully written, but there were a few things that kept me from absolutely adoring it. I almost wrote a bite-sized review for this one, but then I decided I just couldn’t talk about it concisely enough for that because there were a lot of points that I wanted to talk about. My feelings about this book are complicated! What Fed My Addiction: Gorgeous writing. Sáenz has a way […]

Posted March 29, 2017 in Reviews / 18 Comments
March Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up

March Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up

It’s time for the March Wrap-Up Round-Up! The February Wrap-Up giveaway is being hosted right here on FYFA. There are a few more days to enter so make sure you head over there! This is the link-up for our March 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 up their […]

Posted March 27, 2017 in Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 12 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/26/17

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/26/17

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): My two homeschooled kids were on spring break from co-op this week (though we still had some work that we needed to get done), so […]

Posted March 26, 2017 in Sunday Post / 24 Comments
Watching Bloggers Come and Go. Let’s Discuss!

Watching Bloggers Come and Go. Let’s Discuss!

So, now that my blog has been around for four years, I’ve noticed something—a lot of blogs (and bloggers) have disappeared over these four years. I know it’s the natural progression of things—people move on to new hobbies, new stages of life, new life goals, and blogging gets pushed the side—but it still somehow surprises me when I go through my Bloglovin’ or my Twitter and see so many blogs that have been inactive for months. […]

Posted March 24, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 63 Comments
Bite-Sized Reviews of Waking in Time, Redux, Confessions of a High School Disaster, Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and Mutant Mantis Lunch Ladies

Bite-Sized Reviews of Waking in Time, Redux, Confessions of a High School Disaster, Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and Mutant Mantis Lunch Ladies

I’ve gotten a lot of new books for review lately, and I’ve decided to do bite-sized reviews of some of them, so I don’t have to post every single day of the week for forever. Hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! I’m a huge fan of time-travel stories, so when the author offered this one up for review (at an event I attended) I had to snatch it up! I’m […]

Posted March 22, 2017 in Reviews / 19 Comments
Top Ten Quick Reads

Top Ten Quick Reads

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Quick Reads In order to come up with this list, I looked at the books I’ve read that were less than 300 pages and decided which ones I loved the most! Pick up one of these books when you’re looking for a fantastic quick read! (In no particular order, except how I happened to arrange them in the pic. Links go to my reviews) 1. The Prophecy by Erin Rhew I read this fun […]

Posted March 21, 2017 in Top Ten Tuesday / 28 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/19/17

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/19/17

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 new to say this week. My daughter’s been sick for the past few days, so we’ve seen about 4,000 episodes of Phineas and […]

Posted March 19, 2017 in Sunday Post / 28 Comments
My Haphazard Reading Habits. Let’s Discuss!

My Haphazard Reading Habits. Let’s Discuss!

The other day, I was reading a fun post on Read All the Things where AJ lists what she calls her Reading Process. She has a really organized and solid approach to choosing books to read, determining what to read next, reviewing, etc. This post made me laugh, not because AJ is funny (though she is—you should totally go read all of her monthly wrap-ups because they’re always hilarious), but because AJ and I are […]

Posted March 17, 2017 in Let's Discuss / 30 Comments
Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse: Review & Vinesse’s Top Ten Addictions

Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse: Review & Vinesse’s Top Ten Addictions

Apparently, I’m on a Japan reviewing kick right now since just yesterday I featured the Miso Cozy Mysteries, which have a Japanese MC and take place in Japan. This book takes place there too (but it’s just a fun coincidence I’m reviewing them back-to-back). Still it’s not a coincidence that I’m reading a lot of books that involve this country lately—I’ve become sort of fascinated with all things Japanese lately! This book is a super […]

Posted March 15, 2017 in Author Top Ten Lists, Reviews / 10 Comments