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):
I had the chance to go see Laini Taylor this week for her Strange the Dreamer tour. I’ve (finally) been listening to her Daughter of Smoke and Bone Series via audiobook, and I’ve been loving it, so I jumped at the chance to meet her! As expected, she was funny and lovely—I’ll try to post a recap this week if I can!
Here’s what you may have missed on the blog last week:
- The Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler: Review & Giveaway
- Bite-Sized Reviews of The Pain Eater, Just Another Girl and Toward a Secret Sky
- Why Everything I’ve Ever Told You About Book Blogging Is Wrong (and Also Right). Let’s Discuss.
- March Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway
Next week on FYFA:
- Dream Magic by Joshua Khan: Review & Khan’s Top Ten Addictions
- Ignite by Danielle Rogland: Review
- Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray: Review
- A recap of the Laini Taylor event
- Let’s Discuss: Something bookish! 🙂
Book Blogger Birthdays and Blogoversaries:
Lots of birthdays and blogoversaries again this week! I hope you’ll go wish these bloggers well on their special days! Make sure you 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.)
- April 10th – Jen @ Star-Crossed Book Blog‘s Birthday
- April 13th – Julie @ Chapter Break‘s Birthday
- April 15th – Aeriko @ The Reading Armchair‘s Birthday
- April 15th – Laura @ Boats Against The Current‘s Birthday
- April 15th – Paved With Books‘ Blogoversary
My mom and I met Laini Taylor at Anderson’s Bookshop this week and I got a copy of the book signed, of course!
Great Discussions/Goings On Around the Blogosphere:
Here are a few posts I loved this week:
- Krysta @ Pages Unbound wonders if we’ll ever see a movie version of The Little Mermaid that stays true to Anderson’s original.
- Puput @ Sparkling Letters teamed up with some of her Asian friends and talked about how they’d like to see their cultures represented in books (and the stereotypes they’d like to see avoided!).
- Jennilyn @ Rurouni Jenni Reads asks the question: Do Racially Indeterminate, Non Gender Specific Characters Hurt The Push For Diversity?
- Laura @ Boats Against the Current asks What makes a ‘strong’ female character?
- Christina @ Creating Serenity gives some great advice in her post: How do you Create Headlines?
Pre-Order Deals:
I’m now putting these in order of release date to make it easier on myself (and you, I think). Any new deals that I just added to the list this week will be denoted with a *** so you can easily find them!
- Pre-order BLACKSOULS by Nicole Castroman and receive a poster, signed bookplate, and bookmark. (ends 4/10)
- Pre-order SPINDLE FIRE by Lexa Hillyer and receive an 8″x10″ framable map (and you’ll also be entered to win a Kindle Fire!). (ends 4/10)
- Pre-order ALEX AND ELIZA: A LOVE STORY by Melissa de la Cruz to receive a custom pin and signed bookplate! (ends 4/10)
- ***Pre-order DRAGONS LOVE TACOS 2 by Adam Rubin and receive a bumper sticker and a chance to win the Ultimate Taco Party Book Basket! (ends 5/1)
- ***Pre-order SPILL ZONE by Scott Westerfield and receive a set of Spill Zone tattoos! (ends 5/1)
- ***Pre-order THIS IS JUST MY FACE by Gabourey Sidibe and receive a set of buttons! (ends 5/1)
- Pre-order ALWAYS AND FOREVER, LARA JEAN by Jenny Han and get custom Lara Jean nail decals, a signed bookplate, and more! (ends 5/1)
- Pre-order A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN by Sarah J. Maas and receive an exclusive color poster of the official map! (ends 5/1)
- Pre-order GIRL OUT OF WATER by Laura Silverman and receive a signed postcard and playlist. You will also be entered to win one of two prize packs and one grand prize prize pack containing a $25 B&N gift card. (ends 5/1)
- Pre-order IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE by Christina June and get a bonus chapter from before ISWG begins! (ends 5/8)
- Pre-order THE CROWN’S FATE by Evelyn Skye, and you can get a limited edition bookmark and a set of 3 stickers–Team Vika, Team Nikolai, and Team Pasha! Plus, there’s an additional giveaway if you order from Kepler’s. (ends 5/15)
- ***Pre-order FLAME IN THE MIST by Renee Ahdieh and receive an exclusive button pack and a chance to win a trip to Book Con in NYC!! (ends 5/15)
- Pre-order BRANDED by Eric Smith and you’ll get a set of signed postcards of the covers, an Inked and Branded quote postcard set designed by author and illustrator Ashley Poston, and a handful of temporary tattoos! (ends 5/22)
- Pre-order DARK BREAKS THE DAWN by Sara B. Larson and get a signed bookmark (and you’ll be entered to win LOTS of other great prizes!!) (ends 5/29)
- Pre-order ENIGMA by Tonya Kuper receive an Enigma swag pack, including a signed book plate, plus the possibility of lots of other goodies as well! (ends 6/30)
- Pre-order WASTE OF SPACE by Gina Damico and receive a bookmark, a magnet, and a 4″x6″ print of Damico’s original hand-drawn sketch of the spaceship’s schematics. (ends 7/11)
Other Current Giveaways on FYFA:
(Besides the ones listed with this week’s posts)
- April Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway – Link up your discussions here and enter the giveaway!
Even More Awesome Giveaways on Other Sites:
- Enter to win the first two Harry Potter Illustrated Books!
- The Spring 2017 YA Scavenger Hunt is here with a chance to win LOTS of books!
- Tracy & MC @ Cornerfolds are celebrating the blog’s 3rd blogoversary with a giveaway of two of Tracy’s favorite books!
- XPresso Book Tours is giving away an Amazon Fire HD 8 and a $200 Amazon Gift Card!
- Trish Doller is giving away an annotated ARC of her book IN A PERFECT WORLD
- Enter to win an ARC of The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye and Vika’s earrings!
- Enter to Win one (or more) framed copies of the Original Covers that these 13 Artists made for their favorite books
- Tanya @ Girl Plus Books is celebrating her 2nd blogoversary with a giveaway!
- Head over to Pink Polka Dot Books for a chance to win a physical copy of The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend
- Enter to win the March #NOVLbox curated by Claudia Gray, author of Defy the Stars!
- Head over to NovelKnight for a chance to win a pre-order of ROAR by Cora Carmack.
- The Bookkeeper’s Secrets is doing a year-long giveaway!
Lots of good stuff! Have any giveaways or great discussions happening on your site right now? Feel free to share them in the comments!
Oh those are some great preorder deals!!! I am off to check some of those out! Thanks for sharing!
There are TONS of preorder deals right now, it seems!
Oh, I’m so jealous you got to meet Laini! I love her Daughter of Smoke and Bone books and I REALLY need to get Strange the Dreamer.
-Lauren
I’m loving Smoke and Bone too—I’m currently listening to the last book and I’ve been hooked the entire time!
Congrats on meeting Laini Taylor! And you’re reviewing Defy the Stars this week- yay. I just saw Shannon’s mini- review and I think I want that one! Looks good.
Have a fabulous week Nicole!
The Laini Taylor event was really fun—I’m so glad I’m lucky enough to have a lot of authors come out my way!
Wow. you got some great deals. I just got an Amazon Gift Card and going to go check out my wish list. I love to meet authors too. Met a few and they were sweet and funny. How awesome you got to meet her and get the book signed. I keep all of my signed ones. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my post.
Yay for Amazon gift cards! Hope you found something great!
Thanks for sharing the picture. How cool to get to meet the author. I’ve read the book, and heard it was awesome on audio.
I’ve heard fantastic things about Strange the Dreamer—I’m excited to read it!!
Great post. Thanks for the preorder list and the giveaways. Glad you could meet Laini Taylor. Her book has been on my TBR for a while but I haven’t been able to purchase it. I’ve heard lots of great things about it. I’m planning to purchase one day. Thanks for sharing.
Have a great week and happy reading. 😀
I have to confess that I ignored Laini Taylor for a long time. Then I finally listened to her Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy and realized that I’ve been missing out!
It’s cool that you got to meet Laini Taylor. I really need to read one of her books. I read a few pages of one for a lecture I attended, and I loved her writing style. So many books, so little time.
She has a gorgeous writing style—it definitely got me hooked!
How awesome that you were able to meet Laini Taylor! I just love author events. I’ve actually never read her DoSaB series. The only thing I’ve read from her is her short story that was included in the My True Love Gave to Me anthology. And, to be honest, it my my least favorite of the 12 stories. *cringe* It was just so… out there… and made me wonder if her writing just isn’t for me. I still own the DoSaB books so maybe I’ll still give them a try at some point.
Hope your week is off to a great start, Nicole!
I haven’t read MTLGtM, but sorry you didn’t love Taylor’s story in it. Her stories are a bit out there in the fantasy realm, but I find myself LOVING them. Might be hard with a short story, though, because you don’t have enough time to truly establish a lot of things.
Hi, Nicole! Thanks for visiting my blog! I’m so sorry it took me so long to answer and visit your blog. Actually one of my friends made a link to you wonderful A Book Blogger’s Guide to Acronyms, Terms and Slang back in February, and I followed your blog right away. I like your writing style and it looks like our tastes in books are similar. I had all intentions to be a regular visitor, but real life took me away. I’m currently taking my PhD program and unfortunately my blogging time will be limited until summer.
I’m so jealous of my US friends who can meet authors. I haven’t read Daughter of Smoke and Bone Series yet and I want to do it in audio format. I’m glad to hear you are enjoying it. Do you listen to a lot of audiobook? I’m a big fan, I even have audiobook related feature on my blog Audio Obsession.
Have a great week!
I would imagine that a PhD program would eat up pretty much any and all spare time. No worries! As you can see, I’m late in responding myself. Blogging sometimes has to take a backseat to life!
You met Laini! How cool! I hope you have a great week!
It was very fun!
I got to meet Laini Taylor a few years ago when the sequel to Daughter of Smoke and Bone came out. She is so nice! I loved your post on about what you’ve told people about blogging was wrong, I got a few chuckles out of it. Have a great week!
It was a really fun event—Laini has such a sunny personality. You can just tell she’s a fun person to hang around with.