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 know I’ve been saying this a lot lately, but this is going to be a quick post today (I’m not adding many new links). I’m really in crunch time trying to finish up my editing job, and I spent all last night helping my daughter work on songs for her recital and helping my son study for his Japanese final.
Here’s what you may have missed on the blog last week:
- April Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch – Find out what you might have missed in April
- May Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway – Link up your discussions here and enter the giveaway!
- Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn: Review & Giveaway – Still time to enter to win my paperback ARC copy!
- Do You Ever Add to Your Posts After You’ve Published Them? Let’s Discuss.
Next week on FYFA:
- The Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway
- It Started with Goodbye by Christina June – Review, Giveaway & June’s Top Ten Addictions – I thought this was to go up last week, but then I realized that I somehow had it in my calendar twice. This week is the real date!
- Let’s Discuss: Something bookish! 🙂
Book Blogger Birthdays and Blogoversaries:
A couple of birthdays and blogoversaries 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.)
- May 9th – KissinBlueKaren‘s Blogoversary
- May 10th – Lovely Reads‘ Blogoversary
- May 11th – Ashleyz Wonderland’s Blogoversary
- May 13th – The Story Goes‘ Blogoversary
I got a couple of books for review and a couple of wins, but I haven’t had time to take pictures. I’ll update you on this next week!
Great Discussions/Goings On Around the Blogosphere:
Again, I’ll let you know next week!
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 THE BATTLEMAGE by Taran Matharu to receive annotated chapters from the book! (ends 5/1)
- 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 NAMES THEY GAVE US by Emery Lord to receive an exclusive set of buttons! (ends 5/15)
- 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 FOLLOW ME BACK by A.V. Geiger and receive a signed bookplate! You will also be entered to win a grand prize #EricThornObsessed backpack filled with fangirl themed goodies. (ends 6/5)
- Pre-order DIVIDING EDEN by Joelle Charbonneau and receive a signed postcard, a set of 4 stickers and a flashing LED ring. If you enter from a tour stop store, you’ll also be entered into a drawing to win 1 of 10 t-shirts. (ends 6/5)
- Pre-order ONCE AND FOR ALL by Sarah Dessen and receive a pocket planner and you’ll also be entered to win a trip for two to Emerald Isle, the beachside town that inspires the setting in Sarah’s books! (ends 6/6)
- Pre-order ROAR by Cora Carmack and receive a Skyfire pendant and Stormheart Chart in a cloth bag! (ends 6/12)
- Pre-order MIDNIGHT JEWEL by Richelle Mead and receive nail decals inspired by The Glittering Court and a chance to win a basket of Richelle Mead’s favorite things. (ends 6/26)
- 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)
- Pre-order WARCROSS by Marie Lu and receive “Life After Legend” an exclusive short story set after the events of the Legend Series (ends 9/11)
Other Current Giveaways on FYFA:
(Besides the ones listed with this week’s posts)
- Little Fun Club Blog Tour & $50 Giveaway: A Lit Box for Kids 0-12! – Still time to enter to win the $50 giveaway!
Latest FYFA Giveaway Winners!!:
- I’ll let you know next week! (Are you sensing a theme here?)
Even More Awesome Giveaways on Other Sites:
- Head over to XPresso Book Tours for a chance to win a Copy of Defy The Stars, Nebula Ear Studs & Constellation Ear Cuffs
- Head over to Pink Polka Dot Books for a chance to win a Complete Set of Sarah Dessen’s Books in Paperback!
- Another chance to win Defy the Stars here at YA Books Central!
- Enter to win a Pre-order of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, Dare Mighty Things, and Gray Wolf Island
- XPresso Book Tours is giving away an Amazon Fire HD 8 and a $200 Amazon Gift Card!
- 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!
Lots of giveaways going on. Seems like you had a very busy week. Hope you love all of your new books.
Seems like I’m constantly having busy weeks lately, but I have a little breather right now!
Good luck with your editing job!! Have a great week
Thanks, Grace!
Thanks for sharing those giveaways! Have a great week 🙂
Always happy to share! I got your submission for the blogoversary calendar and I’ll be adding you later today! 🙂
Aw, thank you!!
No problem. It’s been added!! 🙂
So many giveaways! Awesome! Have a great week 🙂
I love sharing them!
Sounds like you’re a tad busy! Good luck with the editing and with the recital and exam stuff too- spring can be so busy right? Hope you have a great rest of the weekend as well. 🙂
Thanks, Greg! As you can tell by the fact that I’m just getting to replying to these comments now, it WAS a busy week! But I should have a bit more time this week hopefully!!
Wow! Sounds like busy times!! Hope you get a break for yourself soon! Can’t wait to see what you got next week! Happy Reading!
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Have a GREAT day!
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I saved up LOTS of new books to report for this week. 🙂
You’re always go, go, go. Totally understandable! I’m a mom, too. 🙂
I hope your week will be easier.
Happy reading, Nicole.
Go, go, go just about sums it up!
It seems many of us are hit or miss on posts because of one thing or another. I call it the Spring Flu! LOL We are excited about warm weather and lose it! You are very busy and editing takes up a lot of time.
My Sunday Post
Must be true. It’s so nice to see the sun again that we’re all enchanted!
So much going on! I hope things calm down a bit when your kids finish up their finals and whatnot. 🙂
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
p.s. are you going to ALA this year?
Yes, I’m going to ALA! Will you be there?
Good luck with the deadline and end of year school stuff for the kiddos! Hope you find a little me time this week 🙂
Thanks! It didn’t really happen this week, but next week should be a lot less hectic!
Hope you hit your deadline with no issues! Have a great week!
Thanks, Steph! First edit has been sent off to the author. 🙂
It sounds like you’re busy. Good luck with your editing job. Have a great week!
Thanks, AJ! Things have finally calmed down.
Hope the editing job is going well and that you have a great week, Nicole!
Thanks, Tanya! I finished the first edit, so I have a bit more free time for right now. 🙂
I hope you got the editing done on time. Great job “throwing this post together”. You amaze me with all that you get done. Thanks for sharing all the giveaway and pre-order links. Have a great week!
I’m still working on the editing project, but I did get some good work in on Sunday!
Ha! this sound like my last update. BUT yours are NOT quick posts! You have so much great information in your posts! today (I’m not adding many new links).
I think we should recruits our kids to help with the blog since they get often in the middle of us moms blogging ;-P
Good luck with your editing work! EDITING! OH THE DREAM!!! I’m off to search your blog to see if you have post tips about editing 🙂 I’ll need them soon 🙂
My Sunday Posts take me a long time typically, so this one was quick for me (most of the links were giveaways that were still running from the week before). I agree about the kids, though—I need to put them to work!