This past week on FYFA (and in my life):
Today is my birthday!! Since my husband’s going out of time today (and we have a busy day), we already celebrated yesterday. My family made me a super yummy (and super complicated) dinner, and my husband got me tickets to Hamilton!!! We’re going in a couple of weeks, and I’m so excited!
I also participated in WriteOnCon this weekend, which has been great help, especially with my query (which I had no idea how to write). Since this was also Danielle’s final swim meet of the season, I’m going to have to go through a lot of the materials later, but I have access to them for a month, which is perfect.
Here’s what you may have missed on the blog this past week:
- Fun with SPAM!
- Bite-Sized Reviews of Dare Mighty Things, The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart, The List & Welcome Home
- By a Charm and a Curse by Jaime Questell: Review, Giveaway & Questell’s Top Ten Addictions
- January 2018 Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway
Next week on FYFA:
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton: Review
- The Ambrose Deception by by Emily Ecton: Review
- A Macmillan Collector’s Library Valentine’s post with giveaway!!
Book Blogger Birthdays and Blogoversaries:
Here are the 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.)
- February 11th – MY BIRTHDAY! (I’m the only one this week. Weird!)
I’m really tired and won’t have time to update this tomorrow (Sunday) so I think I’m going to hold off on posting this until next week…
Pre-Order Deals:
Listed in order of release date. Any new deals that I just added to the list this week will be denoted with a *** so you can easily find them!
Please note: Almost all pre-order giveaways run “while supplies last,” so I can’t guarantee that they’ll be open until the date listed. Pre-0rder early for your best chance to get all the goodies!
- Pre-order NEITHER by Airlie Anderson to receive a hand-painted bookplate (ends 2/12)
- ***Pre-order THE TRAITOR PRINCE by CJ Redwine to receive “The Wicked Woods,” a short story in the Ravenspire world. (ends 2/14)
- Pre-order PEOPLE LIKE US by Dana Mele to receive a signed bookmark and a chance to win more! (ends 2/20)
- Pre-order HEART OF IRON by Ashley Poston to receive 1 of 4 (or all 4, depending on where you order from) ultra-exclusive holographic character prints and a signed bookplate. (INT) (ends 2/26)
- Pre-order THE TRAITOR’S GAME by Jennifer A.. Neilsen to receive a signed quote card, temporary tattoo, signed bookplate, dagger keychain, teacher discussion guide, and an entry to win ARC of Resistance or Skype visit! (ends 2/26)
- Pre-order DAUGHTER OF THE SIREN QUEEN by Tricia Levenseller to receive a signed bookplate, bookmark and an exclusive chapter from Riden’s PoV. (ends 2/26)
- Pre-order THE CASE FOR JAMIE by Brittany Cavallaro to receive a signed book and exclusive Charlotte Holmes swag. (ends 3/5)
- Pre-order THE MIDNIGHTS by Sarah Nicole Smetana to receive a postcard showcasing the beautiful cover, a fun bookmark, one randomly selected circle sticker, a signed bookplate, and the chance to win a grand prize pack! (INT) (ends 3/5)
- Pre-order CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi to receive a limited edition poster! (ends 3/5)
- Pre-order THE FINAL SIX by Alexandra Monir to receive a book of choice from the author’s backlist, a limited edition signed bookplate, a bookmark and a chance to win more! (INT) (ends 3/5)
- Pre-order THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER by Emily X.R. Pan to receive an enamel pin, a signed print of an original painting, a bookmark print (carved & letterpressed), and a vinyl sticker with book quote. (ends 3/19)
- Pre-order FAILING UP by Leslie Odom, Jr. to receive a limited edition print signed by Leslie Odom, Jr.! (ends 3/26)
- Pre-order IN HER SKIN by Kim Savage to receive a laptop decal and to be entered to win a custom-made Eponine Funko, as well as a Kindle Paperwhite! (ends 3/26)
- Pre-order LOST CROW CONSPIRACY by Rosalyn Eves to receive a fridge magnet with a quote from the book (featuring one of the author’s illustrations), a temporary tattoo, a bookmark, and a signed bookplate. (ends 3/26)
- Pre-order DREAD NATION by Justina Ireland to receive stickers and 2 of 5 color and send postcards (ends 4/2)
- ***Pre-order SOMETIMES YOU FLY by Katherine Applegate to receive a signed deluxe art print. (ends 4/2)
- ***Pre-order SCOURGED by Kevin Hearne to receive an Iron Druid fan kit—including an exclusive art print, signed by the author! (ends 4/2)
- Pre-order ACE OF SHADES by Amanda Foody to receive three bookmarks with exclusive art inspired by the City of Sin, a signed bookplate, and a bonus quiz revealing which gang of New Reynes you’d claim as your own. (INT) (ends 4/9)
- ***Pre-order THE DIMINISHED by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson to receive one of the 6 character cards, a bookplate, a bookmark, a postcard and a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE! (ends 4/9)
- ***Preorder A COURT OF FROST AND STARLIGHT by Sarah J. Maas to receive a Night Court enamel pin! (ends 4/30)
- ***Pre-order PUDDIN’ by Julie Murphy to receive pre-order swag. (ends 5/6)
Other Current Giveaways on FYFA:
(Besides the ones listed with this week’s posts)
- It’s Feed Your Fiction Addiction’s 5th Blogoversary Giveaway!
- February Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway
Even More Awesome Giveaways on Other Sites:
- Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a set of swoon-worthy books from Penguin.
- Head over to Live Love Read for a chance to win a signed hardcover copy of Reign the Earth!
- Simon & Schuster is giving away audiobooks, gift cards and more!
- Head over to YA Books Central for a chance to win a signed poster of the book cover for The Belles.
- Check out this pre-Valentine’s giveaway from Aimee, Always and win a YA fantasy-romance of your choice!
- Enter to win the Romance Is in the Air $100 Amazon Gift Code or Paypal Cash giveaway!
- Xpresso Reads is giving away a Kindle Paperwhite and a $50 gift card
Lots of good stuff! Have any giveaways or great discussions happening on your site right now? Feel free to share them in the comments!
Happy birthday! I hope you have a great week.
Thanks, AJ!
Happy happy birthday!! Sounds like you had a great one and yay for Hamilton. Have a great week!
Thank you, Grace!
Happy Birthday! It sounds like you’ve had a good, but busy weekend. I found your blog by following the discussion challenge from someone else’s blog. I think that’s a great idea and I’m going to sign-up for it–so thanks for hosting it.
I’m so excited that you’re joining us for the Discussion Challenge! It’s one of my favorite things about blogging!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day relaxing and doing whatever you want for the day. Also, cake, there better be cake. I can’t believe you got tickets for Hamilton! That’s a good gift.
We did donuts instead of cake—weird, but I love them. 🙂
Happy birthday!! I hope you enjoy Hamilton.
Thanks so much!
Happy birthday! 😀
Thank you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you have a fantastic day!!!
I want to see Hamilton, I hope you love it.
Hope you have a great week, Nicole! Happy Reading! 🙂
Thanks so much! I’m super excited about Hamilton!
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great time seeing Hamilton I’ve heard a lot of great things about it:)
I can’t wait!!
Happy Birthday Nicole!!! Hope you have a GREAT day yesterday (and TODAY!)! Wow! Hamilton tickets!! Know that’s a popular one! To think what 10 years ago maybe…it was Wicked everyone was after! Lol!! I did see that one though!
Can’t wait to see what you got next week!! Hope you’re still enjoying today!
Here’s my STS
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
I LOVED Wicked, and I’m super excited about Hamilton. Can’t wait!!
Wow, Hamilton. How fun. Happy Birthday to you!
Thanks so much!!
Happy birthday!!!! I hope you love your trip to see Hamilton. I am so excited you are moving forward with your book!
I’m super excited about both things! I’ve been working like crazy on the book, but I think I have the edit done (for now—I’m sure there will be many more!). Now I just have to wait to find out about the workshop. If this one doesn’t work out, there are lots of other opportunities!
Happy Birthday Nicole!!!
Hamilton will be so much fun. That’s a great gift. Your book is really coming along right? I am so glad that you are really pursuing this. It is fun to chase after your dream, even if it is bit scary.
I hope you have a great week!
You know all about chasing scary dreams! I’ve been rooting for you!
Happy Birthday!! I remember when WriteOnCon was really new and it was all free – I tried to pay attention to what I could the first couple years, but honestly, until you mentioned it again in a comment to me a week or two ago, I’d forgotten about it! That’s great you are getting month-long access! I hope it helps!
-Lauren
Yeah, there was no way I could keep up with the conference in real time because I just had too much going on, but I love that I have a month to review everything.
Happy birthday!! Hope it’s a great one!! And yay for Hamilton!!! That’s a pretty good present. 🙂
Have a super week Nicole!!
I’m super excited about this present—best one in years!
So happy you had a lovely birthday weekend (you deserve it!). Tickets to Hamilton! He really planned in advance. Nice!
He’d love to say he planned in advance, but actually he just paid a lot for the tickets. LOL! It’s practically impossible to get tickets when they first go on sale (I’ve tried!) so a birthday is a good reason to justify the expensive ones that are left when the original sales are done.
Happy birthday! It sounds like it was a great weekend. 🙂
Thanks, Steph!
Happy birthday! 🙂
My blog just turned one at the end of January and I’m having a giveaway for it too! Here’s the link if you want to see it:
https://frozenbooksblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/my-blogs-1st-birthday-birthstone-book.html#more
Happy blogoversary! I tweeted a link to your post and I’ll put it in my Sunday Post on Sunday for the final day of the giveaway!
Awe, than you! 🙂
🙂
Aw happy birthday! It sounds like a wonderful one. Hope you have a good rest of your birthday week!
Thank you!!
Happy (belated) birthday, Nicole! Sounds like you had a fabulous celebration – good for you! I hope you’re having a great, productive week!
Thanks, Tanya! I have been working HARD on my book this week and just finally finished my edits. Now I can get back to blogging! 🙂
Happy (belated) birthday, Nicole! I can’t wait to see what you think of Hamilton. My younger daughter and I saw it last August in Chicago and we thought it was phenomenal! 🙂 I hope you’re having a great week!
I’m in Chicago too, so that’s where I’ll be seeing it. I can’t wait!!
Happy Birthday! I hope it was wonderful. And thanks for all the freebies! I feel bad – you giving us all presents on your birthday!
But giving is so much fun! 🙂
Happy Belated Birthday!!!!! A complicated dinner sounds awesome and those tickets?! I’m over the moon happy for you! I can’t wait for you to talk about how it goes in a future Sunday Post!
I’m super excited to go!!
ugh sorry I’m so behind catching up with your posts! February has been absolutely crazy! Glad to hear you had a good time in your Birthday and… Hamilton!!! yeah! Probably going next week huh? We’re going in a couple of weeks, and I’m so excited!
and yay for WriteOnCon too! OMG you are querying! good luck Nicole!
I’ve been crazily behind as well, so I certainly can’t blame anyone else for being in the same state!