Month: March 2018

March Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

March Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

My Goings On in March: I barely blogged in March! I’m feeling a bit behind on just about everything lately, and it came through in my blogging. I think this was the least number of posts I’ve put up in a month since my very early days of blogging. On the positive side, school is ramping down for our homeschool co-op, and I should have a lot more time once that happens. And since my […]

Posted March 31, 2018 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 36 Comments
March 2018 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up

March 2018 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up

It’s time for the March Wrap-Up Round-Up! The February giveaway ends soon, so this is your last chance to enter! For January, the winner was Danielle Hammelef, who chose The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre. Confession: I completely forgot about reading this book and now I’m way behind. This is going to be my next read!! (So sorry, Danielle!!) I also haven’t been great about reading and commenting on all of […]

Posted March 31, 2018 in Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 10 Comments
In Her Skin by Kim Savage: Review & Giveaway

In Her Skin by Kim Savage: Review & Giveaway

What a twisty ride this book was! Kim Savage knows how to take you on a journey with her books—and you’re not always sure you’re going to end up somewhere pretty. That was definitely the case with this one. What Fed My Addiction: Life hijack. I don’t know what it is, but I’m always fascinated by stories where the main character takes over someone else’s life. In this case, Jo sees an opportunity to pretend to be […]

Posted March 27, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 24 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/25/18

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/25/18

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. This past week on FYFA (and in my life): I took a bit of an unplanned hiatus this week, as you can probably see. I’m just kind of overwhelmed at this moment with writing […]

Posted March 25, 2018 in Sunday Post / 42 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/18/18

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/18/18

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. This past week on FYFA (and in my life): I started working with three critique partners this week! It’s funny because I’d tweeted about my search for a CP with no luck—but then suddenly, […]

Posted March 18, 2018 in Sunday Post / 32 Comments
Bite-Sized Reviews of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Deception So Dark and Some Kind of Happiness

Bite-Sized Reviews of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Deception So Dark and Some Kind of Happiness

I’ve got three bite-sized reviews for you today: two YA and a MG. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! This middle grade book tackles some very heavy topics, focusing on Finley’s anxiety and depression. It also covers divorce, family schisms, mysterious deaths, and secret-keeping. The result is a somewhat dark, but ultimately hopeful middle grade read. First off, I want to say that I think Legrand does an excellent […]

Posted March 16, 2018 in Reviews / 30 Comments
A Wrinkle in Time: A Spoiler-Filled Comparison of Book Vs. Movie

A Wrinkle in Time: A Spoiler-Filled Comparison of Book Vs. Movie

First of all, I know I mentioned this in the title of the post, but I want to reiterate it here. This post is going to contain spoilers for both the movie and the book. So, don’t keep reading unless you’ve read/seen A Wrinkle in Time (or don’t mind being spoiled)! My kids, my mom and I went to go see A Wrinkle in Time last week, and we spent the entire drive home debating […]

Posted March 12, 2018 in Spoiler-Filled Discussion / 19 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/11/18

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 3/11/18

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. This past week on FYFA (and in my life): I finally heard back about that writing workshop I was hoping for, and unfortunately I wasn’t accepted. I’m a little sad, but let’s face […]

Posted March 11, 2018 in Sunday Post / 46 Comments
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: All-Time Favorite Review & Giveaway!

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: All-Time Favorite Review & Giveaway!

Reviewer: Official Captain of Reviews Nicole M. Hewitt Date: 03/09/2018 (four days pre-release) Timestamp: 06:30 CT All contents herein are top-secret, CLASSIFIED. Read this review at your own risk. Please disregard any sections with a strikethrough. Any inappropriate language will be blacked out. (In real life, I don’t generally swear, but let’s pretend. In my head, as I’m writing this, I’m probably just saying wimpy words like frickin’, but you can imagine they’re whatever you want.) […]

Posted March 9, 2018 in All-Time Favorites, Reviews / 38 Comments
February 2018 Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway

February 2018 Wrap-Up Round-Up Giveaway

I created this giveaway to encourage people to visit people’s wrap-ups. There are entries for commenting on the wrap-up posts in the link-up. Last month’s winner was Danielle H. She chose for us to read The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre, which I’ll be picking up as my next read! The Link-Up Check out the February wrap-up posts in the linky below. These are the posts that can be used for the […]