Month: August 2018

Goodreads’ YA Books Lists. Let’s Discuss.

Goodreads’ YA Books Lists. Let’s Discuss.

For their celebration of YA Week, Goodreads created a few lists specific to YA. I know I just did a post on Goodreads Mid-Year lists, but I couldn’t resist checking these out too. I was curious how many of the books I’d read. CLICK ON THE CATEGORY HEADINGS TO SEE THE LISTS ON GOODREADS. 100 Top YA Books: This is an all-time list that Goodreads came up with using books that are most often on […]

Posted August 8, 2018 in Let's Discuss / 57 Comments
July Wrap-Up Round-Up “Make Me Read It” Giveaway

July Wrap-Up Round-Up “Make Me Read It” Giveaway

I created this giveaway to encourage people to visit people’s monthly wrap-up posts. There are entries for commenting on the wrap-up posts in the link-up. Danielle Hammelef won the May/June giveaway! NOTE: I know Danielle wins this giveaway a lot, but I want to point out that she totally deserves it—every month, she reads and comments on almost every wrap-up post that’s linked up. Danielle doesn’t have a blog, but she’s a vital part of […]

Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart: Review & Giveaway

Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart: Review & Giveaway

This book was surprisingly refreshing! For some reason, I wasn’t expecting to love it quite as much as I did. I went in with certain expectations—even just from the title—and found that most of them were surpassed or turned upside down. I ended up flipping the pages furiously because I just didn’t want to put the book down! What Fed My Addiction: Sisterly affections. The sisters’ relationship was complicated. In fact, I spent much of my reading […]

Posted August 6, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 38 Comments
Sunday Post: Preorder Deals and Giveaways Galore – 8/5/18

Sunday Post: Preorder Deals and Giveaways Galore – 8/5/18

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 made up for being gone so long by posting A LOT this week! Other than that, not much going on—I’ve been trying to […]

Posted August 5, 2018 in Sunday Post / 28 Comments
Bite-Sized Reviews of Bring Me Their Hearts, The Mermaid, and A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Bite-Sized Reviews of Bring Me Their Hearts, The Mermaid, and A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

I’ve got three reviews for you today, one YA fantasy, one historical fantasy (or paranormal, I guess?), and one collection of short stories. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book, but I knew I liked it right from the start. Zera is full of snark—just the way I like my YA MCs. I loved the fact that she was a […]

Posted August 3, 2018 in Reviews / 22 Comments
Make Me Read It Readathon Sign up and Poll

Make Me Read It Readathon Sign up and Poll

I just found the Make Me Read It Readathon and got all excited. It’s hosted by Val @ The Innocent Smiley and Ely @ Of Wonderland. My monthly Make Me Read It Giveaway has been really successful for getting me to read some books I’ve been meaning to get to for a long time, and I thought why not push it even a little further and do this readathon? What Is This Readathon About? Look at the books you […]

Posted August 2, 2018 in Challenges / 34 Comments
July 2018 Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

July 2018 Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

  My Goings On in July: I sent out my first queries! And got my first rejection. I guess that makes me a real writer, right? I haven’t heard from the other agents I queried yet, but I’m gearing up to send out a few more. I know that this process is going to be long and difficult with lots of rejection along the way, so I’m trying to prepare myself mentally. I keep editing my […]

Posted August 1, 2018 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 48 Comments
August 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

August 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

Welcome to the August monthly link-up for the 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! We are loving everyone’s discussions! It’s awesome that you were all able to keep them coming even in the slower summer months!! You guys are amazing! The winner of our May discussion challenge link-up was Sam @ We Live and Breathe Books! She chose The Anatomical Shape […]