Year: 2018

My First Time Switching Between an Audiobook and a Print Book. Let’s Discuss!

Have you ever tried switching back and forth between an audiobook and a “regular” book? I’ve noticed that Amazon offers the option to switch back and forth between a Kindle book and an audiobook (they often offer the audiobook at a discounted price), but I’ve never really considered trying it. Until recently. I put the audiobook of Alex, Approximately on my list of books to listen to from the library and then promptly forgot and […]

Posted May 11, 2018 in Let's Discuss / 45 Comments

Bite-Sized Reviews of Hiding Lies, A Quiet Kind of Thunder, Alex Approximately & The Lost Path

I’ve got four bite-sized reviews for you today: three YA’s and a graphic novel! I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! In this second installment of the Eleanor Ames YA spy thriller series, Ellie is trying to make up for her con artist past and her mistakes in the first book, especially putting the wrong person in prison (well, sort of) and hiding things from her boyfriend (though he […]

Posted May 9, 2018 in Reviews / 42 Comments

March/April Wrap-Up Round-Up “Make Me Read It” 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. I didn’t end up posting the giveaway for March because things got a little hectic, so this month’s giveaway will include entries for comments on both March and April wrap-up posts. The last winner was AJ @ Read All the Things. She chose for us to read Refugee by Alan Gratz, which I […]

Posted May 8, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 5 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 5/6/18

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 have absolutely nothing exciting to tell you about this week. I got more posts up (mostly because the end/beginning of the month has lots […]

Posted May 6, 2018 in Sunday Post / 48 Comments

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty: Review & Giveaway

This book was a breath of fresh air, with a uniquely intelligent MC who we can truly root for! What Fed My Addiction: A mathematical mind. When Lucy was struck by lightning, she woke up with genius-level mathematical skills: acquired savant syndrome is the technical name for it. This, in itself, is really interesting, but Lucy’s mathematical skills affect the way she sees the world in so many ways. For instance, she “sees” numbers as colors, […]

Posted May 4, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Middle Grade, Reviews / 16 Comments

My Newly Organized Bookcases! Let’s Discuss.

I’ve been wanting for years to do a color-coordinated bookcase. I even had two colored shelves (in two different bookcases, for some reason.) But it seemed like such a huge undertaking, and when I looked at all my book spines, I couldn’t see how I could manage it—it always seemed like I had SO many black spines and not enough color. When I recently got rid of a bunch of books, though, I decided it […]

Posted May 2, 2018 in Let's Discuss / 54 Comments

April 2018 Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

My Goings On in April: April was a bit better than March on the blogging front. I’m still blogging less than I used to, but I felt okay about the amount I got done, all things considering. Some of my homeschool co-op classes ended. My two acting classes are over, and we had our final performances. The kids did a great job! My middle school language arts class was supposed to be over, but the […]

Posted May 1, 2018 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 42 Comments

May 2018 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

Welcome to the May monthly link-up for the 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! April showers were supposed to bring May flowers where we live, but it seems like most of the US didn’t get the memo. Hopefully spring shows up in full force soon! In the meantime, keep those discussions coming so that we have plenty to keep us busy while we’re […]

Posted May 1, 2018 in Book Blog Discussion Challenge, Giveaways (Ended) / 2 Comments

April 2018 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up

It’s time for the April Wrap-Up Round-Up! Those of you who are observant noticed that I didn’t do the giveaway for this in March. Sorry about that, but I just decided I needed a one-month breather to catch up on a few things. I’ll be back at it in April (and I’ll allow people to use the March OR April wrap-ups for the giveaway). On the positive side, I used my extra time to make […]

Posted April 30, 2018 in Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 8 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore – 4/29/18

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 totally reorganized my bookcases yesterday! (And my closet, but who cares about that?) I was going to add some pictures here, but then […]

Posted April 29, 2018 in Sunday Post / 38 Comments