Year: 2018

Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel – Tour Recap

Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel – Tour Recap

On Friday, my mom and I went to the Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel tour stop at Anderson’s Bookstore. This was way more than a book signing, it was a musical event! It was the perfect way for us to get a little taste of the musical since I got my mom tickets for us to see the show together in February for her 70th birthday! I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this tour. The […]

Posted October 17, 2018 in Book Events / 22 Comments
Bite-Sized Reviews of Listen to Your Heart, Warcross & Wildcard, Girls Like Us

Bite-Sized Reviews of Listen to Your Heart, Warcross & Wildcard, Girls Like Us

I’ve got four audiobook reviews for you today: a YA contemp, a YA science fiction duology and a non-fiction(!). I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! This book is quintessential Kasie West. A sweet YA romance that sweeps you up and carries you away. The book prominently features a strong family unit (a whole extended family of people who actually care about each other—hard to believe, right?), a well-earned and […]

Posted October 15, 2018 in Reviews / 20 Comments
Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Incentives & Giveaways Galore – 10/14/18

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Incentives & Giveaways Galore – 10/14/18

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): Um, apparently was busy this week? I honestly don’t know where it went, but I only got one post up and I only managed one […]

Posted October 14, 2018 in Sunday Post / 22 Comments
Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn: Review & Giveaway

Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn: Review & Giveaway

This book has such a unique concept. In a futuristic sci-fi world where food is scarce, scientists have come up with an interesting solution: a genetic modification that will allow a person to process food more efficiently, and then the nutrients that the person extracts can be used to create a nutrition pill that will feed the masses. My favorite aspect about this book is the moral quandaries that are created by the scarcity of […]

Posted October 10, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 10 Comments
Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Incentives and Giveaways Galore – 10/7/18

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Incentives and Giveaways Galore – 10/7/18

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): The most exciting thing that happened this week was that I got to go to the Epic Reads tour (click the link to read […]

Posted October 7, 2018 in Sunday Post / 28 Comments
Epic Reads Meet-up Recap

Epic Reads Meet-up Recap

Last night my mom and I got a chance to go to a stop at the Epic Reads tour at Boswell Book Company up in Milwaukee. The featured authors were Kendare Blake, Mackenzi Lee, Elana K. Arnold, Claire Legrand, and Anna Godbersen. (I somehow missed getting a picture with Anna, so she’s not in my little collage above—sorry!) As I’m sure you can guess, I was super excited to meet these authors. (Can anyone guess who I […]

Posted October 4, 2018 in Book Events / 47 Comments
September 2018 Wrap-Up and Best of the Bunch

September 2018 Wrap-Up and Best of the Bunch

  My Goings On in September: September was filled with swim meets for my younger daughter and general back-to-schoolness for all three kids. I’m finding that high school swim meets are a whole lot more fun to watch than swim club meets (mostly because they’re a lot shorter, there are WAY fewer kids at them, and we feel more connected to the team, so we’re rooting for them more). It also doesn’t hurt that my […]

Posted October 2, 2018 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 34 Comments
Children of the Bloodlands by S.M. Beiko: Blog Tour Giveaway

Children of the Bloodlands by S.M. Beiko: Blog Tour Giveaway

Welcome to my spot on the tour for Children of the Bloodlands, the second book in The Realms of Ancient Series, which is a sure hit for all of you who love Japanese mythology! (Feel free to check out my review of the first book, Scion of the Fox.) Check it out and then enter the giveaway for a copy of the book and 2 cute owl pins! Praise for Children of the Bloodlands: “In book 2 of […]

Posted October 1, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended) / 8 Comments
October 2018 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

October 2018 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

Welcome to the October monthly link-up for the 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! I don’t know guys, the year is almost over, this is kind of intense. It is getting colder around here and I mean, there are Christmas decorations in stores and is it really time for such a thing? Yikes, time flies! The winner of our August discussion […]

Sunday Post: Pre-order Incentives & Giveaways Galore – 9/30/18

Sunday Post: Pre-order Incentives & Giveaways Galore – 9/30/18

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): My middle daughter headed to her first homecoming dance last night (with a group of friends—I haven’t had to deal with dating yet. 🙂 […]

Posted September 30, 2018 in Sunday Post / 36 Comments