Month: May 2020

The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds: Review & Reynolds’s Top Ten Addictions

Today I’m featuring the hilarious tale of a sixth-grader who’s forced into sleuthing by the spirits of zoo animals who need him to solve the mystery of their deaths. This book is written by Aaron Reynolds, who I knew in (what feels like) a past life—he wrote a full-scale musical that we performed for the kids’ ministry at my previous church, way back before I had kids. (His wife wrote the music and he wrote […]

Posted May 5, 2020 in Author Top Ten Lists, Reviews / 21 Comments

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Campaigns & Giveaways Galore – 5/3/20

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): Here’s what we’ve been up to while safe indoors this week: Online school. We found out that school will basically be done on May […]

Posted May 3, 2020 in Sunday Post / 38 Comments

April 2020 Wrap-Up & Best of the Bunch

My Goings On in April: Once again, there isn’t really anything to say here. I’ve been listing our random quarantine activities in my Sunday Posts, so I don’t think I should mention them all here again, but go check out the pictures of how my home improvement project turned out! Quarantine hasn’t been all that bad for me, really. I’ve realized I’m truly an introvert. There are five of us living in this house, and […]

Posted May 1, 2020 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 36 Comments

May 2020 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

Welcome to the May monthly link-up for the 2020 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! So. Here we are, in May. It doesn’t look much different than April, I fear. So let’s discuss lots of stuff to liven things up! Hope you’re all staying safe and healthy ♥♥ The winner of our March discussion challenge giveaway was Veronika @ Wordy and Whimsical! […]

Posted May 1, 2020 in Book Blog Discussion Challenge, Giveaways (Ended) / 6 Comments