Month: June 2023

Introducing: Not the Worst Friend in the World by Anne Rellihan (Plus, a Giveaway!)

Introducing: Not the Worst Friend in the World by Anne Rellihan (Plus, a Giveaway!)

I am incredibly excited to be able to feature my Author Mentor Match mentee’s debut novel, NOT THE WORST FRIEND IN THE WORLD about a girl who tries to help her new friend figure out if she’s been kidnapped! Some of you may remember me talking about co-mentoring for AMM with my good friend Megan E. Freeman and then I was doubly excited when we chose our mentee, Anne Rellihan. Well, Anne’s book is releasing […]

Posted June 29, 2023 in Current Giveaways / 4 Comments
June 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

June 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up is hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight. We’ve decided to go with a yearly giveaway for this one, just like the Discussion Challenge. We will have three winners: Two from the usual rafflecopter, and one that we will pick out of the folks who link up every month (via random.org, we’ll just list the names and pick that way)! So commenting and […]

Food Fight by Linda B. Davis: Review & Davis’s Top Ten Addictions

Food Fight by Linda B. Davis: Review & Davis’s Top Ten Addictions

Today I’m featuring FOOD FIGHT by Linda B. Davis, a middle grade contemporary about a boy with a little-known eating disorder called ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). Read on for my review of the book, and then make sure you also check out the author’s list of top ten addictions to find out more about her! Buy from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop.org A middle grade contemporary that highlights feelings of loneliness, even in a crowd. […]

Posted June 24, 2023 in Author Top Ten Lists, Reviews / 2 Comments
Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 6/18/23

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 6/18/23

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. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: I got my first round of edits back from my editor at Feiwel & Friends and started working on them! It’s very exciting to […]

Posted June 18, 2023 in Sunday Post / 10 Comments
Bite-Sized Reviews of Throwback; Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe; Ellie Engle Saves Herself; and Perfect Villains

Bite-Sized Reviews of Throwback; Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe; Ellie Engle Saves Herself; and Perfect Villains

Today, I’m reviewing two YA reads and two MGs. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! Perfect for fans of Back to the Future, this book sends the MC on a quest back in time, where she has to fix the relationship between her mom and her grandma… and maybe meet the boy of her dreams? Sam has a fantastic bond with her halmoni (her grandma), and she’s never understood […]

Posted June 14, 2023 in Reviews / 2 Comments
Cover Artist Spotlight: Red Nose Studio

Cover Artist Spotlight: Red Nose Studio

This is the first time I’ve ever done a post exclusively about a cover artist (though maybe I should do it again sometime?), but I just had to write this post when I discovered something astounding about the covers of TJ Klune’s and Sophie Anderson’s books: They aren’t illustrations; they’re created as 3D “sets” (as the artist calls them) and then photographed! That’s right, the gorgeous cover you see below is actually a painstakingly created […]

Posted June 5, 2023 in Let's Discuss / 10 Comments
June 2023 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway!

June 2023 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway!

Welcome to the June monthly link-up for the 2023 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! If you don’t know what this challenge is all about or haven’t signed up yet (but want to), head on over to the challenge sign-up page to learn more! Even if you’d rather not join, we hope you’ll stop by occasionally to check out the MANY discussion […]