The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows – Review

The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows – Review

The Orphan Queen is a compelling YA fantasy novel that will be sure to hook anyone who’s a fan of the genre! I loved this one – and that ending! Now I can’t wait for 2016! The synopsis tells you pretty much everything you need to know, so I’ll jump right into my review. What I LOVED: The characters. There were so many characters in this book that I just truly  enjoyed. First off, there was […]

Posted July 27, 2015 in All-Time Favorites, Reviews / 30 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/26/15

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/26/15

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. Last week on FYFA (and in my life): I am officially in a blogging slump. I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I am feeling really uninspired and I’m not finding the […]

Posted July 26, 2015 in Sunday Post / 27 Comments
Top Ten Books that Celebrate Diversity!

Top Ten Books that Celebrate Diversity!

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten (Fifteen) Books that Celebrate Diversity! I love this topic! I actually wrote a list similar to this in my RT-inspired discussion post about reading and writing diversity, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to talk about it again because I’m always looking to read and recommend diverse books! While there are lots of great books that feature diverse secondary characters, I only included books with diverse MAIN characters. (And I […]

Posted July 21, 2015 in Top Ten Tuesday / 45 Comments
Get Even and Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil – Review

Get Even and Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil – Review

Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil Series: Don’t Get Mad #2 Also in this series: Get Even Published by Balzer & Bray on 6/16/15 Genres: Contemporary, Mysteries & Detective Stories,Mystery & Detective, Young Adult Pages: 384 Source: NetGalley My content rating: Mature YA (Characters do have sex, but it’s not really shown, Some violence) My rating: The members of Don’t Get Mad aren’t just mad anymore . . . they’re afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree […]

Posted July 20, 2015 in Reviews / 7 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/19/15

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/19/15

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. Last week on FYFA (and in my life): Strangely, now that I’m back from vacation I have barely managed to blog! Part of the reason is that I finished up one editing project […]

Posted July 19, 2015 in Sunday Post / 25 Comments
Editing in the Self-Publishing World – Let’s Discuss

Editing in the Self-Publishing World – Let’s Discuss

Now that my vacation is over, I’m switching back to my series of RT 2015 inspired discussion posts. These are thoughts that were inspired by specific panels, or by books from RT, or just by random passing things that happened there. So far, I’ve written posts on Faith in Blogging, Reading and Writing Diversity and how meeting an author makes you so much more eager to read their books. I love that events like this help me […]

Posted July 16, 2015 in Let's Discuss / 25 Comments
Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/12/15

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 7/12/15

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. Last week on FYFA (and in my life): Well, this is it. Vacation is finally over. We spent a full month in Colorado, which was absolutely amazing! I’m going to be in vacation […]

Posted July 12, 2015 in Sunday Post / 20 Comments
Let’s Discuss – Vacationing in Colorado!

Let’s Discuss – Vacationing in Colorado!

Okay, let’s face it, this isn’t much of a discussion, but since I’ve just spent a whole month in Colorado, I figure I should share some of the highlights, right? We rented a cabin (well, a house really, but a cabinish house) in the mountains, and my husband took off half the time we were there and worked from “home” the other half. As you know from my post about vacationing and disorganized blogging, I also worked […]

Posted July 11, 2015 in Let's Discuss / 25 Comments
Anya and the Shy Guy by Suze Winegardner – Review & Winegardner’s Top Ten Addictions

Anya and the Shy Guy by Suze Winegardner – Review & Winegardner’s Top Ten Addictions

Anya and the Shy Guy is the fourth installment in the Backstage Pass series, which chronicles the love lives of the members of Seconds to Juliet, a superstar boy band. I haven’t read the first three books in the series (those of you who know me well are gasping right now – I never read series out of order), but this book really did stand well on its own as a standalone – and now […]

Posted July 10, 2015 in Author Top Ten Lists, Reviews / 6 Comments
Jesse’s Girl by Miranda Kenneally – Review & $50 Giveaway

Jesse’s Girl by Miranda Kenneally – Review & $50 Giveaway

Jesse’s Girl is the sixth standalone book in the Hundred Oaks series (and I have to say that, even by my standards, these books truly can be read as standalones). It’s a really fun romantic read with a dash of bad boy superstar behavior to keep us entertained (but not too much – Jesse’s not a jerk). Overall, a really entertaining read, just like all of Kenneally’s books! This book focuses on Maya (who is […]

Posted July 9, 2015 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 17 Comments