Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 5 –  Goal Progress & Book Title Scramble

Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 5 – Goal Progress & Book Title Scramble

Today is day 5 of the Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon and we’re supposed to be sharing our progress on our goals (which I’ve been doing every day anyway).  I’m pretty sure I said on Day 1 that I’m not so good at goal-setting; and sure, enough, I’ve veered off the path I set on Monday.  As it turned out, I decided it was more important to read The Copyeditor’s Handbook (since I’m working on my first copyediting job) […]

Posted July 5, 2013 in Challenges / 8 Comments
Feature & Follow Friday – War!

Feature & Follow Friday – War!

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! This is a blog hop that allows bloggers to gain new followers and find some awesome new blogs to follow themselves! The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host has a blog that they feature each week! So, if you’re a blogger, come join in on the fun! Here’s today’s question […]

Posted July 5, 2013 in Feature and Follow / 15 Comments
Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 4 – Books that Made Me Cry and Book Spine Poetry

Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 4 – Books that Made Me Cry and Book Spine Poetry

Today is day 4 of the Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon and today’s topic is Tears on My Pillow (books that made you cry).  This is an easy one for me because I just recently read a book that made me bawl like a baby.  I’m including one New Adult book and one YA book (since lots of my readers are YA). Books that Made Me Cry   Girls Love Travis Walker by Anne Pfeffer – I just read this […]

Posted July 4, 2013 in Challenges / 16 Comments
Review: The Selection by Keira Cass

Review: The Selection by Keira Cass

Title: The Selection Author: Keira Cass Release Date: April 24, 2012 Pages: 327, Hardcover Goodreads Rating: 4.1 stars My Rating: 4/5 stars Content Rating: PG (Some kissing, but that’s about it) Summary from Goodreads: For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince […]

Posted July 4, 2013 in Reviews / 11 Comments
Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 3 – Favorite Female Character a Page 99 Test

Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 3 – Favorite Female Character a Page 99 Test

Today is day 3 of the Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon and today’s topic is My Favorite, Fictional Female Character.  These “favorite” questions are always hard for me because I don’t really have many all-time favorites.  Instead, my current favorites tend to be from books that I’ve recently read.  So, I’m going to go with my favorite female character from a book that I’ve read in the past three months.  There were a few contenders; I really loved Quinn […]

Posted July 3, 2013 in Challenges / 7 Comments
July Random Read

July Random Read

t’s time for my July Random Read (a fun meme hosted by I’m Loving Books). The idea is to pick one random book out of your Goodreads To-Read list (using Random.org) to read within the month.  As I’ve mentioned before, I am in love with this meme!  This is such a great way to make sure that you actually read some of those books that have been in your TBR list for eons.  Last month’s random pick was The […]

Posted July 3, 2013 in Random Reads / 6 Comments
Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 2 – Must-Have Summer Reads and Cover Re-do

Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Day 2 – Must-Have Summer Reads and Cover Re-do

Today is day 2 of the Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon.  So far, I’m doing well with my goals, but I haven’t been able to get around to other people’s posts as much as I would like.  My internet connection has been really spotty for the past two days and it’s making it very hard to get anything done!  I’m hoping to go visit more challenge entries today, though (cross your fingers for me that the guy who […]

Posted July 2, 2013 in Challenges / 20 Comments
Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Introduction & Teaser Tidbits

Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon Introduction & Teaser Tidbits

Today is the first day of the Summer Lovin’ Read-a-thon and I’m so excited to be participating!  This should be fun week, so get ready to come along for the ride! Today’s post is just supposed to share an introduction and to present our goals.  I have to admit that I’m not a great goal-setter, but I’m going to do my best! Who are you?  My name is Nicole and I am a homeschooling mom […]

Posted July 1, 2013 in Challenges / 4 Comments
Sunday (Monday?) Post 6/30/13

Sunday (Monday?) Post 6/30/13

Well, due to internet problems (grrrr…..), this week’s Sunday post is going up on Monday.  Sorry about that!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, showcase books and things I have received and share news about what’s coming up on my blog for the week ahead.  Last week on FYFA: Girls Love Travis Walker by […]

Posted July 1, 2013 in Sunday Post / 0 Comments
Review: The New Hunger by Isaac Marion

Review: The New Hunger by Isaac Marion

The New Hunger as my June Random Read (I just barely got this read in June, but I did it!).  This is a novella prequel to Warm Bodies and I honestly wasn’t that excited about reading it, but I’m very glad that I did!  I think I liked the prequel better than I liked Warm Bodies because it really delved into what it felt like to live in Marion’s zombie world.  This novella gave us […]

Posted July 1, 2013 in Random Reads, Reviews / 2 Comments