Alone by Megan E. Freeman: Review, Giveaway & Freeman’s Top Ten Addictions

Today I’m featuring my good friend Megan E. Freeman’s debut ALONE, a middle grade retelling of Island of the Blue Dolphins in verse. Alone releases tomorrow, January 12th, so get yourself to a bookstore and buy it now (I can’t wait to pick up my finished copy)! This book so accessible and beautiful—it’s sure to capture the hearts and minds of even the most reluctant readers. Make sure you also check out Megan’s list of […]

Posted January 11, 2021 in Author Top Ten Lists, Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 18 Comments

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Campaigns & Giveaways Galore – 1/10/21

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): This was a week, right? Just when we thought the good old US of A couldn’t get any more messed up, we learn that […]

Posted January 10, 2021 in Sunday Post / 12 Comments

The 2020 Cybils Awards Finalists! Which Books Do You Hope Will Win? Did Any Favorites Not Make the Cut?

The Cybils Awards finalists were announced on January 1st. Of course, I helped choose the MG speculative fiction list, but I was excited to see what made it onto the other lists as well. Apparently, 987 books were nominated across all categories. That’s a lot of books! I thought I’d share all the finalists with you along with a few of my thoughts. (Thanks to the folks at Cybils for the wonderful graphics!) I’d love […]

Posted January 6, 2021 in Cybils, Let's Discuss / 11 Comments

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Campaigns & Giveaways Galore – 1/3/21

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): Happy New Year! Absolutely no one is sad to see 2020 go. I am praying that 2021 will bring good things for all of […]

Posted January 3, 2021 in Sunday Post / 17 Comments

2020 End of Year Book Survey (& Year in Graphs!)

As usual, I’ve adapted this from The Perpetual Page Turner’s End of Year Survey! 2020 READING STATS Number Of Books You Read: 147 Number of Re-Reads: 0 Genre You Read The Most From: Fantasy/Paranormal And this is my pathetic reading for the year. Can you guess when I started reading for the Cybils Awards judging? LOL! It’s a darn good thing I did the judging because I was in a crazy slump!! I mean, look […]

Posted January 2, 2021 in Let's Discuss, Monthly Recap / 20 Comments

January 2021 Discussion Challenge Link-Up & Giveaway

Welcome to the January monthly link-up for the 2021 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! It’s a New Year, new Discussion Challenge! We truly hope you all have a much happier year, and that 2021 will be kinder to us all… and bring on the discussions! The winner of our November discussion challenge giveaway was Lisa @ Lisa Notes. She got to […]

Posted January 1, 2021 in Book Blog Discussion Challenge, Giveaways (Ended) / 1 Comment

2021 Book Blog Discussion Challenge Sign-Up

Welcome to the 2021 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! This challenge has been going on for six years now, and we’re excited to keep discussing books with you! So often, we book bloggers mean to post more discussions on our blogs, but we just don’t quite get around to it. Well, we wanted to give everyone a little motivation to keep […]

Posted December 30, 2020 in Book Blog Discussion Challenge, Challenges / 24 Comments

December 2020 Monthly (& Year-End) Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up & Giveaway

The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up is hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight. The November giveaway ends soon, so head over there for your last chance to enter! Important Question About the Giveaway: So, we’ve noticed that there isn’t a high level of participation in the giveaway, and we’re trying to figure out why. If you don’t regularly participate in the giveaway, can you tell us why either […]

Posted December 29, 2020 in Giveaways (Ended), Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 27 Comments

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Campaigns & Giveaways Galore – 12/27/20

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): MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope everyone who celebrates the holiday had a wonderful Christmas. I know I did. We had a lovely week, filled with […]

Posted December 27, 2020 in Sunday Post / 15 Comments

Sunday Post: Book Pre-order Campaigns & Giveaways Galore – 12/20/20

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): Christmas shopping. How is December almost over? I guess I should be glad to be almost rid of 202o, but I had to scramble […]

Posted December 20, 2020 in Sunday Post / 23 Comments