Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson: A Spectacular Spin-Off!

I can’t tell you how excited I was to see that Pearson was revisiting the Remnant Chronicles universe! This book takes place several years after the conclusion of the original series. You definitely don’t have to have read the original series to understand what’s going on in this one, but I LOVED it, so I highly recommend reading it for the background history. Some of the characters make appearances in this book. What Fed My Addiction: Thief […]

Posted August 23, 2018 in Reviews / 16 Comments

Sunday Post: Pre-Order Deals & Giveaways Galore – 8/19/18

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 week was hectic because of all the back-to-school stuff going on. My daughter Danielle started high school this week. Public school will definitely […]

Posted August 19, 2018 in Sunday Post / 30 Comments

Bite-Sized Reviews of The Book Thief, Crank, The Chosen One and Writing Irresistible KidLit

I’ve got an eclectic collection of reviews for you today: one that’s probably considered a modern classic, one YA novel in verse, a YA contemporary about a Mormon fundamentalist group, and a nonfiction writing book. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! I debated writing an “official” review of this book, since I mostly already said everything I had to say in a random Sunday Post, but I decided […]

Posted August 18, 2018 in Reviews / 16 Comments

I Love Me Some Purple Prose. Let’s Discuss.

We all have specific writing styles that we gravitate to. And it’s interesting how one style can resonate so strongly with one person and totally turn someone else off. I was reading a review of A Thousand Perfect Notes the other day and the blogger mentioned that while she didn’t dislike the book, she wasn’t a fan of the purple prose. My response: “WHAT? That’s my favorite part!” First off, I should give a little […]

Posted August 15, 2018 in Let's Discuss / 56 Comments

Sunday Post: Pre-Order Deals & Giveaways Galore – 8/12/18

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): I can’t believe that summer’s almost over! I’m both excited and terrified to have more time on my hands once school starts. Excited because […]

Posted August 12, 2018 in Sunday Post / 46 Comments

Goodreads’ YA Books Lists. Let’s Discuss.

For their celebration of YA Week, Goodreads created a few lists specific to YA. I know I just did a post on Goodreads Mid-Year lists, but I couldn’t resist checking these out too. I was curious how many of the books I’d read. CLICK ON THE CATEGORY HEADINGS TO SEE THE LISTS ON GOODREADS. 100 Top YA Books: This is an all-time list that Goodreads came up with using books that are most often on […]

Posted August 8, 2018 in Let's Discuss / 57 Comments

July Wrap-Up Round-Up “Make Me Read It” Giveaway

I created this giveaway to encourage people to visit people’s monthly wrap-up posts. There are entries for commenting on the wrap-up posts in the link-up. Danielle Hammelef won the May/June giveaway! NOTE: I know Danielle wins this giveaway a lot, but I want to point out that she totally deserves it—every month, she reads and comments on almost every wrap-up post that’s linked up. Danielle doesn’t have a blog, but she’s a vital part of […]

Posted August 7, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up / 8 Comments

Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart: Review & Giveaway

This book was surprisingly refreshing! For some reason, I wasn’t expecting to love it quite as much as I did. I went in with certain expectations—even just from the title—and found that most of them were surpassed or turned upside down. I ended up flipping the pages furiously because I just didn’t want to put the book down! What Fed My Addiction: Sisterly affections. The sisters’ relationship was complicated. In fact, I spent much of my reading […]

Posted August 6, 2018 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 38 Comments

Sunday Post: Preorder Deals and Giveaways Galore – 8/5/18

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): I made up for being gone so long by posting A LOT this week! Other than that, not much going on—I’ve been trying to […]

Posted August 5, 2018 in Sunday Post / 28 Comments

Bite-Sized Reviews of Bring Me Their Hearts, The Mermaid, and A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

I’ve got three reviews for you today, one YA fantasy, one historical fantasy (or paranormal, I guess?), and one collection of short stories. I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book, but I knew I liked it right from the start. Zera is full of snark—just the way I like my YA MCs. I loved the fact that she was a […]

Posted August 3, 2018 in Reviews / 22 Comments