Review – I Am the Weapon by Allen Zadoff

Title: I Am the Weapon (Previous Title: Boy Nobody) Series: The Unknown Assassin #1 Author: Allen Zadoff Release Date: May 13, 2014 Pages: 368 Goodreads Rating: 3.93/0.5 Stars My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars My Content Rating: Mature YA (Characters have sex, but it’s not described; Violence) Summary from Goodreads: They needed the perfect assassin. Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a […]

Posted June 7, 2014 in Reviews / 4 Comments

June Random Reads – Talented by Sophie Davis and After the Parch by Sheldon Greene

It’s time for my June Random Reads (a fun meme hosted by I’m Loving Books). The idea is to pick one random book from your Goodreads To-Read list (using Random.org) to read within the month. As I mention every month, I am in love with this meme! This is such a great way to make sure that I actually read some of those books that have been in my TBR list for eons.This month I decided to once again […]

Posted June 6, 2014 in Random Reads / 2 Comments

Random Reads Review – Of Stardust by February Grace

Title: Of Stardust Author: February Grace Release Date: October 28, 2013 Pages: 200 Goodreads Rating: 3.91/5 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: Mature YA/NA (Characters have sex, but it’s not described) Summary from Goodreads: “Dreams are sacred…” At the age of twenty-six single, geeky bookseller Till Nesbitt inherits the shock of a lifetime: a huge Victorian farmhouse filled with unique tenants, and the knowledge that there is a reason she’s always been different. She’s destined to become a Fairy Godmother, because the skills […]

Posted June 6, 2014 in Random Reads, Reviews / 0 Comments

Random Reads Review – The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni is a beautifully written tale that combines fantasy with history. It’s a story of life and longing and of the desire to truly break free. When the book was chosen as my May Random Read, I was excited because I’d had a chance to meet the author and hear her speak about the exhaustive research that she put into this book. It truly showed. I was not disappointed! The negatives: […]

Posted June 6, 2014 in Random Reads, Reviews / 2 Comments

BEA Book Haul & Days 3 & 4 Recap

Okay, I think I finally have myself organized enough to post about my last two days of BEA. If you missed them, check out my posts about days one and two as well. I met LOTS of new blogger friends and awesome authors!! First off, here’s my book haul. I already showed you the books that I got on day one from the Bloggers conference. Here’s everything else I got!! I ended up with a total of […]

Posted June 5, 2014 in BEA, Book Events / 0 Comments

Best of the Bunch – May 2014

Best of the Bunch is a book blog hop hosted over at Always Lost in Stories on the last day of each month, where we can look back over the books we have read over this past month and give a Best of the Bunch award to our favorite book of that month. May 2014 Thanks to BEA, I’m running late with my Best of the Bunch again this month. It was definitely worth it! This month […]

Posted June 2, 2014 in Best of the Bunch, Monthly Recap / 0 Comments

Sunday Post & Giveaways Galore 6/1/14

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:I’m posting this a bit late today because I’m still recovering from an exhausting (but awesome) week at BEA! Sorry if I haven’t been around commenting on your blogs and responding to […]

Posted June 2, 2014 in Sunday Post / 1 Comment

BEA Recap Day 2

I’m too tired to do a long post about today, but I thought I’d come do a little update. Today the mad rush truly began. But, surprisingly, it wasn’t as crazy as I thought it would be. Maybe it’s because I went in with a pretty low-key attitude, but I didn’t feel terribly overwhelmed. I think it helped a lot that I met up with some really awesome bloggers who made the day incredibly fun. […]

Posted May 30, 2014 in BEA, Book Events / 0 Comments

BEA Recap Day 1

Travel Woes So, I made it through Day #1 of my very first BEA!!! It was looking a little touch and go there for a while, since my flight was delayed by about 2 hours (and some flights from Chicago to NYC were cancelled). I was just praying that I would make it here at all! My poor roommate (Jennifer from Live to Read, Read to Live) flew all the way in from Ireland and […]

Posted May 29, 2014 in BEA, Book Events / 21 Comments

ARC Review & Giveaway – My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal

Title: My Last Kiss Author: Bethany Neal Release Date: June 10, 2014 Pages: 368 Goodreads Rating: 3.87/5 Stars My Rating: 4/5 Stars My Content Rating: YA (Nothing more than kissing, Some violence) Genre: YA Paranormal Summary from Goodreads: What if your last kiss was with the wrong boy? Cassidy Haines remembers her first kiss vividly. It was on the old covered bridge the summer before her freshman year with her boyfriend of three years, Ethan Keys. But her last kiss–the one she shared with […]

Posted May 28, 2014 in Giveaways (Ended), Reviews / 0 Comments