Month in Review

It is hard to believe summer is gone…we had an AMAZING August. Not only is it our birthday month but we also got to go see Hamilton (OH MY GOD – SOOOOO GOOD) and Coldplay (Always a fantastic show)! If you haven’t seen either, you definitely should if you can. I am excited for fall though – there are some great books coming out and of course, sweater weather is my favorite! Check out what we’ve been up to and let us know how things are going in the comments!

Fun with our Blogger Besties – Swoony Boys Podcast!

WHADDA YA KNOW WEDNESDAY

We are back – Join us in September for some trivia fun!!

If you don’t know what #WYAKW is…it’s our YA trivia night! We have been having so much fun with it and we hope you will join in! Whadda Ya Know Wednesday takes place on the 3rd Wednesday of every month…(ok, sometimes it is the 4th one instead)! We love interacting with all of you and we love talking books, book boys, and gushing over our favorite authors. We couldn’t think of a better way to do all of that than by combining all of those things, throwing in some awesome prizes, and having a blast while doing it! We have a new scoring system and if you invite your friends and they play, you have an even better chance of winning so make sure you invite and remind them to join in the fun! Make sure you’re following @Fictionfare and @Swoonyboys to play along and invite your friends!

AUTHOR TALK

If you haven’t seen this feature on the blog (as well as Swoony Boys Podcast) go check them out! We have had some great interviews with some amazing authors already posted and continue to schedule more. We are working on an upcoming schedule and getting the recordings done but if you want us to interview anyone specific, please let us know in the comments or reach out to us via social media. We have so much fun with these and will continue to do them as often as we can!

New Feature!

We have a new feature on the blog called In the Spotlight! We have been trying to find a way to spotlight all the bookish stores and products we love and thought this would be a great way to reach those of you not always on Twitter and Instagram. Our first post introduces you to Brittany from Novelly Yours – Check it out!

What We’ve Been Reading:

Here are the books Erin read this month:

A Rake's Guide to Seduction (Reece Family Trilogy, #3)

The Keep of Ages (The Vault of Dreamers, #3)

The Punishment of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall, #3)

The Reclaiming of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall, #4)

The Seduction of Molly O'Flaherty (The London Lovers, # 0.5)

The Education of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall, #2)

The Awakening of Ivy Leavold (Markham Hall, #1)

Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)

Here are the books Jaime read this month:

Sinful Distraction (Temperance Falls: Selling Sin #3)

Night of Cake & Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2.5)

Sasquatch, Love, and Other Imaginary Things

All the Posts!

OUR WAITING ON WEDNESDAY PICKS WERE:

WE POSTED REVIEWS FOR:

[1 Aug] Hate To Want You by Alisha Rai ★★★★½
[4 Aug] The Red by Tiffany Reisz ★★★★
[7 Aug] Blog Tour: The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
[8 Aug] The Wood by Chelsea Bobulski ★★★★
[10 Aug] This Is Not The End by Chandler Baker ★★★½
[14 Aug] Blog Tour: Royally Endowed by Emma Chase
[16 Aug] Blog Tour: A Map For Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor
[17 Aug] Secondborn by Amy Bartol ★★★★
[18 Aug] All Things New by Lauren Miller ★★★
[21 Aug] This Is How It Happened by Paula Stokes ★★★★
[22 Aug] Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett ★★★★
[24 Aug] Blog Tour: Spellbook of the Lost & Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
[31 Aug] The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean ★★★★½

OUR TOP TEN TUESDAY TOPICS WERE:

INTERVIEWS, FEATURES, & SPECIAL POSTS:

WE HAVE/HAD GIVEAWAYS FOR:

Make sure you visit the Giveaways page to enter the ones that are still open!

What have you been up to? Have you read any great books? What are you reading now? How are you doing on your reading challenge for the year?? Tell us everything in the comments!