Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

• Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
• One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• Hemlock
• One for the Murphys
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• no new progress

Memes

• Dawn’s in Trouble, Must be Tuesday
• Waiting on Wednesday- Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent
• Throwback Thursday- Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann M. Martin
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

• Guest Post- Why YA Speaks to All Readers- an excellent post on KindleObsessed about reading YA
• 10 Crazy Things Book Bloggers Worry About- hilariously true post by Cuddlebuggery
• Ten WordPress Plugin Recommendations- more excellent suggestions from Letters Inside Out
• Book Blogging 101: Book Blogger Police- Parajunkee’s view on the Blogger Police
• #FF100 Giveaway Hop- Alison Can Reads post about the 100th week of #FF (read Parajunkee’s post too)
• My Very Lengthy and Profound Review of Insurgent- this just made me laugh over at Reading Teen

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

• The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
• Lexapros and Cons by Aaron Karo
• Revived by Cat Patrick

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• The Other Life
• Lexapros and Cons
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• no new progress

Memes

• Dawn’s in Trouble, Must be Tuesday
• Waiting on Wednesday- Neferet’s Curse by PC and Kristin Cast
• Throwback Thursday- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

• WP Plugins – Miss Remmers’ list of helpful WP Plugins (Thanks Smash for posting about it!)
• Blogspiration – Books the Sky ponders Voldemort and Waldo
• The Weight Loss Dilemma – this has absolutely nothing to do with book blogging, but is a wonderful post about finding the balance between what’s good for your body and what’s good for your mind.

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

• The Selection by Kiera Cass
• Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
• The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
• Embrace by Cherie Colyer (+ Giveaway!)

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• The Selection
• Embrace
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• no new progress

Memes

• Dawn’s in Trouble, Must be Tuesday
• Waiting on Wednesday- Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
• Throwback Thursday- Are you there, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

• Whip it Up Mondays!- this week the Grammarian gives a recipe for making homemade chips in the microwave.
• Finding Time to Read- Amanda from On a Book Bender wrote a guest post at Once Upon a Time
• Message in a Bottle- Hilarious, but true, photo.
• BEA Help: Making Those Autograph Schedules- A helpful post on preparing for BEA

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

Reviews – holy crap guys! Five reviews!

• Slide by Jill Hathaway
• Pandemonium by Robin Wasserman
• Forgiving Trinity by Liz Reinhardt
• My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent
• Shadow Moon by Marilee Brothers

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• Slide
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• My Soul to Keep

Memes

• Dawn’s in Trouble, Must be Tuesday
• Waiting on Wednesday- Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
• Throwback Thursday- I forgot. So sue me!
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

• The writing affliction- Lauren DeStefano writes about writing
• Careless Book Spoilers; Or the Bane of My Existence- The Perpetual Page-Turner writes about the shared bane of our existences
• BEA Help: Resources for Bloggers- Poisoned Rationality offers pointers for preparing for BEA
• LATE Breakfast with the Bookie – E-Book Piracy: A Felony- Badass Bookie talks about piracy
• Daring You to Read… Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent- Tynga’s book bully post about Blood Bound

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

Reviews

• The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe
• The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman
• Making Piece by Beth Howard

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• no new progress
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• no new progress

Memes

• Dawn’s in Trouble, Must be Tuesday
• Waiting on Wednesday - Iced by Karen Marie Moning
• Throwback Thursday - How to Eat Fried Worms - by Thomas Rockwell
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

LOTS of stuff going on this week!

• Rant: Thanks, But I’ll Read What I Like - I Write, I Read, I Review
• Random Thoughts: On Beta Reading – Fiktshun discusses the perks
• Book Rants: Killer Temptation - This is absolutely hilarious! Make sure you read part 2!
• In Which I Need to Rant & I Hope You Will Too - love these gifs.
• Blogging Know How: Blog Tours and Getting Followers

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

(Yes, I realize I suck for not posting one of these last week – I’m a slacker, okay?)

Reviews

• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
• Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg
• Slipping Reality by Emily Beaver
• Generation by William Knight

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• Grave Mercy
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• no new progress

Memes

• Dawn’s in Trouble, Must be Tuesday
• Waiting on Wednesday - The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
• Throwback Thursday - The BFG - by Roald Dahl
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

LOTS of stuff going on this week!

• Blogging Know-How: Mentors, blog buttons, and sharing ARCs – Books, Biscuits, & Tea answers some reader questions
• 3 Star Rating Event Hop – Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog is only one of many folks who talked about what the 3 star rating means to them.
• Sign Up for Ruby’s Reads Debate Team!
• Book Blogging 101: Content Scraping & Content Thieves – Parajunkee gives advice on what to do when you find out someone is stealing your content.
• Creating WordPress Shortcodes for your Memes – Otherwhere gives a quick tutorial
• Bloggiesta Tips & Tricks – Small Review couldn’t participate in Bloggiesta this time, but she put together a list of tutorials she’s written
• The Real Reason I Read Young Adult Literature - Anna explains why she reads YA.
• The ABC’s of Vampire Academy - A brilliantly funny piece extolling the virtues of VA.

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

Reviews

• Moon Spun by Marilee Brothers
• Deadline by Mira Grant
• Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• no new progress
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• no new progress

Memes

• Waiting on Wednesday - Blackout by Mira Grant
• Feature and Follow Friday

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs

• All the Single Ladies – Book Brats Reviews tackles the subject of singleness (or lack thereof) in YA heroines.
• They Call Me Jace Wayland (Or, What’s in a Name?) – Ruby Reads discusses the role names play in the books we read.
• Book Blogging 101: Cliques & Changing Reviews – Parajunkee answers a few questions folks have asked her about the book blogging world

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

Reviews (Holy cow I posted FIVE reviews this week!)

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Starters by Lissa Price
• Gentlemen Prefer Nerds by Joan Kilby
• Moon Rise by Marilee Brothers
• Feed by Mira Grant

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• Starters by Lissa Price
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• My Soul to Save

Memes

• Waiting on Wednesday - Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
• Throwback Thursday - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

Reviews

• White Witch by Trish Milburn
• My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
• Moonstone by Marilee Brothers

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• No new progress
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• My Soul to Save

Memes

• Waiting on Wednesday - The Serpent’s Shadow by Rick Riordan
• Throwback Thursday - The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Things That Happened This Week at NTFoB

*oops – I left this as a draft instead of scheduling it!

Reviews

• Getting Caught by Mandy Hubbard & Cyn Balog
• Fever by Lauren DeStefano

Challenge Progress

• 2012 Debut Author Challenge
• No new progress
• Soul Screamer’s Challenge
• No new progress

Memes

• Waiting on Wednesday - Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter
• Throwback Thursday - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Things I Loved Around the Interwebs