March Month in Review / April Preview


March was jammed packed with excitement!

Fairy Tale Fortnight started off with a bang, and it has been so much fun!  I'm sad it's over for another year.

I will, however, be featuring fairy tales more frequently on my blog in a new upcoming feature entitled "A Twist in the Tail," which will be merged with my prior feature "Mythological Mondays."  Look forward to it!

I'll have a Fairy Tale Fortnight post later in the week.  It was exhausting just to do THIS post, and the round-up will be even more intensive!  But...part of the wrap-up is included here, just not sorted by authors/guest posts/whatnot.

Here's a look at what's been going on!


ONGOING GIVEAWAYS:

*MY LIFE AFTER NOW by Jessica Verdi (ends 4/8!)

We have SO MANY Fairy Tale Fortnight giveaways going on until the 10th!  Check out the schedule of events from both A Backwards Story and The Book Rat to enter them all!  

Check out the following April Blog Tour Schedule for more giveaways!
APRIL BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE
(Most blog tour stops feature giveaways as well!)


*DARK TRIUMPH by Robin LaFevers {4/7 excerpt; 4/11 review}
*THE FLAME IN THE MIST by Kit Grindstaff {4/8 character interview; review forthcoming}
*LICHGATES by S. M. Boyce {4/9 guest post and review}
*IF HE HAD BEEN WITH ME by Laura Nowlin {4/15 guest post and review}
*ASTARTE'S WRATH by Trisha Wolfe {4/17 review}
*BREATH by Jackie Morse Kessler {4/18; author feature and review}
*FORTY DAYS by Stephanie Parent {4/23 review}
*NISSA: A Contemporary Fairy Tale by Bethany Lopez {4/26 guest post and review}
READING NOW:
{All links to Goodreads!}

*DARK TRIUMPH by Robin LaFevers {YA}
*LICHGATES by S.M. Boyce {YA}
PLANNING TO READ IN MARCH:

All the aforementioned blog tour books.
After this week, I'm allowing myself to read a few books I want to read before I get back into the hard-core blogging game.  I read about 20 books for FTF--and not all were reviewed!--and I have a tour stop almost every day this week.  I deserve some time for WHATEVER.

Of course, my WHATEVER list is huge.  I'm thinking that I will for sure get to THE BITTER KINGDOM by Rae Carson, VICIOUS by Victoria Schwab, WILD AWAKE by Hilary T. Smith, THE TWICE LOST by Sarah Porter, APOLLYON by Jennifer L. Armentrout, THAT TIME I JOINED THE CIRCUS by J.J. Howard, THE STORYTELLER by Jodi Picoult, PREMEDITATED by Josin L. McQuein, and maybe RED by Alison Cherry and THINGS I CAN'T FORGET by Miranda Kenneally.  

And I probably realistically won't get to ALL of those.  Or I'll feel bad for gorging myself on books that come out pretty far into the future instead of what's out already or coming soon.  But if I don't read ahead, I get into this rut where I'm reading the books as they come out, despite having them forever.  You guys, I received DARK TRIUMPH in October, it came out this week, my pre-ordered hardcover will arrive in the mail tomorrow, and I started my ARC yesterday.  So I want to get better at reading ahead and making time!

[link to my GoodReads account so you can see my blurb feed as I read]
READ IN MARCH:
{All links to Goodreads!}

*REAL MERMAIDS DON'T NEED HIGH HEELS by Hélène Boudreau {MG}
*THE UGLY STEPSISTER STRIKES BACK by Sariah Wilson {YA}
*NOBODY by Jennifer Lynn Barnes {YA}
*THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky {Adult, though some classify it YA}
*FIRST FROST by Liz DeJesus {YA}
*THE WOODCUTTER by Kate Danley {Adult}
*AWAKE: A Fairytale by Jessica Grey {YA}
*FAIR MAIDEN by Cheri Schmidt {YA}
*THE GRIMM LEGACY by Addie J. King {YA}
*FAIRY TALE FAIL by Mina V. Esguerra {Adult}
*CINDERELLA by Jenni James {YA}
*RUMPLESTILTSKIN by Jenni James {YA}
*MY LIFE AFTER NOW by Jessica Verdi {YA}
*BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Jenni James {YA}
*SLEEPING BEAUTY by Jenni James {YA}

*SCARLETTE by Davonna Juroe {YA}
*THE GRIMM CHRONICLES, Vol. I by Isabella Fontaine and Ken Brosky {YA}
*THE GRIMM CHRONICLES, Vol. II by Isabella Fontaine and Ken Brosky {YA}
*HANSEL AND GRETEL by Jenni James {YA}
*OF BEAST AND BEAUTY by Stacey Jay {YA}
REVIEWED IN MARCH:
{All links to my review!}

*REAL MERMAIDS DON'T HOLD THEIR BREATH by Hélène Boudreau {MG}
*REAL MERMAIDS DON'T NEED HIGH HEELS by Hélène Boudreau {MG}
*THE UGLY STEPSISTER STRIKES BACK by Sariah Wilson {YA}
*SURRENDER by Rhiannon Paille {YA}
*NOBODY by Jennifer Lynn Barnes {YA}
*Rise of the Guardians {Movie Review Redux}
*MY LIFE AFTER NOW by Jessia Verdi {YA}
*SCARLETTE by Davonna Juroe {YA}
*THE FAIRYTALE KEEPER by Andrea Cefalo {YA}
*{Guest Review} Chasm of Books reviews ENTWINED by Heather Dixon {YA}
*POISON by Bridget Zinn {YA}
*{Guest Review} Author Sophie Weeks reviews TRANSFORMATIONS by Anne Sexton {Poetry}
*THE GRIMM CHRONICLES, Vols. 1 & 2 by Isabella Fontaine & Ken Brosky {YA}
*FIRST FROST by Liz DeJesus {YA}
*FAIR MAIDEN by Cheri Schmidt {YA}
*{Early Look} OF BEAST AND BEAUTY by Stacey Jay {YA}
*BONDED: Three Fairy Tales by Michelle Davidson Argyle {Redux} {YA}
*The Faerie Tale Collection Series by Jenni James {YA}
(BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SLEEPING BEaUTY, RUMPLESTILTSKIN, CINDERELLA, HANSEL AND GRETEL)
FEATURES IN MARCH:

*{Mad About Nails} Smiley Face Nails
*12 More E-Book Deals
*{Mad About Nails} Baby Shower Nails
*Great new e-book deals! (Teen, Adult, New Adult Mixed Batch)
*Stunning Trailer Reveal for ICONS by Margaret Stohl
*{Mad About Nails} Happy St. Patty's Day!
*{Cover Reveal} From Rhiannon Paille
*{Guest Post} Jessica Verdi, Author of MY LIFE AFTER NOW
*Fairy Tale Fortnight: Schedule of Events!
*Fairy Tale Fortnight: Participation Linky
*Fairy Tale Fortnight: Giveaway Registration Form
*Once Upon a Time Books Announced & Discussing Last Night's Episode!
*{Guest Post/Giveaway} Jocelyn Koehler: Battle Royale: Why Princess Jasmine will clean up in a Fairy Tale Fight
*{Interview} with STRANDS OF BRONZE AND GOLD author Jane Nickerson
*{Interview} with ENCHANTED and HERO author Alethea Kontis 
*Rehashing "12 Questions Disney Forgot To Answer About "Beauty And The Beast" 
*{Vlog} Discussing the Annotated Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and the Philip Pullman Brothers Grimm Compilation 
*{Excerpt} GRIMM DIARIES Release Day Blitz!
*{Cover Reveal/Excerpt} OF SILVER AND BEASTS by Trisha Wolfe 
*{Interview} Cheri Schmidt, author of FAIR MAIDEN 
*{Spotlight/E-book Sale} J.A. Kazimer's F**ed-Up Fairy Tale Series
*{Mad About Nails} Fairy Tale Nail Art
*{Interview} KC Hilton, author of the upcoming novel MY NAME IS RAPUNZEL 
*{Interview} Stacey Jay, author of OF BEAST AND BEAUTY
*{Interview} Michelle Davidson Argyle, Author of BONDED: Three Fairy Tales
*{Interview} Jenni James, author of The Faerie Tale Collection Series

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