Welcome to my new feature, Fashionable or Not? , at Words Fueled by Love!  Second to my love of books (which is the sole purpose and use of this blog) is my love of finding clothes at a reasonable price. I often tell people that I try to avoid making a purchase for any clothes, shoes or accessories (and many other things but for the purpose of this feature we will stick with those categories) unless I can find it on sale, use a coupon or both. Basically, I hate paying full price!  I have a friend who taught me the art (and yes, it is an art) to shopping the sales racks. Ever since then, my eyes were opened. If I can't get it on sale or use a coupon then I don't buy it. If I'm shopping online and shipping isn't free or $5 or less, then I don't shop there. A girl on a budget has to have standards, yall! For this first post in addition to introducing this new feature, I'm going to talk about 2 of my favorite ways to get coupons/discounts and a couple...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: The Girl at Midnight #1 by Melissa Grey Expected Publication: April 28, 2015 by Delacorte Press Preorder Buy Link: Amazon For readers of Cassandra Clare's  City of Bones  and Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone , The Girl at Midnight is the story of a modern girl caught in an ancient war. Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she's ever known. Echo is clever and daring, and at times she can be brash, but above all else she's fiercely loyal. So when a centuries-old war crests ...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Red Queen (#1) by Victoria Aveyard: Teasers: In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again. (Loc 30%, Loc 1600 of 5417) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Maybe Someday (Maybe #1) By: Colleen Hoover Published: March 18, 2014 385 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance. At twenty-two years old, Sydney has a great life: She's in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her best friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers Hunter's cheating on her--and she is left trying to decide what to do next. Sydney becomes captivated by Ridge, her mysterious neighbor. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there's something about Sydney that Ridge can't ignore, either. When their inevitable encounter happens, they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one... Original music created for Maybe Somed...

It's time for our first Monthly Wrap Up for the 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Where did this month go? Since posting the 2014 Series Enders Reading Challenge - December Wrap Up , Sandy finished two series enders, but the problem is...she finished them both in 2014 so she's not counting them for this wrap up. But since she hasn't read any in 2015 yet, she did want to at least feature them: Out of Breath (Breathing, # 3) by Rebecca Donovan & Maybe Not (Maybe, # 1.5) by Colleen Hoover.  Holly finished three series enders this month: Out of Breath (Breathing, # 3) by Rebecca Donovan, Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) by Robin LaFevers, & Maybe Not (Maybe, # 1.5) by Colleen Hoover. Which series enders did you finish? Link up below. Don't forget to include the title, your name, & your blog name (Ex: Requiem - Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know) Also, the Ja...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ American Sniper by Chris Kyle RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #111 MONDAY: Review - Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers (4 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #83: Never Never  WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover So, book news for the week. I changed my blog template and have been working to clean it up and just freshen it up a bit. After 2.5 years I was ready for an updated background. One thing is quite clear - I need HTML for dummies. I have found some pretty clear and concise tutorial videos but even with those I inevitably do something wrong and it just won't work. UGH! So here...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Never Never by Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher: Teasers: "Did you work up an appetite while you were upstairs? Because in case you weren't aware, they serve lunch at the school you should both be attending right now." (Loc 20%, 383 of 2042) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) By: Robin LaFevers Published: November 4, 2014 by HMH Books for Young Readers  464 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own. She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has. MY REVIEW: If you've read my reviews for books one and two , then you'll know I've wondered often what was going on with Annith. She, along with Ismae and Sybella, are the closest of friends from the convent and Annith is the only one of...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~No New Books~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #110 MONDAY: Review - Out of Breath (Breathing #3) by Rebecca Donovan (3.5 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #82: Mortal Heart WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Red Queen WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers Another week where I don't have anything major to share (those are good weeks, folks!) The weekend was super stress free and productive. I'm talking, on knees scrubbing floors kind of work. But it was a very good weekend. The sun finally came out and warmed up enough for the kid...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Red Queen (Red Queen Trilogy #1) by Victoria Aveyard Expected Publication: February 10, 2015 by HarperTeen Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace itself, where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a power of her own—an ability she didn't know she had. Except . . . her blood is Red. To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess a...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers: Teasers: "If you wanted them watching you, they are," he whispers in my ear. "Every move, every breath that passes your lips, has their full attention." (Loc 32%, Loc 1795 of 5647) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Out of Breath (Breathing #3) By: Rebecca Donovan Published: July 2, 2013 by Skyscape 422 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Emma leaves Weslyn and everyone in it behind to attend Stanford University, just as she always intended. A shell of her former self, she is not the same girl. She is broken, and the only way that she’ll be whole again is through forgiveness. Emma must find a way to forgive herself and recognize her own worth before she can receive the love she deserves. This final installment will have readers holding their breath until the very last page. MY REVIEW: Though I was a little sketchy on some details surrounding the ending of book two, and it may have been a detriment to my understanding of what is going on with book three, I still found myself with these two main thoughts through a great portion of the book: "wait - what about Evan?" and  "she better not be using this Cole guy just to fill some void...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ Never Never #1 by Colleen Hoover and  Tarryn Fisher Buy Link: Amazon  ($2.99 at time of purchase) RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #109 MONDAY: Review - Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout (3.5 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #81: Mortal Heart WEDNESDAY: Waiting on The Heart of Betrayal WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - Out of Breath (Breathing #3) by Rebecca Donovan No major news this week to share - other than my getting addicted to the Serial Podcast. I talked about it on Wednesday night with my brother-n-law and sister-n-law and started l...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles #2) by Mary E. Pearson Expected Publication: July 7, 2015 by Henry Holt & Co. Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Intrigue abounds in this hotly anticipated sequel to  The Kiss of Deception ! Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komizar that she has the gift, and the Komizar's interest in Lia is greater than anyone could have foreseen. Meanwhile, nothing is straightforward: there's Rafe, who lied to Lia, but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden, who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans, whom Lia always believed to be barbarians. Now that she liv...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers: Teasers: As I do, the night breeze shifts, bringing with it an eddy of cold air from the barrow that feels as if it reaches out to caress my face. In that moment, I am certain He has heard me. (Loc 641 of 5647, 12%) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Wicked (A Wicked Sage #1) By: Jennifer L. Armentrout Published: December 8, 2014 300 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Things are about to get  Wicked  in New Orleans. Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost  everything  at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart. Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded ki...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ The Complete Falling Novels (#1-#2.5) by Devon Ashley Buy Link: Amazon (FREEBIE when purchased but now is $4.99) RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #108 MONDAY: Review - Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (4 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout Unfortunately this second week of our holiday break I have been super sick. Blah. I went to the Dr on Monday of this week only to have them confirm that "I have a really bad cold". You think?! I tested negative for the flu, for strep and ...