By: Cait Marie Hello, hello! Happy Friday! It’s that time again. This week’s topic is “Favorite Villains." You can find the full list of weekly prompts, over at Something of the Book! A good villain can really make or break a story. We all have that one bad guy we can't help but love. Here... Continue Reading →
By: Katie Robinson Hey y’all! It has felt nice to be reading a lot again, so I’m super excited to be doing WWW Wednesday with you all. This will be a great opportunity to share some good things I’ve read recently, what I’m reading now, and what’s sitting in my TBR pile. WWW Wednesday is... Continue Reading →
As some of you might have heard, Functionally Fictional is getting an internal overhaul. While restructuring, we appreciate everyone's patience. We're not only working on reorganizing the behind-the-scenes information (aka emails and spreadsheets, keeping track of everything) to better serve authors and publishers, but we're working on a more consistent schedule to get posts to... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Hello, hello! I was tagged by Leisha over at Literary Leisha and thought this looked like fun. (I'm not sure who originally came up with the tag, so if you know please comment below!) Name: Caitlin/Cait Age: 28 Favorite Genres: Pretty much anything in YA fiction. I tend to prefer fantasy and... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Yep, that's right... the girl who's horrible at following through with TBRs is doing another readathon in August. Retellings are my favorite, though, so how could I not? The Retelling-A-Thon was created by Tay and Missy from Frayed Books, and it's being co-hosted by Harker from The Hermit Librarian, Umairah from Sereadipity,... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. I don't typically do a "Top Ten Tuesday," but I like this theme too much to pass up. So, without further ado, the top ten... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Can you believe June is almost over?! Well, it is, which means it's time for the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! You can read 2018's here. I saw this done by Melanie over at Mel To The Any. The original tag was created by ReadLikeWildfire and Earl Grey Books! I have read 37 books so... Continue Reading →
By: Brandi Goss This is book three of the Ravenspire series by the same author, and a fairytale retelling of The False Prince and The Prince and the Pauper. We meet Javan, a prince who has just finished graduating, and is on a mission to prove to his father that he is ready to take... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie The Shadow Queen is the first book in the Ravenspire series. I've mentioned several times that this is one of my favorite series. Each book is a different fairy tale retelling focused on different characters, all of which take place in the same world. I have reviewed books 3 and 4, The... Continue Reading →
