Hiatus Announcement

Hey guys! I know I've been gone for a hot minute, and I've been trying to deny it, but it's time to offically go into hiatus. I've been soooo busy lately with school and work and extracurriculars I haven't even had time to read, much less work on my blog. It's time to make reading …

Blog Update+ The Music Book Genre Tag!!!!

HEY EVERYONE. I haven't posted on Sunday in bricks but I am back to posting on Sunday with a very! important! and! exciting! update! Previously I posted book reviews on Tuesdays, Miscellaneous on Thursdays, and Standalone Sunday on...well...Sunday. But after participating in Standalone Sunday for months, it's time to bid that meme adieu. I instead am instituting …

10 Blogging Tips from a Newbie

Or relative newbie. I may have only had this blog for- what? a little over six months?- but I still built this blog from having my mom as my only follower to actual real breathing people following, liking, and commenting on my posts and I'm damn proud. So I'm not going to pretend I know everything- …

Blogging Q + A

ALERT ALERT: COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEEDED. Hi everyone! So this post has been on my mind for a while but I've been trying to figure out exactly how to word what I want it to be. Basically, I still consider myself new to the blogging world, and still have questions. Many of my followers are more …

Q + A: Answers!

A couple weeks ago, to celebrate reaching 50 followers on my blog, I announced a Q + A session. I'm finally going to post the answers to all the great questions I got! Some of them were repetitive so I'll only answer once, but I'll give everyone credit! Thanks again to everyone for sticking with me …

Thank You Followers and an Announcement!

I am entering my fourth month of blogging, and I'm loving it more each day. One of my favorite parts is being able to interact with the book community, and share opinions about some of our favorite books. That's why I'm so so so happy to announce that I've reached 50 followers! It seems to early to …

The Who Am I Tag

I've seen this tag around the blogosphere and it seemed super fun, so I'm so happy Beth @ Reading Every Night tagged me in it! I actually love personality quizzes to this is so exciting for me to share my answers with all of you. What is the meaning of your name? My name is Sydney Leigh. It …

Mystery Blogger Award

Thanks so much to Heather @ The Sassy Book Geek for nominating me for this award. If you haven't checked out her blog yet, you totally should! She's hilarious and her posts are always so good! Include the award image in your post List the rules Thank whoever mentioned you and leave a link to their blog …

Sunshine Blogger Award

Yay my first ever award! Thanks to the lovely Mandy @ Book Princess Reviews for nominating me. Please go check out her blog, she combines my two loves (books and Disney) so it's pretty amazing. Also check her post here. Thank the person who nominated you in a blog post and link back to their blog. Answer the …

New Month (?), New Me

Hey book lovers! Notice anything different about me? Got a haircut, bought some new clothes...maybe a new username? That's right, I've decided to makeover my blog. Formally Fictional Boyfriends, I am now Fire and Rain Books. Why, you may ask? I started off my blog thinking that I only read romance novels, so it would …