Month: March 2011

The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan

The Dark and Hollow Places by ..

Posted March 29, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

I was eagerly awaiting this 3rd book in the Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan, and it didn’t disappoint. The story goes to Annah, who is Gabry’s twin sister that she was separated from when they were little girls. Annah is waiting for Elias to come back from joining the Recruiters. Annah […]

The Past Midnight Series #1-2 by Mara Purnhagen

The Past Midnight Series #1-2 ..

Posted March 25, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

When I checked out the Nook again last week, I was unsure what book I wanted to read first. So I went to my Goodreads page to my young adult books to read area and searched through. I wasn’t really getting excited about any of them until I came to one called Past Midnight by […]

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 1.8

The Hazards of Working at a Bo..

Posted March 24, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Saw several books on Tuesday night that I would be interested in reading. Even actually saw one in the young readers that sounded pretty good. First is Timeless by Alexandra Monir. Our main character is named Michele Windsor, who is from a famous blue blood family. She discovers her great-great-grandmother’s diary, and as she reads […]

Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann

Cryer’s Cross by Lisa Mc..

Posted March 22, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

After reading the Wake trilogy by Lisa McMann, I was eager to read more books by her. And this book did not let me down. Our main character is Kendall, she is a senior in a small town. Kendall has OCD. She has to arrange the classroom every morning, the desks, the curtains, the markers […]

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 1.7

The Hazards of Working at a Bo..

Posted March 20, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Two new books. One I actually meant to write about in another post, because a friend reviewed it, and I’ve seen it sitting on a table at work several times. The other a teen book that I saw for the first time yesterday, and I actually had a minute to go back and read the […]

The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy

The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy

Posted March 20, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

In my goal to read 5 books this week, which I barely made by the book I finished today, this was one I chose because I figured it would be a quick read. But now I’m behind on blogging! So here goes! As I read through the other reviews of this on Goodreads after I […]

Allison Hewitt is Trapped:  A Zombie Novel by Madeleine Roux

Allison Hewitt is Trapped: A ..

Posted March 19, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

I have to start with when I first started reading this book. I was sitting in the break room at the bookstore I work at reading about the main character, Allison Hewitt, sitting trapped in the break room at the bookstore she worked at. The name of her bookstore was Brooks & Peabody. The name […]

2011 Debut Author Challenge 4:   Wither by Lauren DeStefano

2011 Debut Author Challenge 4:..

Posted March 18, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

The funny thing about this book is that I had received an ARC several months ago I think, but it got put under some other books, I forgot about it, and actually picked up another ARC at the bookstore the other day and brought it home. It wasn’t until I was up in my office/2nd […]

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 1.6

The Hazards of Working at a Bo..

Posted March 18, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

There were actually some real hazards, or should I say irritations at work last night. But as my blog is about the books that I want to buy after working, I won’t go into those things. Both books I’m going to talk about in this blog are Teen books. Not that I got to spend […]

Ill Wind by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason

Ill Wind by Kevin J. Anderson ..

Posted March 16, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Well, I feel like this is the first adult fiction I’ve read in a long time. Wait though, I really don’t like using the term “adult fiction”. In my mind it brings up the idea of an “adult bookstore” with it’s XXX signs and showing an ID to get in. So maybe, just to help […]