Month: June 2011

RAK: May Wrap Up

RAK: May Wrap Up

Posted June 2, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 5 Comments

This was my first time participating in Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) like a few others I’ve seen. I intend to participate in June as well, and be more prompt with sending my books out. If you are interested in participating for June, please click on the button above to get more information.And while I […]

Magnolia League by Katie Crouch

Magnolia League by Katie Crouc..

Posted June 2, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

This is yet another egalley from Netgalley. And I’m glad I got it. It is already published, in May, a bit before I downloaded it, and that is part of why I wanted to read it, because I picked it up and read the jacket at the bookstore where I work. Our main character is […]

Surviving the Angel of Death by Eva Moses Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccien

Surviving the Angel of Death b..

Posted June 1, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

This is another egalley from Netgalley. I believe it has also already been published. But as this is a holocaust story I was extremely intrigued and wanted to read it. It was a quick read, it is a book for young adults, probably upper elementary-middle school. This is actually a true story, about a set […]

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wil..

Posted June 1, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

This was an ARC that was just sitting out on the breakroom table at the bookstore where I work. I cannot believe it hadn’t been picked up yet as we have many science fiction fans working at the store it seems. Anyway, this was a good book. It reminds me in a way of the […]

The Cellar by A.J. Whitten

The Cellar by A.J. Whitten

Posted June 1, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

This was another egalley from Netgalley. This book is actually already published, but I still was interested in reading it. First off, let me say this story was pretty scary! We have two, kind of three, main characters. First are the two sisters Meredith and Heather. They recently lost their father in a car crash, […]