Month: July 2011

Deviant by Adrian McKinty

Deviant by Adrian McKinty My rating: 3 of 5 stars After reading the reviews already posted before I’d really gotten into this book, I was a bit nervous about reading it. But then I got into it and really enjoyed it. The serial killer aspect to the book was very interesting. I liked how really […]

Posted July 15, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

Book Blogger Hop #9 and Follow Friday #6

Book Blogger Hop is sponsored over at Crazy for Books. It’s a place for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word. This week’s question is: How/where do you get your books? Do you buy them or go to the library? Is there a certain website you use like […]

Posted July 15, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments

Battered Earth by D. Hilleren

Battered Earth by D. Hilleren My rating: 3 of 5 stars Okay, this is a hard review to do. I was so excited to win this, my first, and only, book that I’ve won from a Goodreads contest. And it came to me signed from the author, which is really cool. I signed up for […]

Posted July 11, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg

Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg My rating: 4 of 5 stars I know this isn’t my usual YA fiction that I review most of the time, as it is a memoir of an adult comic. However, it does fit in with my love of YA in some ways. The fact that I am such […]

Posted July 6, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

Random Acts of Kindness June Wrap-Up

June was a great month for me to participate! Although I had one person I was going to send an ARC to who was too picky to get an ARC, I sent books to two other people, and got two books myself! Personally, I love ARCs. I feel special, because not everyone gets one. I […]

Posted July 5, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments