Month: July 2011

Deviant by Adrian McKinty

Deviant by Adrian McKinty

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

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 […]

Book Blogger Hop #9 and Follow Friday #6

Book Blogger Hop #9 and Follow..

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

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 […]

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 3.1 Part 2

The Hazards of Working at a Bo..

Posted July 14, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Okay, part 2. I also realized I could do a part 3, as we had an upcoming catalog of YA title sitting in the breakroom at the bookstore where I work and I found 3 other books I wanted to read. But I’ll post those another time. For today I’m going to just list the […]

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 3.1 Part 1

The Hazards of Working at a Bo..

Posted July 14, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Okay, this is either going to be really long, or I’m going to split it into a few. This is a collection of papers from working 3 days last week and 2 this week. And at first I thought I didn’t find many, but I did. I found 8 (edit, only 7, 2nd book I […]

You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs by Laurie Graff

You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frog..

Posted July 14, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs by Laurie Graff My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was my latest book to keep by the big bathtub for reading while taking a bubble bath. It had some really hilarious moments. I also at first was unsure as I started reading whether it was supposed […]

Waiting on Wednesday – Fever (Chemical Garden Trilogy #2) by Lauren DeStefano

Waiting on Wednesday – F..

Posted July 13, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 5 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is sponsored by Jill @ Breaking the Spine. I haven’t done this in awhile because I felt I’d pretty much listed all the books I’d really been waiting on. But, au contraire, mon frere. It’s just that a lot of the books I’m not waiting on will not be published for another […]

Top 10 Tuesday:  Top Ten Authors I’d Love to Meet

Top 10 Tuesday: Top Ten Autho..

Posted July 12, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

I was going to post a Hazards of Working at a Bookstore post today, I have 4 books to list from last week, but then I saw this post and thought I’d enjoy doing this.This week’s Top Ten is the authors you’d like to meet. There are more than 10 for me as well, but […]

Battered Earth by D. Hilleren

Battered Earth by D. Hilleren

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

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 […]

Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg

Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg

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

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 […]

Random Acts of Kindness June Wrap-Up

Random Acts of Kindness June W..

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

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 […]