Month: August 2011

The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 3.3

Haven’t done one of these in awhile, again, school really cuts back on time. Most of these are going to be adult novels, and I believe I’ll have one with some more teen later this week. First is Stories for Nightime and Some for the Day by Ben Loory. This book’s title first caught my […]

Posted August 30, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got to read this as an e-galley from Netgalley.com, provided by Egmont USA. Our main character is Alex. She has a tumor in her brain, that is probably not able to be cured, even after some new type of treatment, that is these […]

Posted August 28, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

My 2nd Blog Award!

I know a lot of people don’t do blog awards, but so far I’ve received 2, and for now I’m okay with it. This one was given to me by Robyn Book Reviews. And now I am going to pass it on to 3-5 blogs with under 200 followers. I am going to share this […]

Posted August 21, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

Book Blogger Hop #12 and Follow Friday #9

Seems like I’m only able to fit this in about every other week now that school is getting started again. So let’s just get started! Book Blogger Hop first: The Book Blogger Hope is put on by Crazy For Books. It’s a place for book bloggers and readers to come together over the weekend and […]

Posted August 19, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 20 Comments

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 4 of 5 stars I waited a little extra long to read this because first I had to wait for this author to come to town when I would actually get the copy I had to buy in order to get into the event. But it was well worth […]

Posted August 19, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

Beyond the Grave by Mara Purnhagen

Beyond the Grave by Mara Purnhagen My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got to read this early as an e-galley through NetGalley from Harlequin. I’m so mad though because I forgot there was a 2.5 in the series called Haunting the Night and so I didn’t read it before. And it’s so stupid because […]

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

Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield

Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield My rating: 3 of 5 stars I got this book as an ARC from the bookstore I work along with the sequel, which I haven’t read yet. But I will soon, because I really did enjoy this book. This is another zombie story. But I like that we have started in […]

Posted August 10, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment