Month: April 2012

Spring Fling Giveaway Hop!

Spring Fling Giveaway Hop!

Posted April 30, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 131 Comments

Hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer & Eve’s Fan Garden. I’m so excited to be participating in a Giveaway Hop finally!  And while I have some ARCs to giveaway, I thought I’d make this a really easy giveaway as May gets to be really busy with the end of the school year. […]

Stacking the Shelves #1

Stacking the Shelves #1

Posted April 29, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Stacking the Shelves / 0 Comments

With all the controversy lately, I found this similar meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and thought I’d join in.  I don’t really have anything to put on a shelf this week, but it is a book to read, so I’ll share!  Since I’m going to be participating in a hop for the new book Redheads […]

COVER REVEAL!!!  Redheads are Soulless by Heather M. White

COVER REVEAL!!! Redheads are ..

Posted April 25, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 2 Comments

I’m so excited to get to be a part of a cover reveal!!! Although this morning, it didn’t post right, so here it is updated.  Thanks to SupaGurl’s Book Blog for letting me join in. Here is the blurb about the book: High School senior, Sofia Black, has had a very hard life. Since her […]

Dark Souls by Paula Morris

Dark Souls by Paula Morris

Posted April 23, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Dark Souls by Paula Morris My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got this book from our school book fair last October. Then I put it in a cabinet at school because I used to keep a book to read at school. Well, mostly this year I’ve been bringing the actual book I’ve been reading […]

Ascend (Trylle Trilogy #3) by Amanda Hocking

Ascend (Trylle Trilogy #3) by ..

Posted April 19, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 3 Comments

Ascend by Amanda Hocking My rating: 4 of 5 stars Again I got this as a great deal as an e-book before they were being published.  This will be published and available in a hard copy next Tuesday! Once again I was not disappointed. This book had romance, suspense, and even some new mythology about […]

Waiting on Wednesday – Unwholly (Unwind Trilogy #2) by Neal Shusterman

Waiting on Wednesday – U..

Posted April 18, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting. So, making sure to do this meme because the two books I got read this weekend I have to wait to post their reviews because of their publishing dates.  So, wanted to […]

Fear (Gone series #5) by Michael Grant

Fear (Gone series #5) by Micha..

Posted April 13, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 8 Comments

This is a series I began reading back in 2009 when I was reading to help pick one of my state’s award nominee list for the 2010-2011 school year.  I believe it was the same year I read Hunger Games.  You can read my review of Gone here.  I would say it was probably my […]

Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson

Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davi..

Posted April 11, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I ended up waiting longer than normal to read this next book in one of my favorite series, and really the only mystery series that I read. Normally I would check it out when it first came out, but I was so busy […]

Ghost Whisperer:  Revenge by Doranna Durgin

Ghost Whisperer: Revenge by D..

Posted April 9, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

I enjoyed the tv series this book is based on, and saw the books at the bookstore where I work.  When they became strip cover books at the store, I took one or two of them home, and now that the series is no longer being filmed, I decided it was time to read them […]

In My Mailbox (3)

In My Mailbox (3)

Posted April 8, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 9 Comments

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.  I’m very excited to do this meme this week as I won some books from Lea at LC’s Adventures in Library Land in the Hunger Games Movie Premiere Giveaway.  I hardly ever win contests, but this was the 2nd one I’ve won, the first […]