Month: May 2012

Waiting on Wednesday – BEA edition!

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, in honor of the fact that next Wednesday I’ll BE at BEA, I thought I’d post a list of the books I’m looking forward to hopefully getting when I’m at BEA. […]

Posted May 30, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 8 Comments

Hazards of Working at a Bookstore May 2012

I haven’t done one of these posts for a looooooooong time, it’s not that I haven’t found lots of books I want, I just haven’t had the time to post the entries.  So I decided to do one today.  I also wanted to say that in the next couple weeks I may have a few […]

Posted May 28, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

Stacking the Shelves #3

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!  This is being hosted by Tynga’s […]

Posted May 28, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Stacking the Shelves / 6 Comments

The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

I had this sitting in my classroom since last October when our school had its bookfair and I was able to get a hard cover copy for only $8.99!  But it’s like I forgot it was there.  I pulled it out about a month ago when I was doing some cleaning in my classroom, and […]

Posted May 21, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

Tomorrow Land by Mari Mancusi

Tomorrow Land by Mari Mancusi My rating: 4 of 5 stars First I want to thank Netgalley for letting me read the egalley of this book. This is the first book I’ve read by this author, although I know of her from seeing her books at the bookstore where I work. So the premise sounded […]

Posted May 17, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Stacking the Shelves #2

Okay, week 2 of doing this meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.  I feel like such a loser that I really only have one book each time I’ve done one of these memes.  But oh well.  I did actually get some egalleys on Netgalley, but don’t remember when exactly, so I will just have to start […]

Posted May 13, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Stacking the Shelves / 6 Comments

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 5 of 5 stars First, I have to say, WOW!! Why didn’t I read this when I first got the ARC at the bookstore where I work back in October? How stupid am I? This book was sooooo good. I think I waited because at first I was […]

Posted May 12, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

First I have to say thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Childrens Publishing Corporation for letting me read the egalley of this book.  It really fits in with all the end of the world stories I seem to be reading lately.  It is set slightly in the future, eveyone carries a “tab” around with them […]

Posted May 6, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 3 Comments