Month: September 2013

Storm (Swipe #3) by Evan Angler

Thanks to Thomas Nelson publishing and Netgalley for allowing me to read an e-galley of this, even though it was actually published earlier this year.  This was my #8 for my 2nd Annual September is for Sequels Challenge, meaning that even if I finish the book I’m currently reading, I won’t have read any more […]

Posted September 28, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

The Friday 56 #3

Third time is a charm, right?  So once again I’m going to participate in The Friday 56, sponsored by Freda’s Voice, this time more based on time constraints.  Here is what you do: Rules:  *Grab a book, any book.*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader *Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it) that […]

Posted September 27, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 11 Comments

Scorch (Croak #2) by Gina Damico

This is a book, a series, that I love, love, love!!  And of course it is in #7 in my September is for Sequels Challenge.  Again, it has been sitting on my TBR shelf forever, which was a huge oversight on my part, because like the first one, it was soooo good!  One I didn’t […]

Posted September 24, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 3 Comments

Everbound (Everneath #2) by Brodi Ashton

This is only my 6th book I’ve read for my September is for Sequels Challenge, out of the 12 I had hoped to read.  đŸ™  I think, I guess that I will be happy if I meet my same amount that I read last year, which was 8.  It just seems that September gets so […]

Posted September 23, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments

Banned Book Weeks Hop 2013

Thanks to Kathy at I Am a Reader, and Mary at Bookhounds for hosting this blog hop.  Since I have a display up for Banned Book Weeks in my library, I felt it would be good to participate in this as well.  Banned Books Week is something the American Library Association (ALA) began to raise […]

Posted September 21, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 86 Comments

My Own Mr. Darcy by Karey White

I was so pleased to get to be a part of the blog tour for this book, so thanks to I Am a Reader for allowing me to participate.  I hadn’t read many of what I call “chick lit” books in awhile, and this seemed like a cute one to read. The main character is […]

Posted September 20, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Booking Through Thursday #2

Well, I could have saved my review of The Dream Thieves for today and posted a Waiting on Wednesday yesterday, but I was ready to post my review.  So, here we go for my second time of Booking Through Thursday: Connected to last week’s—it’s one of the ways writing has changed. Books from a century or […]

Posted September 19, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments