Month: September 2013

Monsters (Ashes Trilogy #3) by Ilsa J. Bick

Monsters (Ashes Trilogy #3) by..

Posted September 8, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

This is the 2nd book I’ve read for my 2nd Annual September is for Sequels Reading Challenge.  Unfortunately it took me a bit longer to read than I was hoping, but to be fair, it was a pretty long book, around 800 pages.  I’ve been a big fan of this series since I read the […]

The Friday 56  #1

The Friday 56 #1

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

I really, really, really wanted to participate this week in the feature and follow as it is a tour of your bookshelves.  Unfortunately the room that my bookshelves are in, along with my bookshelves are in a bit of turmoil as I’m rearranging and organizing that room.  So, I had to find a different Friday […]

Shudder Blog Tour Grand Finale Recap Post and Giveaway

Shudder Blog Tour Grand Finale..

Posted September 5, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 4 Comments

The Highlight Tour with Prism Book Tours & Samantha’s Summer Tour Shudder 348 pages Published June 15, 2013 It’s only been three days, and already everything is different. Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa’s life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her […]

Waiting on Wednesday:  Cured (Stung #2) by Bethany Wiggins

Waiting on Wednesday: Cured (..

Posted September 4, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 17 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.  This week I’ve chosen the sequel to a book that I read as an e-galley, and really enjoyed some of the real science it pulled in with the theme or plot point about bees […]

Awesome Giveaway from Mike Mullin, Author of the Ashfall Series

Awesome Giveaway from Mike Mul..

Posted September 3, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Just saw this posted by the author on Facebook, and I had to enter myself.  And I get points for sharing it with my readers, so here is a post to convince all of you to go enter the contest for a one of a kind copy of Darla’s Story.  If you’ve read the series, […]

Sick by Tom Leveen

Sick by Tom Leveen

Posted September 3, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

First, thanks to Netgalley and Abrams Publishing for allowing me to read an e-galley of this. I did really enjoy it, even though it is yet another zombie book. Something I really liked about it is that although the high school kids are going through all this stress together, they do learn to start seeing […]

Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2) by Emmy Laybourne

Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2) b..

Posted September 3, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

This is the first book I finished for my 2nd Annual September is for Sequels Challenge.  It’s a short book, so a good way to get started, but it was a good book, and one that I’d been waiting to read for awhile.  In the first book we had the 14 kids left stranded in […]

September is for Sequels Giveaway Hop

September is for Sequels Givea..

Posted September 1, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 261 Comments

I’m so excited to be co-hosting my very first giveaway hop with I Am a Reader.  This hop came about from the Challenge I set up last year and am continuing this year, to catch up on those sequels that often get set on the TBR pile due to all the new books bloggers get […]

For the Good of Mankind? by Vicki O. Wittenstein

For the Good of Mankind? by Vi..

Posted September 1, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Thanks to Netgalley and Lerner Publishing Group for allowing me to read this e-galley over the summer.  My interest in this book was probably sparked from both the fact that I am a science teacher, as well as the fact that I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks earlier this summer.  This book was […]