Month: October 2013

Waiting on Wednesday – Four:  A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent 0.1-0.4) by Veronica Roth

Waiting on Wednesday – F..

Posted October 31, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 6 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 a book, that is a collection of novellas that are either not available yet, or only available as an e-novella.  They are kind of what you’d call prequels I guess.  Prequels […]

Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth

Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Ve..

Posted October 28, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 4 Comments

Like many of the reviews I’ve seen on Goodreads, I must say that I’m unsure exactly what to say, or how to even review this.  Also like at least one other review, I loved Divergent, Insurgent kind of was the usual middle book, not really great, but okay to get through to the next book. […]

Stacking the Shelves – October 27, 2013

Stacking the Shelves – O..

Posted October 27, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Stacking the Shelves / 69 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.  It is a way for us to share the new books we have collected.  I haven’t done this since the beginning of the month, but truly, until this past week, I hadn’t really gotten many new books.  Which was kind of surprising, because there are several giveaways I […]

The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey #2) by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fe..

Posted October 26, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

This is another book I got from my bookstore, and I enjoyed it as well.  Now, while it wasn’t as good to me as the first in the series, it still had some parts that I did like even better than the first one.  If you haven’t read the first one, there might be some […]

The Friday 56 #4

The Friday 56 #4

Posted October 25, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 12 Comments

Because I don’t really have time once again to do the activity of Feature and Follow Friday, I’m going to participate once again in Friday 56, sponsored by Freda’s Voice.  Here are the rules: 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 […]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Posted October 25, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Yes, I know I’m way behind everyone else on this one.  I’ve been meaning to read it for awhile.  But it was a big book, and I just had so many other things to read, that I just kept putting it on the back burner.  Finally I decided that it was time to read it […]

Waiting on Wednesday – Anyone But You:  A Modern-Day Spin on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Twisted Lit #3) by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes

Waiting on Wednesday – A..

Posted October 23, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 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 a book in a series that is a modern re-do of Romeo and Juliet.  While there seem to have been a few of these lately, I like how this series […]

It’s My Birthday and I’ll Give Away Fierce Reads Books if I Want To!!

It’s My Birthday and I&#..

Posted October 22, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 54 Comments

So today is my birthday!  Yay!  I won’t really be celebrating with any of my family, already did my mom’s side on Sunday, and will celebrate with my dad’s side this coming Saturday.  So, I thought what could be more fun than giving YOU, my readers, the gifts?!  In fact, I got a Fierce Reads […]

Last Night at the Viper Room:  River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards

Last Night at the Viper Room: ..

Posted October 20, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Thanks to Edelweiss and It Books for allowing me to read an e-galley of this.  Back in the day (late 80’s, early 90’s) I was a huge fan of River Phoenix.  I was one of the girls they talk about in this book that read about him in the teeny bopper magazines like Teen Beat. […]

Booking Through Thursday #3

Booking Through Thursday #3

Posted October 17, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Well, the book I’m reading is taking me longer than planned.  I should have gone ahead and posted a Waiting on Wednesday yesterday, but didn’t.  So I will have to go ahead and post this today, and maybe, hopefully, my review of my book tomorrow.  So, even though it looks like the prompt is from […]