Month: November 2013

2013 Gratitude Giveaway Hop

2013 Gratitude Giveaway Hop

Posted November 15, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 17 Comments

I’m very grateful for my followers this year.  I’m over 1600 on GFC, so that is exciting!  So I decided to participate in the Gratitude Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader, Not a Writer.  There is only one thing you need to do to enter, just follow me any way that you’d like, […]

November is for Novellas Challenge #5:  The Moth in the Mirror (Splintered 1.5) by A.G. Howard

November is for Novellas Chall..

Posted November 13, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

I loved Splintered when I read it at the end of last year, and when I saw on Goodreads that there was a novella, one that kind of would help me last till the 2nd book came out, I had to have it, and so bought it with my birthday Barnes and Noble gift card for […]

Top 10 Tuesdays:  Covers I Wish I Could Redesign

Top 10 Tuesdays: Covers I Wis..

Posted November 12, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 16 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is sponsored by The Broke and The Bookish.   I often have trouble coming up with a total of ten for the top 10, and today is no different, but the book I finished yesterday isn’t published till next year, so I can’t post my review just yet.  But I like this topic this […]

3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Posted November 11, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

I was lucky enough to get a copy of this at the RT Convention back in May of 2013 when it was in my hometown of Kansas City.  I got to meet the author, and of course got the ARC autographed.  I’ve had it up by my jacuzzi tub, and have been reading it whenever […]

Stacking the Shelves – November 9th, 2013

Stacking the Shelves – N..

Posted November 10, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Stacking the Shelves / 26 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.  It is a way for us to share the new books we have collected. This week I started getting some of those books I won finally, as well as I bought a couple that were for my Fierce Reads Birthday Contest Winners.  First let me begin with a recap […]

The Friday 56 #5

The Friday 56 #5

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

I’m not really into doing Vlogs like it asks for in the Feature and Follow this week, so 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) […]

November is for Novellas Challenge #3 and #4:  Dress Your Marines in White (Monument 14 #0.5) and Jake and the Other Girl (Monument 14 #1.5) by Emmy Laybourne

November is for Novellas Chall..

Posted November 7, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

These are two e-books I’ve had on my e-reader since I first found them available.  I’ve read both books that are out in the Monument 14 series, and so these fit perfectly in.  And like the last two, these also were pretty good.  The first one more than the second, but both were useful stories […]

The Living by Matt de la Pena

The Living by Matt de la Pena

Posted November 6, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

First of all, thanks to Delacorte Press and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this.  I’ve read one book by this author before, We Were Here, when I was reading to help select one of my state library association’s book award nominees for the year.  And it was a good book.  But […]

November is for Novellas Challenge #1 and #2:  The Department of Alterations and The Rain is a Lie by Gennifer Albin

November is for Novellas Chall..

Posted November 4, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

These are two e-galleys that I purchased with my birthday gift card, and also are part of my November is for Novellas Challenge.  Since they go with the same series, and were both pretty short, I’m going to review them together. A really quick read.  You get a glimpse into what life is like in […]