Month: January 2014

Review: Beta by Rachel Cohn

So I finally got around to reading this ARC that I got at BEA 2012.  And now, I’m really hoping that when I go to BEA this summer, maybe I’ll get the sequel?  Because this book totally left on a major cliffhanger!! This is a story about a futuristic Earth.  The whole world has been […]

Posted January 19, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

The Friday 56 #6

 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 grabs you.*Post it.*Add your (url) post below in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. […]

Posted January 17, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 8 Comments

Review: The Diviners by Libba Bray

I’ve had this sitting on my TBR shelf since the summer of 2012 when I attended BEA and received an ARC of it.  I really didn’t know much about it, and that’s part of why it sat for so long.  When I did see reviews of it, I knew I needed to read it.  But […]

Posted January 15, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Feature and Follow Friday – January 10th, 2014

Wow!  I just realized I haven’t participated in this meme since last August!  So time to start it off for the year.  Feature and Follow Friday is sponsored by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The purpose of this event is to learn about the two featured bloggers each week, as well as to increase your own blog following […]

Posted January 10, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 15 Comments

Review: Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

First I must say thank you to Harper Teen as well as Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title.  I was surprised that this was the first book I’ve actually read by Sophie Jordan, as I knew her name well, and was excited to meet her last May at the Romantic […]

Posted January 9, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 16 Comments