Month: July 2015

Review: Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar

First, thanks to Delacorte Books for Young Readers and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an egalley of this title.  I was excited for it because I loved Holes and Small Steps by this author. And the idea behind it really grabbed my interest as a science fiction reader and former science teacher.  And while […]

Posted July 31, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Cover Reveal: Dangerous Games by D’Ann Burrow

BOOK and AUTHOR INFO: Dangerous Games by D’Ann Burrow (Secrets and Lies, #2) Publication date: September 28th 2015 Genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Synopsis: Kennedy Thatcher is leaving Piney Bluff, Texas. In September, she wanted nothing more than to go back home to California, but things have changed. Two weeks ago Kennedy broke Rule #1. […]

Posted July 30, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu

I was able to get an ARC of this book through a trade with Emily at Falling for YA.  It was one that I was very excited to read.  Although so far I’ve only read Legend by Marie Lu, I really liked that one so much, that I just had to get ahold of this […]

Posted July 28, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 18 Comments

U.S. Virtual Road Trip- Day 25- Missouri

Hey everyone, haven’t had time to blog today.  I had a great writing date with my friend that helped me back in November to actually win NaNoWriMo in the morning, which led to me uploading 4 more chapters of that novel to Wattpad HERE.  And then this afternoon we had my stepmom’s birthday party.  But […]

Posted July 26, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Cover Characteristic: Castles

The Cover Characteristic meme is hosted at  Sugar and Snark.   Here are the guidelines: Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite covers with that characteristic. If you want to join in and share your 5 favorite covers with the weeks particular characteristic, then just make a post, grab the meme […]

Posted July 24, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments