Month: September 2015

Review: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

First, thanks to Disney Book Group and Netgalley for allowing me to read an egalley of this title.  I have to admit that while I have “seen” the movie Aladdin, I’ve never really sat and watched it all the way through.  It came out when I was a teacher, so an adult, so the only […]

Posted September 5, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 19 Comments

Promo Post and Giveaway: The Next Together by Lauren James

The Next Together (The Next Together #1) by Lauren James Publisher: Walker Release Date: September 3rd 2015 Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Historial Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy, Time Travel Synopsis: How many times can you lose the person you love?  Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again, century after century. Each time, their presence changes […]

Posted September 4, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, promo post / 4 Comments

Cover Characteristic: Toys

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 September 3, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday: Yes, My Accent is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven’t Told You by Kunal Nayyar

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting.  I’ve chosen a nonfiction book for a change this week.  It comes out next week, and is by an actor on one of my all-time favorite TV shows, The Big Bang Theory.  I guess […]

Posted September 2, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 48 Comments

Review: Mirrored by Alex Flinn

I was lucky enough to win an ARC of this earlier this year from Cynthia Leitich Smith, who is an author, and also blogs at Cynsations.  I didn’t even realize it was autographed to me personally until I finally picked it up to read!  Here is the autograph: I haven’t read very many of Alex […]

Posted September 1, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 17 Comments