Month: February 2023

Release Blitz Review:  End of Story by Kylie Scott

Release Blitz Review: End of ..

Posted February 14, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, Review / 6 Comments

End of Story by Kylie Scott is now live! Blurb: New York Times bestselling sensation Kylie Scott’s sexy, smart and unconventional opposites-attract love story looks at what happens when fate refuses to give up on what’s meant to be… When Susie Bowen inherits a charming fixer-upper from her aunt, she’s excited to start living her […]

ARC Review:  The Scarlet Circus by Jane Yolen

ARC Review: The Scarlet Circu..

Posted February 13, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Blurb: The Scarlet Circus, the fourth volume in Yolen’s award-winning short fiction series brings you passionate treasures and unexpected transformations. This bewitching assemblage, with an original introduction from Brandon Sanderson, is an ideal read for anyone who appreciates witty, compelling, and classic romantic fantasy. My Review I really liked a lot of the stories in […]

Weekly Wrap-Up #106 – February 12th, 2023

Weekly Wrap-Up #106 – Februa..

Posted February 12, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Weekly Wrap Up / 42 Comments

As usual I’ll be linking this up with the Sunday Post (hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer). Sunday was a little anticlimactic with no Chiefs game. But we’re all getting prepared for the big Superbowl taking place on the day I will be posting this! The Kelce Bowl as Travis Kelce on our Kansas City Chiefs […]

Blog Tour Review:  Nobody Puts Rom-Coms in the Corner by Kathryn Freeman

Blog Tour Review: Nobody Puts..

Posted February 11, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, Review / 8 Comments

Blurb: Not an expert, not even close, not in any of this. But nobody will try harder than me to make you happy. Sally is a classic romantic and Harry is a classic cynic, but when a drunken bet leads the new flatmates to (badly) recreate ‘the lift’ from Dirty Dancing, and the video goes […]

Discussion Post:  Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic  or Why Don’t People Get the Point of This Book?

Discussion Post: Don’t ..

Posted February 10, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in discussion post / 12 Comments

Okay, I keep having to stop myself from commenting on reviews on Goodreads of a specific book. Or I’ll comment, then I have to go back and delete my comment because I know that a person’s review is their opinion. BUT!!!!! This specific book, and what they are saying is making me angry because they […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Whiskey On Our Shoes by Tonya Preece

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted February 9, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 10 Comments

Blurb: Eva dodges the fans, media, and gossip that follow her supermodel mom and rock star family members by wearing disguises. After an aimless gap year, she struggles to figure out what she wants from life. She moves in with her famous guitar god brother in Austin while he recovers from a drunken stage stunt accident and […]

Audiobook Review:  In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

Audiobook Review: In a Jam by..

Posted February 8, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Blurb: When Shay Zucconi’s step-grandmother died, she left Shay a tulip farm—under two conditions. First, Shay has to move home to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Second—and most problematic since her fiancé just called off the wedding—Shay must be married within one year.  Marriage is the last thing in the world Shay wants […]

Cover Reveal with Giveaway:  The Shape of Time by Ryan Calejo

Cover Reveal with Giveaway: T..

Posted February 7, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway / 6 Comments

Today Ryan Calejo and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for THE SHAPE OF TIME, his new Middle Grade Adventure Fantasy which releases September 12, 2023! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway!   On to the reveal!  About The Book: Title: THE SHAPE OF TIME (RYMWORLD ARCANA BOOK ONE) Author: Ryan Calejo Pub. […]

Weekly Wrap-Up #105 – February 5th, 2023

Weekly Wrap-Up #105 – Februa..

Posted February 5, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Weekly Wrap Up / 46 Comments

As usual I’ll be linking this up with the Sunday Post (hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer). Sunday was the big AFC championship. And we played the same team that we lost to last year. That we’d lost the last three games we’d played them in the past year. So I was nervous about the game. […]

ARC Review:  This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang

ARC Review: This Time It̵..

Posted February 3, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Blurb: Get ready to fall in love in this hilarious romcom about a girl who begins a fake relationship with the famous actor in her class, perfect for fans of Meg Cabot and Jenny Han. When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, her entire life changes overnight. […]