Author: Lisa Mandina

First Impression of The Hunger Games Movie

First Impression of The Hunger Games Movie

Okay, as this is a book blog, and The Hunger Games movie is based on the book, I feel I can go ahead and give my opinion on the movie.  I’m not going to make a big deal about how the book is always better than the movie, because that just goes without saying.  First, […]

Posted March 23, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 16 Comments
Feature and Follow Friday 2012 #2

Feature and Follow Friday 2012 #2

Feature and Follow Friday is a joint effort between bloggers to increase your following.  It is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The point of the hop is to gain new followers, but also to follow others.  According to Parajunkee this week, I follow you, you follow me.  This week’s question is: What is […]

Posted March 16, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 11 Comments
Dark Eden by Patrick Carman

Dark Eden by Patrick Carman

Now I have been waiting to read this one for what seems like forever.  Since I got to meet Patrick Carman last fall, and then the book didn’t come out till November, then I didn’t have the money at the time to buy it.  So it actually is part of my TBR challenge since I’ve […]

Posted March 15, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment
Fever by Lauren DeStefano

Fever by Lauren DeStefano

Fever by Lauren DeStefano My rating: 4 of 5 stars I waited so long to read this from when I got to read the first book in the series, Wither. I wished really bad I’d get an ARC of it since I’d gotten to read Wither as an ARC. But it didn’t happen, so I […]

Posted March 11, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment
Ripper by Amy Carol Reeves

Ripper by Amy Carol Reeves

First I have to say thanks to Flux Books and NetGalley for letting me read the egalley to this book.  As I have mentioned before, I have been fascinated with the whole Jack the Ripper story for as long as I remember, and was really drawn in by the movie From Hell with Johnny Depp […]

Posted March 9, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 1 Comment
It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading? (1)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (1)

It’s Monday!  What are you reading? is a weekly event hosted by Book Journey where we share what we read last week, what we hope to read this week, and anything in between.  I first learned about this from Lost in Literature.  Read last week: Blood Rose by Andrea Cremer.  Check out my review here. […]

Posted March 6, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment