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Spring Fling Giveaway Hop!

Hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer & Eve’s Fan Garden. I’m so excited to be participating in a Giveaway Hop finally!  And while I have some ARCs to giveaway, I thought I’d make this a really easy giveaway as May gets to be really busy with the end of the school year. […]

Posted April 30, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 131 Comments

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

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows My rating: 4 of 5 stars First, I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but wow, how striking is this cover? And it’s not just a fancy pretty picture, there are clues and hints to what is going to happen in the book on the cover, […]

Posted January 4, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 0 Comments

2011 Challenge Wrap Up

I really only participated in one real challenge, and that was The Story Siren’s Debut Author Challenge.  I did also set a goal on Goodreads to read 100 books this year, and I did, although I actually read more than that because I’m not sure I counted books I’d already read on there, but anyway.  […]

Posted January 1, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 0 Comments

Let’s get this blog going!

Okay, I’m so close to 300 followers! I’d like to get there by the end of January, and see how much farther I can get. I will be looking for some giveaway hops to get involved with, but for now, I’m going to do my own giveaway. I’m giving one $15 gift card to Barnes […]

Posted January 1, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 4 Comments

October RAK

So, I haven’t done this since this summer, too busy really. But when I heard that you could now buy a specific book for someone’s Nook, and I have a Nook, I thought I’d sign up again and try it out. Plus, it is my birthday month, just like it is the Book Nympho’s, (mine […]

Posted October 2, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in Uncategorized / 0 Comments