The Friday 56 #8

This week I’m going to participate once again in Friday 56, sponsored by Freda’s Voice.  Here are the rules: Rules: *Grab a book, any book.*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader *Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it) that grabs you.*Post it.*Add your (url) post below in Linky. Add the post url, not your […]

Posted July 4, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments

Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

I won a copy of this as an e-book a few months ago.  I decided I needed to read it, finally.  And it was definitely a good book!  Now I am very eager for part two.  I like how it took into consideration all the past books/movie theories about what aliens would do when they […]

Posted July 3, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 20 Comments

May/June Prequel ad Sequel Challenge Wrap Up

It just seems like it is easier for me to do these posts every other month as the in between months just seem to be too busy at the end.  So let’s see how I did on my challenge the past two months. May: Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles #2) 2 points The One (Selection #3) […]

Posted July 2, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Freedom to Read Giveaway Hop 2014

This hop is hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and Bookhounds.   I haven’t really done a giveaway hop in awhile, what with BEA and then my surgery a couple weeks ago.  Plus, I’ve been kind of broke with air conditioning issues and all the costs leading up to my surgery, etc. But […]

Posted July 1, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 190 Comments

Review: The City by Dean Koontz

First, thanks to Random House/Bantam Dell and Netgalley for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title.  Dean Koontz will always be one of my all time favorite authors.  And while a couple books ago I was a bit disappointed, that changed with the last one, Innocence, and now this one, The City, has […]

Posted June 30, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 14 Comments

Review: Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart

This is a book I added to my library request list when I got back from BEA a few weeks ago.  I was lucky enough to get to meet the author and get a copy of the second book, Undead with Benefits, so I figured I’d better go ahead and read the first one.  It […]

Posted June 28, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments

Feature and Follow Friday – June 27th, 2014

Once again I’ve realized that this is a meme I used to participate in all the time last year, but this year, well I don’t think I’ve done one since January!  Crazy!  Feature and Follow Friday is sponsored by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The purpose of this event is to learn about the two featured bloggers each […]

Posted June 27, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 9 Comments