Giveaway Hop: Clear Your Shelf

This Hop features books that need a new home, and is hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer.  This year I’m giving you the choice of one of the following books.  Because I’m poor, I can only ship US.  Sorry.  Some of the books are ARCs, some are finished copies. Just fill out […]

Posted January 4, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 35 Comments

2013 Wrap-Up and Goals for 2014

I only participated in one Challenge this year, the TBR Pile Challenge, and you can see how I did HERE.  I participated in quite a few Giveaway Hops.  I sponsored my September is for Sequels Challenge for the 2nd year, and started a November is for Novellas Challenge.  I passed 1800 followers on GFC.  I […]

Posted January 1, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 7 Comments

2013 TBR Pile Reading Challenge Wrap Up

Well, once again this year, I didn’t do a good job at making sure to comment in my reviews if they were for this challenge or not.  So, it took me awhile to figure out if I met my goal of 11-20 books or not.  Here are the books that count for this challenge, and […]

Posted December 31, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

Origin by Jessica Khoury

I’ve had this book sitting on my TBR pile for quite awhile now.  I picked it up off the table where my bookstore puts ARCs for us to look at and read.  I haven’t received as many ARCs from the bookstore anymore due to one of the Children’s leads now reading them and taking them. […]

Posted December 30, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments

Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky #3)

Once again a trilogy that ends on a great note!  There were definitely some deaths that sucked.  But it wasn’t anything that ruined how the story went or ended.  Of course, I first need to say thanks to Edelweiss and Harper Collins for allowing me to read an e-galley of this.  It was so hard […]

Posted December 28, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

The Rule of Three by Eric Walters

First I will thank Netgalley, FSG, and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for allowing me to read an e-galley of this.  As anyone who follows my blog probably knows, I am a huge fan of dystopian stories.  So this sounded like one of those, although, really more of a post-apocalyptic, but similar.  And it was.  However, […]

Posted December 26, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Merry Christmas to All My Followers and Friends!

I hope everyone gets to spend time with their family or friends for Christmas, or whatever holiday you might celebrate.  I got to spend last night with my mom, step-dad, brother, sister-in-law, and niece.  Tonight I will be celebrating with my dad, step-mom, 2 sisters, and one sister’s boyfriend. Thanks to all my followers, I’m […]

Posted December 25, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments