2014 Prequel and Sequel Challenge

So, I think I’m going to try this Challenge this year, as a lot of the books on my TBR pile, or maybe just my TBR list are sequels to series that I started because the first book was an e-galley, but then I just never got the 2nd book as an e-galley, or bought […]

Posted December 24, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

So, well, this is going to be a hard book to review.  I only picked it up because I saw the book Red Hill by this author, and it sounded really good, but I was told I needed to read this first.  So I checked it out from the library, thinking if I liked it, it […]

Posted December 23, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments

Top 10 Tuesdays: Ten New to Me Authors of 2013

Top Ten Tuesday is sponsored by The Broke and The Bookish.  As with my post two weeks ago, I again had a hard time limiting this list to 10.  So I tried to pick authors that weren’t necessarily debut authors as much as possible.  Now, I’d pretty much heard of these authors, I mean I work […]

Posted December 17, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments

Unhinged (Splintered #2) by AG Howard

Once again, totally in love with this series!  But before I talk about the book, I must first thank Abrams Amulet Group and Netgalley, for allowing me to read an e-galley of it.  I am also a part of the Unhinged ARC tour, but since I had this e-galley, I let them skip sending me […]

Posted December 13, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday: Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we’re eagerly awaiting.  This week I’ve chosen a book by an author that I feel is a really unique author.  Her stories are different from other stories.  In a way that while they may cover the same […]

Posted December 11, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 22 Comments

Best of 2013 Giveaway Hop

Thanks to Bookhounds and I Am A Reader for sponsoring this giveaway hop.  The point of this is to feature our favorite book of 2013, whether it was published in 2013, or maybe we just got around to reading it.  All the books below are ones I read this year and LOVED!  For my stop, […]

Posted December 10, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 111 Comments