Format: ARC

Review:  Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Review: Dorothy Must Die by D..

Posted March 29, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 15 Comments

I was lucky enough to get to read an ARC of this that was sent to the Barnes and Noble where I work part time by HarperCollins.  I was extremely excited to read it because I had been hearing so much about it on other blogs, as well as from Epic Reads, and then the […]

Emerald Green (Ruby Red Trilogy #3) by Kerstin Gier

Emerald Green (Ruby Red Trilog..

Posted December 9, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 12 Comments

I have to thank Henry Holt and Company for sending me an ARC of this, I believe through a link in the Shelf Awareness e-newsletter.  It also says on the back this is supposed to be part of the Fierce Reads campaign, which as you’ve seen earlier, is something I really love!  I don’t think […]

Unremembered by Jessica Brody

Unremembered by Jessica Brody

Posted August 13, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

This was one of the books that I got in my Fierce Reads box.  One I was so excited to see because I’d wanted to read it.  And at some point, I will probably be doing a giveaway with the books in the box, so stay tuned! This book begins with a plane crash, and […]

Unnatural Creatures:  Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman

Unnatural Creatures: Stories ..

Posted April 9, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Thanks to HarperCollins Children’s Books and Epic Reads, I won this ARC from a contest in the Shelf Awareness email newsletter.  I haven’t read a lot of Neil Gaiman books, American Gods was one that I read and did really like though.  So I knew that I was interested in this.  The really cool thing […]

All These Things I’ve Done (Birthright #1) by Gabrielle Zevin

All These Things I’ve Do..

Posted March 4, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Can I just say, WOW?  Why in the world have I waited so long to read yet another ARC that was sitting on my shelf since before it was published?  I mean this came out in September 2011, so I  got the ARC before then, and it sat on my shelf.  I’d only wanted it […]

2013 Truman Possibility 16:  Legend by Marie Lu

2013 Truman Possibility 16: L..

Posted November 23, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

This is a book that I’ve seen bouncing around the Book  Blogosphere for awhile now.  I was very excited to get a copy of it at BEA this summer.  It’s not signed, and I didn’t get to meet the author unfortunately.   And I put it off reading until I got the list of the […]

ARC Review:  Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

ARC Review: Daughter of Smoke..

Posted August 16, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was lucky enough to get a copy of this at BEA this year. When I first saw the cover, I did a bad thing, I judged it. And not that the cover isn’t really neat looking, it just didn’t look […]

Wake (Watersong #1) by Amanda Hocking

Wake (Watersong #1) by Amanda ..

Posted July 18, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 9 Comments

As always I’d like to thank the people who made it possible for me to read an advanced copy of this.  I was fortunate enough to walk into work at Barnes and Noble and see this sitting on the break room table.  As I had fallen in love with the Trylle series by Amanda Hocking, […]

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Posted May 12, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 5 of 5 stars First, I have to say, WOW!! Why didn’t I read this when I first got the ARC at the bookstore where I work back in October? How stupid am I? This book was sooooo good. I think I waited because at first I was […]

Pure by Julianna Baggott

Pure by Julianna Baggott

Posted January 30, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 1 Comment

Pure by Julianna Baggott My rating: 4 of 5 stars I saw this ARC on the table at the Barnes & Noble where I work, and at first didn’t think it could be YA as big of a book as it was. But I picked it up and read about it, and thought it sounded […]