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Review with Author Interview:  Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim

Review with Author Interview: Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim

Blurb: Clueless meets Jenna Evans Welch in this young adult rom-com about a spoiled American teenager who faces some major culture shock—and potential romance—when she jets off to Bangladesh for her sister’s wedding. Bibi Hossain was supposed to get her first kiss this summer. Too bad her father finds out and grounds her for breaking his […]

Posted June 10, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in author interview, Review / 10 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #75:  April 2025

L-L-L-Little Reviews #75: April 2025

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews! Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyan Pham (Illustrations) My Review: I don’t read many graphic novels. I just prefer words on the page and not so many pictures. However one of the library committees […]

Posted April 29, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 16 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #74: March 2025

L-L-L-Little Reviews #74: March 2025

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews! You, With a View by Jessica Joyce My Review: So I read The Ex Vows by this author last year and knew I wanted to get back to reading the other book I’d seen as well. When this became […]

Posted March 31, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 12 Comments
Review:  Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros

Review: Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros

Blurb: Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body […]

Posted December 19, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 21 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #68: November 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #68: November 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. Royal Blood (Royal Blood #1) by Aimee Carter My Review: This was another one of the possible Gateway nominees. I loved Aimee Carter’s Goddess Test series, and was so excited when I got to meet her at BEA back […]

Posted November 26, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #67: October 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #67: October 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. The Prince & the Apocalypse (The Prince & the Apocalypse) by Kara McDowell My Review: This was another read for the Gateway list for next school year. And it was another winner for me! I’d wanted to read it […]

Posted November 2, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #62: May 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #62: May 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. Louder Than Hunger by John Schu My Review: Okay, if you know me I don’t read much if any novels in verse. If there are a lot of words my brain trips over having to slow down and read […]

Posted May 29, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 12 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #58: January 2024

L-L-L-Little Reviews #58: January 2024

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. I’ve also got two books that didn’t get reviews posted in December since I did this post earlier than usual last month. On a Tuesday (One Week #1) by Whitney G My Review: This was a shorter audiobook I […]

Posted January 29, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 5 Comments