Genre: YA Retelling

L-L-L-Little Reviews #49: April 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #49: Apri..

Posted April 29, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. One For All by Lillie Lainoff My Review: This was a fun historical retelling with a reimagining, or extra storyline added to the musketeers of history. It made me dig into some French […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #46: January 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #46: Janu..

Posted January 31, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

Here are the books I read this past month that were not part of scheduled reviews. The Hunger Between Us by Marina Adair: My Review: All I can really say about this is wow! This was such a dark story. The main character had a lot of unlikable actions and characteristics. But the world she […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Wicked Ones (Dark Ascension #1) by Robin Benway

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted January 26, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 4 Comments

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Find it:Goodreads, https://books2read.com/THE-WICKED-ONES Blurb: “Blood is blood…and one way or another, we all bleed.” Drizella and Anastasia only know one thing for certain: they will never end up like their mother, Lady Tremaine. When their father left them as young girls, he took what was left of their family’s fortune and their mother’s […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #44: December 2022 – Part One

L-L-L-Little Reviews #44: Dece..

Posted December 8, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

So I finally got around to making a button for this post. We’ll see. I feel like maybe I made it a little too busy. I might re-do it next year for December. I also decided I was going to start posting one of these a month. So what I’ll do is as I read […]

The DNF Report #13 – August 2022 through October 2022 (6 books)

The DNF Report #13 – Aug..

Posted November 19, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in The DNF Report / 4 Comments

Now one of these books was a DNF after I’d posted the last one in August, one in September, but it seems I had a bunch in October. The Mix Up (Meet Cute Book Club #6) by Rebecca Wilder My thoughts: This was part of a series that I was enjoying, but unfortunately it didn’t […]

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway..

Posted May 13, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 7 Comments

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the BRAVELY by Maggie Stiefvater Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Find it:Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Blurb: What if you had one year to save everything you loved? ONE PRINCESS. Merida of DunBroch […]

ARC Review:  Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta

ARC Review: Debating Darcy by..

Posted April 2, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

Blurb: This Pride & Prejudice retelling brings New York Timesbestselling Sayantani DasGupta’s trademark wit and insight to her bright and funny YA debut! It is a truth universally acknowledged that Leela Bose plays to win. A life-long speech competitor, Leela loves nothing more than crushing the competition, all while wearing a smile. But when she meets the incorrigible […]

ARC Review:  Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2) by Chloe Gong

ARC Review: Our Violent Ends ..

Posted November 15, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 7 Comments

Synopsis: Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.” The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl […]

Review:  So Many Beginnings (Remixed Classics #2) by Bethany C. Morrow

Review: So Many Beginnings (R..

Posted September 7, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments

Synopsis: Four young Black sisters come of age during the American Civil War in So Many Beginnings, a warm and powerful YA remix of the classic novel Little Women by national bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow.  North Carolina, 1863. As the American Civil War rages on, the Freedmen’s Colony of Roanoke Island is blossoming, a haven for the recently […]

L-L-L-Little Reviews #33:  Two Past Due YA

L-L-L-Little Reviews #33: Two..

Posted August 14, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 7 Comments

So I was going to give each of these books their own post, but with school starting up, and I can’t really do any blogging at my new library like I did at my old library, I’m limited in time so this will get me staying as caught up as I can! Stepsister by Jennifer […]