Genre: YA Science Fiction

Three YA Mini-Reviews:  Contemporary Romance, Science Fiction, and Historical Fantasy

Three YA Mini-Reviews: Contem..

Posted July 8, 2018 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 7 Comments

You guys, I was ahead.  And now, I’m way behind!  So prepare for some catching up with mini-reviews.  Even after I post these three, I still have three more waiting on deck for a review post.  One of which I have been putting off for 3 months because I intended to read my ARC of […]

Three End of Series Mini-Reviews

Three End of Series Mini-Revie..

Posted February 11, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

As I keep mentioning, I’m so far behind on reviews!  So, to speed things up, you should continue to expect mini-reviews like what I’m posting today.  I finished up three series finally over the past two months, so let’s do a quick reflection on them, and then the blurb from Goodreads.  Ashes (Seeds of America […]

Three Audiobook Mini-Reviews

Three Audiobook Mini-Reviews

Posted February 9, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 6 Comments

As I mentioned last month, I’m totally behind on reviews.  So, once again I’m going to do some mini-reviews, this time three audiobooks, and while two of them are new adult/contemporary romance, the other is YA science fiction.  I’ll do the YA one first, so that if you’re not interested in the other two, then […]

Review:  Shadows/Opposition (Lux series #0.5, #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Review: Shadows/Opposition (L..

Posted June 4, 2016 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments

Book Info: Title:  Shadows/Opposition Author:  Jennifer L. Armentrout Series:  Lux series Genre:  YA Science Fiction/Romance Published:  August 5th, 2014 Format:  Purchased  This book I had to buy in order to finally finish the Lux series.  Especially with the cliffhanger at the end of book 4, Origin.  Obviously my standard warning will occur here before you […]

Review:  Origin (Lux #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Review: Origin (Lux #4) by Je..

Posted April 9, 2016 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 14 Comments

So, didn’t realize that the next book after this wasn’t Oblivion, and when I finished this and realized I didn’t have the next book, I was a little upset, as this cliffhanger was a really big one!  Well, to me anyway.  This book is now on my stack to go with me in September to […]

Review:  Opal (Lux #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Review: Opal (Lux #3) by Jenn..

Posted January 16, 2016 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 12 Comments

Once again, I’m so sold on Armentrout’s books.  I am now on a mission to read and own all of her books!  I’m still in love with Daemon.  And the way that Armentrout really knows the life of a book blogger, it is just so much fun to read!  Of course this is the 3rd […]

Review:  The Replaced (The Taking #2) by Kimberly Derting

Review: The Replaced (The Tak..

Posted April 22, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments

First, thanks to HarperTeen and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title.  I was happy to get this early since I got to read the first one, The Taking, as an e-galley as well.  If you haven’t read the first one, this will definitely have some spoilers.  The last one left […]

Review:  The Taking by Kimberly Derting

Review: The Taking by Kimberl..

Posted March 15, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 5 Comments

First of all thanks to Edelweiss and Harper Teen for allowing me to read an e-galley of this book.  I thought it sounded really good, and then was even more excited to read it when I found out Kimberly Derting is supposed to be one of the authors at the panel I might be getting […]

Book Review 9:  The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Book Review 9: The Adoration ..

Posted September 7, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments

Once again, a book I wasn’t sure about. I remember someone I’m friends with on Goodreads.com putting this on their to-read list, and at the time I thought it sounded good. But when I picked it up to read for this list, I wasn’t sure. It was about a girl named Jenna Fox who wakes […]

Book Review 6:  The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman

Book Review 6: The Other Side..

Posted September 2, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments

I’m not quite sure about this one. It was an interesting read at least. I tend to enjoy books that are set in the “near” future supposedly and have political or social commentary. Reminds me of the Giver. In this, I take it to mean that Global Warming has occurred and all the polar ice […]