Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

E-galley Review:  All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

E-galley Review: All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

Blurb: From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes a young adult thriller about a world where happiness becomes contagious and the teens caught in the conspiracy by the powers that be to bring back discontent. An unprecedented condition is on the rise. It behaves like a virus, with the first symptom being a […]

Posted February 5, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 18 Comments
ARC Review: Finally Fitz by Marisa Kanter

ARC Review: Finally Fitz by Marisa Kanter

Blurb: A bisexual teen girl tries to make her ex jealous by faking an Instagram romance that leads to surprisingly real feelings in this hijinks-filled rom-com perfect for fans of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and She Gets the Girl . Ava “Fitz” Fitzgerald has worked hard to create the picture-perfect life she’s […]

Posted April 8, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the PRIDE & PREJUDICE & PITTSBURGH by Rachael Lippincott Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Blurb: From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic […]

Posted August 28, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 10 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #52: July 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #52: July 2023

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho My Review: This was such a good book. It went in totally different ways from what I expected from reading the blurb. I also learned […]

Posted July 27, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE DO-OVER by Lynn Painter Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Find it:Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org Blurb: In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban […]

Posted November 26, 2022 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 8 Comments
ARC Review:  The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith

ARC Review: The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith

Synopsis: The Last Magician meets The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy in this thrilling and atmospheric historical fantasy following a young woman who discovers she has magical powers and is thrust into a battle between witches and wizards. In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of […]

Posted August 30, 2021 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 1 Comment