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Three Science Fiction/Supernatural Mini-Reviews

Three Science Fiction/Supernat..

Posted September 11, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 5 Comments

I’ve got three books that I read physical copies of that sort of fit together for this post.  One is an adult science fiction, one is more new adult paranormal romance/fiction, and the third is YA paranormal.  So I decided to group them all together.  Dark Matter by Blake Crouch: Genre:  Adult science fiction Published:  […]

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 7:  Voss:  How I Come to America and am Hero, Mostly by David Ives

Book Review 7: Voss: How I C..

Posted September 4, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments

This book was one I actually am not a huge fan of. The story was only a little okay. It was told with bad spelling, to make you “hear” the main characters Slobovian accent. Voss came to America smuggled in with Cheese Puffs. He gets there, looks for a job, which first he finds, then […]

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 […]

Book Review 5:  Suck it Up by Brian Meehl

Book Review 5: Suck it Up by ..

Posted August 31, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 3 Comments

I knew this was about vampires, and while I’m really into that since Buffy, Twilight, and True Blood now, I’m very skeptical of all the other vampire books there are. I especially am not a big fan of all the “special schools” for vampires. I liked how Buffy and Twilight and True Blood all have […]

Book Review 4:  The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Book Review 4: The Boy Who Da..

Posted August 29, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments

The Boy Who Dared is actually a novel based on a true story of a German boy. He actually belonged to the Hitler Youth. He wasn’t really a Nazi, he didn’t agree with most of what they did, especially once he started seeing friends and neighbors being mistreated for seemingly no reason. The story begins […]

Book Review 1:  Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Book Review 1: Hunger Games b..

Posted August 25, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 2 Comments

So, I finished the first book I chose from the Truman list in 2 days, which is about the time I have to read each book in order to get it done in time to meet the deadline. The book was Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The main character is named Katniss. They live in […]