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Review:  Mirrored by Alex Flinn

Review: Mirrored by Alex Flinn

I was lucky enough to win an ARC of this earlier this year from Cynthia Leitich Smith, who is an author, and also blogs at Cynsations.  I didn’t even realize it was autographed to me personally until I finally picked it up to read!  Here is the autograph: I haven’t read very many of Alex […]

Posted September 1, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in / 17 Comments
Review:  The Fever by Megan Abbott

Review: The Fever by Megan Abbott

This is one I was lucky enough to get an ARC of at BEA this summer, along with an autograph.  It was one I wanted for sure, the little synopsis sounded good.  But I guess I only read the first sentence or two of that, because I didn’t realize that it was about the same […]

Posted July 22, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments
BEA 2014 Day 1 Recap

BEA 2014 Day 1 Recap

So, it is exactly 1 week after the first day of BEA.  I guess that is a fitting day to do a recap.  I thought I was planned and remembered things from when I attended 2 years ago.  But let’s just say that my first day didn’t go as well as I’d hoped.  I definitely […]

Posted June 5, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments
3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

I was lucky enough to get a copy of this at the RT Convention back in May of 2013 when it was in my hometown of Kansas City.  I got to meet the author, and of course got the ARC autographed.  I’ve had it up by my jacuzzi tub, and have been reading it whenever […]

Posted November 11, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments