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Tighter by Adele Griffin

Tighter by Adele Griffin My rating: 3 of 5 stars I borrowed this book from my friend Kim, who won it from a contest here on Goodreads. I actually saw this book before then on the shelf at the bookstore where I work, and blogged about it in one of my Hazards of Working at […]

Posted October 23, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff

The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed the first book I read by this author, The Replacement. So I knew I would enjoy this one right away, and was so excited when I won an ARC from Goodreads.com. I was a little disappointed at first that it […]

Posted October 23, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments

Battered Earth by D. Hilleren

Battered Earth by D. Hilleren My rating: 3 of 5 stars Okay, this is a hard review to do. I was so excited to win this, my first, and only, book that I’ve won from a Goodreads contest. And it came to me signed from the author, which is really cool. I signed up for […]

Posted July 11, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 2 Comments

Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg

Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg My rating: 4 of 5 stars I know this isn’t my usual YA fiction that I review most of the time, as it is a memoir of an adult comic. However, it does fit in with my love of YA in some ways. The fact that I am such […]

Posted July 6, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment

The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy

In my goal to read 5 books this week, which I barely made by the book I finished today, this was one I chose because I figured it would be a quick read. But now I’m behind on blogging! So here goes! As I read through the other reviews of this on Goodreads after I […]

Posted March 20, 2011 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

This was another of the Penguin YA advanced readers books I got back in August. Wasn’t sure if I’d like it. The cover is a little freaky for my taste. I know, I know, don’t judge a book by its cover, but be honest, it’s hard not to just a little. Anyway, this is another […]

Posted September 19, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments