Tag: romance

Review: Starry Night by Isabel Gillies

Okay, I try not to read reviews until I’m either done with, or almost done with a book.  And can I say that I am shocked by the negativity this book is receiving?  I was very lucky to get an ARC of this at BEA, and after reading it, let me say how glad I […]

Posted September 3, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 18 Comments

A to Z April – R: Romance

Now, I’m not what you’d call someone who picks up books just because they are romance.  But, I do like a romance within a story.  I just need there to be more than just a romance.  I read YA mostly these days, but I have read more adult romances in the past.  I preferred the […]

Posted April 21, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 6 Comments

Review: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Okay, I may be jumping on the Rainbow Rowell fan train after this book.  I had downloaded Eleanor and Park for my Nook when it was available for like $1.99, but just haven’t been able to make myself read it.  So this one I checked out from the library to make sure I liked it. […]

Posted February 25, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

So, well, this is going to be a hard book to review.  I only picked it up because I saw the book Red Hill by this author, and it sounded really good, but I was told I needed to read this first.  So I checked it out from the library, thinking if I liked it, it […]

Posted December 23, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments

Romance is in the Air Giveaway Hop

Once again I’m participating in a Hop sponsored by Kathy at I Am a Reader, Not a Writer, and also Rachel at Keeping it Clean.  This Hop will feature Young Adult and Clean Adult Romance.  I have several titles, they are ones that I found the romance to be very good in.  But you don’t […]

Posted February 8, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 99 Comments

Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt

Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is another time when I wish Goodreads would let us give half stars. This was good. Not quite a 4 for me, but really not as low as a 3 either. I did enjoy this book. When I had to put it down, […]

Posted February 25, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

The Icing on the Cake by Alison Kent

Yet another book I got through Shelf Awareness for free. This is supposedly a romance based on a real story through Match.com. As someone who has tried out Match.com, and knows it for what it is, something that still only works for the attractive people, just as in real life. I had to choke through […]

Posted September 14, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

The Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt

This isn’t a new book. In fact, this is a book I’ve owned for a long time, and read over, and over, and over. I got it one time when my Aunt Nancy was watching me for the day, and we went over to her in-laws for some reason or another. Anyone who knew me […]

Posted September 4, 2010 by Lisa Mandina in / 1 Comment