Author: Lola

Lola’s Ramblings: Why I don’t read Excerpts

Lola’s Ramblings is a feature on my blog Lola’s Reviews where I ramble on about a book related or a non-book related topic. These are discussion type of posts where I talk about a topic and readers can weigh in on the topic in the comments. Usually these posts are everything that doesn’t fall under any standard header, like tours, cover reveals, memes, challenges, recaps or reviews. Lola’s Ramblings posts are discussions of a certain topic and my point of view on them. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. Excerpts are one of the […]

Posted August 18, 2016 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 30 Comments

Review: The True Calling Short Story Collection by Siobhan Davis

The Short Story Collection (True Calling #4) by Siobhan Davis Rating: 4 stars Blurb: This short story collection contains bonus stories set in the True Calling world, including: Torn Apart – narrated by Cal Remus, this story explains what happens to Cal at the end of True Calling. Endings and Beginnings – narrated by Anneka Skyee. Perfect Moment – this story is set two years after the end chapter of Destiny Rising. Join all your favorite characters as they celebrate a very special wedding. Under the Mistletoe – this story follows the main characters at Christmas, and it’s set four […]

Posted August 17, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 8 Comments

Review: A Brit on the Side by Brenda St. John Brown

A Brit on the Side (Calder Castle #1) by Brenda St. John Brown Rating: 4 stars Blurb; Bea’s English escape plan: • Work in a real British castle • Quality time with bestie • Figure out what spotted dick really is • Fall for bestie’s older brother. Hard. Bea Gillespie would rather do anything than teach summer school math two classrooms down from her ex-fiancé. So when her best friend, Scarlett, invites her to England for the summer to work in her family’s castle-turned-hotel, she jumps at the chance. Now Bea’s an ocean away from her problems at home, but […]

Posted August 15, 2016 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Review, Romance / 16 Comments

Sunday Post #191

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. What happened this week? This was a good week overall with a few meh days, but overall it wasn’t too bad of a week. Not much worth mentioning. It was mostly a standard week, I did some work, worked on the currently running tours and a cover reveal took place. And a […]

Posted August 14, 2016 by Lola in Sunday Post / 64 Comments

My To-Be Read List #24: the winner

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. This month’s books were pretty evenly matched, especially at first and I was afraid I would end up with a tie, but slowly Must Love Ghosts […]

Posted August 13, 2016 by Lola in My To-Be Read List / 20 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Ten Games that Make me Feel Nostalgic

Posted August 11, 2016 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 26 Comments

Review: August by Audrey Carlan

August (Calendar Girl #8) by Audrey Carlan Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Pretending. I’ve always been good at pretending. Being someone else is easy, and that ability has served me well these last seven months. This time, I’ve been hired to be the long lost sister of oil tycoon, and down to earth cowboy, Maxwell Cunningham. Recently, Maxwell’s father passed away and in his last Will and Testament he dropped a bomb no one saw coming. One of the richest men in the world, left forty-nine percent of his company to a sister my client never knew he had. A woman […]

Posted August 10, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Review, Romance / 12 Comments