Author: Lola

Review: Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers #1) by Brenda Drake Blurb: Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels—magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books—rescue them from a demonic hound. Jumping into some of the world’s most beautiful libraries would be a dream […]

Posted January 6, 2016 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 20 Comments

Lola’s Advice: How to get more Reviews for your Book

Lola’s Advice is a monthly feature on my blog Lola’s Reviews, which will be posted on the first monday of the month. Lola’s Advice posts are usually how-to or tips type of posts. They are mainly aimed at authors, but I also try and show the blogger/ reader side of the topic I address. I share my knowledge or personal opinion on mostly book, authors, marketing and promotion related topics. I hope it’s helpful for authors and bloggers alike. Also even though it’s advice please understand that even if you follow all my advice it still won’t guarantee your book […]

Posted January 4, 2016 by Lola in Lola's Advice / 54 Comments

Sunday Post #159

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 nice week. I managed to relax a bit and catch up on some sleep, but I got some work done too. I wrote a few blog posts, baked a bit, gamed, read some books and put a new review opportunity live on Lola’s Blog Tours. […]

Posted January 3, 2016 by Lola in Sunday Post / 48 Comments

My To-Be Read List #17: poll

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 for the first time I am letting you vote for ipad books. I am pretty full when it comes to my reading schema for […]

Posted January 2, 2016 by Lola in My To-Be Read List / 34 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Ten Recipes I want to make in 2016

Lola’s Kitchen is a feature on Lola’s Reviews where I talk about all things related to food, cooking and baking. These posts can be recipe posts, tens list posts about food or recipes or more discussion type posts about food. I love cooking and spend some time in the kitchen almost every day, so I wanted to give it a place on my blog as well. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Designs. Happy New year! As today is the start of a new year I have something different planned for this Lola’s Kitchen post. […]

Posted January 1, 2016 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 12 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Best Books I Read in 2015

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. In total I read 109 […]

Posted December 31, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 26 Comments

2015 New Release Challenge: 4rd quarterly recap

I am participating in the 2015 New Release Challenge hosted by Lexxie from Unconventional Book Views and Stormi at Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!. Basically the goal is to read books released in 2015. They have to be at least 130 pages and need to be released, read and reviewed in 2015 to count. I set the goal New Release Newbie: 1-15 books per year. I am hoping to read around 15 new releases this year. I am doing quarterly recaps to show my progress. This quarterly recap recaps the books I read in October, November and December. These past […]

Posted December 30, 2015 by Lola in Challenges / 10 Comments