Coyer Winter: recap post

Today is the last day of winter Coyer. I am always sad when this reading challenge ends as I always have a lot of fun with it. The challenge ran from December 19th to March 4th. And is hosted by Fantasy is More Fun, Because Reading & Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! and the goal was to clean out your free or nearly free E-reads! My Goals Read 20 e-books. Yes made this goal! I read a total of 21 books. I also read some physical copies, so I was wondering whether I was going tor eahc my goal for […]

Posted March 4, 2016 by Lola in Challenges, Coyer / 10 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: What’s the right length for Reviews and Blog Posts?

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. I’ve seen quite some posts […]

Posted March 3, 2016 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 34 Comments

Review: City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong

City of the Lost (Casey Duncan #1) by Kelley Armstrong Blurb; Welcome to Rockton: a secret town cut off from the rest of the world. If you need a place to hide, this is the perfect place to start again. There’s just one catch. You can’t leave. Even if there’s a killer on the loose. Detective Casey Duncan has a dark past, and it’s about to catch up with her. When her best friend Diana is attacked by an abusive ex, the two women realise they have to disappear, fast. Diana’s heard of a hidden town that’s so remote it’s […]

Posted March 1, 2016 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 24 Comments

Getting Cozy with a Mystery: Recap

Books Movies, Reviews, Oh My organized this fun month long reading challenge for reading mystery books. As I am reading more mysteries lately I decided to participate. I had a lot of fun participating in this challenge and read a total of 5 books that counted for this challenge. Let me show you which books I read for this challenge. My favourite book I read for this challenge was City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong, which I’ll review tomorrow. Links and covers link to my review, either on my blog or on goodreads if my rveiew isn’t live on […]

Posted February 29, 2016 by Lola in Challenges / 12 Comments

Sunday Post #167

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? Another busy week in a good way. It was a busy week on the blog with 7 posts. And a busy week for Lola’s Blog Tours as well. A cover reveal I organized took place this week, a new review opportunity went live and the first blog tour […]

Posted February 28, 2016 by Lola in Sunday Post / 38 Comments

Review: By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates

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. By Book or By Crook (Lighthouse Library Mystery #1) by Eva Gates Blurb: Get bound up in murder in the first Lighthouse Library mystery! For ten […]

Posted February 27, 2016 by Lola in My To-Be Read List, Mystery, Review / 22 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Lasagna Recipe

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. Even though I used to dislike pasta when I was younger I did always like lasagna and was always happy when my […]

Posted February 26, 2016 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 18 Comments