Lola’s Kitchen: Red Curry with Pineapple 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 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 Design. Even before I started cooking more indian food I liked red curry, I often bought red curry paste in the supermarket and then add some coconut milk and veggies […]

Posted July 3, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 8 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: What do you think of Series and Standalones?

Lola’s Rambings is a feature on Lola’s Review where I talk about me. Usually these posts are everything that doesn’t fall under any standard header, like blog tours, book blitzes, cover reveals or reviews. Lola’s Ramblings posts are are personal discussions of a certain topic. Sometimes about book related topics and sometimes about non-book related topics. This feature was previously known as About Me. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Design. I read a lot of series and I start a lot of series each year, so I though it would make a great topic […]

Posted July 2, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 34 Comments

Blog Tour: When Faults Collide by Claire Granger

This is my stop during the blog tour for When Faults Collide. This blog tour is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 1 till 14 July, you can view the complete tour schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours. I share an excerpt of this book with you today! When Faults Collide (Faultlines #1) By Claire Granger Genre: Contemporary Romance Age category: New Adult Release Date: July 1, 2015 Blurb: Asha is a 23 year old graphic designer and blogger living in Richmond VA with a dark past. She grew up in India in a […]

Posted July 1, 2015 by Lola in Blog Tour, Contemporary, Romance / 4 Comments

2015 New Release Challenge: 2nd 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 April, May and June. These past […]

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

Bookish Resolutions Challenge: June Recap

The 2015 Bookish Resolutions Challenge hosted by A Reader Lives A Thousand Lives and Because Reading is Better Than Real Life. Every month on the 30th I will be doing my recap of that month. You can check out my goal post here June Recap Accept no more than 1 book with a deadlines each month. I failed this one in february already. Read at least 3 (cozy) mysteries. No progress on this, still at zero cozy mysteries read. I did read two romantic suspense books though, so we’re going in the right direction. Read at least 3 historical romances. […]

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

Review: What Happens in London by Jen McConnel

What Happens in London (Adventures Abroad #1) by Jen McConnel Blurb: Four countries. Three girls. Three loves. One adventure abroad they’ll never forget. Sarah landed in London, just hoping to leave her home behind and escape her family. But she didn’t plan on falling headfirst into Carson’s arms. Get ready for a summer of self-discovery and romance in the first of the New Adult novella series, Adventures Abroad! My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest review I was really excited to start Jen McConnel her new series. I live in Europe and I though it would […]

Posted June 29, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance / 12 Comments

Sunday Post #132

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 bit weird week, it started bad, then got better. Monday was a weird day I was feeling annoyed and restless, I couldn’t focus and I kept worrying about things. I was grumpy and didn’t want to cook and we ended up going to the supermarket […]

Posted June 28, 2015 by Lola in Sunday Post / 38 Comments