Sunday Post #141

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 week was a bit better, we’re slowly getting used to not having the rats around anymore. It’s still hard though and there are moments where I still miss them all so much. The house is still too empty, although we’re sort of getting used to it now. […]

Posted August 30, 2015 by Lola in Sunday Post / 36 Comments

Bookish Resolutions Challenge: August 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 August 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. Does Visions count as a mystery? In my opinion it does, so I listed it here. Below the books I read for this goal: Visions by Kelley Armstrong Read at least […]

Posted August 30, 2015 by Lola in Challenges / 6 Comments

Review: Thor’s Serpents by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr

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. Thor’s Serpents (The Blackwell Pages #3) by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr Blurb: Thirteen-year-olds Matt, Laurie, and Fen have beaten near-impossible odds to assemble their fellow […]

Posted August 29, 2015 by Lola in My To-Be Read List, Mythology, Review / 12 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Naan 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. I love naan and used to always buy it for with my curries, but it was pretty expensive, so I stopped buying it. I knew I could make it […]

Posted August 28, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 20 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Why I Read English Books

Lola’s Rambings is a feature on Lola’s Review where I talk about me or ramble on about a book or non-book related topic. 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 Designs. As most of you know I live in the Netherlands, my mother language is […]

Posted August 27, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 28 Comments

Review: Torn Sky by Tracy Banghart

Torn Sky (Rebel Wing #3) by Tracy Banghart Blurb: The end is near . . . When Aris Haan brought down Safara’s biggest war criminal, she’d thought it was a turning point in the war. Victory was on the horizon, as was a peaceful future with her Promised, Milek. But a deadly new threat has emerged: a Safaran bomb that could wipe out all of Atalanta in one catastrophic blast. Aris is tasked with finding the weapon before it is completed, a mission made more difficult when she starts to suspect that there is a Safaran spy in her unit. […]

Posted August 24, 2015 by Lola in Dystopia, Review / 16 Comments

Sunday Post #140

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? I had hoped to have some good or fun news to share this week, but unfortunately I haven’t. This was another hard week. Monday we lost Snickers. I spent the whole day last week on sunday with her as we knew we probably would put her down on […]

Posted August 23, 2015 by Lola in Sunday Post / 50 Comments