My To Be Read List #12: chosen book

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. So last week you could vote on which book I should read this month, well the votes have spoken. I will be reading and reviewing Thor’s […]

Posted August 8, 2015 by Lola in My To-Be Read List / 16 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Pasta Salad with Corn and Egg 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. This salad is perfect for those warm summer evenings when you don’t want to cook. It’s easy and quick to prepare and […]

Posted August 7, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 22 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: My Bookmark Collection

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. I collect bookmarks. I used to be more active in my collection efforts and […]

Posted August 6, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 47 Comments

Review: Summer Haikus by SJ Pajonas

Summer Haikus (Happily Ever Asia) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: “When it comes to fight or flight, I always choose to run like hell.” Isa planned the perfect summer: Tokyo and the Summer Olympics — check. Helping her best friend prepare for the marathon — check. Forgetting she’s in love with Masa — double check. But when Isa’s mother is hospitalized, she has to abandon her summer plans to run the family’s Tokyo business. Masa’s offer to help makes it impossible for Isa to ignore him — and the firecracker kiss they shared half a world away. Everyone expects the world […]

Posted August 5, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Release Day, Review, Romance / 12 Comments

Review: Led Astray by Kelley Armstrong

Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong by Kelley Armstrong blurb: Two brand new tales anchor this wide-ranging collection from one of urban fantasy’s most successful authors. Here is the first time that best-selling fantasy, YA, and crime author Kelley Armstrong has had her stories collected from Otherworld and beyond. With her signature twists and turns, Armstrong gives a fresh spin on city-dwelling vampires, werewolves, and zombies, while also traveling further afield, to a post-apocalyptic fortress, a superstitious village, a supernatural brothel, and even to feudal Japan. With tales that range from humorous to heart-stopping, these are the stories that […]

Posted August 3, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Dystopia, Fantasy, Mystery, Release Day, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 14 Comments

Sunday Post #137

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 hard week. Monday Smarties died on the way to the vet. Last weekend she got sick and had trouble breathing, we brought her to the emergency weekend vet on sunday and she did better when we get her to go home with us that evening, […]

Posted August 2, 2015 by Lola in Sunday Post / 38 Comments

My To Be Read List #12: 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. Okay below are are the 3 books on which you can vote this month, all 3 are later books in a series I already started. All […]

Posted August 1, 2015 by Lola in My To-Be Read List / 24 Comments