Lola’s Kitchen: Cajun Pasta 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. There aren’t many pasta recipes I liked and I don’t often try new pasta recipes for that reason, but when I came across a creamy cajun pasta recipe I […]

Posted July 31, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 8 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: How Many Books Do You Read at Once?

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 My Limabean Designs. Since earlier this year I made the big change from only reading one […]

Posted July 30, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 44 Comments

Bookish Resolutions Challenge: July 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. 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 July 30, 2015 by Lola in Challenges / 4 Comments

Review: The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary

The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary Blurb: The last thing Saki Yamamoto wants to do for her summer vacation is trade in exciting Tokyo for the antiquated rituals and bad cell reception of her grandmother’s village. Preparing for the Obon ceremony is boring. Then the local kids take an interest in Saki and she sees an opportunity for some fun, even if it means disrespecting her family’s ancestral shrine on a malicious dare. But as Saki rings the sacred bell, the darkness shifts. A death curse has been invoked… and Saki has three nights to undo it. With the help […]

Posted July 29, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Mythology, Review / 10 Comments

Smarties RIP

Yesterday afternoon we lost our little rat Smarties. We miss her so much and it was hard to see her deteriorate so quickly. She was always such an active and happy rat and it was so hard to see her suffer. Monday afternoon she died on the way to the vet. Friday evening I noticed she made some sounds when breathing, so we decided to keep a close eye on her and go to the vet on monday morning. Saturday morning she was worse, she had clearly trouble breathing, but she still ate and drank. We made sure to feed […]

Posted July 28, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 30 Comments

Review: Mamachari Matchmaker by SJ Pajonas

Mamachari Matchmaker (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #3) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: This bike longs to be owned by a family with kids but is bought by a quiet, cosplaying, young woman instead. How will Mamachari help Eriko to find true love? ~~~ Shhh… Listen To The Gods. The Japanese believe the gods live in all things. Trees, appliances, animals, buildings — they all have a spirit living within them. Maybe, if you listen carefully, you can hear them too. My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest review I love this short story series by […]

Posted July 27, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Sunday Post #136

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? Update: I will be a bit out of today, this morning our rat Smarties was much worse than yesterday evening and she was gasping for breath so we picked her up and brought her to the weekend vet. She stayed there in the oxygen room for 6 hurs […]

Posted July 26, 2015 by Lola in Sunday Post / 38 Comments