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

Review: True Colors by Melissa Pearl

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. True Colors (The Masks Series #1) by Melissa Pearl Blurb: Caitlyn Davis always cruised through life, not being the type to ruffle feathers or involve herself […]

Posted June 27, 2015 by Lola in Fantasy, My To-Be Read List, Review, Romance / 16 Comments

Lola’s Kitchen: Brownies 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 brownies, but for some reason it took me a long time before I finally gave them a try to make from scratch. I always assumed it would […]

Posted June 26, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Kitchen / 18 Comments

Lola’s Ramblings: Why I like and dislike Netgalley

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 think most bookbloggers have heard of Netgalley. Netgalley is a site where you can request review copies of books in an exchange for […]

Posted June 25, 2015 by Lola in Lola's Ramblings / 42 Comments

Review: Lies We Live by Brenda St. John Brown

Lies we Live (The Truth series #1) by Brenda St. John Brown Blurb: Twenty-nine-year-old Ella Ingraham is a best-selling novelist. She’s also a murderer. At least that’s what most of the world thinks after her bastard ex-boyfriend brought a tabloid frenzy and a civil suit down on her for “negligence” following the stillbirth of their unplanned child at eight months. Her New York – California drive is meant to be an escape after the hell of the trial, and Horatio, AK is just another random exit off the highway. Until she meets Josh Devereaux, part-time farmer, full-time tech genius holed […]

Posted June 24, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Review, Romance, Suspense / 12 Comments