Welcome back to non-Paris Month related posts! I hope everyone enjoyed all the April journeys to the beautiful city. Be sure to check out the wrap-up for links to all the reviews, guest posts, and interviews! This Past Week on Just a Lil’ Lost… Double-swooned over Taylor Swift’s “Begin Again” video and Janelle McCulloch’s Paris [...]
Review: Mind MGMT – Volume 1 by Matt Kindt
When the passengers on Flight 815 suddenly develop amnesia mid-flight, everyone is left wondering what happened. People continued on with their lives not regaining their memory. Meru, an author with one book under her belt, is trying to recapture the memories to put into a second best-seller. Instead, she stumbles upon a wild goose chase [...]
Blog Tour Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The unthinkable has happened. After 4 previous waves that have taken out most of humanity, Cassie is seemingly among the few left on Earth struggling to survive. She has learned the hard way not to trust anyone so her survival instincts are put to the test when she meets Evan along the path to rescue [...]
Review: Fateful by Claudia Gray
The night before Tess is to board the Titanic with the family that employs her, she finds herself chased down the darkening streets by a wolf before being rescued by a handsome stranger. With the frightening scene that played out still fresh in her mind, Tess is startled to find that the stranger who had [...]
Review: The Beautiful & the Cursed by Page Morgan
After an accident in London, Ingrid and her mother and sister decide to move to Paris. Ingrid’s twin brother goes ahead to secure a home for the family until the women arrive and discover that he’s gone missing. Nobody seems to be overly concerned at the young man’s disappearance and chalk it up to partying [...]
Swoon-Worthy Sundays (x2): Taylor Swift & Janelle McCulloch’s Paris
For this final week of Paris Month, my Swoon-Worthy Sundays post is a double feature. While there are just so many things abut Paris that certainly makes me swoon I couldn’t let this whole month of Paris go by without sharing both of these. This first swoon-worthy item is Taylor Swift’s Begin Again video. Prior [...]
Dewey’s 24-Hour (Birthday!) Readathon 2013
What better way to enjoy a relaxing birthday than to participate in the bi-annual Dewey’s Readathon! I had participated in 2011 & 2012 October. It’s always a great time, having cheerleaders motivate you along and participating in hourly mini-challenges to win prizes! This year, I’ll probably be participating for most of it – minus the [...]
Stacking the Shelves 53
Today marks the last weekend of Paris Month for 2013 – as well as my birthday! It’s funny, the older I get the less I care to go out for a big to-do… What am I doing for most of today? What I love to do.. read. So I’m participating in the bi-annual Dewey’s Readathon [...]
Lost in the Kitchen Reviews: The Little Paris Kitchen by Rachel Khoo
I’ve been making my way through a bunch of the recipes in The Little Paris Kitchen, by Rachel Khoo. There are quite a few involving seafood, which I don’t like/eat so that was easy to skip over. Of the many recipes that I selected to try out, many of them were fairly surprisingly simple. A [...]
