Month: December 2012

December New Release Giveaway Hop!

December 15, 2012 / 82 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
December New Release Giveaway Hop!

Hello! I’ve joined some of my fellow bloggers friends in giving away a newly released book for each month. Sign up to win one of the books below – or if there’s something that I haven’t listed that’s releasing this month, you’re welcome to choose that and let me know! Poison by Molly Cochran The Almost Truth by Eileen Cook   Never Let You Go by Emma Carlson Berne The Farm by Emily McKay   Full Moon Kisses by Ellen Schreiber Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Double-Crossed by Ally Carter

December 12, 2012 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Double-Crossed by Ally Carter

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. This week’s WoW pick was just announced, and it’s a novella by one of my favourite authors:  Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves StoryAuthor: Ally Carter Format: ebookExpected publication date: January 22, 2013 From Goodreads:  Macey McHenry—Glamorous society girl or spy-in-training? W.W. Hale V—Heir to an American dynasty or master thief? There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together is a tossup. Born into privilege, Macey and Hale are experts at mingling with the […]

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Promo: Guest post by Helen Keeble, Author of FANG GIRL and a giveaway!

December 10, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Promo: Guest post by Helen Keeble, Author of FANG GIRL and a giveaway!

Today I’m participating in a promo tour of FANG GIRL by Helen Keeble! Read on for more on this hilarious-sounding takeoff on vampires, a guest post by Helen, and a giveaway! Author: Helen Keeble  Publisher: HarperTeen Publication date: September 11, 2012 Synopsis:  Things That Are Destroying Jane Greene’s Undead Social Life Before It Can Even Begin: 1) A twelve-year-old brother who’s convinced she’s a zombie. 2) Parents who are begging her to turn them into vampires. 3) The pet goldfish she accidentally turns instead. 4) Weird superpowers that let her rip the heads off of every other vampire she meets.(Sounds cool, but it doesn’t […]

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Personal Friday: My band, Bitter Foes (and my fiance), and The Friday Society book launch!

December 7, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Personal Friday: My band, Bitter Foes (and my fiance), and The Friday Society book launch!

So another thing you guys probably don’t know about me is that I’m really into singing. I took a bit of a break from it for awhile (six years?!), but it’s always sort of been with me. We’re called Bitter Foes, obvs.  A couple of years ago, my fiance (then boyfriend) decided we should finally start a band – we’d been talking about it for ages; he’s a pretty talented songwriter, guitarist, singer, keyboardist…he’s basically an amazing musician all around.  We got together a couple of our other friends and this was the result:  Our awesome guitarist, drummer and bassist. […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Mind Games by Kiersten White

December 5, 2012 / 10 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Mind Games by Kiersten White

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. This week’s WoW pick is one I’m super late-to-the-party with… Mind Games Author: Kiersten White Publisher: HarperTeen Expected publication date: February 19, 2013 From Goodreads:  Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future. Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and […]

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Cover Reveal: Hover by Melissa West

December 3, 2012 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Cover Reveal: Hover by Melissa West

Hover is the second book in Melissa West’s alien series The Taking.  Pre-order Hover:  Amazon Chapters/Indigo The Book Depository The first book is Gravity, which came out last month! Gravity Author: Melissa West Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: November 20, 2012 From Goodreads: In the future, only one rule will matter: Don’t. Ever. Peek. Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: […]

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Cover Reveal: Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron!

December 3, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Cover Reveal: Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron!

Deeper We Fall Author: Chelsea M. Cameron Publication date: January 12, 2013 From Goodreads: Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to try and forget the night that ripped her life apart. Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again. Zack is cruel, selfish and constantly rubbing what happened to her friend in Lottie’s face. Zan is […]

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