Month: September 2013

Review: United We Spy by Ally Carter

September 30, 2013 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: United We Spy by Ally Carter

United We Spy (Gallagher Girls #6) Author: Ally Carter (website | twitter) Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Books Source: Pre-ordered from Chapters-Indigo Format: Hardcover, 296 pages Publication Date: September 17, 2013 My rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet. Cammie and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle’s elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan […]

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Guest Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

September 26, 2013 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Guest Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Hi everyone! Today I have another awesome guest review from my husband, Evan! In case you don’t know the background…Evan is a very smart sci-fi, film, and comic book aficionado who usually reads literary stuff like Michael Chabon and Salman Rushdie. Sometimes he reads and reviews YA sci-fi and dystopian books for my blog. Today, he’s looking at an older, but very popular YA series by Patrick Ness, which will soon be a movie. All gifs courtesy of him! The Knife of Never Letting Go (Book #1 in the Chaos Walking series) Author: Patrick Ness (website | twitter) Publisher: Candlewick Press Format: […]

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Giveaway + Cover Reveal: One & Only by Viv Daniels (aka Diana Peterfreund)!

September 25, 2013 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Giveaway + Cover Reveal: One & Only by Viv Daniels (aka Diana Peterfreund)!

Hi guys, I’m SO excited to reveal the cover of a brand-spankin’ new book by Viv Daniels, aka my fave author Diana Peterfreund. This is Diana’s–err, Viv’s first sojourn into self-publishing and the romance genre, and it’s pretty much the same thing for me. I’ve never really been into bodice rippers…but this sounds like something I can sink my teeth into… Cover designed by Okay Creations One night they can’t forget… Tess McMann lives her life according to the secrets she’s sworn to keep: the father who won’t acknowledge her, the sister who doesn’t know she exists, and the mother […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #12: Best Sequels

September 24, 2013 / 11 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #12: Best Sequels

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. This week’s topic was suggested by me awhile back! To me, a really good sequel should take the themes and characters from the first book and advance them so much that you’re sort of knocked off your seats.  In no particular order: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins – I can’t think of a better companion to Anna and the French Kiss – not only […]

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Recap: Word on the Street Toronto 2013 (aka I Met Elizabeth Wein!)

September 23, 2013 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Recap: Word on the Street Toronto 2013 (aka I Met Elizabeth Wein!)

(c) Word on the Street Hi everyone! I attended The Word on the Street, a Canadian literary festival, here in Toronto yesterday, a cold, crisp September-y day. I didn’t stay for long because it was chilly, and I guess I wasn’t dressed as warmly as I should have! I mainly went to see Elizabeth Wein, author of Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire. I headed straight for the Remarkable Reads tent when I got to WOTS and there were Angel from Mermaid Visions and Christa from More Than Just Magic. I also met Jessica, a former blogger, and Leonicka […]

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Review: The Boy on the Bridge by Natalie Standiford

September 19, 2013 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: The Boy on the Bridge by Natalie Standiford

The Boy on the Bridge Author: Natalie Standiford (website | twitter) Publisher: Scholastic Press Source: Toronto Public Library Format: Hardcover, 256 pages Publication date: July 30, 2013 My rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars Synopsis: Laura is a nineteen-year old college girl studying abroad in Leningrad in 1982. She’s a bit at loose ends, not really sure where she stands in a relationship back home. She comes to Russia to further her studies, but also because she wants to feel some of the passion and drama that she sees in Russian literature. It’s obviously a big culture shock to be in Leningrad, […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

September 18, 2013 / 15 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Perfect Lies 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. Perfect Lies (Book 2 in the Mind Games series!)Author: Kiersten White (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeenExpected publication date: February 18th 2014 Annie and Fia are ready to fight back. The sisters have been manipulated and controlled by the Keane Foundation for years, trapped in a never ending battle for survival. Now they have found allies who can help them truly escape. After faking her own death, Annie has joined a group that is plotting to destroy the Foundation. And Fia […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2013 To Be Read List!

September 16, 2013 / 21 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2013 To Be Read List!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. SO many awesome books on my list this fall! In no particular order… Upcoming Releases:  Just One Year by Gayle Forman. Release date: Oct 10 – My most anticipated book of the year. I haven’t had that much time to re-read this year, but I’ve made time for Just One Day because it affected me THAT deeply. I need the conclusion NOW.  Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana […]

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Win a September 2013 New Release [GIVEAWAY]!

September 14, 2013 / 152 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Win a September 2013 New Release [GIVEAWAY]!

Hi all, this week has been insane for me! I was finishing up at my current job andI’m starting a new one on Monday. But lucky for you, to celebrate, I’m giving away a YA/MG new release for September! =) There are a TON of awesome new releases this month – I’ve been so excited about SO many of them. In the interest of not making myself crazy, though, I’m only posting covers for books that I’m interested in reading or reviewing, but any YA/MG release that came out this month is up for grabs.  Read my review      […]

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Review: Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt

September 10, 2013 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt

Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things Author: Cynthia Voigt (website) Illustrator: Iacopo Bruno  Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source: eARC from publisher on NetGalley Publication date: September 10th 2013 (today!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis: Max Starling’s theatrical father likes to say that at twelve a boy is independent. He also likes to boast (about his acting skills, his wife’s acting skills, a fortune only his family knows is metaphorical), but more than anything he likes to have adventures. Max Starling’s equally theatrical mother is not a boaster but she enjoys a good adventure as much as […]

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