Author: Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit

Review: Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson

March 11, 2013 / 15 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson

Strands of Bronze and Gold Author: Jane Nickerson Publisher: Albert A Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House Children’s Books Source: eARC requested through Netgalley Publication Date: March 12, 2013 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis:  A sweeping Gothic thriller based on the spine-chilling “Bluebeard” fairytale 17-year-old Sophia Petheram has been sheltered by her doting family all her life, until the day her father dies. It’s 1855, and with no money and few options, she goes to live with her guardian, the mysterious Bernard de Cressac, at the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey in Mississippi. Sophie has always longed […]

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Friday Rants: Let’s Hear It for the Good Boys!

March 8, 2013 / 17 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Friday Rants: Let’s Hear It for the Good Boys!

Friday Rants is a new YA discussion series I’m starting here on Mostly YA Lit. It’s a discussion post, but it will start with a question or idea that’s been brewing in my mind for awhile, and I can’t get rid of. Thus, the rant! Come discuss with me and let’s get some of these issues out in the open! Look, I get it. Bad boys are sexy. They smolder, they seem dangerous, and if you’re the one person who can change them…that’s something special. Jordan Catalano, ultimate bad boy. NOT good for you! Lately I’ve noticed a pretty crazy […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins!

March 6, 2013 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins!

“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 pick is one I’ve been waiting on for over a year:  Isla and the Happily Ever After Author: Stephanie Perkins  Publisher: Dutton Expected publication date: September 17, 2013 (aka Not Soon Enough) From Goodreads:  From the glittering streets of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops of Paris, falling in love is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as they begin their senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to confront the […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #6: Eleven Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet

March 5, 2013 / 20 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #6: Eleven Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet

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. Oh man. This is the perfect TTT for me – there are SO MANY series that I’ve been meaning to read, but haven’t been able to, either because I’ve been too busy, or there’s too much hype, or I’m just too behind. It’s no surprise that most of these are NOT contemps…I think that kind of says something about me as a reader. Anyway, in no particular order:  […]

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BIG Amazon Giveaway + Cover Reveal: Game. Set. Match by Jennifer Iacopelli

March 5, 2013 / 0 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
BIG Amazon Giveaway + Cover Reveal: Game. Set. Match by Jennifer Iacopelli

Guys, this is one of my most-anticipated reads for the summer. I love books and movies about sports, even though I am terrible at all competitive sports – maybe I just want to walk in other people’s shoes for a bit? Anyway, this synopsis definitely gives me Wimbledon feels! And guess what? It’s a series! Game. Set. Match Author: Jennifer Iacopelli Publisher: Colliloquy, LLC Expected publication date: May 1, 2013 Format: eBook Nestled along the coastline of North Carolina, the Outer Banks Tennis Academy is the best elite tennis training facility in the world. Head Coach, Dominic Kingston has assembled […]

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Review: Every Day by David Levithan

March 4, 2013 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Every Day by David Levithan

Every Day Author: David Levithan Publication Date: August 28, 2012  Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source: eBook borrowed from Toronto Public Library My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis:  Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin […]

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ARC Review: Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

March 1, 2013 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
ARC Review: Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

Being Henry David Author: Cal Armistead Publisher: Albert Whitman Teen Publication Date: March 1, 2013 Source: eARC provided by publisher through Netgalley My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Seventeen-year-old “Hank” has found himself at Penn Station in New York City with no memory of anything –who he is, where he came from, why he’s running away. His only possession is a worn copy of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. And so he becomes Henry David-or “Hank” and takes first to the streets, and then to the only destination he can think of–Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Cal Armistead’s remarkable debut […]

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[UPDATED] Giveaway + Review: Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg

February 28, 2013 / 17 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
[UPDATED] Giveaway + Review: Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg

Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg Publisher: Point (Scholastic) Source: Pre-ordered from Amazon.ca Format: Hardcover, 261 pages Publication date: March 1, 2013 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars From Goodreads:  A hilarious new novel from Elizabeth Eulberg about taking the wall out of the wallflower so she can bloom. Don’t mess with a girl with a Great Personality. Everybody loves Lexi. She’s popular, smart, funny…but she’s never been one of those girls, the pretty ones who get all the attention from guys. And on top of that, her seven-year-old sister, Mackenzie, is a […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

February 27, 2013 / 14 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

“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 a no-brainer for me: Time After Time Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney Hyperion Expected publication date: October 8, 2013 Goodreads synopsis:  Calling Anna and Bennett’s romance long distance is an understatement: she’s from 1995 Chicago and he’s a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco. The two of them never should have met, but they did. They fell in love, even though they knew they shouldn’t. And they found a way to stay […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #5:Top Ten Authors That I’d Put On My Auto-Buy List

February 26, 2013 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #5:Top Ten Authors That I’d Put On My Auto-Buy 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. Guys, this is not a lazy post. I tried to write something about each author, but every description pretty much turned out the same: I will read anything these authors put out because they are all so awesome, and I’m pretty much their publicity mouthpiece at this point. All of them are veteran authors, all of them have awesome, distinct writing styles and genres, and I hope you […]

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