Category: Top Ten Tuesday

#TopTenTuesday: Finished Series to Finish (or Start)

September 8, 2015 / 25 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: Finished Series to Finish (or Start)

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is all about finished series that you need to finish…but I’ve discovered that I’m actually pretty darn good at finishing series when I’ve started them! I know, I can’t believe it either, but I think it has to do with my obsession with closure and the fact that I’m very picky about the series I start. Because my TTT is so short this week, I thought I’d add in some finished series I’ve been meaning to read as well! Finished Series I Need to Finish: 1. Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking series: like, it’s actually embarrassing […]

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#TopTenTuesday: 11 Books On My (Imaginary) Gender in YA Syllabus!

August 25, 2015 / 17 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: 11 Books On My (Imaginary) Gender in YA Syllabus!

I loved this week’s TTT topic so much that I ended up choosing 11 books! I would definitely want to teach a course called Feminism & Gender Identity in Literature for/about Youth, and here’s what would be on the syllabus: Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund – the whole Secret Society Girl series is a course in feminism, but Peterfreund does her best work in discussing sexual abuse, harassment and how to survive in an old boys club in this, my favourite of the four books. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio – if this book isn’t already on course […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From

August 11, 2015 / 16 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From

This week’s TTT is all about the authors you’ve read the most books from. In the interest of not making my list too long, I’m only doing unrequired reading (otherwise, my whole list would be Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, Alice Munro, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, etc – and even though I love those guys, this is a primarily a YA blog!).  1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 1. Diana Peterfreund – 10 books + 8-10 novellas/short stories; Viv Daniels – 1 book + 2 novellas: Unsurprising. She is my fave. If you haven’t read her work, you ABSOLUTELY should. 2.  Kieran Scott – 10; […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity

July 21, 2015 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Diversity, Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity

 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 7.   8.  9.  10. When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid – This is at the top of my Diverse Books I Must Read Immediately list because it’s Canadian, it’s about homosexuality and bullying, and it won a ton of awards. MUST READ. 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger – Futuristic novel set in India discussing gender roles in verse. This is a fast, solid read. Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee – I’ve been waiting for my library hold of this one forever! Chinese girl meets runaway slave on the Oregon […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Latest Books Acquired

July 14, 2015 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday: Latest Books Acquired

Last week’s TTT on Instagram was so fun that I decided to do it again! Here are my latest books acquired: On the list: 1. Seven Spoons cookbook by Tara O’Brady 2. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume 3. Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford 4. First & Then by Emma Mills 5, 6, 7. The Ivy Years series by Sarina Bowen 8. Map to the Stars by Jen Malone 9. The Readers of the Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald 10. Da Vinci’s Tiger by Laura Malone Elliott What’s on your docket for the future? Let me know in […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Hyped Books I Haven’t Read Yet

July 7, 2015 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday: Hyped Books I Haven’t Read Yet

Because I am feeling super unbelievably lazy, today’s #TopTenTuesday is brought to you by Instagram. What hyped books have you not read yet? Don’t hate me for mine!

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Top Ten Tuesday #18: Paranormal/Fantasy YA Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read Yet

February 3, 2015 / 15 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #18: Paranormal/Fantasy YA Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read Yet

You guys, I am the worst at getting out of my favourite genre. In fact, just last week, book buddy Sarah of You Should Read This looked at my GR read shelves and text-yelled at me for having so few para/fantasy books on there. I literally do not have words for how much of a fail I am for not getting to these sooner. Please, shame me into action on the non-contemporary YA front! 1. Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas | 2. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare | 3. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale | 4. (The rest of the) […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #17: 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To

January 13, 2015 / 12 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #17: 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To

This week’s TTT is a great way to spotlight some releases that I definitely wish I’d gotten to last year! 1. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han: I really don’t know why this is still on my TBR list – I feel like I *am* Lara Jean because I used to write letters to the boys I liked in HS! Must get to it soon. 2. Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour: Another one I was desperate for that somehow just missed me. I’m determined to get to this beautiful book about a gorgeous Hollywood […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #16: Santa, Bring Me These!

December 23, 2014 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday #16: Santa, Bring Me These!

I’m so crazy behind on my blogging (sorry, guys), but I couldn’t miss this Top Ten Tuesday! So here, I present you with the books and book-related stuff I’m dying for Santa to bring me:  Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour: I’ve heard amazing things about this book and the cover is gorgeous. Desperate for it! This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki: This is Canadian, it made everyone’s favourite graphic novels of the year, and it just sounds and looks so sweet. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han: I liked Jenny Han’s Summer […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #15: Books I’m Looking Forward To In 2015

December 2, 2014 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #15: Books I’m Looking Forward To In 2015

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. Talking about my most anticipated books is like talking about my favourite people or trips I can’t wait to take – there are always too many, and I just gush. So here are my most anticipated reads from most to least “OMG-gotta-have-it” – let the gushing commence…now! 1. I Was Here by Gayle Forman (January 27, 2015; Viking Juvenile):  When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of […]

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