Release Day Blitz: OMEGA CITY by Diana Peterfreund!

April 28, 2015 / 0 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Release Day Blitz: OMEGA CITY by Diana Peterfreund!

Hi everyone! Today I’m participating in Diana Peterfreund‘s release day blitz for OMEGA CITY, which is a new middle-grade adventure. You guys, if you like X-Files or government conspiracy type books at all, this book is SO for you. I’ll have a review up this week, but read on for more about the book! Coming this April 28th, Diana’s first book for readers eight and up is a thrilling adventure story, perfect for people who like their books with a side of rocketships and hidden treasure. Find out what secrets are hidden beneath the Maryland countryside in… Omega City Gillian […]

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“Unpack Your Heart” Review: Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby

April 27, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Unpack Your Heart” Review: Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby

Things We Know by Heart Author: Jessi Kirby (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!) Publication date: April 21, 2015 My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the pieces of her now-unrecognizable life. She hears back from some of them, but the person […]

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“Just A Girl” Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

April 17, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Just A Girl” Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

None of the Above Author: I.W. Gregorio (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!) Publication date: April 7, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

April 15, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  Maybe in Another Life Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid (website | twitter) Publisher: Washington Square Press (Simon & Schuster) Genre: Adult Fiction Expected publication: July 7th 2015 From the acclaimed author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do comes a breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame; in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold—with stunningly different results. At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and […]

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Review: The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

April 14, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

The Royal We Authors: Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan (website | twitter) Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (Hachette Book Group Canada) Source/Format: eARC provided by HBG Canada via Netgalley (thank you!) Publication date: April 7, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | The Book Depository | Audible In their first adult novel, authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan take on a story of romance and rivalries inspired by today’s most talked-about royal couple: Will and Kate. “If I’m Cinderella today, I dread who they’ll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends […]

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An Open Letter to My YA Self [+ A Contemporary Giveaway!]

April 10, 2015 / 17 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
An Open Letter to My YA Self [+ A Contemporary Giveaway!]

Hi all, today I’m participating in GReads! Open Letter to My YA Self feature. When I saw that Ginger was doing something special with contemporary lovers, I knew I had to get in on it. Not only do I love her blog, but one of the reasons I read YA is because I feel like those high school years were so formative in my life, and every time I read something that taps into who I was then, it feels monumental.  To write this letter, I went back to my old diaries to see what I was thinking about writing […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick

April 8, 2015 / 10 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick

The Boy Most Likely To Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick  Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Expected publication: August 18, 2015 Surprises abound and sparks ignite in the highly anticipated, utterly romantic companion to My Life Next Door Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To: – find the liquor cabinet blindfolded – need a liver transplant – drive his car into a house Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To: – well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for […]

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Review: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

April 7, 2015 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
Review: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Author: Becky Albertalli (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Harper Collins) Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher on Edelweiss (thank you!) Expected publication: April 7th 2015  My rating: 4 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

March 25, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Every Last Word Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (HBG Canada) Expected publication date: June 16th 2015 If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can’t turn off. Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn’t help that her lifelong friends will […]

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“The Last Day on Earth” Early Review: We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach

March 23, 2015 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“The Last Day on Earth” Early Review: We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach

We All Looked Up Author: Tommy Wallach (website | twitter) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster Canada) Source/Format: eARC from publisher on Edelweiss (thank you!)Expected publication: March 24th 2015  My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | The Book Depository | Audible Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel. They always say that high school is the best time of your life. Peter, the star basketball player at his […]

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