GIVEAWAY + Early Review: We Can Work It Out by Elizabeth Eulberg

January 15, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY + Early Review: We Can Work It Out by Elizabeth Eulberg

We Can Work It Out (The Lonely Hearts Club #2) Author: Elizabeth Eulberg (website | twitter) Publisher: Scholastic Point Source/Format: ARC provided by Scholastic Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you so much!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books When Penny Lane started The Lonely Hearts Club, the goal was simple: to show that girls didn’t need to define themselves by how guys look at them, and didn’t have to value boyfriends over everything else. Penny thought she’d be an outcast for life…but then the club […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

January 14, 2015 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. More Happy Than Not Author: Adam Silvera  Publisher: Soho Teen Expected publication date: June 16, 2015 Happiness shouldn’t be this hard… The Leteo Institute’s revolutionary memory-relief procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto — miracle cure-alls don’t tend to pop up in the Bronx projects. But Aaron can’t forget how he’s grown up poor or how his friends aren’t always there for him. Like after his father committed suicide in their one bedroom apartment. Aaron has the support […]

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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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“Where Do We Begin/The Rubble or Our Sins?” GIVEAWAY + Early Review: All Fall Down by Al..

January 12, 2015 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Where Do We Begin/The Rubble or Our Sins?” GIVEAWAY + Early Review: All Fall Down by Ally Carter

All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) Author: Ally Carter (website | twitter) Publisher: Scholastic Press Source/Format: ARC gifted to me by the lovely Sarah from You Should Read This! (thank you!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Expected publication date: January 27th 2015 Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Audible  Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things: 1. She is not crazy. 2. Her mother was murdered. 3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay. As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her–so there’s […]

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Early Review: The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark

January 3, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark

The Boy Next DoorAuthor: Katie Van Ark (website | twitter)Publisher: Swoon Reads (Macmillan) Source/Format: ARC provided by Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: January 6, 2015 (next week!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes Maddy Spier has been in love with the boy next door forever. As his figure skating partner she spends time in his arms every day. But she’s also seen his arms around other girls—lots of other girls. Gabe can’t imagine skating with anyone but Maddy, and together they have […]

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Blog Break: On Vacation!

January 1, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Personal, Uncategorized
Blog Break: On Vacation!

Hi all, just a quick note to let you know that I’ve been on Christmas holidays and am now heading off to Cuba for a few days of sun and reading! Hope you all have an amazing week. I will have a review or two up next week while I’m gone, but I won’t be responding to a lot of comments or tweets. But rest assured, lots of books will be read and reviews will be ready to be posted when I come back. Thanks for sticking with me, and happy new year! Love, Tiff

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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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GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Win a 2014 Holiday Book or December new release!

December 15, 2014 / 92 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Win a 2014 Holiday Book or December new release!

Hi all, happy holidays! Hope you’re all getting in the spirit – we got our first Christmas tree ever in our new house. It’s pretty sweet. =) Anyway, you know the drill: I’m giving away one young adult, middle grade, or new adult book released this month. I’m also throwing in one Christmas book – and if you have another that was released in 2014 that is a YA, MG, or NA, you’re welcome to ask for that because…holidays. =) In the interest of not making myself crazy, I’m only posting covers for the ones I’m super interested in reading, […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder

December 10, 2014 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: All We Have Is Now by Lisa Schroeder

All We Have Is Now Author: Lisa Schroeder  Publisher: Scholastic Expected publication date: July 28th 2015 What do you do with your last day on earth? Just over twenty-four hours are left until an asteroid strikes North America, and for Emerson and everyone else who didn’t leave, the world will end. But Emerson’s world already ended when she ran away from home. Since then, she has lived on the streets, relying on her wits and on her friend Vince to help her find places to sleep and food to eat. The city’s quieter now that most people are gone, and no […]

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“Teardrops on My Guitar” Review: No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown

December 9, 2014 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Teardrops on My Guitar” Review: No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown

No Place to FallAuthor: Jaye Robin Brown (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper TeenSource/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!)Publication date: December 9th 2014 (today!) My rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy it: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | Google Books | iTunes Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends every Friday night hanging out at her best friend Devon’s house. It’s only when Amber goes exploring in the woods near her home, singing camp songs with the hikers she meets on the Appalachian Trail, that she feels free—and when […]

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