Eleanor & Park readalong: Chapters 1-10

May 6, 2013 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Eleanor & Park readalong: Chapters 1-10

Hey guys, for our first discussion of Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, hop over to Rachel @ Reading Timbits! We’re discussing Eleanor’s home life, the 80s setting and more with a bunch of awesome authors and bloggers, including:  Angela & Loretta @ Reading AngelsChrista @ More Than Just MagicAndrea @ Cozy Up With A Good ReadJoanne LevyTura @ Reading Writers On Thursday, I’ll be hosting our discussion of Chapters 11-19, so if you’re reading along at home, stop by then! More info on our Eleanor & Park readalong

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Guest Review: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

May 5, 2013 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Guest Review: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

You’ve heard me talk about my fiance – well, today you finally get to meet him! Since I’ve been super-busy with my wedding and various other ARCs, my fiance is doing today’s review! Evan is the love of my life – and he’s also very smart sci-fi, film, and comic book aficionado who usually reads literary stuff like Michael Chabon and Salman Rushdie. He’s a big supporter of me and my blog, even though he doesn’t usually read YA. He did really like The Hunger Games, so when I got an ARC of Red Moon at the Ontario Blog Squad […]

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Giveaway + Review: Game. Set. Match by Jennifer Iacopelli [INT]

May 2, 2013 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Giveaway + Review: Game. Set. Match by Jennifer Iacopelli [INT]

Game. Set. Match. (Outerbanks Tennis Academy #1) by Jennifer Iacopelli Publisher: Coliloquy, LLC Source: eBook sent by author; part of the OBX blog tour Publication date: May 1st 2013 My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Buy it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble 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 some of the finest talent in the sport. From the game’s biggest stars to athletes scraping and clawing to achieve their dreams, OBX is full of ego, drama and […]

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Read-along to Eleanor & Park with us! [UPDATED every Monday & Thursday!]

May 2, 2013 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Read-along to Eleanor & Park with us! [UPDATED every Monday & Thursday!]

So a whole slew of book bloggers have heard a lot of good things about Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park, but we haven’t had time to read it. In order to make sure we do have time, Rachel @ Reading Timbits, Ardo @ A.A. Omer and I are hosting an Eleanor & Park Read-Along. The read-along will start Thursday, May 2nd, and will conclude on Thursday, May 23rd. Here’s the reading schedule: Thurs, May 2 – Sun, May 5: Chapters 1 – 10 – discussion at Reading Timbits Mon, May 6 – Wed, May 8: Chapters 11 – 19 – […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Relativity by Cristin Bishara

May 1, 2013 / 11 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Relativity by Cristin Bishara

“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 one I’m super curious about – is it YA? Is it MG? Who knows?! Relativity Author: Cristin Bishara Publisher: Walker Children’s Publishing Expected publication date: September 10th 2013 If Ruby Wright could have her way, her dad would never have met and married her stepmother Willow, her best friend George would be more than a friend, and her mom would still be alive. Ruby knows wishes can’t come true; some things just can’t be […]

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Early Review: You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle

April 30, 2013 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle

You Look Different in Real Life Author: Jennifer Castle Publisher: HarperTeen Source: Digital ARC on Edelweiss Publication Date: June 4, 2013 My rating: 4 out of 5 stars For the rest of the world, the movies are entertainment. For Justine, they’re real life. The premise was simple: five kids, just living their lives. There’d be a new movie about them every five years, starting in kindergarten. But no one could have predicted what the cameras would capture. And no one could have predicted that Justine would be the star. Now sixteen, Justine doesn’t feel like a star anymore. In fact, when she […]

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Making Macarons with Michele @ Just A Lil’ Lost!

April 24, 2013 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Making Macarons with Michele @ Just A Lil’ Lost!

Hey guys, if you follow me on Instagram, you might know that I LOVE macarons, so when the lovely Michele @ Just A Lil’ Lost asked for guest posts for her annual Paris Month feature, I suggested we try to make macarons…which was really hard. Anyway, Michele has posted a recap of our macaron-making adventures! Here’s a sneak peek at some of our results: Head over and comment on our macaron-making post and you’ll get +5 entries in my April New Release Giveaway Hop. Be sure to let me know in the comments that you came over from Mostly YA Lit […]

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Review: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

April 22, 2013 / 12 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

Sweethearts Author: Sara Zarr Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover, 217 pages Source: Toronto Public Library Publication Date: February 1st 2008  My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars As children, Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts. They were also one another’s only friend. So when Cameron disappears without warning, Jennifer thinks she’s lost the only person who will ever understand her. Now in high school, Jennifer has been transformed. Known as Jenna, she’s popular, happy, and dating, everything “Jennifer” couldn’t be—but she still can’t shake the memory of her long-lost friend. When Cameron suddenly reappears, they […]

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Early Review: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham (yes, THAT Lauren Graham!)

April 18, 2013 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham (yes, THAT Lauren Graham!)

Someday, Someday, Maybe Author: Lauren Graham Publisher: Ballantine Books Format/Source: eARC requested on Netgalley Expected publication date: April 30th 2013  My rating: 4 out of 5 stars A charming and laugh-out-loud novel by Lauren Graham, beloved star of Parenthood and Gilmore Girls, about an aspiring actress trying to make it in mid-nineties New York City. Franny Banks is a struggling actress in New York City, with just six months left of the three year deadline she gave herself to succeed. But so far, all she has to show for her efforts is a single line in an ad for ugly Christmas […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Manicpixiedreamgirl by Tom Leveen

April 17, 2013 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Manicpixiedreamgirl by Tom Leveen

“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 one of those “I-just-heard-about-this-last-week-and-it’s-coming-out-this-week-what?!?!” books.  ManicpixiedreamgirlAuthor: Tom Leveen  Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Expected publication date: April 23rd 2013 Sometimes the most dramatic scenes in a high school theater club are the ones that happen between the actors and crew off stage. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Darcy’s dream of being a writer is starting to feel very real now that he’s sold his first short story to a literary journal. He should be celebrating its publication […]

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