Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

In Which I Interview Emery Lord (!!!!)

In Which I Interview Emery Lord (!!!!)

Guys, I am so excited to welcome the one & only Emery Lord to my blog today for an interview! You’ve heard a ton from me and from other readers on what her work has meant to us…now, bask in the awesomeness that is the Lord. =p Emery is just as vivacious and honest and well-spoken as her books, and I had SUCH a good time reading her answers – and if there’s not a line-up to be her friend after this, then something has gone wrong in the universe. =p Check it out! 1. Firstly, can you choose one song […]

[GIVEAWAY + Guest Post] 5 Reasons to Put When We Collided on Your To Be Read List

[GIVEAWAY + Guest Post] 5 Reasons to Put When We Collided on Your To Be Read List

Hi guys, today I’ve got a fantastic guest post from the wonderful Ginger of GReads! on Emery Lord’s 2016 release, When We Collided. Ginger is one of Emery’s biggest fans, and she got to read this book when it was still going through revisions (seriously, how jealous are you?). When she offered to help out with this week, I knew I needed to get her to talk about what she loved about WWC – spoiler-free, of course! Read on for her thoughts, and for an international ARC giveaway! Opening up an Emery Lord book is like taking a plunge; the […]

[Giveaway] Open Road Summer: Why It Ain’t Slut Shaming

July 29, 2015 / 36 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature, Review
[Giveaway] Open Road Summer: Why It Ain’t Slut Shaming

Open Road Summer was a library read right before BEA14 for me. It stuck with me totally – it was one of those books I just didn’t want to end, where every page there was a moment that made me suck in my breath because it was so perfect. Interestingly, I remember chatting in a line with another blogger, and discussing how she couldn’t deal with the slut-shaming. So when I came home, I started writing this review, and I realized that I needed to address this. Because while the character Reagan does slut-shame girls, there is never an instance where […]

[GIVEAWAY] Summer, Friendship & Emery Lord: Readers & Bloggers Weigh In

[GIVEAWAY] Summer, Friendship & Emery Lord: Readers & Bloggers Weigh In

Hi guys, today I’ve got a really lovely tribute to Emery, summer and friendship from a bunch of readers and bloggers. When I first conceived of this week, I knew I wanted to have it in the middle of summer because the way Emery writes…it reminds me of those hot-as-heck days where you have the whole world stretched out in front of you and nothing to do but meet your friends and hang out and laugh and talk together. Her work reminds me to be present in the moment – which I think is something we all end up doing a little […]

[GIVEAWAY] Lessons from Paige: The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

[GIVEAWAY] Lessons from Paige: The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

Hi guys, for my first post for The Start of Em and You Week, I decided to talk about how Paige and her story made me have a kind of revelation – one that’s made me more accepting and fearless about my own life. Read on for my thoughts about The Start of Me and You, Emery’s latest novel, and for an AMAZING handpainted book tote giveaway! TELL ME, WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR ONE WILD & PRECIOUS LIFE? -Mary Oliver In the past year, I’ve continually noticed this quote in the footer of Emery Lord’s website, and […]

The Start of Em and You – a celebration of Emery Lord!

July 27, 2015 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature
The Start of Em and You – a celebration of Emery Lord!

Hi all, I’m so excited to be hosting The Start of Em and You – Mostly YA Lit’s weeklong celebration of Emery Lord’s work! I’ll be honest, I started this week as a way to motivate myself to finally write my reviews of Emery’s work – I adore her writing, and I feel a little unworthy of even reviewing it. So, I thought, what better way than create a spotlight that celebrates Emery’s books, and her devotion to summer, friendship, and love? I can’t tell you how excited I was when Bloomsbury, Penguin Canada, and Emery herself wanted to get involved. […]

GIVEAWAY + Bonus Scene: Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore

July 24, 2015 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Blog Tour
GIVEAWAY + Bonus Scene: Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore

Hi everyone, today I have the very special honour of unveiling a bonus scene from Kelly Fiore’s Just Like the Movies! This book was one of my most personal and favourite reads last year, and it’s now been repackaged as part of Bloomsbury’s If Only series – with a new cover that’s not ready yet, but I’ve been promised by them that’s it’s just as adorable. Today’s blog tour is just one stop featuring If Only’s cute and sweet YA romances – and if you read on, you’ll see that Bloomsbury is generously offering an ENTIRE SET of If Only books for one […]

Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker

July 17, 2012 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker

This is one of my favorite summer 2012 reads. It has heart, it has depth, it has lightness, and it has the sweetest romance ever. Walker has absolutely triumphed with this book. What really got me was how REAL everything seemed, especially the characters. Clementine, the protagonist, felt very much like me as a teenager. James, the love interest, was the perfect complement to her rawness – he was joyful and jovial, but in a way that felt both masculine and flawed. The secondary characters of her family and the other boating people were so full and rich and authentic […]