Tag: 2.5 stars

There’s Something About Sweetie, I Wish You All the Best & The Goodbye Summer | Quick Tho..

May 30, 2019 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
There’s Something About Sweetie, I Wish You All the Best & The Goodbye Summer | Quick Thoughts on New Releases

REVIEW: There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon A really cute diverse love story with a great message. Sweetie Nair is a fat, high school track star who is a fierce feminist. She’s also a dutiful daughter and super into her Indian culture. Sweetie spends most of her time dealing with her mother’s issues with how she should lose weight, but her confidence shines through the years of fat-shaming. Ashish Patel is dealing with heartbreak. After being dumped by his on-and-off college girlfriend Celia, he’s got no mojo left. He’s worried he’ll never gain back his confidence with basketball, girls, […]

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You Know Me Well & The Way to Game the Walk of Shame | Mini-Reviews

June 23, 2016 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
You Know Me Well & The Way to Game the Walk of Shame | Mini-Reviews

Hey guys! Today I’ve got reviews of YOU KNOW ME WELL by David Levithan and Nina Lacour, and THE WAY TO GAME THE WALK OF SHAME by Jenn P. Nguyen. Normally I save up a few more minis before posting, but like Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner says more eloquently, it’s summer, so I’m lightening the load a bit and doing more mini-reviews in shorter posts. Hope these help you decide on your next read! A fast and pretty YA read, probably great for younger readers. This book reminded me a ton of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist – only, […]

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: Review: The Distance From Me To You by Marina Gessner

October 16, 2015 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
: Review: The Distance From Me To You by Marina Gessner

Review: The Distance From Me To You is a book for people who like no-nonsense writing and fast pacing. It’s a straightforward look at stubborn, independent McKenna, a 17-year old who decides to hike the entire Appalachian Trail after high school. Without her parents knowing, McKenna decides to go it alone after being abandoned at the last moment by her best friend. Along the way, she meets and falls in love with thru hiker, Sam, who is trying to outrun his very broken home life. The bulk of this book deals with Sam’s and McKenna’s relationship and his belief that […]

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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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Halloween Reads: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

October 31, 2014 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Halloween Reads: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Anna Dressed in Blood Author: Kendare Blake (website | twitter) Publisher: Tor Teen Source: Toronto Public Library Format: Hardcover, 316 pages Publication date: October 17, 2011 My rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars. Buy it:  Indigo.ca | Indiebound | B&N | The Book Depository | Amazon Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local […]

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Early Review: Blonde Ops by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman

May 4, 2014 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Blonde Ops by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman

Blonde Ops Authors: Charlotte Bennardo (website | twitter)               Natalie Zaman (website | twitter) Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (Raincoast Books in Canada) Source/Format: ARC sent to me by Canadian publisher in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: May 6th, 2014 (Tuesday!) My rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Pitched as The Devil Wears Prada meets James Bond for teens, featuring a fashion magazine intern in Rome who uncovers a plot to kidnap the First Lady. Expelled from yet another boarding school for hacking, sixteen-year-old Rebecca “Bec” Jackson is shipped off to Rome to intern […]

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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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