Tag: 2012 releases

Second Chance Summer | Review | #UnexpectedlyEpic #MorganMatsonWeek

May 11, 2016 / 11 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature, Review
Second Chance Summer | Review | #UnexpectedlyEpic #MorganMatsonWeek

Hi guys, welcome to Day 3 of Morgan Matson Week! Today I’m reviewing Second Chance Summer, Morgan’s sophomore novel, which I read for the first time just a few weeks ago. And WOW, do I have feels. Read on for more, and then, when you’re done feeling all the feels, check out Alexa Loves Books and Hello, Chelly for some lighter Morgan Matson fun with fashion! Review: Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson I had a deep, deep fear of reading this book because I knew it was going to be heart-breaking. I’d heard that from all of my favorite […]

All Things Grow With Love | The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne

November 5, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
All Things Grow With Love | The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne

Review: The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne stars Amy Wilde as an up-and-coming garden designer in London, hailing from small-town Yorkshire. On New Year’s Eve, her fun-loving best friend and roommate throws a party where she meets Leo, a fund manager that she instantly has an attraction to. What she doesn’t know is that he’s a prince, and Amy’s middle-class life is about to be turned upside-down. I really enjoyed the romance of The Runaway Princess. Leo’s fame did seem a bit contrived considering that he came from such a small principality, but I liked how normal he was and […]

Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

February 11, 2014 / 25 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder  Author: Marissa Meyer (website | twitter) Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (Raincoast Books in Canada) Source/Format: ARC from ALAN Conference 2011 Publication date: January 3, 2012 My rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with […]

Birthday Giveaways: Win ARCs, new releases, Diana Peterfreund books & more!

November 6, 2013 / 76 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Birthday Giveaways: Win ARCs, new releases, Diana Peterfreund books & more!

Hey everyone! Today it’s my birthday, so I’m sharing the love by giving away a bunch of books! I love getting books as gifts, so today you guys get some, too. Before I get to the giveaway, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you readers, bloggers, publishers, authors….anyone who helped me out this year with my blog. It’s been such a joy to write for you, squee with you, commiserate with you, and help promote your books this year. I didn’t get a chance to celebrate my first blogoversary this year, so this is for you. […]

Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

April 12, 2013 / 28 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: eBook Source: Bought on Amazon Publication date: September 18, 2012 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.” It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks […]

Review: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver [Delirium Week]

March 28, 2013 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver [Delirium Week]

Delirium Week runs from March 25-29 here on Mostly YA Lit. Come by and watch me binge read/review the entire Lauren Oliver series in one week! Pandemonium (Delirium #2) Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: HarperTeen Format: Paperback, 375 pages Source: Bought from Chapters.Indigo.ca Publication date: February 28, 2012  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis:  I’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare, pushing aside thoughts of Alex, pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school, push, push, push, like Raven taught me to do.The old life is dead.But the old Lena is dead too.I buried her.I left her beyond […]

Top Ten Tuesday #8: Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

Top Ten Tuesday #8: Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. Quick and dirty TTT today, guys – I’m super busy with work and haven’t been sleeping or doing anything else much lately. My embarrassing overarching excuse for not having gotten to to these earlier is that I got way too excited requesting ARCs in my first year as a blogger that I’ve gotten a bit bogged down. Rookie mistake. I’m really hoping to change that as this blog […]

Top Ten Tuesday #6: Eleven Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet

Top Ten Tuesday #6: Eleven Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. Oh man. This is the perfect TTT for me – there are SO MANY series that I’ve been meaning to read, but haven’t been able to, either because I’ve been too busy, or there’s too much hype, or I’m just too behind. It’s no surprise that most of these are NOT contemps…I think that kind of says something about me as a reader. Anyway, in no particular order:  […]

Review: Every Day by David Levithan

March 4, 2013 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Every Day by David Levithan

Every Day Author: David Levithan Publication Date: August 28, 2012  Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source: eBook borrowed from Toronto Public Library My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis:  Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

Waiting on Wednesday: Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

“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 a no-brainer for me: Time After Time Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney Hyperion Expected publication date: October 8, 2013 Goodreads synopsis:  Calling Anna and Bennett’s romance long distance is an understatement: she’s from 1995 Chicago and he’s a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco. The two of them never should have met, but they did. They fell in love, even though they knew they shouldn’t. And they found a way to stay […]