Tag: 2014 releases

GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Win an April 2014 YA, New Adult or MG New Release!

April 15, 2014 / 170 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Win an April 2014 YA, New Adult or MG New Release!

Happy mid-April, guys! Is it actually feeling like spring where you are? Here in Toronto, it’s still pretty up and down with the cold…so to make it all better, I’m giving away an April 2014 new release! You know the drill, any young adult, middle grade, or new adult book released this month is up for grabs. There are SO MANY good ones this month! In the interest of not making myself crazy, though, I’m only posting covers for the ones I’m super interested in reading, but feel free to comment with your choices! Look out for my review soon! […]

Early Review: Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

April 14, 2014 / 12 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

Since You’ve Been Gone Author: Morgan Matson (twitter | website) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Source/Format: ARC won from Goodreads First Reads program (thank you SO much!) Expected publication date: May 6, 2014 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars The Pre-Sloane Emily didn’t go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn’t do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Jessica Darling’s It List #2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Frie..

Waiting on Wednesday: Jessica Darling’s It List #2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends by Megan McCafferty

“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 the continuation of the prequel to one of my most beloved YA series (whew! That’s a lot of qualifiers!):  Jessica Darling’s It List 2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends (Jessica Darling’s It List #2)Author: Megan McCafferty  Publisher: Poppy Expected publication date: September 23, 2014 Jessica Darling is getting the hang of seventh grade — finally! While her old BFF, Bridget, is busy talking (nonstop) about her new boyfriend, […]

Early Review: Great by Sara Benincasa

April 7, 2014 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Great by Sara Benincasa

Great Author: Sara Benincasa (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher on Edelweiss  Expected publication date: April 8, 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3.25 stars out of 5 stars In Sara Benincasa’s contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the drama of a Hamptons social circle, only to be implicated in a tragedy that shakes the summer community. Everyone loves a good scandal. Naomi Rye usually dreads spending the summer with her socialite mother in East Hampton. This year is no different. She sticks out like a sore thumb among the teenagers who have been […]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

Waiting on Wednesday: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

“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 the second in a very popular series: The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) Author: Rick Yancey (twitter | website) Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Expected publication date: September 16th 2014 The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as “wildly entertaining.” How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity. Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan […]

Early Review: The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

March 31, 2014 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

The Here and Now Author: Ann Brashares (twitter | website) Publisher: Delacorte Press Format/Source: eARC from publisher on Netgalley Expected publication date: April 8, 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 2 out of 5 stars My synopsis:  Prenna James is a teenager from a terrible, disease-ridden future who has come to 2010 with a group of other refugees. Prenna’s group has a ton of rules, the biggest being that they shouldn’t be changing very much in this time, and that they can never be intimate with any “time natives” – that is, people from 2010. But Prenna is having trouble with that, because she’s […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

Waiting on Wednesday: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

“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 just found on Edelweiss, and it sounds so intriguing: Everything Leads to You Author: Nina LaCour  Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Expected publication: May 15, 2014 A love letter to the craft and romance of film and fate in front of—and behind—the camera from the award-winning author of Hold Still. A wunderkind young set designer, Emi has already started to find her way in the competitive Hollywood film world. Emi is a film buff […]

Early Review: Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase

March 25, 2014 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase

Recklessly Royal (Suddenly #2) Author: Nichole Chase (website | twitter) Publisher: Avon Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss Publication date: March 25, 2014 (today!)  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Catherine has spent her life being the perfect princess. She’s kept her hands clean, her head down, and most importantly—men at arm’s length. After all, most men are after only one thing, and for Cathy there’s a lot more at stake than her bed; she has to worry about the fate of an entire nation. But at the rate she’s going, Cathy is afraid she’ll give the Virgin Queen a run […]

GIVEAWAY & Book Blitz: Upside Down by Lia Riley

March 24, 2014 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY & Book Blitz: Upside Down by Lia Riley

Hi guys, today I have a promotional blitz for Upside Down by Lia Riley – I don’t do these very often, but this one sounded like such an awesome new adult romance (which, as you know, I’m just getting into) that I couldn’t resist! Read on for more about this travel-friendly, steamy book coming out in August! Upside Down (Off the Map #1) Author: Lia Riley (website | twitter) Publisher: Grand Central Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance Publication date: August 5th 2014 Pre-order it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Synopsis: If You Never Get Lost, You’ll Never Be Found Twenty-one-year-old Natalia […]

Review: Something Real by Heather Demetrios

March 20, 2014 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Something Real by Heather Demetrios

Something Real Author: Heather Demetrios (website | twitter) Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Books for Young Readers (Raincoast/MacMillan Canada) Format: Hardcover, 403 pages Source: Toronto Public Library Publication date: February 4, 2014 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis:  BonnieTM Baker is a household name in America, thanks to a reality TV show that she, her parents, and her twelve siblings have been on called “Baker’s Dozen.” But the hit show went off the air four years ago, much to Bonnie’s relief. She and her family now live in a different town and she goes by the name Chloe. She’s got […]