Tag: 2015 releases

“I Don’t Want To Get Over You”: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

June 5, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“I Don’t Want To Get Over You”: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

  More Happy Than Not Author: Adam Silvera (website | twitter) Publisher: Soho Teen Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss (thank you!) Publication date: June 2, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | The Book Depository | Audible | iTunes | Google Books Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, part Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Adam Silvera’s extraordinary debut novel offers a unique confrontation of race, class and sexuality during one charged near-future summer in the Bronx. When it first gets announced, the […]

GIVEAWAY + Interview with We All Looked Up Author Tommy Wallach!

May 29, 2015 / 21 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY + Interview with We All Looked Up Author Tommy Wallach!

Hi guys! Today I have something very special for you: an interview with author Tommy Wallach on his recent debut, We All Looked Up, about an asteroid that is about to hit Earth and four teens who try to deal with what that means to them and the world. If you read my review, you know that I loved WALU, and I felt like I learned a ton just from reading it – partly because the very concept of death and annihilation scare me and I needed to hear from others who felt the same way as I did. After […]

“I Used to Write” Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

May 27, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“I Used to Write” Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

Win a copy of Kissing in America or another May release! Kissing in America Author: Margo Rabb (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Collins Source/Format: ARC sent to me by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: May 26, 2015 (yesterday!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | IndieBound | The Book Depository “Wise, inspiring, and ultimately uplifting—not to be missed.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “A hilarious, thought-provoking, wrenching, and joyful quest.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “Authentic and complex…This is a smart teen’s novel.”—Booklist, starred review […]

GIVEAWAY + Excerpt: The Merit Birds by Kelley Powell

May 25, 2015 / 0 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY + Excerpt: The Merit Birds by Kelley Powell

The Merit Birds Author: Kelley Powell (website | twitter) Publisher: Dundurn Press Publication date: May 2, 2015 Eighteen-year-old Cam Scott is angry. He’s angry about his absent dad, he’s angry about being angry, and he’s angry that he has had to give up his Ottawa basketball team to follow his mom to her new job in Vientiane, Laos. However, Cam’s anger begins to melt under the Southeast Asian sun as he finds friendship with his neighbour, Somchai, and gradually falls in love with Nok, who teaches him about building merit, or karma, by doing good deeds, such as purchasing caged “merit […]

#BEA15: Who I Am and Where I’ll Be (Also, Hiatus)!

May 25, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
#BEA15: Who I Am and Where I’ll Be (Also, Hiatus)!

Hi everyone, as some of you know, I’ll be going to Book Expo America on Tuesday night – I’m super excited for all the books, the bloggers, the authors, and just to be in New York again (I used to live there)! This is me: If you’re there and want to catch up, my best book buddy, Sarah of You Should Read This and I will most likely be in the following places: Wed:  2:30 – 3pm: Leila Sales’ Tonight the Streets Are Ours galley drop – we’re desperate for this one! 3:30pm: BloggerCon End of Day Networking – can’t […]

“You’ve Changed”: Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany Schmidt

May 19, 2015 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“You’ve Changed”: Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany Schmidt

Win a copy of Hold Me Like A Breath! Hold Me Like a Breath (Once Upon a Crime Family #1) Author: Tiffany Schmidt (website | twitter) Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Netgalley (thank you!) Publication date: May 19, 2015 (today!) My rating: 2 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | iBooks | IndieBound | The Book Depository  Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold—including body parts. She’s the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the […]

GIVEAWAY CONTEST: May New Release Giveaway Hop!

May 15, 2015 / 122 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY CONTEST: May New Release Giveaway Hop!

Hey guys, remember when I was giving away books every month? Yeah, for some reason, I fell off that train, but now I’m BACK! And I’m so glad I’m restarting this month because there are so many amazing books out in May. You know the drill: I’m giving away one young adult, middle grade, or new adult book released this month. In the interest of not making myself crazy, I’m only posting covers for the ones I’m super interested in reading, but feel free to comment with your own choices! My review of The Heir            […]

5 Things To Know About The Heir By Kiera Cass

May 14, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
5 Things To Know About The Heir By Kiera Cass

The Heir (The Selection #4) Author: Kiera Cass (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen (Harper Collins Canada) Source/Format: Purchased from Indigo Publication date: May 5, 2015 My rating: 3 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | iBooks | Google Books | IndieBound | The Book Depository | Audible Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas

Waiting on Wednesday: Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas

Because You’ll Never Meet Me Author: Leah Thomas  Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Expected publication: July 2nd 2015 In a stunning literary debut, two boys on opposite ends of the world begin an unlikely friendship that will change their lives forever. Ollie and Moritz are best friends, but they can never meet. Ollie is allergic to electricity. Contact with it causes debilitating seizures. Moritz’s weak heart is kept pumping by an electronic pacemaker. If they ever did meet, Ollie would seize. But Moritz would die without his pacemaker. Both hermits from society, the boys develop a fierce bond through letters that become […]

Five Reasons to Read 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger

May 11, 2015 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Five Reasons to Read 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger

5 To 1 Author: Holly Bodger (website | twitter) Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Source/Format: ARC provided by Random House of Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: May 12th 2015 (today!) My rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | Apple iBooks | The Book Depository | Google Books In the year 2052, after decades of gender selection, India now has a ratio of five boys for every girl, making women an incredibly valuable commodity. Tired of marrying off their daughters to the highest bidder […]