Tag: april 2014

Early Review: Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman

April 21, 2014 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman

Prisoner of Night and Fog Author: Anne Blankman (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray Source/Format: ARC from Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Expected publication: April 22, 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars In 1930s Munich, danger lurks behind dark corners, and secrets are buried deep within the city. But Gretchen Müller, who grew up in the National Socialist Party under the wing of her “uncle” Dolf, has been shielded from that side of society ever since her father traded his life for Dolf’s, and Gretchen is his favorite, his pet. Uncle […]

Early Review: The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik

April 19, 2014 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik

The Last Best Kiss Author: Claire LaZebnik (twitter | website) Publisher: HarperTeen Source/Format: eARC from publisher on Edelweiss (thank you!) Expected publication date: April 22, 2014  My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Anna Eliot is tired of worrying about what other people think. After all, that was how she lost the only guy she ever really liked, Finn Westbrook. Now, three years after she broke his heart, the one who got away is back in her life. All Anna wants is a chance to relive their last kiss again (and again and again). But Finn obviously hasn’t forgotten how she treated […]

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: 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 […]

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: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Waiting on Wednesday: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

“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 pick is one probably most of you have heard about already… To All the Boys I’ve Loved BeforeAuthor: Jenny Han (website | twitter)Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: April 15, 2014 What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them–all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

Waiting on Wednesday: Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

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’ve seen around the blogger circles all week: Open Road Summer Author: Emery Lord (website | twitter) Publisher: Walker Children’s Expected publication date: April 15th 2014  After breaking up with her bad-news boyfriend, Reagan O’Neill is ready to leave her rebellious ways behind. . . and her best friend, country superstar Lilah Montgomery, is nursing a broken heart of her own. Fortunately, Lilah’s 24-city tour is about to kick off, offering a perfect opportunity for a girls-only […]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

Waiting on Wednesday: The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

The Here and Now Author: Ann Brashares (website | twitter) Publisher: Delacorte Press Expected publication date: April 8th 2014 Goodreads synopsis: Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love. Thrilling, exhilarating, haunting, and heartbreaking, The Here and Now is a twenty-first-century take on an impossible romance. Ann Brashares’ first novel for teens since The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. Meet seventeen-year-old Prenna James, who immigrated to New York […]