Tag: ARC book review

“Make Your Own Kind of Music” Early Review: I’m Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil

January 23, 2015 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Make Your Own Kind of Music” Early Review: I’m Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil

I’m Glad I Did Author: Cynthia Weil (website | twitter) Publisher: Soho Teen Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss (thank you!) Publication date: January 27, 2015 (next week!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | The Book Depository | Audible Mad Men meets Nashville in this debut mystery set in 1963, written by Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Cynthia Weil. It’s the summer of 1963 and JJ Green is a born songwriter—which is a major problem, considering that her family considers the music business a […]

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 […]

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 […]