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What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera | Review

October 11, 2018 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera | Review

Review: What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera The cutest meet-cute of all time, What If It’s Us might seem like the fluffiest book ever. Penned by the queen of cute gay romances, Becky Albertalli, and the king of sob-fest gay romances, Adam Silvera, this sweet book offers sauce and substance to pack a romance punch. It starts at a post office, with Ben Alejo about to mail a break-up box to his ex-boyfriend, and running into Arthur Seuss, a Georgia boy who’s in town for the summer. Their eyes meet. They have an adorable chat. A […]

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5-Star Review: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

April 17, 2017 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
5-Star Review: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Review: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli The Upside of Unrequited is my favorite read of 2017 so far. You know how all the rest of you felt about Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda? That it was perfect and wonderful and so so cute? So, bookish confession here: I really liked Simon, but it didn’t completely blow me away. I know, I know. I loved Simon and Blue, and it was really fun. But it wasn’t like, completely and totally my book. This book, though. The Upside of Unrequited is MY Simon Vs. For me, it was utterly […]

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15 Books You Need in the First Half Of 2017 | Top Ten Tuesday

December 13, 2016 / 13 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday
15 Books You Need in the First Half Of 2017 | Top Ten Tuesday

This is the easiest Top Ten Tuesday I’ve done, like, EVER. Also, if this list is to be believed, I will be shedding vats of tears for the next six months. So, in no particular order, but actually sort of in order? 15 Books You Need in the First Half Of 2017            1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 1. The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord | May 16 – Emery Lord fangirl here. This book is about a girl going to summer camp and a struggle with faith. Basically, it’s about me. Also, it’s […]

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Waiting on Wednesday | The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

June 22, 2016 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday | The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Yes, this is Becky Albertalli’s (she of Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda fame) next book. Yes, I am more excited about it than Simon Vs. Yes, it is about a girl who crushes on boys but does nothing about it. Yes, it does seem to have Shakespearean levels of mistaken love interests. Yes, it is pretty much my high school existence. And yes, I will be dying a slow death until 2017. (Also, just in case you missed it, my friend Jen from Pop! Goes the Reader did the cover reveal of THE UPSIDE OF UNREQUITED and has an […]

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#TopTenTuesday: Can’t-Wait-For-It Sophomore Novels

November 3, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: Can’t-Wait-For-It Sophomore Novels

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is debut authors whose sophomore novels I’m super looking forward to. Because YA publishing moves so fast, with authors releasing their sophomore novels 1-2 years after the debut, I could only get to eight authors, and they’re all from 2015! That said, these are definitely my favourite debuts of this year. Check it out: I’m Waiting Sophomore Novels From These Debut Authors: David Arnold (Mosquitoland) – Mosquitoland is on my list of favourites for 2015 – brilliant, unusual, quirky..I am DESPERATE for Kids of Appetite, David’s 2016 release. Nicola Yoon (Everything, Everything) – I was amazed […]

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Review: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

April 7, 2015 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review
Review: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Author: Becky Albertalli (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Harper Collins) Source/Format: eARC provided by publisher on Edelweiss (thank you!) Expected publication: April 7th 2015  My rating: 4 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he […]

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