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Top Ten Tuesday #13: Book Turn-Offs

October 1, 2013 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #13: Book Turn-Offs

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. This week’s TTT is all about bookish turn-offs, the things that happen when you’re reading and then suddenly, something totally throws you off. So here we go – not quite ten, and they’re mainly just products of poor writing or editing skills… 1. Suddenly We’re in Love! This is probably my biggest bookish turn-off, when writers just shove characters together without developing their relationship or friendship, so that […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #12: Best Sequels

September 24, 2013 / 11 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #12: Best Sequels

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. This week’s topic was suggested by me awhile back! To me, a really good sequel should take the themes and characters from the first book and advance them so much that you’re sort of knocked off your seats.  In no particular order: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins – I can’t think of a better companion to Anna and the French Kiss – not only […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2013 To Be Read List!

September 16, 2013 / 21 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2013 To Be Read List!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. SO many awesome books on my list this fall! In no particular order… Upcoming Releases:  Just One Year by Gayle Forman. Release date: Oct 10 – My most anticipated book of the year. I haven’t had that much time to re-read this year, but I’ve made time for Just One Day because it affected me THAT deeply. I need the conclusion NOW.  Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #11: Most Memorable Secondary Characters

August 27, 2013 / 15 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #11: Most Memorable Secondary Characters

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. This week we’re chatting about kick-arse secondary characters, who always make a book better in my opinion.  1. Bridget from the Jessica Darling series: She goes from seeming like a total bimbo to one of the smartest and sweetest people Jessica knows, proving that Notso Darling is not so right about people sometimes. Also, no spoilers, but her eventual boyfriend is also one of the most awesome people […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #10: Best Books I Read Before I Was A Blogger

April 9, 2013 / 39 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #10: Best Books I Read Before I Was A Blogger

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. GREAT topic. It took me a long time to jump on the blogging bandwagon, so this is a great one for me to spotlight all of my old favourites! I still recommend these to people a lot: 1. Secret Society Girl series by Diana Peterfreund – finding SSG and Diana’s blog was a big part of my descent (or ascent?) into book obsession/bloggerdom. I know I recommend these […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #9: Characters I Would Crush On If I Were Also A Fictional Character

April 2, 2013 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #9: Characters I Would Crush On If I Were Also A Fictional Character

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. Guys, you know I love me my book boyfriends, but I REALLY love this week’s TTT because it doesn’t preclude me from including girl characters as well as guys! I really thought about this one, because I am a girl who has very specific crushes. I like nerdy good boys and girls who aren’t afraid to be themselves. =) I’m being very naughty and including stuff from TV/movies […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #8: Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

March 19, 2013 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #8: Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers. Quick and dirty TTT today, guys – I’m super busy with work and haven’t been sleeping or doing anything else much lately. My embarrassing overarching excuse for not having gotten to to these earlier is that I got way too excited requesting ARCs in my first year as a blogger that I’ve gotten a bit bogged down. Rookie mistake. I’m really hoping to change that as this blog […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #3: Favourite Romances!

February 12, 2013 / 14 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #3: Favourite Romances!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish to highlight a top ten list related to book blogging, and to get to know fellow book bloggers.  This week’s focus is on our favourite romances – you guys know I’m a huge contemp/romance fan, so here’s my list of perfect romances for you to read before Valentine’s Day! In no particular order… 1. Anna & Etienne from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins – followed closely by Lola & the Boy Next Door, but I couldn’t put both! 2. Hazel & Augustus from […]

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Top Ten of 2012: Books I’m Looking Forward To in 2013

December 28, 2012 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Top Ten of 2012: Books I’m Looking Forward To in 2013

Before I get to my list, I just wanted to thank Two Chicks on Books, Fiktshun, Confessions of a Bookaholic, A Life Bound By Books, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads for hosting the Top 10 of 2012 this year. This has been so much fun and it’s been great seeing what other people loved and are looking forward to in the new year.  For my final Top Ten list of the year, here are the books I’m most looking forward to next year! 2013 definitely seems to be the year of the sequel/long-time author. So many of my favourite authors […]

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Top Ten of 2012: Best Book Boyfriends of 2012 and ARC GIVEAWAY

December 27, 2012 / 34 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Top Ten of 2012: Best Book Boyfriends of 2012 and ARC GIVEAWAY

Hi everyone, today’s list was one I was waiting for: my favourite book “boyfriends” of this year. As you all know, I’m a huge fan of YA romance, so I was really excited to share my list.  This year, though, I was a bit lacking in 2012 reads, and I didn’t love the boy characters in every book I read. Therefore, I’m cutting my list down to eight, and presenting you with my tightly curated list of swoonworthy boys this year.  Also, I have a huge, paranormal YA at the end of this post, so read on! In order of […]

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