Tag: diana peterfreund

Review + Giveaway: Rampant & Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund!

November 25, 2012 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature, Review
Review + Giveaway: Rampant & Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund!

Happy Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday to my American friends! For this week’s Birthday Month Author Spotlight on Diana Peterfreund, I have reviews of Diana’s Killer Unicorn books for you – and a couple of signed books to give away! Rampant  Author: Diana Peterfreund Publisher: HarperTeen Publication date: Aug 25, 2009 My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review: Rampant starts with what I call the classic horror movie sequence – the baby-sitter making out with her boyfriend, then getting attacked – but turned on its head. Because Astrid, our heroine, isn’t some dumb blonde – she’s a teen scientist who wants to […]

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Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Review and Giveaway of the Secret Society Girl series by Diana Pete..

November 14, 2012 / 22 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Favorites, Feature, Review
Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Review and Giveaway of the Secret Society Girl series by Diana Peterfreund!

Hi guys, welcome to Part 2 of my Birthday Month Author Spotlight on Diana Peterfreund! Today I have a review of the Secret Society Girl series for you, which includes: 1. Secret Society Girl 2. Under the Rose 3. Rites of Spring (Break) 4. Tap & Gown Ok, caveat: These are some of my favorite books EVER. Basically, if you like any combination of old-school college/university settings, secret societies, feminism, and really sexy romantic scenes, I can pretty much guarantee that you’ll be sold on this. How it starts: Amy is a junior at elite Eli University (clearly modelled after Yale University, where Diana […]

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Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Diana Peterfreund, tons of giveaways & an interview with Ellio..

November 6, 2012 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Exclusive Content, Feature, Interview
Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Diana Peterfreund, tons of giveaways & an interview with Elliot North from For Darkness Shows the Stars!

Guess what? It’s my birthday today! I’ve been hinting for the last few months that I was going to have something big for my birthday…so here’s the scoop: this month, I’ll be spotlighting one of my favorite authors, Diana Peterfreund. I’ll be doing giveaways of a bunch of her books and swag, reviews, and a special interview with her with lots of details about her Fall 2013 release ACROSS A STAR-SWEPT SEA! Author Diana Peterfreund Why am I doing this? Because Diana is one of the coolest authors of YA and New Adult writing today. I really believe this. I […]

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Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

November 6, 2012 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature, Review
Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

  This is my second time reading this book, and it was such a different experience than the first. I had mixed feelings the first time because of my obsession love of all things Austen. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out who was who and what matched up with what. Not the best way to approach a new book – as an aside, I think that’s often the reason why a lot of people end up not liking movies of books. It’s important to have a little distance from the work at hand.I promised myself I […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

October 24, 2012 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

“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 doesn’t even have an official release date yet, much less a cover, but I was so excited about it that I couldn’t resist posting about it! Across a Star-Swept Sea  Author: Diana Peterfreund Publisher: Balzer & Bray Expected publication date: Fall 2013 From the author’s website:  Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant […]

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Top Ten Tuesday REWIND: Top Ten Bookish People You Want To Meet

October 10, 2012 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday REWIND: Top Ten Bookish People You Want To Meet

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.  October 9:  Top Ten Tuesday REWIND (pick a past topic that we’ve done that you missed or just want round 2 of!) When I saw this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, I knew I needed to jump onto the Top Ten bandwagon fast. I’ve been wanting to blog about my favorite bookish people for awhile, and I missed the chance a couple weeks ago. But, seriously? This is half the […]

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