Tag: harper teen

“Just A Girl” Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

April 17, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Just A Girl” Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

None of the Above Author: I.W. Gregorio (website | twitter) Publisher: Balzer + Bray Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!) Publication date: April 7, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository | Audible A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be […]

Review: 6 Things You Need To Know About The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

March 16, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: 6 Things You Need To Know About The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

The Last Time We Say Goodbye Author: Cynthia Hand (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen Source/Format: ARC from Harper Collins Canada (thank you!) Publication date: February 10, 2015 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Buy It:  Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | The Book Depository | Audible There’s death all around us. We just don’t pay attention. Until we do. The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn’t look at her like she might break down at any moment. […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

Waiting on Wednesday: Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray

Ten Thousand Skies Above You (Firebird #2)Author:  Claudia Gray  Publisher: Harper Teen Expected publication date: November 3, 2015 Marguerite Caine has done the impossible, traveling to alternate dimensions with the Firebird—the brilliant invention of her parents, her boyfriend, Paul, and their friend Theo. But she has also caught the attention of enemies willing to kidnap, blackmail, and even kill to use the Firebird for themselves. When Paul’s soul is splintered into four pieces—pieces that are trapped within Pauls in other dimensions—Marguerite will do anything, and travel anywhere, to save him. But the price of his safe return is steep. If […]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Waiting on Wednesday: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

The Rest of Us Just Live Here Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books / Harper Teen Expected publication date: August 27, 2015 / October 6, 2015 What if you weren’t the Chosen One? What if you’re not the one who’s so often the hero in YA fiction; who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows […]

“Teardrops on My Guitar” Review: No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown

December 9, 2014 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Teardrops on My Guitar” Review: No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown

No Place to FallAuthor: Jaye Robin Brown (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper TeenSource/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada (thank you!)Publication date: December 9th 2014 (today!) My rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy it: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | Google Books | iTunes Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends every Friday night hanging out at her best friend Devon’s house. It’s only when Amber goes exploring in the woods near her home, singing camp songs with the hikers she meets on the Appalachian Trail, that she feels free—and when […]

“Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself” Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

November 4, 2014 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself” Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) Author: Claudia Gray (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: November 4th 2014 (today!) My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Buy it: Amazon.ca | Chapters/Indigo | Indiebound | iTunes | B&N | Amazon.com Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into […]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Heir by Kiera Cass (spoilers for series!)

Waiting on Wednesday: The Heir by Kiera Cass (spoilers for series!)

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. The Heir (The Selection #4) Author: Kiera Cass  Publisher: Harper Teen Expected publication: May 5th 2015 Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect her Selection to be anything like her parents’ fairy-tale love story. But as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she […]

“All These Things I’ve Done” Early Review: Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

September 8, 2014 / 7 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“All These Things I’ve Done” Early Review: Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

Falling into PlaceAuthor: Amy Zhang (website | twitter) Publisher: Greenwillow Books (Harper Teen)Source/Format: ARC from BEA14 Expected publication date: September 9th 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.  On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road. Why? Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? Vividly told by an unexpected and surprising narrator, this heartbreaking and nonlinear novel pieces together the short and devastating life […]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

Waiting on Wednesday: The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

“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 was probably a lot of other people’s WoW picks last week, but I’m desperate for it and we have to talk about it! The Last Time We Say Goodbye Author: Cynthia Hand Publisher: Harper Teen Expected publication: February 10, 2015 There’s death all around us.We just don’t pay attention.Until we do. The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who […]

Early Review: On the Fence by Kasie West

June 30, 2014 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: On the Fence by Kasie West

On the Fence Author: Kasie West (website | twitter) Publisher: HarperTeen Source/Format: An ARC was sent by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review Expected publication: July 1st 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3 out of 5 stars My synopsis: Charlie is a sixteen-year old tomboy who lives and breathes sports with her three big brothers and her neighbour Braden. She’s really one of the guys, so it’s probably not a surprise that she dresses mostly in sporty, non-descript clothing and runners. So when her dad forces her to get a job to pay off her speeding tickets, and she ends […]