Tag: jan 2015

“All of The Sadness I Cannot Live With” Review: I Was Here by Gayle Forman

February 2, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“All of The Sadness I Cannot Live With” Review: I Was Here by Gayle Forman

I Was Here Author: Gayle Forman (website | twitter) Publisher: Viking Juvenile (Penguin) Source/Format: Hardcover purchased from Chapters/Indigo.ca  Publication date: January 27th 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 Cody and Meg were inseparable. Two peas in a pod. Until . . . they weren’t anymore. When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything—so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels […]

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“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 […]

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“Not Till We Are Lost Do We Begin To Find Ourselves” Mini-Review & Blitz: Island Esc..

January 20, 2015 / 0 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review, Uncategorized
“Not Till We Are Lost Do We Begin To Find Ourselves” Mini-Review & Blitz: Island Escape by Viv Daniels

Covers created by Vania Stoyanova of VLC Productions Island Escape Author: Viv Daniels (website | facebook | twitter) Source/Format: ARC provided by Mark My Words Publicity as part of release day blitz (thank you!) My rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars Buy It: Amazon | iBooks | B&N Add it on Goodreads ADAM Luxury yacht, tropical seas, babes in bikinis…dream job, right? Wrong. The passengers are rich jerks who treat the crew like garbage, when they aren’t pretending we’re their whores. The best day was when that cokehead heiress Kalina tried to fire me just for doing my job. I swore I’d never […]

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“Say You’ll Remember Me” Early Review: Love, Lucy by April Lindner

January 19, 2015 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Say You’ll Remember Me” Early Review: Love, Lucy by April Lindner

Love, Lucy Author: April Lindner (website | twitter) Publisher: Poppy (Hachette Book Group/Little, Brown) Source/Format: ARC provided by HBG Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: January 27, 2015 (next week!) My rating: 3 out of 5 stars Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books | The Book Depository While backpacking through Florence, Italy, during the summer before she heads off to college, Lucy Sommersworth finds herself falling in love with the culture, the architecture, the food…and Jesse Palladino, a handsome street musician. After a whirlwind romance, Lucy returns […]

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GIVEAWAY + Early Review: We Can Work It Out by Elizabeth Eulberg

January 15, 2015 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
GIVEAWAY + Early Review: We Can Work It Out by Elizabeth Eulberg

We Can Work It Out (The Lonely Hearts Club #2) Author: Elizabeth Eulberg (website | twitter) Publisher: Scholastic Point Source/Format: ARC provided by Scholastic Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you so much!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Google Books When Penny Lane started The Lonely Hearts Club, the goal was simple: to show that girls didn’t need to define themselves by how guys look at them, and didn’t have to value boyfriends over everything else. Penny thought she’d be an outcast for life…but then the club […]

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“Where Do We Begin/The Rubble or Our Sins?” GIVEAWAY + Early Review: All Fall Down by Al..

January 12, 2015 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Where Do We Begin/The Rubble or Our Sins?” GIVEAWAY + Early Review: All Fall Down by Ally Carter

All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) Author: Ally Carter (website | twitter) Publisher: Scholastic Press Source/Format: ARC gifted to me by the lovely Sarah from You Should Read This! (thank you!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars. Expected publication date: January 27th 2015 Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes | Audible  Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things: 1. She is not crazy. 2. Her mother was murdered. 3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay. As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her–so there’s […]

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Early Review: The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark

January 3, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Early Review: The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark

The Boy Next DoorAuthor: Katie Van Ark (website | twitter)Publisher: Swoon Reads (Macmillan) Source/Format: ARC provided by Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: January 6, 2015 (next week!) My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Buy It: Indigo.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.com | B&N | IndieBound | iTunes Maddy Spier has been in love with the boy next door forever. As his figure skating partner she spends time in his arms every day. But she’s also seen his arms around other girls—lots of other girls. Gabe can’t imagine skating with anyone but Maddy, and together they have […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: All Fall Down by Ally Carter

October 1, 2014 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: All Fall Down by Ally Carter

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) Author: Ally Carter Publisher: Scholastic Press Expected publication: January 27th 2015 A new series of global proportions — from master of intrigue, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter. This exciting new series from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter focuses on Grace, who can best be described as a daredevil, an Army brat, and a rebel. She is also the only granddaughter of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in the world, and Grace has […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: We Can Work It Out by Elizabeth Eulberg

September 17, 2014 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: We Can Work It Out by Elizabeth Eulberg

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. We Can Work It Out (The Lonely Hearts Club #2) Author: Elizabeth Eulberg Publisher: Scholastic Point Expected publication: January 27, 2015  When Penny Lane started The Lonely Hearts Club, the goal was simple: to show that girls didn’t need to define themselves by how guys look at them, and didn’t have to value boyfriends over everything else. Penny thought she’d be an outcast for life…but then the club became far more popular than she ever imagined it would […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: I Was Here by Gayle Forman

July 16, 2014 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Uncategorized, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: I Was Here by Gayle Forman

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that book bloggers are eagerly anticipating. I am on a sad book jag lately, and I was hoping this one would be different, but I couldn’t NOT post this for this week’s WoW pick! I Was Here Author: Gayle Forman  Publisher: Viking Juvenile (Penguin Canada) Expected publication: January 27, 2015 Cody and Meg were inseparable.Two peas in a pod.Until . . . they weren’t anymore. When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. […]

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