Tag: literary adaptation

Conversations with Katniss: Early Review: Texts From Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg

November 3, 2014 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Conversations with Katniss: Early Review: Texts From Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg

Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters Author: Mallory Ortberg (website | twitter) Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Source/Format: ARC provided by Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Expected publication date: November 4th 2014 (tomorrow!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.  Buy it: Chapters/Indigo | Amazon.ca | Indiebound | Barnes & Noble | Amazon.com Hilariously imagined text conversations—the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange—from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O’Hara to Jessica Wakefield. Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical collection of […]

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Cover Reveal: Forty Days by Stephanie Parent

February 1, 2013 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Cover Reveal: Forty Days by Stephanie Parent

Forty Days (Neima’s Ark, Book One) Author: Stephanie Parent Release Date: February 12, 2013 Genre: YA Cover Artist: Najla Qamber Summary from Goodreads: The entire village knows Neima’s grandfather is a madman.  For years the old man has prophesied that a great flood is coming, a flood disastrous enough to blot out the entire earth.  He’s even built an enormous ark that he claims will allow his family to survive the deluge.  But no one believes the ravings of a lunatic… …until the rain starts.  And doesn’t stop.  Soon sixteen-year-old Neima finds her entire world transformed, her life and those of the people she loves in peril.  Trapped on the […]

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