Tag: mini reviews

Saints and Misfits & I See London, I See France | Mini-Reviews

July 19, 2017 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
Saints and Misfits & I See London, I See France | Mini-Reviews

Review: Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali Janna Yusuf is a teen who is living with a secret. She’s been sexually assaulted by her friend’s cousin, a guy who her community sees as a pillar of Muslim teenagerhood. Meanwhile, her parents are divorced, her brother is taking a year off from school and dating the local perfect Muslim girl, and she’s got a crush on a guy who isn’t Muslim at all. All of this, plus dealing with her job caring for an elderly man, the delicate girl friendships, and trying to get great grades is taking its toll. Janna’s […]

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Mini-Reviews: Wires and Nerve, Lessons in Falling, Romeo and What’s Her Name, The Inside of Ou..

February 6, 2017 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
Mini-Reviews: Wires and Nerve, Lessons in Falling, Romeo and What’s Her Name, The Inside of Out

What a delight to finally get a story from Iko’s perspective. I really enjoyed Wires and Nerve, Vol 1, the first installment of Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles graphic novel series. Even though it’s the first book in the series, I would not recommend reading these without reading the Lunar Chronicles books. You won’t have the emotional attachment or the backstory needed to get into this graphic novel. That said, if you’ve read Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter, you will really enjoy this extra story. Set between the end of Winter and the final story in Stars Above, Iko takes […]

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Mini-Reviews: The Hating Game, Scrappy Little Nobody & Aimee and the Heartthrob

December 16, 2016 / 2 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
Mini-Reviews: The Hating Game, Scrappy Little Nobody & Aimee and the Heartthrob

The Hating Game is on my favorites for this year. I read it in one day, one sitting, and I was utterly obsessed 20 percent in. Lucy and Josh work in an office together, and thanks to a merger, they have to sit across from each other and compete for the same job. As a result, the competition and hatred is at an all-time high. They throw witty,  dark insults at each other while both being great at their jobs. Things change when Lucy discovers that maybe the hate is not so hatey after all. Lucy and Josh’s banter is […]

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You Know Me Well & The Way to Game the Walk of Shame | Mini-Reviews

June 23, 2016 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
You Know Me Well & The Way to Game the Walk of Shame | Mini-Reviews

Hey guys! Today I’ve got reviews of YOU KNOW ME WELL by David Levithan and Nina Lacour, and THE WAY TO GAME THE WALK OF SHAME by Jenn P. Nguyen. Normally I save up a few more minis before posting, but like Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner says more eloquently, it’s summer, so I’m lightening the load a bit and doing more mini-reviews in shorter posts. Hope these help you decide on your next read! A fast and pretty YA read, probably great for younger readers. This book reminded me a ton of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist – only, […]

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May 2016 Mini-Reviews: The Crown, Hamilton: The Revolution & More!

May 26, 2016 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews
May 2016 Mini-Reviews: The Crown, Hamilton: The Revolution & More!

Hi guys! I’m all over the map with my May 2016 mini-reviews, from audiobooks to new releases to graphic novels. Read on to find out my thoughts on The Crown by Kiera Cass, Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz, and Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples! ***** No spoilers. Hoo boy. This was easily the fastest read of the whole Selection series, and similar book crack that I couldn’t put down. That […]

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Mini-Reviews: Illustrated Fantasy, Dark Realities

April 7, 2016 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
Mini-Reviews: Illustrated Fantasy, Dark Realities

Beautifully illustrated and executed, this latest (and possibly last?) installment of the Griffin & Sabine series really belongs somewhere within the third book of the trilogy, The Golden Mean. It is, as described, additional letters and correspondence between Griffin and Sabine as they try to make their way towards each other to Alexandria. For those who have not read the series, I think it will be a little difficult to follow this piece – it’s almost like an added novella to the series. That said, since the reading experience of these books is so delightful, I would go ahead and […]

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Catching Up: eBooks Bought and Read Recently

September 14, 2015 / 4 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews
Catching Up: eBooks Bought and Read Recently

Hi guys, I’m playing a little catch-up with some highly anticipated (for me, at least) eBooks that I bought and read recently. Have you read any of these? Let me know what you think! Tina Chen is a college student who is barely scraping by with her job, her loans, and schooling. Her dad lost his job when she left for college, and it’s been up to her to be the responsible one in her family for a long time. When she and Blake Reynolds, the son of a technology mogul, end up sparring in class about socioeconomic status, it’s […]

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Mini-Reviews: Meet the Austins, When the Stars Align & Scarlet

September 7, 2015 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Mini-Reviews, Review
Mini-Reviews: Meet the Austins, When the Stars Align & Scarlet

Despite my enduring love for Madeleine L’Engle and my obsession with her lesser-known heroine Vicky Austin, for some reason I never quite got to Meet the Austins. Maybe because I knew that it didn’t involve any of the scientific elements that feature in so many of her later novels, maybe because Vicky is only 12 in this novel. I’m grateful that my book club forced me to finally read it! Meet the Austins is a very sweet middle-grade, and a great introduction to the loving, warm Austin family. Chapters are essentially episodes in the Austins’ lives as they bring spoiled orphan […]

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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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Currently Reading: Code Name Verity and The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight

January 23, 2013 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Currently Reading: Code Name Verity and The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight

I started this book “meme” a long time ago (when I didn’t really understand what a book meme was) to try to compensate for the times when I’m too busy to blog. What it really is is a blog feature.  I hate it when my blog has gone too long without any sort of reviews, but I’m really busy at work and with wedding planning (five months left, eek!) and my band (if you’re in Toronto, stop by The Velvet Underground at 10 on Friday and see us!) right now, so this is what you’re getting: Code Name Verity by […]

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