Tag: older releases

Top Ten Tuesday #8: Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

March 19, 2013 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #8: Books I HAD To Buy…But Are Still Sitting On My Shelf Unread

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. Quick and dirty TTT today, guys – I’m super busy with work and haven’t been sleeping or doing anything else much lately. My embarrassing overarching excuse for not having gotten to to these earlier is that I got way too excited requesting ARCs in my first year as a blogger that I’ve gotten a bit bogged down. Rookie mistake. I’m really hoping to change that as this blog […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #7: Books At The TOP Of My Spring 2013 TBR list!

March 12, 2013 / 17 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #7: Books At The TOP Of My Spring 2013 TBR list!

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. So this post focuses on spring reads, but I thought I’d extend that to summer, too, especially since I’m going to be slowing down the blog a little as my wedding starts getting closer. I’m cheating a bit, because I have ARCs for some of these, so I really do have to read them. Here are my definite reads this spring: 1. The Elite by Kiera Cass – […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #6: Eleven Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet

March 5, 2013 / 20 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #6: Eleven Series I’d Like To Start But Haven’t Yet

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. Oh man. This is the perfect TTT for me – there are SO MANY series that I’ve been meaning to read, but haven’t been able to, either because I’ve been too busy, or there’s too much hype, or I’m just too behind. It’s no surprise that most of these are NOT contemps…I think that kind of says something about me as a reader. Anyway, in no particular order:  […]

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Top Ten Tuesday #5:Top Ten Authors That I’d Put On My Auto-Buy List

February 26, 2013 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
Top Ten Tuesday #5:Top Ten Authors That I’d Put On My Auto-Buy List

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. Guys, this is not a lazy post. I tried to write something about each author, but every description pretty much turned out the same: I will read anything these authors put out because they are all so awesome, and I’m pretty much their publicity mouthpiece at this point. All of them are veteran authors, all of them have awesome, distinct writing styles and genres, and I hope you […]

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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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Books for trade or giveaway at the Ontario Book Bloggers Meet-Up!

November 1, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Events
Books for trade or giveaway at the Ontario Book Bloggers Meet-Up!

Quick post today – I have a bunch of books that I’m happy to give away or swap at the Ontario Book Bloggers Meet-Up this weekend. Please let me know in the comments or on Twitter if you would like any of these. I’ll bring a selection to the event, but I can’t bring them all, or I’ll probably lose my arms on the way there. My Name is Number 4 by Ting-Xing Ye Snow by Orhan Pamuk Self by Yann Martel Beneath a Meth Moon ARC by Jacqueline Woodson The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson Gifted by Nikita Lalwani Waiting […]

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Stacking the Shelves: Burn for Burn, Throne of Glass and more!

September 28, 2012 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Review, Uncategorized
Stacking the Shelves: Burn for Burn, Throne of Glass and more!

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly book meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews to share the books you’ve got piling up, whether they be virtual, paper, or audio! Read on for my first Stacking the Shelves post…  For review:  Eldritch Manor by Kim Thompson – a middle-grade book about time travel, oldsters and weird things. Can’t wait to read this – thank you, Dundurn Press! Bought:  Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian – signed! Check back soon for a giveaway and more on meeting these lovely, ADORABLE ladies! Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas – I’d read so […]

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Currently Reading…a few thoughts on Possession by A.S. Byatt

September 11, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Feature
Currently Reading…a few thoughts on Possession by A.S. Byatt

Hi y’all – sorry I’ve been so remiss in posting reviews lately. I’ve been really busy getting my schedule organized and haven’t had a moment to work on my blog. But rest assured, I’m still here, and I’m still working on my Fall TBR list! Just so you know what I’m working on, I’ve got a new feature called “Currently Reading” that I’m introducing to the blog. This will be a once-in-awhile meme that I’ll post when I’m behind on reading and don’t have time to do a full review. It will feature a book I’m currently reading and a […]

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