Tag: road trip

“Handle With Care” Review: Mosquitoland by David Arnold

March 9, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Handle With Care” Review: Mosquitoland by David Arnold

Mosquitoland Author: David Arnold (website | twitter) Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers (Penguin Canada) Source/Format: ARC from publisher in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: March 3, 2015  My rating: 5 out of 5 stars.  “I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange.”  After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the “wastelands” of […]

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ARC Review: How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

May 7, 2013 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
ARC Review: How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

How My Summer Went Up in Flames Author: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski Publisher: Simon Pulse Source/Format: eARC provided on Edelweiss Publication date: May 7, 2013 (Today!) My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars First she lost her heart. Then she lost her mind. And now she’s on a road trip to win back her ex. This debut novel’s packed with drama and romance! Rosie’s always been impulsive. She didn’t intend to set her cheating ex-boyfriend’s car on fire. And she never thought her attempts to make amends could be considered stalking. So when she’s served with a temporary restraining order on the […]

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Waiting on Wednesday: Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

November 21, 2012 / 11 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Waiting on Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday: Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

  “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 is inspired by classic American literature: Being Henry David by Cal Armistead Publisher: Albert Whitman Teen Expected publication: March 1, 2013 From Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old “Hank” has found himself at Penn Station in New York City with no memory of anything –who he is, where he came from, why he’s running away. His only possession is a worn copy of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. And so he becomes Henry David-or “Hank” and takes […]

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