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8 Best Books Read In 2016 So Far | Top Ten Tuesday

March 29, 2016 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Book Memes, Favorites, Top Ten Tuesday
8 Best Books Read In 2016 So Far | Top Ten Tuesday

1)   2)    3) 4) 5)   6)   7)   8) The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner: “Effervesces with the warmth and darkness of a small Southern Gothic town – the characters leapt off the page to me.” The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt: “If you like swoony, character-driven romances and book boyfriends, The Distance from A to Z is for you. It’s an incredible, unique romance that will WRECK you.” When A Scot Ties A Knot by Tessa Dare | Mini-review to come: “Extreme, utter heart eyes for this romance. Sexytimes galore. Funny and silly, but […]

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10 Books On My Spring/Summer 2016 To Be Read List | Top Ten Tuesday

March 15, 2016 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday
10 Books On My Spring/Summer 2016 To Be Read List | Top Ten Tuesday

This week’s TTT prompt is 10 books on my spring/summer 2016 to be read list. Obviously, I have a ton of books on my list, and I’ve highlighted quite a few in some past posts. So today, I want to highlight a few that might not be on your radar.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 7.   8.  9.  10.   Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld | April 19 – Curtis Sittenfeld, author of the incisive Prep, writing a modern Pride & Prejudice retelling? Yeah, I’m in. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum | April 5 – Speaking of prep school, this […]

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Top Ten Books To Read While Waiting for the Gilmore Girls Revival

March 1, 2016 / 16 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday, TV
Top Ten Books To Read While Waiting for the Gilmore Girls Revival

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is “books to read if you’re in the mood for…” and I knew exactly what I wanted to talk about. GILMORE GIRLS IS COMING BACK. I realize it’s not YA, more book-adjacent, but guys, I’m SO EXCITED FOR THIS REVIVAL! And don’t lie to me and tell me you didn’t watch it, you booklover, you. I know you totally fist-punched every time Rory had her nose in a book, sniffed a book, or pretended to be organizing books but was secretly just reading them. See this quote from Rory’s high school valedictorian speech: “I […]

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These Books Slayed Me So Hard I Can’t Review Them | Top Ten Tuesday

January 26, 2016 / 19 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday
These Books Slayed Me So Hard I Can’t Review Them | Top Ten Tuesday

This week’s TTT is a freebie, which gives me license to talk a little bit about some books that slayed me so hard, I just can’t review them because I’m not worthy.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 7.   8.  9.  10. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell – I did a readalong with Sarah (@readthisya) ages ago, so we have notes on this, but I’ve never been able to get a review up…I think we basically just fangirled all over it because this book was SO DARN GOOD. Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty – this book is one of my all-time favourite […]

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5 Bookish Resolutions For 2016 | #TopTenTuesday

January 5, 2016 / 10 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Blogging Life, Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday
5 Bookish Resolutions For 2016 | #TopTenTuesday

Guys, I’m not a resolution maker. I used to be, but I decided a few years ago that I was crap at New Year’s resolutions, so I stopped. But this year I really do have bookish resolutions for 2016. Ten is pushing it, so I’m sharing with you 5 bookish/blogging goals for the next year. Request Fewer ARCs – I’m not quite doing a Picky Pledge, but one of my goals this year is to scale back on review books and try to tackle my TBR. I’m still going to be doing a lot of early reviewing, but I’m tired […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: My Best Books of 2015

December 15, 2015 / 12 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday: My Best Books of 2015

I’m so glad to be sharing my Best Books of 2015! I’ll be sharing a bit more about them in my 2015 End of Year Bookish Survey, but for now…here’s my list, along with a quote from my review! Best Books of 2015: Mosquitoland by David Arnold: “I read Mosquitoland in two days – I found Mim’s voice so distinct and compelling, and my connection with her was so strong that I was on the edge of tears for two-thirds of the book(and laughing in the other third).” The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan: “It’s about the […]

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#TopTenTuesday: 2016 Debut Books!

December 1, 2015 / 9 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book Memes, Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: 2016 Debut Books!

 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 7.   8.  9.  10. Is there anything better than talking about debut books and the magic you think the authors will bring into your reading life? Yeah, I thought not. Here are the ten 2016 debut books I’m most looking forward to: The Way Back To You by Michelle Andreani and Mindi Scott – this one’s a little bit of a cheat because Mindi is a veteran author, but I’m so excited to see what they have in store with this contemp! The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry – sci-fi romance with […]

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#TopTenTuesday: Can’t-Wait-For-It Sophomore Novels

November 3, 2015 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: Can’t-Wait-For-It Sophomore Novels

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is debut authors whose sophomore novels I’m super looking forward to. Because YA publishing moves so fast, with authors releasing their sophomore novels 1-2 years after the debut, I could only get to eight authors, and they’re all from 2015! That said, these are definitely my favourite debuts of this year. Check it out: I’m Waiting Sophomore Novels From These Debut Authors: David Arnold (Mosquitoland) – Mosquitoland is on my list of favourites for 2015 – brilliant, unusual, quirky..I am DESPERATE for Kids of Appetite, David’s 2016 release. Nicola Yoon (Everything, Everything) – I was amazed […]

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#TopTenTuesday: My Fall 2015 To-Be-Read List!

September 22, 2015 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: My Fall 2015 To-Be-Read List!

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is posted on Instagram, and it’s my Fall 2015 to be read list. It’s actually a crapload longer than this, but these are the highlights, in no particularly order. 1. When We Collided by Emery Lord (pub date: April 5, 2016): I got this ARC a few weeks ago from Bloomsbury (thank you!), and it’s absolutely at the top of Mount TBR because EMERY. 2. Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales (pub date: Sept 15, 2015): my most anticipated fall read about one crazy night and bloggers. I’m holding back on reading this for […]

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#TopTenTuesday: 11 Books On My (Imaginary) Gender in YA Syllabus!

August 25, 2015 / 17 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Book List, Top Ten Tuesday
#TopTenTuesday: 11 Books On My (Imaginary) Gender in YA Syllabus!

I loved this week’s TTT topic so much that I ended up choosing 11 books! I would definitely want to teach a course called Feminism & Gender Identity in Literature for/about Youth, and here’s what would be on the syllabus: Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund – the whole Secret Society Girl series is a course in feminism, but Peterfreund does her best work in discussing sexual abuse, harassment and how to survive in an old boys club in this, my favourite of the four books. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio – if this book isn’t already on course […]

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