Tag: YA science

Learning to Swear in America | Giveaway + Guest Post by Author Katie Kennedy

Learning to Swear in America | Giveaway + Guest Post by Author Katie Kennedy

Hi guys, today I have the lovely Katie Kennedy here to talk about her upcoming debut, LEARNING TO SWEAR IN AMERICA. If you know me, you know I really love science in my YA and I’m especially partial to physics, so this book has been on my to-be-read list since I first heard about it. I love that there’s this 17-year-old physics prodigy who’s going to learn how to be a teenager from this normal kid…with a backdrop of living your life to the fullest. SO my kind of book. Read on to find out more about the book, then […]

#WaitingonWednesday: The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

#WaitingonWednesday: The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

I heard about The Square Root of Summer awhile back while perusing catalogues for Spring 2016 (that font treatment is perfection!), but it wasn’t until last weekend’s Raincoast Books Teen Preview that I got super excited. Physics and time travel in books is one of my auto-buy triggers, and the fact that the author wrote a thesis on Dawson’s Creek basically sold me on her forever. Is The Square Root of Summer on your TBR? Are you obsessed with science in your books, too? What are you waiting for this week? Let me know and I’ll stop by! Want to win a Sept […]

“Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself” Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

November 4, 2014 / 8 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
“Travel Far Enough, You Meet Yourself” Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) Author: Claudia Gray (website | twitter) Publisher: Harper Teen Source/Format: ARC provided by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review (thank you!) Publication date: November 4th 2014 (today!) My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Buy it: Amazon.ca | Chapters/Indigo | Indiebound | iTunes | B&N | Amazon.com Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into […]

Review: The Theory of Everything by Kari Luna

August 8, 2013 / 5 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: The Theory of Everything by Kari Luna

The Theory of Everything Author: Kari Luna Publisher: Philomel Publication date: July 11, 2013 Source: eARC received from publisher on Netgalley My rating: 4 out of 5 stars Goodreads synopsis:  One part Libba Bray’s GOING BOVINE, two parts String Theory, and three parts love story equals a whimsical novel that will change the way you think about the world. Sophie Sophia is obsessed with music from the late eighties. She also has an eccentric physicist father who sometimes vanishes for days and sees things other people don’t see. But when he disappears for good and Sophie’s mom moves them from Brooklyn, […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Relativity by Cristin Bishara

Waiting on Wednesday: Relativity by Cristin Bishara

“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 one I’m super curious about – is it YA? Is it MG? Who knows?! Relativity Author: Cristin Bishara Publisher: Walker Children’s Publishing Expected publication date: September 10th 2013 If Ruby Wright could have her way, her dad would never have met and married her stepmother Willow, her best friend George would be more than a friend, and her mom would still be alive. Ruby knows wishes can’t come true; some things just can’t be […]

Waiting on Wednesday: A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty

Waiting on Wednesday: A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty

“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 has already come out in Australia (lucky ducks!):  A Corner of White Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Expected publication date: April 1st 2013 by Arthur A. Levine Books From Goodreads:  The first in a rousing, funny, genre-busting trilogy from bestseller Jaclyn Moriarty! This is a tale of missing persons. Madeleine and her mother have run away from their former life, under mysterious circumstances, and settled in a rainy corner of Cambridge (in our world). Elliot, on the […]