Tag: YA

Top Ten of 2012: Best Characters of 2012

December 26, 2012 / 3 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Top Ten of 2012: Best Characters of 2012

Hi everyone, today’s list is my favourite characters from 2012 releases. This includes heroes, heroines, villains, contemporary, whatever. My criteria for this list is basically who I found most interesting this year psychologically… 10. Sunya from My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece (Annabel Pitcher) – I have a thing about evil genius kids, and Sunya is one of the best. She’s a true star, an awesome kid who sees the best in protagonist Jamie, and makes the best of a terrible bullying situation.  9. Hannah from Bunheads (Sophie Flack) – I basically love Hannah because I love Bunheads – she […]

Review: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

December 20, 2012 / 18 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Review, Uncategorized
Review: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Time Between Us  Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Hyperion Books Publication date: Oct 9, 2012 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Summary:  Anna is a 16-year old living in Evanston, Illinois in 1996. Bennett is a 16-year old time-traveler who exists in San Francisco in 2012. At the beginning of the novel, a woman (whom we can easily presume is 32-year old Anna) goes to Bennett in San Francisco and gives him a letter. As you can already tell, this is a love that will be fraught with problems. Anna and Bennett meet for the first time in 1996 when […]

Waiting on Wednesday: This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

Waiting on Wednesday: This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

“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 been on everyone’s contemporary list for next year, so it’s high time it went on mine! This Is What Happy Looks Like Author: Jennifer E. Smith  Publisher: Poppy Expected publication date: April 2, 2013  From Goodreads: If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O’Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under […]

December New Release Giveaway Hop!

December 15, 2012 / 82 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
December New Release Giveaway Hop!

Hello! I’ve joined some of my fellow bloggers friends in giving away a newly released book for each month. Sign up to win one of the books below – or if there’s something that I haven’t listed that’s releasing this month, you’re welcome to choose that and let me know! Poison by Molly Cochran The Almost Truth by Eileen Cook   Never Let You Go by Emma Carlson Berne The Farm by Emily McKay   Full Moon Kisses by Ellen Schreiber Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Double-Crossed by Ally Carter

Waiting on Wednesday: Double-Crossed by Ally Carter

“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 was just announced, and it’s a novella by one of my favourite authors:  Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves StoryAuthor: Ally Carter Format: ebookExpected publication date: January 22, 2013 From Goodreads:  Macey McHenry—Glamorous society girl or spy-in-training? W.W. Hale V—Heir to an American dynasty or master thief? There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together is a tossup. Born into privilege, Macey and Hale are experts at mingling with the […]

Promo: Guest post by Helen Keeble, Author of FANG GIRL and a giveaway!

December 10, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Promo: Guest post by Helen Keeble, Author of FANG GIRL and a giveaway!

Today I’m participating in a promo tour of FANG GIRL by Helen Keeble! Read on for more on this hilarious-sounding takeoff on vampires, a guest post by Helen, and a giveaway! Author: Helen Keeble  Publisher: HarperTeen Publication date: September 11, 2012 Synopsis:  Things That Are Destroying Jane Greene’s Undead Social Life Before It Can Even Begin: 1) A twelve-year-old brother who’s convinced she’s a zombie. 2) Parents who are begging her to turn them into vampires. 3) The pet goldfish she accidentally turns instead. 4) Weird superpowers that let her rip the heads off of every other vampire she meets.(Sounds cool, but it doesn’t […]

Personal Friday: My band, Bitter Foes (and my fiance), and The Friday Society book launch!

December 7, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Personal Friday: My band, Bitter Foes (and my fiance), and The Friday Society book launch!

So another thing you guys probably don’t know about me is that I’m really into singing. I took a bit of a break from it for awhile (six years?!), but it’s always sort of been with me. We’re called Bitter Foes, obvs.  A couple of years ago, my fiance (then boyfriend) decided we should finally start a band – we’d been talking about it for ages; he’s a pretty talented songwriter, guitarist, singer, keyboardist…he’s basically an amazing musician all around.  We got together a couple of our other friends and this was the result:  Our awesome guitarist, drummer and bassist. […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Mind Games by Kiersten White

Waiting on Wednesday: Mind Games by Kiersten White

“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 late-to-the-party with… Mind Games Author: Kiersten White Publisher: HarperTeen Expected publication date: February 19, 2013 From Goodreads:  Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future. Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and […]

Cover Reveal: Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron!

December 3, 2012 / 1 Comment / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Uncategorized
Cover Reveal: Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron!

Deeper We Fall Author: Chelsea M. Cameron Publication date: January 12, 2013 From Goodreads: Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to try and forget the night that ripped her life apart. Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again. Zack is cruel, selfish and constantly rubbing what happened to her friend in Lottie’s face. Zan is […]

Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Interview with Diana Peterfreund +Giveaway!

Birthday Month Author Spotlight: Interview with Diana Peterfreund +Giveaway!

For my final Birthday Month Author Spotlight, I have a fantastic interview with the wonderful Diana Peterfreund. Read on for more about Diana’s favorite scenes, couples, more information about her upcoming companion to For Darkness Shows the Stars, ACROSS A STAR-SWEPT SEA and one last giveaway of any of her books! MOSTLY YA LIT: You’ve been a pretty steady author since you sold your first book. Do you feel like it’s gotten easier over time to figure out what to write, how to sell that proposal, etc?  Diana Peterfreund: Both and neither. In some way it’s gotten harder and in […]