Welcome to the first Novel Novice Read Along! We’re reading Breaking Dawn in preparation for the movie in November, going chapter by chapter and discussing. Our schedule has us taking two chapters per month which may seem very slow to many of you. Indeed, when I first read Breaking Dawn, I read it very quickly [...]
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What starts out feeling like a cross between Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series and Ally Condie’s Matched — by the end of Delirium by Lauren Oliver, the novel has taken on a life all its own. This new book from the author of Before I Fall will find its niche among fans of dystopian fiction — [...]
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Today, we’re launching our 2nd annual Literary Lovers Mash-Up Writing Contest. We had so much fun with this last year, that we’re doing it again. This is your chance to imagine if two unlikely literary heroes met and had an explosive romance. For example … What if Mr. Darcy met Bella from Twilight? What if [...]
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While there aren’t any major changes to the YA line-up, two titles for younger readers have entered this week’s top 10: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm; and One Crazy Summer – a National Book Award finalist — by Rita Williams-Garcia. This Week Children’s Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 THE LOST [...]
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* Let’s start with the news we were most excited about … so excited, we didn’t even wait until today to share it. The Hunger Games movie has been given a release date of March 23, 2012. Let the countdown begin! * Fallen Archangel this week revealed the title & a brief synopsis for book [...]
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All this week we’ve been featuring Alexander Gordon Smith’s Escape from Furnace series, and today we’ve got YOUR chance to win the first two books! Just keep reading for details … The Contest: Use the Novel Novice Escape from Furnace Contest Entry Form and tell us your worst nightmare. The Prizes: Two (2) winners will [...]
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Today, we’re delighted to be hosting a guest blog from Escape from Furnace author Alexander Gordon Smith! Hi, it’s great to be back on Novel Novice! I’m taking a break from Furnace today because I’d like to talk a bit about my first book, The Inventors, and how I wrote it with my nine-year-old brother! [...]
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We’ve been featuring guest blogs from some of our favorite buddies in the blogging world over the last month to celebrate our One Year Anniversary, and today we’re delighted to have JP from YA Urban! JP is one of our FAVORITE guy bloggers and we’re always impressed with his enthusiasm and dedication (especially when you [...]
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Synopsis: Truth or Lies? Lidda knew, with a clarity that was like a candle in a dark room, that all had changed; something was loosed in the village—Devil or not—and they would pay for it, every last man, woman, and child. Fourteen-year-old Lidda has always known she was different. She longs to escape Salem Village [...]
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