We’re nearing the end of our two-week feature on Holly Black’s Curse Workers Series, and we’re that much closer to the April 5th release of book 2, Red Glove. But there’s still another year until the third book, Black Heart hits store shelves. And, well, we just can’t wait that long. So when we begged [...]
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It’s always a little bitter sweet when we bid adieu to each of our books of the month, and this time is no exception. We have LOVED hosting Kimberly Derting and her books, The Body Finder and Desires of the Dead. We adore working with Kim even more than we like her books (and that’s [...]
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You know those personality quizzes you find in magazines like Seventeen and Cosmo? Well, imagine if one of those quizzes popped up in the curse worker world. Wouldn’t you like to know what kind of curse worker you are? Inspired by The Curse Workers Series by Holly Black, we’ve created our own magazine-style personality quiz [...]
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Today, we’re taking part in the official blog tour for The Liar Society by Lisa & Laura Roecker — a cool, Nancy Drew-esque mystery that is a very fun read (though it does have some creep-out potential, so take heed fellow late-night readers!) You can see our review of The Liar Society here, but today [...]
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Our March book of the month, Kimberly Derting’s Desires of the Dead, was part of HarperTeen’s Dark Days of Supernatural promotion for winter. Yesterday, we shared with you some of the other Dark Days winter titles. Today, we’ve got their summer titles! Because let’s face it … after you finish reading Desires of the Dead, [...]
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It doesn’t matter how old I get … I will ALWAYS be a sucker for a good fairy tale, a fancy princess dress and a happily ever after. Which is exactly what you’ll find in Entwined by Heather Dixon, a new twist on the classic fairy tale of “The 12 Dancing Princesses.” Azalea is trapped. [...]
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It’s no secret that we LOVE Holly Black’s Curse Workers Series — so today, we’ve got a batch of desktop wallpapers for White Cat and Red Glove which we created just for you! Many thanks to Vania for chipping in most of the photos used in these wallpapers! Just click to view full-size, then right-click [...]
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If you’ve never heard of YALITCHAT and you’re a fan of Young Adult literature, you’re missing out big time. Earlier this year, we featured a post on YALITCHAT. We are excited to announce that Novel Novice is co-sponsoring YALITCHAT’s 2011 Made from Awesome Event. This is an amazing two night event where readers of YA [...]
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For the first half of 2011, HarperTeen put together a really cool promotional campaign for several of their supernatural/paranormal romance titles, called The Dark Days of Supernatural. Our March book of the month, Kimberly Derting’s Desires of the Dead, was one of the winter titles for the Dark Days tour. (Yes, these awesome authors have [...]
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There are not enough words to fully describe how much I love Holly Black’s Curse Workers series. The whole “Mobsters & Magic, Curses & Cons” concept is so original and works so well the way Black has written it. I fell in love with this world in the first book, White Cat. And everything I [...]
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