* First things first. Perhaps the most epic movie trailer to ever hit the web … the new trailer for Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is here. And it will give you chills: * This week, Lionsgate finally confirmed this exciting Hunger Games casting news: Elizabeth Banks will be playing Effie Trinket! [...]
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They always say you should never judge a book by its cover. But guess what? I do. Frequently. Now, a book must be good in and of itself to be successful — but when it comes to first impressions, its often the cover itself that draws you in; makes you pick a book up off [...]
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All this week, we’ve been featuring Abandon by Meg Cabot — the first book in her new paranormal trilogy. We LOVE this book, and its Greek mythology influences. And now it’s you’re chance to win your own copy, plus some other goodies. Keep reading to learn more: The Contest: It’s no secret that Meg got [...]
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It’s the day that always comes with our Book of the Month … the end of the month. Yes, today is the end of our April feature on Wither by Lauren DeStefano. So in Novel Novice tradition, we give you a look back at this month’s highlights: The Wither Writing Contest We are SO excited [...]
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All this week we’ve been featuring Abandon by Meg Cabot, the first book in her new paranormal trilogy. There are so many things we love about this book (great characters, eerie happenings, romance, intrigue, etc.) — but something we’re really keen about is the fact that Cabot draws so much influence from topics perfect for [...]
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If you loved our April Book of the Month, Wither by Lauren DeStefano, then chances are you can’t wait until the second book in this trilogy comes out. Sadly, you’ve still got about another year to wait. Fortunately, we’ve found the perfect solution to tide you over until then … Lauren’s short stories! Yes, on [...]
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You know how there’s always that one book you read as a teen that becomes the book by which you judge all others? For me, that book was Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger — and though I have loved many, many books, there has only been a small handful of titles that made [...]
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Synopsis: Dumped with relatives in a small Minnesota town for the summer, Sadie Lester is relying on her mountain bike to save her from total boredom. Then she meets Allie, a spiky-haired off-road mountain biker who’s training for a major race. Allie leads Sadie and Joe, a cute fellow cyclist, up and down Mount Kato, [...]
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We continue our look at “Classroom Connections” for Wither by Lauren DeStefano today, with T.S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men — which is quoted at the opening of the book: This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper The poem, written in 1925, is considered to be largely a [...]
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