Posted on April 29, 2012 by Sara | Novel Novice
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re well aware that Insurgent by Veronica Roth hits stores on Tuesday. And as part of the book’s release, we’ve been taking part in Harper Teen’s #DivergentNation promotion. In fact, we’re part of Team Candor … and since today’s featured faction on Harper’s websites is Candor, we decided [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2012 by Sara | Novel Novice
The stakes are higher than ever in Kimberly Derting’s Body Finder series in the third book, The Last Echo, in stores April 17th. The book picks up after the fallout of events in Desires of the Dead, and follows Violet on her new role with a group of misfits who also possess bizarre paranormal gifts as [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2012 by Stephanie
Congratulations to Lauren DeStefano, who’s latest, Fever, landed at no. 6 this week. It’s the sequel to Wither, and while we really liked Wither here at Novel Novice, I can say we loved Fever. (Check out our Wither series fan fiction writing contest judged by Lauren herself!) This Week Children’s Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 THE [...]
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Posted on December 31, 2011 by Sara | Novel Novice
As we say good-bye to 2011 and hello to 2012, we want to take a moment to ask YOU about the job we’re doing here at Novel Novice. January will mark our second anniversary (wow!) and we’re always looking to make things better for all our visitors. So we ask you to please take a [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2011 by Stephanie
This year was truly a banner year for outstanding YA. And while some established authors delivered gems to their fans, the majority of books on my list come from debut authors (which means we can look forward to their sequels in 2012 and beyond!). Below–in no particular order–are my picks for the best of 2011: [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2011 by Sara | Novel Novice
It’s that time of year when we take a look back at the best YA of 2011. But we here at Novel Novice have a hard time narrowing things down to a numbered top ten list. So instead, below you’ll find — in NO particular order — my picks for Best YA of 2011: A [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2011 by Sara | Novel Novice
From everyone at the Novel Novice family, we’d like to wish you all a warm & wonderful holiday season. The blog is going dark for the next three days so we can enjoy the holidays with our families. We’ll be back on Tuesday, December 27th with brand new content — including our Best of 2011 [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2011 by Stephanie
Congratulations to Ally Condie, whose latest novel, Crossed, debuts at no. 2. It’s the second book in the Matched series (the paperback of which is no. 6). Also new to the list is The Outcasts by John Flanagan. In series, Colleen Houck’s Tiger’s Curse debuts at no. 3. This Week Children’s Chapter Books Weeks on [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2011 by Stephanie
All this week we featured The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris van Allsburg and others–it landed at no. 10 this week on the best sellers list. In paperbacks, Salman Rushdie’s Luka and the Fire of Life was also at no. 10. And in book series, congratulations to Julie Kawaga whose Iron Fey series is [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2011 by Stephanie
With the release of the third book in The Caster Chronicles series–Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (read an excerpt)–the Beautiful Creatures paperback edition is no. 4 on the paperback list. Kathy Reichs’s sequel to Virals–Seizure– is at no. 10. This Week Children’s Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 THE SON OF NEPTUNE, [...]
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