Fans of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games can rejoice this morning! The title for the third and final book in the series has been revealed as ... Mockingjay It's set for release August 24th from Scholastic! The official word comes via the Scholastic UK twitter: UPDATE: The title has now been revealed, too: Here's more... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to Lena from Beautiful Creatures – Make your own version of Lena’s necklace! (Step-by-step instructions)
Anyone who's read Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl knows that the impending 16th birthday of main character Lena is sort of a big deal. It's essentially what the whole book is leading up to. It's the climax of the entire story, and the source of the song "Sixteen Moons," which is featured... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to Lena from Beautiful Creatures – Make your own version of Lena’s necklace! (Step-by-step instructions)
Anyone who's read Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl knows that the impending 16th birthday of main character Lena is sort of a big deal. It's essentially what the whole book is leading up to. It's the climax of the entire story, and the source of the song "Sixteen Moons," which is featured... Continue Reading →
Book review: The Lonely Hearts Club
(The Lonely Hearts Club will be the featured book of the month for March here on Novel Novice. Check out this review and then tell us what you think.) The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg Synopsis: I, Penny Lane Bloom, do solemnly swear to never date another boy for as long as I shall live.... Continue Reading →
Book review: The Lonely Hearts Club
(The Lonely Hearts Club will be the featured book of the month for March here on Novel Novice. Check out this review and then tell us what you think.) The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg Synopsis: I, Penny Lane Bloom, do solemnly swear to never date another boy for as long as I shall live.... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt: Write a Love Poem
Everyone has someone or something to love, whether it's your boyfriend or girlfriend, your best friend, your mom or dad, your dog, the teddy bear you sleep with every night, or your favorite slice from the local pizza shop. This creative writing prompt is about writing a love poem. Now, plenty of people hear the... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Creatures: Are you related to Ethan or Lena?
Of course, Ethan and Lena are fictional characters, but you might be related to someone with stories that are just as exciting. Genealogy -- tracing one's family tree -- has been very popular over the past few years. In Beautiful Creatures, Ethan's family tree appears on page 95. Both sides of Lena's family are mapped... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Creatures: Are you related to Ethan or Lena?
Of course, Ethan and Lena are fictional characters, but you might be related to someone with stories that are just as exciting. Genealogy -- tracing one's family tree -- has been very popular over the past few years. In Beautiful Creatures, Ethan's family tree appears on page 95. Both sides of Lena's family are mapped... Continue Reading →
Quite possibly the most hilarious book trailer of all time!
This is quite possibly the funniest book trailer of all time. Granted, it's for a funny book - Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Now, I realize this book -- and others of the "genre," which blends the supernatural (and sometimes campy horror) with classic works of literature -- is a bit controversial. Purists argue... Continue Reading →
Poems for Your Valentine
What holiday is more suited to poetry than Valentine's Day? Poets.org always pulls together a great collection of poems and poets to feature for specific occasions. Check out their categories for Cupid's day: Poems for Sweethearts Anniversary Poems Poems for Friendship Love Poems And if you're feeling a little negative about hearts and flowers and... Continue Reading →
