Today, instead of doing the typical Saturday Post, wherein we feature highlights from the week’s YA-related news, we’re doing a SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION.
Why? Well, because both myself and two of Novel Novice’s core contributors have published works coming out in the next few weeks and months … and, well, we want you guys to check them out!
So, in order of publication date (which, yes, puts me first, but IS in chronological order of release) — here are the works coming soon from the Novel Novice team. And yes, we’d LOVE it if you’d pre-order these bad boys and add them to your Goodreads pages and tell your friends.
FAME: Suzanne Collins by Sara Gundell
Release Date: Late February 2012 (so, very very soon!)
Synopsis:
Since leaving behind a career in children”s television, Suzanne Collins has made her mark on the world with her bestselling young adult book series, The Hunger Games, which is now in production as a major motion picture. FAME: Suzanne Collins offers a look at how events in her life helped shape the series that would make her a household name.
What people are saying:
“Suzanne is notoriously private and not into the whole social networking movement (hell, her website is still heralding the upcoming release of Mockingjay), but Sara has dug up the facts and inspiration behind her career that has information that even we didn’t know!”
“A nice little addition to a Hunger Games fan collection.”
“This is not one to be missed!”
“The comic offers something for everyone. Newbies to the fandom will enjoy the behind-the-scenes look into Collins’ career and, while Collins’ is notoriously private and does not provide information on her personal life, die hards won’t want to pass up on this Hunger Games collectible.”
– The Hob
A note about preordering: It’s ALWAYS helpful to authors if you pre-order their book, because those numbers are really what can help launch them onto the top selling book lists. However, in this case, because it’s a comic book, the final print run will be determined by the number of pre-orders — and we’re about to go to print! So the more people who pre-order, the better. Also, there’s a good chance this title will SELL OUT quickly, so unless you pre-order, you may not get a copy!
Pre-order FAME: Suzanne Collins now!
Follow Sara Gundell: Hunger Games Examiner | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr
Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt
Release Date: April 10th
Synopsis:
What if you were mankind’s last chance at survival?
Sixteen-year-old Tess lives in a compound in what was once the Western United States, now decimated after a devastating fourth World War. But long before that, life as we knew it had been irrevocably changed, as women mysteriously lost the ability to bring forth life. Faced with the extinction of the human race, the government began the Council of Creators, meant to search out alternative methods of creating life. The resulting artificial human beings, or Chosen Ones, were extraordinarily beautiful, unbelievably strong, and unabashedly deadly.
Life is bleak, but uncomplicated for Tess as she follows the rigid rules of her dystopian society, until the day she begins work at Templeton, the training facility for newly created Chosen Ones. There, she meets James, a Chosen One whose odd love of music and reading rivals only her own. The attraction between the two is immediate in its intensity—and overwhelming in its danger.
But there is more to the goings-on at Templeton than Tess ever knew, and as the veil is lifted from her eyes, she uncovers a dark underground movement bent not on taking down the Chosen Ones, but the Council itself. Will Tess be able to stand up to those who would oppress her, even if it means giving up the only happiness in her life?
What people are saying:
“Another great book with an awesome kick ass character! The world that Truitt has created is dark and intense […] heartbreaking and beautiful all at the same time”
“Stark and powerful. You won’t forget this book.”
Follow Tiffany Truitt: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
Want by Stephanie Lawton
Release Date: June 7th
Synopsis:
Julianne counts the days until she can pack her bags and leave her old-money, tradition-bound Southern town where appearance is everything and secrecy is a way of life. A piano virtuoso, she dreams of attending a prestigious music school in Boston. Failure is not an option, so she enlists the help of New England Conservatory graduate Isaac Laroche to help her.
She can’t understand why he suddenly gave up Boston’s music scene to return to the South. He doesn’t know her life depends on escaping it. Julianne must face down madness from without, just as it threatens from within. Isaac must resist an inappropriate attraction, but an indiscretion at a Mardi Gras ball—the pinnacle event for Mobile’s elite—forces their present wants and needs to collide with sins of the past.
A note about preordering: Want is not available yet for preorder, but you can add it to your Goodreads page here!
Follow Stephanie Lawton: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
For the comments: Okay, your turn for shameless self-promotion! Got a book or blog you want to tell us about? Do it in the comments below!
Novel Novice 
LOL, you crack me up. Isn’t it weird to be on this side of the industry? I still catch myself going, “Wait, what?!”
Can I just say… WANT! (All of the above)
Great job, and I can’t wait to buy all of these things!
Congratulations ladies! That is so cool. I wrote a novel for the National Novel Writing Month in november and I am currently waiting to see if it moves on to the next round in the Amazon Breakout Novel Competition. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
We’ll keep our fingers crossed for you — good luck!
I can’t wait for Chosen Ones ! Thanks for the round-up !