Today, we are delighted to bring you part 2 of our long-awaited video Q&A with Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. Yesterday, we brought you part 1 -- and today, the ladies answer questions submitted by fans. (And also, we get off topic briefly when I mention another book series that, it turns out, we all... Continue Reading →
New Young Adult Book Releases: April 24, 2012
Here's a look at some of today's new YA releases: Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening... Continue Reading →
Prom Week: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
All this week here at Novel Novice, we're celebrating Prom Week -- with some titles we think will get you in the mood to don your finest evening wear and boogie down all night! Or, you know, not ... because while we LOVE the books we're featuring this week, we're sure some of them make... Continue Reading →
Prom Week: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
All this week here at Novel Novice, we're celebrating Prom Week -- with some titles we think will get you in the mood to don your finest evening wear and boogie down all night! Or, you know, not ... because while we LOVE the books we're featuring this week, we're sure some of them make... Continue Reading →
Yay for YA Blog Tour! Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt
Talk about surreal. It was just about four years ago that I first started blogging with Tiffany Truitt. A teacher in West Virginia, she had just started the website Novel Novice Twilight -- to showcase how she was using the Twilight series in her classroom. A long proponent of literacy and using popular books to... Continue Reading →
Yay for YA Blog Tour! Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt
Talk about surreal. It was just about four years ago that I first started blogging with Tiffany Truitt. A teacher in West Virginia, she had just started the website Novel Novice Twilight -- to showcase how she was using the Twilight series in her classroom. A long proponent of literacy and using popular books to... Continue Reading →
Cassandra Clare & Holly Black: Exclusive Video Q&A Part 1
Last year, Holly Black and Cassandra Clare went on tour together to promote their books Red Glove and City of Lost Souls. During their Portland stop, I got to sit down with the authors for an interview -- which quickly devolved into many tangents. Needless to say, it was a grand time. I was so... Continue Reading →
Amy Plum: Until I Die Blog Tour Q&A
Today, we are thrilled to be taking part in the official blog tour forUntil I Die by Amy Plum. We've got an exclusive Q&A with Amy, and if you keep reading, you'll find a word that's part of a riddle. Visit every stop on the blog tour to solve the riddle, and contact Amy for... Continue Reading →
Amy Plum: Until I Die Blog Tour Q&A
Today, we are thrilled to be taking part in the official blog tour forUntil I Die by Amy Plum. We've got an exclusive Q&A with Amy, and if you keep reading, you'll find a word that's part of a riddle. Visit every stop on the blog tour to solve the riddle, and contact Amy for... Continue Reading →
Peculiar Children makes a peculiar return to top spot
Perhaps I missed some big news this week or last, because Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs has made a sudden resurgence into the top spot this week. Kelley Armstrong's latest, The Calling, debuts at no. 5. It's the second book in her Darkness Rising series. On the series list, C.C. Hunter's... Continue Reading →
