Today is our final post in our five-part shopping guide, where you can find book recommendations for just about everyone on your shopping list! (For parts I-IV, click here.) Below you'll find links to some of the year's hottest and most desirable boxed sets. Enjoy! __________ Blue Bloods 3-Book Boxed Set by Melissa De La Cruz... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. The worst part of being dead is that there’s nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It’s enough to kill a girl all over again. But I’m about to get something no one else does—an encore... Continue Reading →
Yesterday we brought you Part I of our first ever Novel Novice Holiday Shopping Guide, featuring books for those who like paranormal romance, contemporary/realistic fiction and ... vampires? Yup, we kinda thought vampires deserved an entire category of their own. Today we've got historical fiction, dystopian thrillers and books that incorporate music into their stories. Be... Continue Reading →
Even when I was a little kid, books were my favorite presents on Christmas morning. I still remember getting Romona books, then Christopher Pike, the Nancy Drew Case Files, and eventually Anne Rice books, etc. If you follow Novel Novice at all, then you probably agree that books make great presents! To help you figure... Continue Reading →
Prolific writer Orson Scott Card's latest, Pathfinder, joins The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook on this week's best sellers list. Too bad it wasn't out earlier -- it would have made Thanksgiving dinner a little more interesting! This Week   Children's Chapter Books Weeks on List 1  THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another... Continue Reading →
This is where we usually introduce you to our newest Book of the Month here on Novel Novice, and we still will, but there's a catch. You have to wait until February! See, with the holidays and all, we're super busy, you're super busy and authors are super busy. (You get the idea). But never... Continue Reading →
Will there be a third book? YES! Will it be called Tempest? MAYBE! Will it be a best seller? DEFINITELY! On Sept. 10 Becca Fitzpatrick was able to share with her fandom that yes, there will be a third book in her Hush, Hush series, tentatively called Tempest. Here's the official announcement from Publishers Weekly: Simon... Continue Reading →
One of our time's most acclaimed and controversial authors is back on the best sellers list with his latest, Luka and the Fire of Life, by Salman Rushdie. The other new entrant to the top 10 is Hero by Mike Lupica. Neither authors, however, has come close to dethroning Rick Riordan, who claims both the No. 1 and... Continue Reading →
Looking for some divine inspiration? Below you'll find both essay topics and project ideas relating to Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush and Crescendo. Essay topics: The title, Hush, Hush is never directly mentioned in the book. To what (or who) does it refer? Why do you think this title was chosen? What does the sequel’s title, Crescendo,... Continue Reading →
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