Synopsis: What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: the world’s most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the best table... Continue Reading →

Looks like Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls finally broke onto The New York Times best sellers list, debuting at No. 8, and in its fifth week is Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall, which is getting rave reviews. I was curious about the hype so I'm in the middle of reading it right now. We'll post our review later this... Continue Reading →

There are a couple new additions to this week's New York Times best sellers lists, including A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner and Savvy by Ingrid Law, but Suzanne Collins still dominates the top places. CHAPTER BOOKS This Week   Weeks on List 1 THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian... Continue Reading →

Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan Official synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who’s a girl. One of them loves him, the other one needs him. When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa’s long-lost meth... Continue Reading →

According to The New York Times best sellers lists, this week's top graphic novel is -- surprise! -- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and Young C. Kim. From all the reports I've seen, it's absolutely flying off the shelves. Also noteworthy this week is that both The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan and Before I... Continue Reading →

On her Web site, author Elizabeth Eulberg created a soundtrack for The Lonely Hearts Club, including the following Beatles songs. Since we’ve been featuring different Beatles songs all month on Novel Novice, here’s your chance to show off your old-school rock prowess! Try to match the lyrics to the songs on the playlist. Since many... Continue Reading →

We had so much fun doing the Beautiful Creatures crossword last month that we decided to give The Lonely Hearts Club one of its own, too! To view and print the PDF puzzle: LHC crossword. To view and print the solution: LHC solution. So tell us, how did you do?

Although the major players haven't changed, some of this week's The New York Times best sellers are new. This means others have been dropped, including Carrie Ryan's The Forest of Hands and Teeth, which made its debut on the list last week. (Read our review of her new companion book, The Dead-Tossed Waves here.) Most of... Continue Reading →

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan Synopsis: Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She's content to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. Home is all she's ever known, and all... Continue Reading →

Just because they Beatles broke up years ago, it doesn't mean they aren't everywhere! (And just because most of us weren't even born yet when they were still together, it doesn't mean we shouldn't know our Beatles trivia!) The Lonely Hearts Club is riddled with Beatles references -- some are obvious, like Penny's name, but... Continue Reading →