Do you have what it takes to spook, scare, shock? We want you to try your hand at writing a scary story for our Haunted Reads writing contest! The Contest With Halloween in mind, write a story that is: scary, spooky, or just plain creepy! You can write something that's traditional horror, or something a... Continue Reading →
The Apocalypse has never been so sexy as it is within the pages of Poison Princess by Kresley Cole, the first in a new riveting series from the NYT bestseller. The book follows Evie Greene -- whose charmed, Southern life is thrown into upheaval first by troubling visions of the Apocalypse (which get her sent... Continue Reading →
The Apocalypse has never been so sexy as it is within the pages of Poison Princess by Kresley Cole, the first in a new riveting series from the NYT bestseller. The book follows Evie Greene -- whose charmed, Southern life is thrown into upheaval first by troubling visions of the Apocalypse (which get her sent... Continue Reading →
Here's a look at some of today's new YA releases (and a few that came out yesterday): Skinny by Donna Cooner Find your voice. Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies’s head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about... Continue Reading →
This week marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, celebrating our freedom to read and highlightingfree and open access to information. Here is a look at this year's ten most challenged books: ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group The Color of... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, I did things a little differently for our March Book of the Month. Rather than featuring just one title, we featured many for our Middle Grade March spectacular. I had so much fun, in fact, that I'm kicking off another themed Book of the Month for October: Haunted Reads. In celebration of... Continue Reading →
Today, we help kick off the "Silk & Paper Campaign" for Reached by Ally Condie. As an "Archivist," Novel Novice is teaming up with Penguin Teen & several other blogs to help countdown to the November 13th release date of Reached,the final book in Condie's Matched trilogy. To kick things off, we want YOU to... Continue Reading →
Today, we help kick off the "Silk & Paper Campaign" for Reached by Ally Condie. As an "Archivist," Novel Novice is teaming up with Penguin Teen & several other blogs to help countdown to the November 13th release date of Reached,the final book in Condie's Matched trilogy. To kick things off, we want YOU to... Continue Reading →
Today's guest book review is written by my dad! Like most everyone in my family, he's also a big reader -- though he doesn't delve much into YA (despite my best efforts). However, he's a huge fan of Michael Chabon -- so when I had a chance to let him review Chabon's newest book, well,... Continue Reading →
Today's guest book review is written by my dad! Like most everyone in my family, he's also a big reader -- though he doesn't delve much into YA (despite my best efforts). However, he's a huge fan of Michael Chabon -- so when I had a chance to let him review Chabon's newest book, well,... Continue Reading →
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