Our free, download-able valentines featuring books like Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Beautiful Creatures, Shiver, Hush,Hush and more are featured in a new article in The Baltimore Sun: It might be hard to imagine life beyond the snow globe that Baltimore has become, but Sunday is Valentine's Day. And for those of you who may have... Continue Reading →
This morning, author Lisa Schroeder shares her tips on writing romance: I'm working on a new project now, and as I write, I keep thinking back to one of the editorial letters my editor wrote me, where he talked about the growing attraction between two characters. He said, "the reader needs to see the love... Continue Reading →
Fans of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games can rejoice this morning! The title for the third and final book in the series has been revealed as ... Mockingjay It's set for release August 24th from Scholastic! The official word comes via the Scholastic UK twitter: UPDATE: The title has now been revealed, too: Here's more... Continue Reading →
Fans of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games can rejoice this morning! The title for the third and final book in the series has been revealed as ... Mockingjay It's set for release August 24th from Scholastic! The official word comes via the Scholastic UK twitter: UPDATE: The title has now been revealed, too: Here's more... Continue Reading →
Anyone who's read Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl knows that the impending 16th birthday of main character Lena is sort of a big deal. It's essentially what the whole book is leading up to. It's the climax of the entire story, and the source of the song "Sixteen Moons," which is featured... Continue Reading →
Anyone who's read Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl knows that the impending 16th birthday of main character Lena is sort of a big deal. It's essentially what the whole book is leading up to. It's the climax of the entire story, and the source of the song "Sixteen Moons," which is featured... Continue Reading →
(The Lonely Hearts Club will be the featured book of the month for March here on Novel Novice. Check out this review and then tell us what you think.) The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg Synopsis: I, Penny Lane Bloom, do solemnly swear to never date another boy for as long as I shall live.... Continue Reading →
Of course, Ethan and Lena are fictional characters, but you might be related to someone with stories that are just as exciting. Genealogy -- tracing one's family tree -- has been very popular over the past few years. In Beautiful Creatures, Ethan's family tree appears on page 95. Both sides of Lena's family are mapped... Continue Reading →
This is quite possibly the funniest book trailer of all time. Granted, it's for a funny book - Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Now, I realize this book -- and others of the "genre," which blends the supernatural (and sometimes campy horror) with classic works of literature -- is a bit controversial. Purists argue... Continue Reading →
Here's a look at today's new releases in YA lit: Gone by Lisa McMann Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she’d made her peace with it. But she can’t handle dragging Cabel down with her. She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He’s... Continue Reading →
