Here's a look at today's new YA releases: UnBound by Neal Shusterman Find out what happens to Connor, Risa, and Lev now that they’ve finally destroyed the Proactive Citizenry in this collection of short stories set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman. Connor Lassiter’s fight to bring... Continue Reading →
Bookish Snowmen 2015: Beastly Bones, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, The Vanishing Island, The Wrath & the Dawn
It's time for one of our favorite & most beloved holiday traditions here at Novel Novice -- the 2015 Bookish Snowmen Collection! Every year, my mom creates original drawings that recreate the covers (or represent the plot) of select YA and middle grade books from the last year! (You can see all of her past... Continue Reading →
YA Snowmen 2015: Part 1 of 3
It's time for one of our favorite & most beloved holiday traditions here at Novel Novice -- the 2015 YA Snowmen Collection! Every year, my mom creates original drawings that recreate the covers (or represent the plot) of select YA and middle grade books from the last year! (You can see all of her past... Continue Reading →
Contest: Discover Santa Clops this Christmas
Just in time for Christmas, we have a chance for you to win a pair of books featuring the one-eyed cousin of Santa Claus ... Santa Clops! The Cave of Santa Clops is a rollicking holiday adventure in which a young boy explores the secret underground hideout of Santa Clops. It is the second Santa... Continue Reading →
Contest: Discover Santa Clops this Christmas
Just in time for Christmas, we have a chance for you to win a pair of books featuring the one-eyed cousin of Santa Claus ... Santa Clops! The Cave of Santa Clops is a rollicking holiday adventure in which a young boy explores the secret underground hideout of Santa Clops. It is the second Santa... Continue Reading →
Paint My Body Red by Heidi Kling
A no-holds-barred look at the intense world that has created a series of real-life suicide clusters in one upscale California town, Heidi Kling's Paint My Body Red is as much a deeply thought-out critique of the circumstances contributing to these tragedies, as it as an ultimately uplifting story about hope and renewal. The world isn't... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Paint My Body Red by Heidi Kling
A no-holds-barred look at the intense world that has created a series of real-life suicide clusters in one upscale California town, Heidi Kling's Paint My Body Red is as much a deeply thought-out critique of the circumstances contributing to these tragedies, as it as an ultimately uplifting story about hope and renewal. The world isn't... Continue Reading →
Novel Novice’s Best Middle Grade of 2015
I did not read nearly as much middle grade this year as I did last year -- not for any particular reason, I think. Last year I was just really into MG, and this year not so much. But of the MG books that I did read, there were some true stars. Here are my... Continue Reading →
Christmas to Color by Mary Tanana
Welcome to our first-ever review of a coloring book on Novel Novice! The trend of so-called "adult coloring books" has really taken off in the last few months, and I have to be honest: I love it. But true confession: I've loved coloring for ages. I never grew out of it, and to this day,... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Christmas to Color by Mary Tanana
Welcome to our first-ever review of a coloring book on Novel Novice! The trend of so-called "adult coloring books" has really taken off in the last few months, and I have to be honest: I love it. But true confession: I've loved coloring for ages. I never grew out of it, and to this day,... Continue Reading →
