We feature author interviews all the time here at Novel Novice, and while we will be interviewing Cat Girl's Day Off author Kimberly Pauley here tomorrow, TODAY, we wanted to do something a little different. So we sat down with Mr. Rufus Brutus the Third ... a (pink) cat and one of the stars of... Continue Reading →
Our May Book of the Month, Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin, was inspired by the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. So all month, we've been featuring lots of information about Poe. Today, we're bringing you some of the author/poet's most famous quotes! Once upon a midnight dreary,... Continue Reading →
Our May Book of the Month, Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin, was inspired by the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. So all month, we've been featuring lots of information about Poe. Today, we're bringing you some of the author/poet's most famous quotes! Once upon a midnight dreary,... Continue Reading →
Paranormal fiction with a comedic twist, Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley is a laugh-a-minute romp through the life of one quirky teenage girl, the cats whose thoughts she can hear, and an homage to one of the greatest movies of all time, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Natalie Ng’s little sister is a super-genius... Continue Reading →
Paranormal fiction with a comedic twist, Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley is a laugh-a-minute romp through the life of one quirky teenage girl, the cats whose thoughts she can hear, and an homage to one of the greatest movies of all time, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Natalie Ng’s little sister is a super-genius... Continue Reading →
Every good book deserves a playlist, so we've compiled a few titles we think reflect the themes in Bethany Griffin's Masque of the Red Death. Let us know if you agree, and what songs you'd add. "Fire Escape" by Civil Twilight "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails "The King and All of His Men"... Continue Reading →
Every good book deserves a playlist, so we've compiled a few titles we think reflect the themes in Bethany Griffin's Masque of the Red Death. Let us know if you agree, and what songs you'd add. "Fire Escape" by Civil Twilight "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails "The King and All of His Men"... Continue Reading →
Here's a look at some of today's new YA releases: Unbreak My Heart by Melissa Walker Sophomore year broke Clementine Williams’ heart. She fell for her best friend’s boyfriend and long story short: he’s excused, but Clem is vilified and she heads into summer with zero social life. Enter her parents’ plan to spend the... Continue Reading →
During the month of May over 93 middle grade titles have been released. Now of course, we all know that for the past few years YA novels have been all the rage, but enthusiasm continues to build around middle grade, so much so that BEA had its first ever middle-grade buzz panel last year  --... Continue Reading →
Today, we're pleased to spotlight a really unique book from Scholastic: The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves. In this anthology, sixty-four award-winning authors and illustrators such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline, Woodson, Terrence McNally, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin, make imaginative journeys into their pasts, telling their younger... Continue Reading →
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