After you rush out and buy your copy of Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Prince, you'll open the cover, flip a couple pages and see this on the dedication page: So, who is Elka? She's Elka Cloke, Cassie's friend and a talented poet. Her poem Thames River Song was featured in Clockwork Angel and she has an entire book... Continue Reading →
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare: Release Day Contest
After you rush out and buy your copy of Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Prince, you'll open the cover, flip a couple pages and see this on the dedication page: So, who is Elka? She's Elka Cloke, Cassie's friend and a talented poet. Her poem Thames River Song was featured in Clockwork Angel and she has an entire book... Continue Reading →
Tales2Go & Mrs. P Offer Family-Friendly Holiday Reads
If you want a collection of classic stories, look no further than the latest Tales2Go app. For just 99 cents, you can get a collection of 20 seasonal stories -- over 30 hours of listening! For those of you familiar with Tales2Go, it works just like the regular app -- but in this case, you'll... Continue Reading →
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare: Steph’s review
Easily one of the most-anticipated YA books of the year, Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare will push an already popular series into the stratosphere of YA lit. It is everything a fan could possibly want: lush, exciting, surprising and heartbreaking. One of Clare's greatest talents is on full display in Clockwork Prince: her ability to... Continue Reading →
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare: Steph’s review
Easily one of the most-anticipated YA books of the year, Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare will push an already popular series into the stratosphere of YA lit. It is everything a fan could possibly want: lush, exciting, surprising and heartbreaking. One of Clare's greatest talents is on full display in Clockwork Prince: her ability to... Continue Reading →
Selznick’s Hugo Cabret gets a bump from movie release
For the third week in a row, there are no new entrants to the top 10 list, though The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick has gotten a huge bump with the movie version, Hugo. It's pretty safe to say next week's list will be topped by Cassandra Clare when Clockwork Prince is released... Continue Reading →
Selznick’s Hugo Cabret gets a bump from movie release
For the third week in a row, there are no new entrants to the top 10 list, though The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick has gotten a huge bump with the movie version, Hugo. It's pretty safe to say next week's list will be topped by Cassandra Clare when Clockwork Prince is released... Continue Reading →
The Saturday Post: Book Trailers, Covers & New Deals
Here's a look at highlight's from the weeks news in YA: * This week, we saw the debut of the book trailer for Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare, in stores on Tuesday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvNQ2xLWfRI&feature=player_embedded * Here's another gorgeous book trailer for The Girl of Fire & Thorn by Rae Carson, done by the ladies of the... Continue Reading →
Best of 2011: Our Favorite YA Book Trailers of the Year
We here at Novel Novice love a good book trailer, and this year it seems as if the bar has really been raised. We are increasingly impressed with the quality and beauty of these book trailers. So as we mark the end of 2011, here are our top 5 favorite book trailers of the year:... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo Wrap Up & Book Feature: Water for Elephants
It's December 1st already?! NaNo is over?! How'd you do? We have one final book to feature, possibly the most well-known one. It's the first NaNo book to be made into a movie: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was... Continue Reading →
