All this week, we've been featuring Goliath and the rest of the Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westefeld. But today, we want to spend some time spotlighting another one of Scott's series and their very slick new covers. We've long been fans of the Uglies series, but we here at Novel Novice fell in love with... Continue Reading →
Win the Uglies series (with new covers) by Scott Westerfeld
All this week, we've been featuring Goliath and the rest of the Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westefeld. But today, we want to spend some time spotlighting another one of Scott's series and their very slick new covers. We've long been fans of the Uglies series, but we here at Novel Novice fell in love with... Continue Reading →
Fateful by Claudia Gray: Social Classes on the Titanic
We've talked a lot these last two weeks about various aspects of history and folklore that are incorporated into Fateful by Claudia Gray, but one detail that plays a key role in the book is the idea of social classes and their different roles on the Titanic. In Fateful, our narrator Tess is a third-class... Continue Reading →
Fateful by Claudia Gray: Social Classes on the Titanic
We've talked a lot these last two weeks about various aspects of history and folklore that are incorporated into Fateful by Claudia Gray, but one detail that plays a key role in the book is the idea of social classes and their different roles on the Titanic. In Fateful, our narrator Tess is a third-class... Continue Reading →
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
When you hear "zombie book," the next logical categorization isn't usually "romance." But that's exactly what you'll find within the pages of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion -- a heartwarming zombie romance. Really. The book follows R, a zombie with no memory of his past life and a conscious that battles with his innate need... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
When you hear "zombie book," the next logical categorization isn't usually "romance." But that's exactly what you'll find within the pages of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion -- a heartwarming zombie romance. Really. The book follows R, a zombie with no memory of his past life and a conscious that battles with his innate need... Continue Reading →
Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld: Classroom Ideas
I had a sort of fortuitous, unexpected meeting with Scott Westerfeld earlier this year at BEA in New York City. I'd missed getting a ticket to his signing for ARCs of Goliath, so I didn't expect to see him. Later that day, I swung by the S&S booth to meet with some of their marketing... Continue Reading →
Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld: Classroom Ideas
I had a sort of fortuitous, unexpected meeting with Scott Westerfeld earlier this year at BEA in New York City. I'd missed getting a ticket to his signing for ARCs of Goliath, so I didn't expect to see him. Later that day, I swung by the S&S booth to meet with some of their marketing... Continue Reading →
Fateful by Claudia Gray: Historic figures on the Titanic
The passengers aboard the Titanic formed a social microcosm of sorts, with representatives from almost every socio-economic class. Today -- in honor of Fateful by Claudia Gray -- we'll highlight some of the celebrities who sailed first class on that doomed voyage. Millionaire John Jacob Astor IV and his wife Madeleine Force Astor (who was pregnant... Continue Reading →
Fateful by Claudia Gray: Historic figures on the Titanic
The passengers aboard the Titanic formed a social microcosm of sorts, with representatives from almost every socio-economic class. Today -- in honor of Fateful by Claudia Gray -- we'll highlight some of the celebrities who sailed first class on that doomed voyage. Millionaire John Jacob Astor IV and his wife Madeleine Force Astor (who was pregnant... Continue Reading →
