Okay, sure, our October Book of the Month is The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan -- but we are also HUGE fans of Lisa's first book, Flash Burnout, and thought we'd spend some time this week featuring it here on Novel Novice! Today, we're starting with a short introduction to the book & what it's... Continue Reading →

Have you had a chance to read Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl yet? It's the thrilling new sequel to Beautiful Creatures --  and debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list this week! To celebrate the book's release, we held a contest with some great Beautiful Darkness swag up for... Continue Reading →

Have you had a chance to read Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl yet? It's the thrilling new sequel to Beautiful Creatures --  and debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list this week! To celebrate the book's release, we held a contest with some great Beautiful Darkness swag up for... Continue Reading →

I must say, I'm a little ill that a number of great authors were beat out this week by ... Justin Bieber? Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Torment by Lauren Kate and Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick all made the top 10, but were ranked lower than the king of coifs. Ugh. CHAPTER... Continue Reading →

You may have noticed a few weeks ago, that we had a few posts about graphic novels. You may have been thinking, But Novel Novice is a YA book website? What are they doing talking about Batman and other caped crusaders? Well, the thing is, we're a site dedicated to encouraging reading and education among... Continue Reading →

This is our look back at the week's biggest stories from the YA book world! Got a news tip? Share it in the comments! * Scholastic celebrated its 90th anniversary Friday with a variety of activities both in New York City and abroad. The Empire State Building in NYC was even lit up in red... Continue Reading →

All this week for Teen Read Week, we've been featuring guest posts from some of our favorite book bloggers who are teens. But today, we're delighted to share a guest post from author Conrad Wesselhoeft, who's new book Adios, Nirvana, is chock full of "beat" and definitely fits this year's theme for Teen Read Week,... Continue Reading →

All this week for Teen Read Week, we've been featuring guest posts from some of our favorite book bloggers who are teens. But today, we're delighted to share a guest post from author Conrad Wesselhoeft, who's new book Adios, Nirvana, is chock full of "beat" and definitely fits this year's theme for Teen Read Week,... Continue Reading →