It looks like the vampire craze is finally dying a natural death (hah!) but fallen angels are on the rise in YA lit. Circling in the waters nearby are mermaids. While L.K. Madigan's The Mermaid's Mirror is our favorite mermaid book, it's not the only one. (Heck, even Stephenie Meyer has been toying with the idea!) Here are a... Continue Reading →
My name is Sara, and I am a slacker. Okay, not really. True, I'm here today to announce the winners from SEVERAL contests over the last two months here at Novel Novice. But I think you can fairly cut me some slack for being so behind -- considering I've been working my tail off to... Continue Reading →
Lots of big names on the New York Times Bestseller list this week. Lauren Kate's Torment comes in at #1 for the second week in a row, and Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Angel is also still high on the list. Lauren Conrad is back in the top 10 with her new book on style -- and... Continue Reading →
Today kicks off this year's annual Teen Read Week, an initiative by YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association. Every year since 1998, libraries and schools have been recognizing and celebrating Teen Read Week. We're celebrating teen readers this week at Novel Novice too. This year's theme: Books with Beat. Check out your local public... Continue Reading →
The Saturday Post is your weekly update about news in the YA book world. Today, we begin with a bit of shameless self-promotion ... and I confess, I'm still on a bit of Cloud 9 about this first item: * Publisher's Weekly featured Wordstock Festival in its Children's newsletter this week -- highlighting many of... Continue Reading →
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The synopsis from Random House: Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying... Continue Reading →
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The synopsis from Random House: Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying... Continue Reading →
Today we're delighted to present the second half of our interview with L.K. Madigan, author of The Mermaid's Mirror and Flash Burnout. Miss part 1 (and our whacky question about mermaid sex)? Check it out here! What were some of the biggest challenges in writing Mermaid's Mirror? What was the easiest part? The biggest challenge... Continue Reading →
Today we're delighted to present the second half of our interview with L.K. Madigan, author of The Mermaid's Mirror and Flash Burnout. Miss part 1 (and our whacky question about mermaid sex)? Check it out here! What were some of the biggest challenges in writing Mermaid's Mirror? What was the easiest part? The biggest challenge... Continue Reading →
Remember all the things you loved about Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick? There's all of that and more in the sequel, Crescendo -- in stores October 19th. But be prepared ... things are not all rainbows and sunshine for our favorite fallen angel-turned-guardian angel and his human girlfriend. Far from it, in fact. The book... Continue Reading →
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