Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid holds the top spot for the third week in a row onThe New York Times best sellers list, followed by The Carrie Diaries -- now in its fourth week -- by Candace Bushnell. And it's clear that readers are gearing up for Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay by reading the first two books... Continue Reading →

Just a quick reminder, folks -- tomorrow is your last day to enter our Sucks to Be Me contest! Three winners will get a set of hardback copies of Sucks to Be Me and Still Sucks to Be Me by Kimberly Pauley -- and Kimberly has just told us she'll send signed bookplates, temporary tattoos... Continue Reading →

Recently, Novel Novice was featured on a couple of local news programs here in Portland -- and here's the video: (Okay, yes, this is from the TV station where I work -- but I promise you, Stephanie -- the reporter -- put this piece together without my influence. Special thanks to Darryl M. for converting... Continue Reading →

This week at Book Expo America, Scholastic hosted a cocktail party in honor of Suzanne Collin's The Hunger Games trilogy, and the upcoming final installment, Mockingjay. While there, MTV talked to producers at Lionsgate and got the latest scoop on The Hunger Games movie adaptation: They said Suzanne had given them her draft of the... Continue Reading →

This week at Book Expo America, Scholastic hosted a cocktail party in honor of Suzanne Collin's The Hunger Games trilogy, and the upcoming final installment, Mockingjay. While there, MTV talked to producers at Lionsgate and got the latest scoop on The Hunger Games movie adaptation: They said Suzanne had given them her draft of the... Continue Reading →

After checking out the offerings at Book Expo America this week, MTV sat down to consider which books could become the "next Twilight." And while we cringe that this phrase -- really, what they're talking about is what's going to be the next big thing in book to movie adaptations -- we think they've picked... Continue Reading →

After checking out the offerings at Book Expo America this week, MTV sat down to consider which books could become the "next Twilight." And while we cringe that this phrase -- really, what they're talking about is what's going to be the next big thing in book to movie adaptations -- we think they've picked... Continue Reading →

We love reading here at Novel Novice, but let's face it: reading is way more fun when your friends read, too -- and then ya'll can get together and geek out over your favorite books! Here are some fun activities you can do together for our May Book of the Month, the Sucks to Be... Continue Reading →