4.24.2013
The Diviners by Libba Bray
“Any librarian or scholar will tell you: Close is not the same as accurate.”
Dear Ladies & Gents:
It’s Wednesday. Go get bookishly fancy.
Always yours,
Team NOVL
Also, just in case you missed our fashion-related thoughts on the leading ladies of Libba Bray’s The Diviners:
Evie
Mabel
Theta
Source: fashion-by-the-book
4.17.2013
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Libba Bray, The Diviners (via relatedtobooks)
Them’s goosebump-inducing words.
Source: Books and Stuff
4.09.2013
A little while back, someone — a glorious someone — over at TheNovl.com had her nails done like this:
This inspired the above bit of video silliness, starring yours truly and Paul Griffin, along with a spectacular cameo appearance by none other than Libba Bray.
(Don’t blame the fine folks at TheNovl.com for any of this. It’s entirely our fault.)
“It’s time to put the man back in manicure.” - Libba Bray
Source: Barry Lyga dot Tumblr
4.03.2013
submitted by: thatmau5chick
#truthtalk
Suggestions:
(via youmeandbooks)
Source: things about books
2.25.2013
Our Authors Are Funny: The #Oscars Edition
2.19.2013
The Diviners Fanmix || listen
1. Youth Knows No Pain - Lykk Li 2. New York - Cat Power 3. Laura - Bat for Lashes 4. Devil’s Spoke - Laura Marling 5. Things That Scare Me - Neko Case 6. The Well and The Lighthouse - Arcade Fire 7. Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash 8. The Absence of God - Rilo Kiley 9. New World In My View - King Britt and Sister Gertrude Martin 10. All You Are Going To Want To Do Is Get Back There - The Caretaker
Currently listening to…
2.08.2013
Today marks our last round of Diviners Dreamshopping. We saved the swankiest for a grand finale of sorts. This is a girl you have to roll out the red carpet for on a regular basis, the one, the only….Miss Theta Knight.
Theta Knight – Theta is the very picture of glamour - she dances on stage and into hearts without breaking a sweat. She’s glitz, glam, and an extra layer of red lipstick. Our outfit pick for Theta is something memorable with sequins and swing.
Outfit deets: 1. H&M Dress (no longer available…sad) | 2. Christian Louboutin Margi Diams 120 Sandals | 3. Essie Clambake | 4. NARS Velvet Lip Pencil in Dragon Lady | 5. J.Crew Squared Starbust Bracelet | 6. Cynthia Rowley - BAND AIDS
In case you missed them:
Evie O’Neill
Mabel Rose
2.05.2013
YALSA's 2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults
YALSA has selected 102 books for this year’s list of Best Fiction for Young Adults. We dig it— a great variety of genres, styles, and subject matter. Here are some of our favorites from the list:
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Every Day by David Levithan
Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl
Fire in the Streets by Kekla Magoon
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson
Because our Teen Book Group members and their moderator, Amy, have excellent taste, they decided last month to discuss Endangered by Eliot Schrefer for their next meeting on Sunday, 2/24 at 3:30 pm. Why not join them? After all, you get 20% off the book when you tell us you’re reading it for the group!
We’d like to send a big, fat WOOO out to all of our authors on the list. (And an e-high five to everyone else - we’re in some pretty dreamy company.)
Paolo Bacigalupi. The Drowned Cities - Mahlia and Mouse are cast-off refugees from the Drowned Cities of a war-torn future American Southeast when they meet Tool, a half-man genetically engineered for one thing: killing.
*Libba Bray. The Diviners - New age, old magic.
A.S King. Ask the Passengers - Astrid, who just moved from the big city to a small town, must discover her way in life, her sexuality and, most importantly, herself.
Barry Lyga. I Hunt Killers - Jazz, the son of one of the most notorious of all serial killers, must come to terms with his upbringing by hunting down a new serial killer in his hometown.
Jackson Pearce. Purity - Shelby promised her dying mother three things: listen to her father, love as much as possible, and live without restraint. What happens when promise one runs up against promises two and three?
*Matthew Quick. Boy 21 - A chronicle of grief paralleling Finley’s silence and immersion in the repetition of basketball with Boy 21’s belief that his murdered parents will return from space and take him to the cosmos.
(via yahighway)
Source: Politics & Prose
2.01.2013
Guess who’s back with another round of Diviners Dreamshopping? (Hint: it’s us.) This time we’ve settled on sprucing up the one and only Mabel Rose.
Mabel Rose – Oh, Mabesie! Quiet, sweet, sensible Mabesie. Evie’s #1 one pal is a fan of classic cuts and practically breaks out in hives at the mention of a trend. Our guess, is that if forced to head out on a Friday night, Mabel would reach for anything tried and true—probably a LBD and smattering of carefully placed accessories.
Outfit deets: 1. Halston Heritage Cap Sleeve Dress | 2. Dorothy Perkins Hair Clips | 3. Kate Spade “Cha Cha” Tights | 4. Jimmy Choo Anouk Pumps | 5. Books (a classic and something new)
Psst, Theta Knight’s on deck for next Friday and we decked Evie’s duds last week.
1.30.2013
A few of the novels behind NOVL. 4,477 pages of pure greatness.
(Source: vine.co)
