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Caroline, put me on your list! (I want to win your ARC!!)

Is May B a novel verse? If it is cool. To join, I'll need some kind of list of verse novels. I don't even know where to look. Do you have any suggestions?

Irene, will do!

Laura, MAY B. is a verse novel. If you click back through to the original post, there's a link to a great list of verse novels.

Hope this helps.

I'm going to have to look up books on verse. Are they for adults? yeah, I'm blonde like that. ;)

I will try to read them (been meaning to get my hands on some Ellen Hopkiss), but I've been so busy lately I hesitate to officially sign up...

Oh, I see I need to get off my butt and post about this! Thanks for the reminder :)

I want to sign up! I meant to the other day, but got waylaid by lots of life happening. But yes! I have a few novels in verse already on my TBR list, so I will bump them to the very top and add a few more. I'm so excited!! And I hope I win your ARC!!! eeek!

Amy
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P.S. I will blog about this next week. Is that okay? I'm out of town for most of this week, so probably won't get a chance right away.

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Verse novels? Wow. There you go. You learn something new everyday. I'll have to take a look at some on the list.

Wow. Great challenge.

Oh, you know I am SO in. Just posted my blog informing everyone of the contest. :-)

Challenge accepted! Post about the challenge going up on my blog tomorrow!

Sounds like a true challenge indeed! I need to look into these novels.

What is a verse novel? I feel very silly....like when I didn't know what MG stood for. :)

Katie, no embarrassment allowed! A verse novel is a story told through unrhymed poetry. Each poem should be able to stand alone on its own and add to the overall story.

Thanks, Caroline. I was with Katie - I thought I knew, but I wasn't sure. I'm glad you clarified it. Sounds like a fun challenge. I look forward to your reviews. :-)

Oh I will join this. have to link my post later though since I don't have time to make one right now. I've read two verse novels so far this year, Wicked Girls (about the Salem Witch Trials) and 3RR. Have any more historical recommendations though? I think I've read most of the ones out there...

Awesome challenge. I look forward to reading your reviews!

I've read two: Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas and Home of the Brave by Katerine Applegate. I really enjoyed both of them. While we were on spring break I bought I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder. I'd love to be part of this challenge!

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. ........................................

I'm too busy to join you in this challenge, but I will recommend Ellen Hopkins, though I will warn you that her books are gritty and don't pull any punches.

Congrats on selling your book. It sounds irresistible. I personally didn't know much about verse novels until I found your blog. My earlier experience with verse was in a verse play (or rather, a play-in-verse), David Hirsh's LA BETE, which was on Broadway a few years back. I think it's interesting that you didn't read too many verse novels--maybe you wanted to stay fresh and bring something original to the genre! Great post!

...or maybe I didn't know what I was doing!

The idea of a novel in verse fascinates me, especially as it relates to the notion of book-as-experience (i.e. how book-as-object can create an experience beyond the object itself). I love that the form in which the author chooses to write can create a unique reading experience that goes beyond the pages of the book. In fact, I'm so fascinated with this idea that I'm writing my thesis on it!

Love this challenge! I'm in. Post will go up on my blog tomorrow. Question: do we read the same verse novels as you or 5 of our choosing?

Gabi, welcome! Read any verse novels you like (though it would be fun if there was overlap. I'm not fully sure yet what my five will be).

I'd love to hear more about this thesis of yours!

Rebecca,
I haven't read this one yet, but here's another historical novel-in-verse: CROSSING STONES by Helen Frost (YA).