The results are in, and opening the honor vote to the larger list made for some interesting shifts in some of the votes — although not statistically significant shifts when it comes to the actual Pyrite* honor slate. ALA definitely affected our voter pool (another note for next year, get all the voting done by [...]
Our Very Best & Most Excellent Guesses Ever For Tomorrow
By on January 27, 2013
(Housekeeping note: we are still compiling the honor book votes, so look for that post shortly.) We’re going to make some predictions for tomorrow. They will, doubtless, be wrong: never has there ever been a cat so clever committee that didn’t surprise, well, everyone. But we’re not just wildly guessing here either. Or, not entirely, [...]
And the Silver Goes To…
By on January 25, 2013
Honor Vote Time! Honor book voting policies are weirdly absent from the RealCommittee P&P, but we checked in with a number of friends and colleagues, including at least one former RealCommittee Chair and one former RealCommittee Admin Assistant to make sure we had it down. And so we are ready to put the honor book [...]
The Votes Are In!
By on January 24, 2013
Before we say anything else, or share shiny data, and definitely before we name the book that gets the Pyrite* medal (which, really, would be more of a paperweight), we want to say thank you. Thank you, of course, for reading the blog. But mostly, and most importantly, thank you for caring about YA literature. [...]
Top 5(s)
By on January 23, 2013
Hopefully you’ve already voted for the Pyrite Printz* (if you haven’t, do so!), but maybe you had some Printz picks that didn’t make that shortlist? Well, so do we. So we thought we’d fill these final hours before the Pyrite polling closes by talking about our top 5s. And as we talked through our lists, [...]
Voting Time!
By on January 22, 2013
Pyrite Redux: Recently Reviewed Nominees
By on January 22, 2013
We’ve been bringing the Pyrite* books back up for a second round of discussion, but a number of them were discussed so recently — and with their Pyrite nominations in mind — that it seems silly to post again about each one. However, we didn’t want anyone to forget what makes these books at the [...]
Code Name Verity, Pyrite Redux
By on January 21, 2013
Karyn has been talking about Code Name Verity all year, starting with a teaser in her March 19th post (a post that wasn’t even about books we’d been reading, mind you). And despite a few other top contenders, this is the one that seems to have all the love, pulling the most votes when we [...]
Every Day, Pyrite Redux
By on January 19, 2013
In early December, Sarah reviewed David Levithan’s Every Day. At the time, Sarah said, “It’s ambitious storytelling; Levithan is balancing a lot of factors (many characters; a story about first love; a story about, well, a body snatcher who has no physical form) and the elements come together gracefully.” She also pointed out some issues [...]
Seraphina, Pyrite Redux
By on January 18, 2013
In November, Karyn found a lot to say about Seraphina. In addition to being like tasty, delicious soup (that made sense in Karyn’s post, really), Hartman’s debut novel improves on reread. After her third go around with the text, Karyn raved about the complicated mystery that pulls the reader along (first read’s joy); the impeccable, [...]
Drowned Cities, Pyrite Redux
By on January 15, 2013
In November, Sarah reviewed Drowned Cities, from her admittedly biased perspective. At the time, she praised the thematic depth: “It … explores what it means to be human, our inescapable need to create packs — and why we have to leave them. Bacigalupi scrutinizes humanity’s tendency to act monstrously, our insistence that we are civilized [...]
The Fault in Our Stars, Pyrite Redux
By on January 11, 2013
Back in September, Sarah reviewed The Fault in Our Stars. At the time, she said, “When you add the serious subject matter, the thoughtful treatment of said subject matter, the memorable characters, and the five-hanky tear-jerker of a plot, you know there’s a lot to talk about in terms of Printz-worthiness.” She went on to [...]
