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We Were Liars
We Were Liars, E. Lockhart Delacorte, May 2014 Reviewed from ARC For the first formal writeup of the season, I thought I’d tackle the first likely contender I read (I read this one in late 2013, so I was early). Also, I know lots of people are itching to talk about it. First, pedigree: this [...]
The (Very Long) List
We’ve got a list. We’ve checked it twice. (I want to make a naughty or nice joke, but really, naughty books just don’t make it on Printz contender speculation lists.) We’ve considered buzz, that strange ephemeral thing that happens on Goodreads and Twitter, we’ve looked at stars (shoutouts, ever and always, to Jen and her [...]
What Is This Quality Thing, Anyway?
What is a Printz-worthy book? How do we gauge merit? Is great literature a definable thing? There are so many questions and so few answers, but if we’re going to analyze all these books in light of the Printz award, it’s probably a good idea to think about what it is we’re hoping to see [...]
Welcome back!
It’s September, which means we’re back! If you’re new here, this is the place to be for Printz speculation (we’re here and you’re here, so it must be). Admittedly, we’re usually wrong when it comes to predicting the winners, but that’s ok: the point is not to accurately predict but to speculate and discuss at [...]
What's Your Online Persona?
Are you an online adventurer, curator, amplifier, or something else? Learn about the 12 online personas, and tell us who you are in an online poll.
Liveblogging the Awards
(to the tune of Watching the Detectives) Finally up and running on our library big TV, just in time for the Schneider. Here goes! As usual, though, I won’t bother boring you with the long list of “didn’t read” for everything other than the YA stuff! Although this Dragonslayer book sounds delightful. ROSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (wins the [...]
Nickeled and Dimed: The Pyrite Printz Honor Vote
Well, we’ve got our winner, so now we need our honor books. Procedure for honor books is almost, but not quite, the same as procedure for the winner. All nominated titles are eligible, whether of not they received any votes in the voting rounds to determine the winner. You may vote for up to four [...]
Whew! There’s A Winner At Last!
And I do mean at last — for the first half of the votes, Boxers & Saints and Eleanor & Park were running neck and neck. But the final surge pulled one ahead conclusively, so we can call it — and move on to honor votes, if anyone has time given that my Twitter feed [...]
May the Best Book Finally Win!
Did you know that “It’s a Pyrite runoff” can TOTALLY be sung to the tune of “It’s the final countdown”? I know. We make your world better every day. Anyway, voting is open for the Pyrite, AGAIN. For 25 hours only (until 7 pm EST Thursday), so please vote fast! (Although if you’re going to [...]
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