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The List, Abbreviated
Traditionally, we’ve launched the season with our massive (like, 90 titles long) reading list, but when we open with the big list, we always end up regretting approximately one-third of the titles. So this year, we’re going to share a shorter, not even slightly exhaustive list. Here are our top 25 titles, included either because […]
Here We Go!
Hello! Howdy! Greetings! Once upon a time, a couple of former Printz committee members were invited to start a blog for SLJ, a YA counterpoint to the always provocative and wonderful Heavy Medal. And thus Someday My Printz, a Printz speculation blog, was born. Five years later, and here we are back again (now with […]
Liveblogging the Awards, a Stream of Consciousness
Good morning! And now the part we’ve all been waiting for, with YALSA pres Candice Mack. HERE IT IS Palms are sweaty. So nervous. <breathes> ONLY TWO HONOR BOOKS WHAT WHAT WHAT Out of Darkness, yes, ok, totally deserved. And Ghosts! He did it AGAIN. YAY BONE GAP! (And hey, we ALL predicted it!) Now […]
Still Too Many Books, or, a Tale of Even More Hanging Chad
And we’re back with even more more books, in part 2 of our mega roundup of all (not really all) the books. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, Don Brown HMH Books for Young Readers, August 2015 Reviewed from final copy (6 stars) With six starred reviews, I wish we’d had time and space to […]
So many books they never end oh god too many books (Hanging Chad part 1)
This year is just full of books, and so many of them are worth talking about. Sadly, we’re not going to get to everything we hoped to read before Monday’s award announcements, despite valiant efforts. I’m mourning Leavitt’s Calvin, loaded on my Nook but sadly unread; Seneca Village; Lizard Radio, with a premise so unusual […]
Magic Realism x2 (Bone Gap and The Accident Season)
Happy 2016. I closed out the old year by frantically reading my way through a backlog of wonderful (and not so wonderful) books. Today, to start the new year on the right foot, I’m catching up on discussing some books I read ages ago but have been avoiding writing about. Also! A week from today […]
Pyrite: Let the Honors Commence
Here we go: honor voting! Votes are weighted: 7 for 1st place, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, and 1 for 1st. We will recognize four Pyrite honors (or Nickel books, since that’s sort of the silver equivalent to pyrite); we are limiting voting to only books that received at least one vote at any […]
Pyrite: We (sort of) have a winner
RealPrintz voting is a pretty particular thing, and winning has two conditions: “To win, a title must receive five first place votes and must also receive at least five more points than the second place title. If no title meets these criteria on the first ballot, any title receiving no votes is removed from consideration […]
Kirkus Teen
This is a little late, but Kirkus released their list last Monday. What I love about this list is that it’s HUGE compared to everyone else’s; in related news, Kirkus has a huge review volume, so it’s pretty well guaranteed that there will be a super surprise or two. The quick and dirty breakdown: The […]
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