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Goodbye Stranger and Rhythm Ride
Okay, here’s a second look at our last pair . . . GOODBYE STRANGER When I read all the overwritten books that got published this past year–and they are legion!–I just wanted to make GOODBYE STRANGER required reading for their authors. Stead uses a minimum amount of description, allowing the dialogue to carry plot and […]
Mock Newbery Update
While Nina and I announced the dates for our respective Mock Newberys, we didn’t give you the additional details. The San Diego County County Library and the San Diego County Office of Education are co-sponsoring mine. It will be held on Wednesday, December 16 at 6:30 pm in the evening at Miguel’s Cocina (10514 Craftsman […]
Seneca Village Redux
Am I the only person that dreams my dreams? Does anybody else on this planet think my thoughts? Are my ideas like darting lights I’ve caught? Is my mind a net sieving through thought-filled streams? I know when we first posted about this book it was a bit under the radar. It had a couple […]
Crazy About Gone Crazy
UNPACKING THE BAGGAGE As you well know, if you’ve followed this blog long enough, I am an unabashed plot-driven reader. I most enjoy those types of books where the plot drives the action of the book and where I can anticipate the events to come. For example, even before I picked up HARRY POTTER AND […]
Orbiting Jupiter
Then Pastor Ballou prayed again, and he said that Joseph had put himself in danger to save others, and then he said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.” And that’s when I started crying. Crying like a kindergarten kid in front of everyone. Crying […]
What’s Wrong With the Printz?
Debbie Reese recently noted that ALSC had added language in support of diversity to their committee manuals, but YALSA has had that language in the Policies and Procedures since the inception of the Printz Award: “Librarianship focuses on individuals, in all their diversity, and that focus is a fundamental value of the Young Adult Library […]
Curse of the Three Star Book, Part 2
On Friday, we talked about a pair of three star books that I’ve read. Here are a whole heap–seven!–that have either languished in my to-be-read-pile or I’ve started them but not finished them (not for lack of interest, but lack of time). So I present them here, leaning on the reviews to provide some insights […]
Curse of the Three Star Book, Part 1
We don’t necessarily create our shortlist with the intention of predicting the winners, but it’s nice when that works out. I’ve noticed that we’ve been especially prone to missing or underestimating the winner if the book has three starred reviews. We missed MOON OVER MMANIFESTANIFEST and DEAD END IN NORVELT entirely and while THE ONE […]
Top Five
In the past couple years we’ve checked in with our readers at various points in the year to see what they would nominate. Due to the shorter timetable this year–the YMAs are on January 11th–we’re consolidating those into a single post. I’ll go first. In alphabetical order . . . DROWNED CITY ECHO THE HIRED […]
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