Maybe Hubris Isn’t Such a Bad Thing After All

by Mark Flowers | Blogs
Jan 27, 2014 | Filed in Reviews+
The 2014 Alex Awards have been announced – and they are an excellent group. We managed to predict one! Lexicon by Max Barry. That’s down from two in 2013 which I joked was a result of my hubristic claim to scientific accuracy. Maybe hubris isn’t such a bad thing after all. All joking aside, here’s [...]

The 2014 Alex Awards have been announced – and they are an excellent group. We managed to predict one! Lexicon by Max Barry. That’s down from two in 2013 which I joked was a result of my hubristic claim to scientific accuracy. Maybe hubris isn’t such a bad thing after all. All joking aside, here’s the fabulous winners:

Brewster by Mark Slouka The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin Help for the Haunted by John Searles Lexicon by Max Barry Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu Mother, Mother by Koren Zailckas Relish by Lucy Knisley The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence

We review eight of the ten (and gave stars to five of those), and SLJ reviewed Relish as a teen title. Not bad!

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