Comments on: In Lieu of my Planned Post… http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/ by Karyn Silverman and Sarah Couri Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Karyn Silverman http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6085 Karyn Silverman Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:45:38 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6085 Jen B and Whitney, thanks for your much better numbers! I have to confess that our numbers being so off is probably my fault-- I called Sarah in a panic when she posted this and said "But I am way behind!" and she pointed out that you all would catch anything we'd-- okay, I'd-- missed. Whew. Our next roundup is already scheduled and as a result should not suffer from backend disorganization (which is to say me!) Jen B and Whitney, thanks for your much better numbers! I have to confess that our numbers being so off is probably my fault– I called Sarah in a panic when she posted this and said “But I am way behind!” and she pointed out that you all would catch anything we’d– okay, I’d– missed. Whew. Our next roundup is already scheduled and as a result should not suffer from backend disorganization (which is to say me!)

]]> By: Sarah Couri http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6081 Sarah Couri Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:22:07 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6081 Jamie, thanks! I got frustrated while reading when I realized that the mom character was supposed to really be suffering...and yet could still cook and clean. Um, gross? (In other words, I really did put it down early. I'm going to give it another try later this afternoon, because I, too, do generally like Pete Hautman a lot!) Jamie, thanks! I got frustrated while reading when I realized that the mom character was supposed to really be suffering…and yet could still cook and clean. Um, gross? (In other words, I really did put it down early. I’m going to give it another try later this afternoon, because I, too, do generally like Pete Hautman a lot!)

]]> By: Hannahlily http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6071 Hannahlily Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:29:04 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6071 Love this post! I would really enjoy reading starred review round ups too. Thanks to Whitney and Jen B for the starred reviews so far. That's so helpful. I have The Disenchantments checked out from my library right now, I'll have to see if I can get to it this weekend. Love this post! I would really enjoy reading starred review round ups too. Thanks to Whitney and Jen B for the starred reviews so far. That’s so helpful. I have The Disenchantments checked out from my library right now, I’ll have to see if I can get to it this weekend.

]]> By: Beth http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6070 Beth Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:11:05 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6070 My reading pace hasn't been great, but I think I've got some of the right stuff going in my TBR. I've read TFioS and Under and Meth Moon, both of which are on the bubble in my opinion as far as Printz. I'm currently reading The Miseducation of Cameron Post and the rest of my "soon" pile includes: Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl and Grave Mercies My reading pace hasn’t been great, but I think I’ve got some of the right stuff going in my TBR. I’ve read TFioS and Under and Meth Moon, both of which are on the bubble in my opinion as far as Printz.

I’m currently reading The Miseducation of Cameron Post and the rest of my “soon” pile includes:
Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison
Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl
and Grave Mercies

]]> By: Hope Baugh http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6069 Hope Baugh Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:32:54 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6069 I thought I left a comment earlier this week but I have not seen it show up yet while others have, so I'm trying again. I would like to see star round-ups and I am looking forward to participating in the discussion here, if I can. I thought I left a comment earlier this week but I have not seen it show up yet while others have, so I’m trying again. I would like to see star round-ups and I am looking forward to participating in the discussion here, if I can.

]]> By: The Brain Lair http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6067 The Brain Lair Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:21:10 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6067 I love everything about this post as well as Whitney's and LizB's helpful roundups!!! You guys are hitting it out of the park this year!! Can't wait to start discussions! I love everything about this post as well as Whitney’s and LizB’s helpful roundups!!! You guys are hitting it out of the park this year!!

Can’t wait to start discussions!

]]> By: Jamie http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6063 Jamie Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:57:12 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6063 I'm pretty baffled by The Obsidian Blade too....and I generally love Pete Hautman, I couldn't tell where it was going or why it was going there, and I found a weird disconnect between cute alien kittens and young teen boys with graphic scenes of the crucifixion and 9/11. I’m pretty baffled by The Obsidian Blade too….and I generally love Pete Hautman, I couldn’t tell where it was going or why it was going there, and I found a weird disconnect between cute alien kittens and young teen boys with graphic scenes of the crucifixion and 9/11.

]]> By: tess http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6055 tess Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:36:57 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6055 Oh, I'd love some star roundups/explanations of what the heck they really signify. I love that this blog helps me keep up with all the contendas in little ways I wouldn't keep track of on my own. Oh, I’d love some star roundups/explanations of what the heck they really signify. I love that this blog helps me keep up with all the contendas in little ways I wouldn’t keep track of on my own.

]]> By: Jen B. http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6053 Jen B. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:56:49 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6053 I love keeping track of stars and stuff - it just appeals to my little spreadsheety heart - with that in mind, I have stars from all six of those journals updated through the end of March for everything and April for the Bulletin. Based on that and only including titles reviewed for Ages 12/Grades 6 and up (the age limit thing though is definitely a judgement call - I may have included or left out some of the younger side stuff that I shouldn't have) - here are my tallies: 5 stars: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - starred by everyone but the Bulletin (which hasn't reviewed it as far as I can tell) 4 stars - 5 titles: Disenchantments by Nina LaCour - PW, Kirkus, SLJ, Booklist Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth - PW, Kirkus, SLJ, Booklist No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Michaux Nelson - PW, Kirkus, SLJ, Horn Book There is No Dog by Meg Rosoff - PW, Kirkus, Booklist, Horn Book Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson - Kirkus, SLJ, PW, Horn Book 3 stars, 11 titles: After the Snow by S. D. Crockett - PW, Kirkus, SLJ Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson - Kirkus, PW, SLJ Drowned Cities by Paola Bacigalupi (squee!) - Booklist, PW, Kirkus Final Four by Paul Volponi - Booklist, Bulletin, SLJ Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin - Kirkus, Booklist, Bulletin Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers - Booklist, Kirkus, PW Master of Deceit by Marc Aronson - Kirkus, PW, SLJ Miles to Go For Freedom by Linda Barrett Osborne - PW, Kirkus, SLJ Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman - Kirkus, PW, Booklist To the Mountaintop by Charlayne Hunter-Gault - PW, SLJ, Booklist We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson - Kirkus, PW, Booklist 2 stars: (Just gonna do titles here, because it starts to get long) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe The Butterfly Clues The Chaos The Children and the Wolves Chopsticks Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip The Difference Between You and Me Double Dragonswood Friends With Boys Froi of the Exiles Greyhound of a Girl In Darkness The List Marching to the Mountaintop Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Never Fall Down Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat Radiant Days Try Not to Breathe Under the Never Sky The Wicked and the Just I also count 52 one star titles that fit that age range. Yea for numbers! I love keeping track of stars and stuff – it just appeals to my little spreadsheety heart – with that in mind, I have stars from all six of those journals updated through the end of March for everything and April for the Bulletin. Based on that and only including titles reviewed for Ages 12/Grades 6 and up (the age limit thing though is definitely a judgement call – I may have included or left out some of the younger side stuff that I shouldn’t have) – here are my tallies:

5 stars: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – starred by everyone but the Bulletin (which hasn’t reviewed it as far as I can tell)

4 stars – 5 titles:
Disenchantments by Nina LaCour – PW, Kirkus, SLJ, Booklist
Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth – PW, Kirkus, SLJ, Booklist
No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Michaux Nelson – PW, Kirkus, SLJ, Horn Book
There is No Dog by Meg Rosoff – PW, Kirkus, Booklist, Horn Book
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson – Kirkus, SLJ, PW, Horn Book

3 stars, 11 titles:
After the Snow by S. D. Crockett – PW, Kirkus, SLJ
Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson – Kirkus, PW, SLJ
Drowned Cities by Paola Bacigalupi (squee!) – Booklist, PW, Kirkus
Final Four by Paul Volponi – Booklist, Bulletin, SLJ
Girls of No Return by Erin Saldin – Kirkus, Booklist, Bulletin
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers – Booklist, Kirkus, PW
Master of Deceit by Marc Aronson – Kirkus, PW, SLJ
Miles to Go For Freedom by Linda Barrett Osborne – PW, Kirkus, SLJ
Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman – Kirkus, PW, Booklist
To the Mountaintop by Charlayne Hunter-Gault – PW, SLJ, Booklist
We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson – Kirkus, PW, Booklist

2 stars: (Just gonna do titles here, because it starts to get long)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The Butterfly Clues
The Chaos
The Children and the Wolves
Chopsticks
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip
The Difference Between You and Me
Double
Dragonswood
Friends With Boys
Froi of the Exiles
Greyhound of a Girl
In Darkness
The List
Marching to the Mountaintop
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Never Fall Down
Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat
Radiant Days
Try Not to Breathe
Under the Never Sky
The Wicked and the Just

I also count 52 one star titles that fit that age range.
Yea for numbers!

]]> By: Hope Baugh http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/2012/03/26/in-lieu-of-my-planned-post/#comment-6049 Hope Baugh Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:51:38 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/printzblog/?p=1000#comment-6049 All of the posts for this blog so far this year have been very helpful. I confess that I read them all at once yesterday afternoon but now I've got the blog in my reader, I think. I would find more star round-ups very useful, too - every month or two? Or really, whatever is convenient for the blog contributors. I am lucky in that my library subscribes to the six review journals mentioned, but I had never thought to keep a running list of starred books. What a good idea! (Duh! - laughing at myself for never having thought of it.) As someone mentioned in the comments for another post, I rarely mind not having read the Printz winner when it is announced but I do dread not having ordered it for my library. My 2012 New Year's resolution is to lead a full life rather than a busy one, so I'm not going to promise to read every Printz contenda, but I do promise to read and comment on as many as I can, and to read this blog regularly. I'm looking forward to the discussions here this year! All of the posts for this blog so far this year have been very helpful. I confess that I read them all at once yesterday afternoon but now I’ve got the blog in my reader, I think.

I would find more star round-ups very useful, too – every month or two? Or really, whatever is convenient for the blog contributors. I am lucky in that my library subscribes to the six review journals mentioned, but I had never thought to keep a running list of starred books. What a good idea! (Duh! – laughing at myself for never having thought of it.)

As someone mentioned in the comments for another post, I rarely mind not having read the Printz winner when it is announced but I do dread not having ordered it for my library. My 2012 New Year’s resolution is to lead a full life rather than a busy one, so I’m not going to promise to read every Printz contenda, but I do promise to read and comment on as many as I can, and to read this blog regularly. I’m looking forward to the discussions here this year!

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