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January 23, 2014 by Karyn Silverman
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 […]
January 23, 2014 by Karyn Silverman
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 […]
January 23, 2014 by Joy Piedmont
Why isn’t Fangirl getting more Printz buzz? It’s earned five stars and has appeared on a couple best of 2013 lists. Is the subject too niche? Are readers putting all their support behind Eleanor & Park? Whitney Winn of Youth Services Corner did a useful roundup of Mock Printz lists. While E&P appeared on all nineteen […]
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January 22, 2014 by Karyn Silverman
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 […]
January 22, 2014 by Someday
You voted, and we have the results. And… we’ll be voting again shortly, because we also have a tie. But before we dip into the results, a few words: Thank you! For playing along with us, for voting, for reading the blog, but mostly for caring about these books. Although only one book will win […]
January 21, 2014 by Someday
A few final books we wanted to squeeze in: Reality Boy, which received some buzz early in the year but seems to have fallen off everyone’s radars despite three year-end Best lists; More Than This, a book that has picked up some traction recently as a buzz book and potential contender; and Black Helicopters, which […]
January 20, 2014 by Karyn Silverman
A few days ago on Twitter, Rachel Hartman (yes, you know, that Rachel Hartman, who brought us last year’s best debut — and one of last year’s best books, period), Seraphina, asked if we were doing a Morris shortlist roundup this year. The answer, sadly, was not really, because our Morris readership hasn’t been thorough […]
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