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Who doesn’t love a list, especially an end of year best/favorite books booklist?
If your answer is “not me,” then this post is not for you.
I confess; I keep an eye on the stars (stars from review journals, that is); I appreciate those who compile those starred lists of which book got how many stars; and I print out (yes, I’m an old, I print things out) the end of year lists and use them in trying to determine my constantly rotating to-be-read pile (which, by the way, just got bigger because at the time of the Morris finalist announcement, I had read one of the five titles).
I know I’m not the only one who loves lists; over at YALSA’s The Hub, Kelly Jensen takes a look at the current “best of” ya lists in “Best of” Lists by the numbers. I love this type of thing and am so glad that I don’t have to do it now, because Kelly did! Kelly looks at the gender of the author, when the book was published, and genre, among other things. She also notes what appeared on multiple lists: “A total of four books–Chime, Anya’s Ghost, The Scorpio Races, and Blink and Caution–made all four of the “best of” lists. Three books–A Monster Calls, Between Shades of Gray, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone–made three lists. Thirteen titles made two of the lists. The majority made one list.” I haven’t read Anya’s Ghost yet, but that is going on the ever growing TBR pile. Kelly has also made the spreadsheet she used used public; the live link is her blog post at The Hub.
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Meanwhile, I am rather, well, literal in my approach to my favorite books of the year. It’s still mid December! There’s still books being read! So it’s just impossible for me to post my lists until the end of the month.
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About Elizabeth Burns
Looking for a place to talk about young adult books? Pull up a chair, have a cup of tea, and let's chat. I am a New Jersey librarian. My opinions do not reflect those of my employer, SLJ, YALSA, or anyone else. On Twitter I'm @LizB; my email is lizzy.burns@gmail.com.
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