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First of all, just to note that we are thrilled to see how many followers are working to read as many contenders as possible and often posting reviews of them. What is especially gratifying is to see the surprise some express about how much they enjoyed a contender they would not have read otherwise.
Now back to this week’s links and such. As always, please let us know of anything we missed in the comments and we will add them in here.
The Provo Library Children’s Book Review is creating completely AWESOME displays. Here are a couple of them.
Leila at bookshelves of doom thinks that:
More entertaining than SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books…
Speaking of which, Judge of Judges Sutton on Gidwitz v. Billingsley begins:
Let us first note that both Adam Gidwitz (Jepp, Who Defied the Stars v. Starry River of the Sky) and Franny Billingsley (Liar & Spyv. Splendors and Glooms) break the mold by discussing their winning books first.
Check-out what he thinks about Murdoch v. Lu and who won his First Round.
Lisa at Read for Keeps noted that:
…but there’s also a serious trend of water playing a huge role in the plot. The Titanic sinking, the drowning inSplendors and Glooms, the Resistance canoeing down a river in CNV, the river in Three Times Lucky, the Moonbirdcoastlines…I could go on. Am I missing something? Are books usually so water-heavy, or is there something special about this year’s lot?
Miss Tiff Reads caught up to us:
Blast it all! I was so busy reading random books, trying to slog through my book club book, and stringing balloons that I forgot it was Battle of the Kids’ Books time!!
And Liz B is all starry-eyed, weighing in on Stars v Grandin, Stars v Starry, Spy v Splendors, and Crystal v Ivan.
BooksnStories was all Crystal Ball, Crystal Ball.
Sondy (who discovered on Friday that she is not the only Sondy here:) got ready for Round Two.
Random Musing of a Bibliophile considered Round One and gave her druthers for Round Two.
The LibrariYAn is keeping up with us: Temple Grandin vs The Fault in Our Stars, Jepp, Who Defied the Stars vs Starry River of the Sky, Prediction for Moonbird vs Seraphina, Splendors and Glooms vs Liar & Spy, Moonbird vs Seraphina,
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Cecelia over at The Card Catalog is on the case with Bullies, Shipwrecks & Spies, Animals, Mysteries, and Romance, Stars, Puppets, and More Spies, and Dragons, Birds, and Gorillas.
The Dirigible Plum has the Battle of the Books So Far.
Jen at Reads for Keeps has some thoughts about the past week.
Over at Twitter there have been some strong reactions this past week! Here is a selection of them:
- Mitali Perkins
@MitaliPerkins@HornBook Whew. I’m glad you didn’t judge the judges when I was involved.#sljbob - E. Lockhart
@elockhart Love the battle. “@SLJsBoB: Round 1, Match 5: Jepp, Who Defied the Stars vs Starry River in the Sky https://sljinactiveprd.wpengine.com/battleofthebooks/2013/03/18/round-1-match-5-jepp-who-defied-the-stars-vs-starry-river-in-the-sky/ …#sljbob” - Reads for Keeps
@reads4keeps@RogerReads By judging#sljbob judges, I wonder if in later rounds, we’ll see a shift in verdicts towards unapologetic, supported decisions - Kelly Iverson-Egge
@MrsIversonEgge Coming to work on a snowy Monday is much more fun when you have some hilarious book commentary by@AdamGidwitz to look forward to.#sljbob - Reads for Keeps
@reads4keeps I’m now 6/6 in my @sljbob predictions! I’m kind of terrified. Have I gained new powers? Will my chased-by-a-zombie dreams become reality? - RoccoA
@RoccoA In my opinion so many upsets thus far in#SLJBoB http://bit.ly/Zf4BdD What do you think? - Kelly Iverson-Egge
@MrsIversonEgge Was SHOCKED by this morning’s Battle of the Books results!!#sljbob https://sljinactiveprd.wpengine.com/battleofthebooks/2013/03/21/round-1-match-8-no-crystal-stair-vs-the-one-and-only-ivan/ … - Brandy
@brandymuses#sljbob Newbery curse is still going strong https://sljinactiveprd.wpengine.com/battleofthebooks/2013/03/21/round-1-match-8-no-crystal-stair-vs-the-one-and-only-ivan/ … 🙁 -
andrewkarre
@andrewkarre Boom. What did I tell you? Nobody beats the professor: https://sljinactiveprd.wpengine.com/battleofthebooks/2013/03/21/round-1-match-8-no-crystal-stair-vs-the-one-and-only-ivan/ …#sljbob -
Mahnaz Dar
@DibblyFresh Love that everyone was approaching me with hushed, sympathetic tones to tell me about today’s results.#sljbob -
Elizabeth Wein
@EWein2412@SLJsBoB *one moment flying in green sunlight, then the sky suddenly gray and dark* *dies* 😀 -
Liz Burns
@LizB@SLJsBoB NNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Elizabeth Wein
@EWein2412 ahhhh, shot down by Bomb! But this is my favorite#SLJBoB graphic EVER. & it cd double as the cover 4 my next book… https://sljinactiveprd.wpengine.com/battleofthebooks/2013/03/22/round-2-match-1-bomb-vs-code-name-verity/ … -
Reads for Keeps
@reads4keeps Ooh, that’s sheet music in today’s#sljbob graphic. But it’s got the bass clef, and Queenie was writing on FLUTE music!!! (Battle Commander: Oops:) -
Maureen E
@elvenjaneite Can we have the kid commentators judge the next#SLJBoB? Because they are consistently my favorite part. -
Miriam
@MiriamReads@ewein2412 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Well, at least that means my Undead vote wasn’t wasted.#SLJBoB -
Brandy
@brandymuses Okay. Now I’m sad. Fridays shouldn’t be sad. RT@SLJsBoB: Round 2, Match 1: Bomb vs Code Name Verity -
Melissa Fox
@book_nut I wish I had the time this week to do a commentary on@SLJsBoB, bc there are some fascinating things being said. http://bit.ly/15zJTco -
Christina McTighe
@Super_Christina@EWein2412@sljsbob Noooooooooo! Brb, off to get my back-from-the-dead kit. -
Elizabeth Wein
@EWein2412@brandymuses@SLJsBoB@Super_Christina man, after that work-4-hire I swore I would never write another zombie book. maybe I am wrong
Filed under: 2013, Peanut Gallery
About Battle Commander
The Battle Commander is the nom de guerre for children’s literature enthusiasts Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman, fourth grade teacher and middle school librarian at the Dalton School in New York City and Jonathan Hunt, the County Schools Librarian at the San Diego County Office of Education. All three have served on the Newbery Committee as well as other book selection and award committees. They are also published authors of books, articles, and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. You can find Monica at educating alice and on twitter as @medinger. Roxanne is at Fairrosa Cyber Library and on twitter as @fairrosa. Jonathan can be reached at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com.
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