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No Crystal Stair: Significant & Worthy, but…
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, with artwork by R. Gregory Christie Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, February 2012 Reviewed from final copy (courtesy of my public library) Vaunda Nelson, author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bad News for […]
The Disenchantments
The Disenchantments, Nina LaCour Dutton Books, February 2012 Reviewed from ARC What does it say about a book when as a reader, I’m far more engaged by its themes and the questions it explores than the story or main characters? Or does it say more about me? This is what I’m grappling with as I […]
Printz 2012 Celebrations Whirlwind Recap!
I flew to Anaheim, my suitcase packed with dresses, knowing intellectually that it would be the end of my term on the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award Committee, but in completely emotional denial. We’d all be having book discussion meetings, right? We’d be arguing passionately for the titles we thought best embodied the award’s criteria! […]
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Series, Schmeries: What’s the Big Deal?
And now, for the epic throw-down you’ve all been waiting for: series vs. stand-alone books! Dun-dun-DUNNNNN! I freely admit that I worked myself up into a rhetorical tizzy as I drafted this post. Last week, I cheerfully volunteered to write the first entry in our exploration of series vs. stand-alone titles. Let’s just say that […]
Stars vs. Printz: Round One!
So, starred reviews and the Printz award. We’re going to cover this topic in at least two posts this year, so whatever I don’t address (or get dead wrong), Karyn will cover in a couple of weeks! I’m a visual, list-making sort of person, so as I mulled over this topic this week, I found […]
Allow Myself to Introduce…Myself
So, it’s taken me quite a while to get organized to drop by and say hello in a post, rather than comments, and now I’m feeling a little pressure to do a really amazing job with my introductory post, which is resulting in my throwing two pop culture jokes your way (more on that later). […]
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