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Our 2015 Predictions and Picks: Loves and Likelies
One of the greatest joys of writing this blog is the chance to be spectacularly wrong* come the announcements. So here is our official post of both our personal picks — books we can support and love love love — and our predictions, which are the books we think are most likely — even if […]
Pyrite Redux: Lifestyles of the Rich and Privileged
The ALA Youth Media Awards are just around the corner and that means that it’s redux time! Today we’re revisiting two 2014 favorites: Candace Fleming’s The Family Romanov and We Were Liars by E. Lockhart.
Predictions! Picks! Probable Mistakes!
Not that we ever get these right, but here goes. Karyn’s Picks: I’m going to start with the if if I had my druthers list: 5 books I both love AND support (mostly), in no particular order:
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Our Very Best & Most Excellent Guesses Ever For Tomorrow
(Housekeeping note: we are still compiling the honor book votes, so look for that post shortly.) We’re going to make some predictions for tomorrow. They will, doubtless, be wrong: never has there ever been a cat so clever committee that didn’t surprise, well, everyone. But we’re not just wildly guessing here either. Or, not entirely, […]
Pyrite Redux: Recently Reviewed Nominees
We’ve been bringing the Pyrite* books back up for a second round of discussion, but a number of them were discussed so recently — and with their Pyrite nominations in mind — that it seems silly to post again about each one. However, we didn’t want anyone to forget what makes these books at the […]
Code Name Verity, Pyrite Redux
Karyn has been talking about Code Name Verity all year, starting with a teaser in her March 19th post (a post that wasn’t even about books we’d been reading, mind you). And despite a few other top contenders, this is the one that seems to have all the love, pulling the most votes when we […]
Boy21: Feeeeeeeelings, a Whole Lot More Than Feeeeeelings
Boy21, Matthew Quick Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, March 2012 Reviewed from Final Copy So, I should start this post by disclosing that I have a personal connection with this book and its author. I want to acknowledge my personal baggage (a topic that has been addressed particularly well in the comments to the […]
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