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Pyrite: We (sort of) have a winner
RealPrintz voting is a pretty particular thing, and winning has two conditions: “To win, a title must receive five first place votes and must also receive at least five more points than the second place title. If no title meets these criteria on the first ballot, any title receiving no votes is removed from consideration […]
Pyrite Time, Once Again
Here at Someday, we have a tradition (this is year three) of a Mock Printz which, in a fit of serious humor,* we styled the Pyrite Printz. (Get it? Because Pyrite is like gold but not? Also, alliterative.) As always, we are still (still!) reviewing serious contenders and reading away madly to catch up with […]
Liveblogging the Awards
(to the tune of Watching the Detectives) Finally up and running on our library big TV, just in time for the Schneider. Here goes!
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It’s Pyrite Time!
Here at Someday, we have a mission. It’s pretty simple: emulate the RealCommittee process as much as possible. A large part of what we do is discuss books at a level we believe is similar to that of the RealCommittee — thoughtfully, seriously, with an insane attention to detail. But the RealCommittee also nominates and […]
More on the Awards
Apologies for the radio silence! Almost as soon as the YMAs were over, it was time for an annual conference on education and technology, and I’m afraid I switched gears 100% from my book self to my tech self, and the blog was the poorer for it. We will be taking a brief hiatus soon […]
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, […]
The Whys & Wherefores of the Printz Award, Part 1
I’m thinking if you’ve gotten as far as reading this blog, you probably know a little something about the Printz, more formally known as the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. But maybe not, because (and this is a matter of some concern for us) it’s not a well known award, […]
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