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December 7, 2017 by Joy Piedmont
It’s that time of year when the air is crisp and the breeze will send notes of pine and firewood past your nose. It’s also that time of year when all of the best-of-the-year lists and YALSA award nominations come out! In the past few days the 2018 Morris Award and Nonfiction Award finalists were […]
November 15, 2017 by Someday
It’s nearing the end of the year, and all the year’s best lists are going to drop…soon! In fact, this year is so far along that the NBA will be announcing winners this evening (can you belieeeeeeve it?). It’s fun to take notes and make sure our reading lists are as complete as possible as […]
October 4, 2017 by Joy Piedmont
The National Book Award shortlist is here and across all of the categories 15 of the 20 nominated authors are women and in the category we really care about here at Someday, all of the finalists were written by women! Here are the five nominees: What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold Far From the Tree by […]
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December 18, 2016 by Karyn Silverman
I’m a little late to the party, but more lists! More books to read! More surprises, and also more alignment around the standout YA titles of 2016! We’ve already covered PW and SLJ (AKA the Mothership); now let’s look at Kirkus and The Horn Book from the trade side and NPR’s Book Concierge and The […]
November 16, 2016 by Joy Piedmont
With only six weeks left in 2016—an almost universally recognized dumpster fire of a year—the best of lists will release in a steady stream. We take the lists seriously because they can help us identify books that are beginning to have a strong consensus opinion, as well as books that may become a dark horse. […]
November 7, 2016 by Karyn Silverman
Today, we interrupt our usual 3 review posts per week schedule to do our first list look. Because yes, it’s November, and yes, we’re in the rapid dash to the end of the year, and yes, the Best of lists have begun with PW’s, which landed last week.
December 3, 2015 by Karyn Silverman
What a busy week it’s been! Monday brought us the release of Horn Book’s Fanfare AND The New York Times’ Notable Children’s Books list. Wednesday, the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (which I persist in calling ENYA even though I think that never really caught on the way I hoped) shortlist was released. […]
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