Golds and Dolls
I'm up at Novel Journey, thinking out loud about the plethora of ALA awards given each year. More awards = good thing? Or more awards = trouble?
em em ex one
I've listed my reading resolutions for 2011, but these are the 2011 releases from that list that I'm reallyreallyreally excited about. It's like a bunch of my very favorite authors got together and said, 2010 was pretty quiet, eh? How about we mix it up a bit?
The Piper's Son, by Melina Marchetta
Ashtown, by N.D. Wilson
Fly Trap, by Francis Hardinge
Uncommon Criminals, by Ally Carter
also
a new Jaclyn Moriarty, providing it's not published in Australia light years before it comes to the US. First Melina indulges her Megan Whalen Turner love and writes Finnikin, and now my other favorite Aussie follows suit. Trendsetters.
The Piper's Son, by Melina Marchetta
Ashtown, by N.D. Wilson
Fly Trap, by Francis Hardinge
Uncommon Criminals, by Ally Carter
also
a new Jaclyn Moriarty, providing it's not published in Australia light years before it comes to the US. First Melina indulges her Megan Whalen Turner love and writes Finnikin, and now my other favorite Aussie follows suit. Trendsetters.
Waiting for the Newberys...
...guessing they will be random, not-too-familiar faces after the (obvious) awesomeness that was Newbery 2010. (When You Reach Me, Homer P. Figg, Calpurnia Tate)
It's weird, not having read much MG this year. Or YA, for that matter. I'm all at sea. One Crazy Summer didn't really make an impression on me, but it probably did on the judges. Perhaps Keeper? A nice surprise would be Crunch. But we'll soon see.
Kind of sad, not really caring about the winners this year. I remember the way I screamed in 2009, reading the tweet, "Printz 2009: “Jelicoe Road,” written by Melina Marchetta"
My entire family came running. They thought I was dying.
Nope. Just the best book ever written, getting its just desserts.
EDIT: Huh. Moon over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool. It actually looks quite good.
Honors:
"Turtle in Paradise," by Jennifer L. Holm
"Heart of a Samurai," written by Margi Preus
"Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night," written by Joyce Sidman
"One Crazy Summer," by Rita Williams-Garcia
It's weird, not having read much MG this year. Or YA, for that matter. I'm all at sea. One Crazy Summer didn't really make an impression on me, but it probably did on the judges. Perhaps Keeper? A nice surprise would be Crunch. But we'll soon see.
Kind of sad, not really caring about the winners this year. I remember the way I screamed in 2009, reading the tweet, "Printz 2009: “Jelicoe Road,” written by Melina Marchetta"
My entire family came running. They thought I was dying.
Nope. Just the best book ever written, getting its just desserts.
EDIT: Huh. Moon over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool. It actually looks quite good.
Honors:
"Turtle in Paradise," by Jennifer L. Holm
"Heart of a Samurai," written by Margi Preus
"Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night," written by Joyce Sidman
"One Crazy Summer," by Rita Williams-Garcia
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)