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Kirkus Children’s!
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Another Year-End List, with STATS!
This is how I do statistical analysis. There's a better way, right? The Kirkus list posted yesterday, and it’s a whopper: a full 100 books. Happily, since we’re talking 100, I can do some statistical...
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A list of lists, in fact! Because we’re almost halfway through December, which means that only Booklist’s year-end list is still to come. So today we’re checking in on Horn Book’s Fanfare and the...
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Kirkus Children’s!
Usually, I am annoyed/aggravated/inclined to roll my eyes at the casual way we use “children’s” to mean birth to 18 (see: most publishing houses). Also, the cavalier dismissal of differences between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stop Playing Games with My Heart (More Best Lists)
This week brought us not one but two great lists! On Monday, Kirkus Reviews posted the Best Teen Books of 2011, and it was FULL of surprises. Surprises in the whoops, I missed that book entirely...
View ArticleStars 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Year-End List, with STATS!
This is how I do statistical analysis. There's a better way, right? The Kirkus list posted yesterday, and it’s a whopper: a full 100 books. Happily, since we’re talking 100, I can do some statistical...
View ArticleThe Rest of the Best
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);...
View ArticleWe’re Making a List, Checking it Twice…
A list of lists, in fact! Because we’re almost halfway through December, which means that only Booklist’s year-end list is still to come. So today we’re checking in on Horn Book’s Fanfare and the...
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