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In arbitrary list form, because I never post and pretending it's a list is somehow helping. Quick recap: I spent this weekend in Dallas, TX, at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting, as a part of the William C. Morris committee to choose the best YA debut novel published in 2011. ETA: I was remiss in not putting the link to the actual ( Read more... )

So, I went to the American Library Association Conference in New Orleans this past week, and I will be writing up more later, but first I have to squee about this: At the party celebrating Laini Taylor's new book, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, I met her, told her I loved her book without stammering too much, and ended up taking a group photo with her ( Read more... )

Here's the awards announced today that I actually care about (not listing them all).

Newbery Medal:
Winner: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
Honors: The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt; The Surrender Tree: Poems for Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, by Margarita Engle; Savvy, by Ingrid Law; and After Tupoc and D Foster, by Jacqueline Woodson

Printz Award (for ( Read more... )

Finally, a book that wins the Newbery is one I've actually read, let alone heard of. Yay for Neil Gaiman!

Of course, now I have to wait and wait to see who won the Printz award, which is the award I care the most about, being a teen librarian. Oh, and the new Morris award, which is for a debut novel from an first-time author writing for teens. None ( Read more... )