‘Tis Sunday again. Happy ALA Awards Eve.
I have long awaited tomorrow.
You probably know this already, but the 2012 ALA Youth Media Awards (including the Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz medals) will be announced tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. central time. That makes it 6:45 a.m. my time, yeesh. There will be a live webcast, with virtual “seating” on a first-come, first-served basis. I watched the webcast last year and had a fun time watching the ceremony and tweeting about it. I hope you’ll join me tomorrow. And be sure to check out The Printz Project, which will be updated tomorrow with the new winning and honor books.
There is a new adaptation of Pride & Prejudice – for toddlers!
I was at Barnes and Noble this week and saw the most adorable line of children’s board books. The one I read in the store was Pride & Prejudice. Eek! I was very curious to see how they would translate an entire novel into ten simple pages of a board book. Turns out, they did it very well. The book is a counting book – 2: two eligible gentlemen (Bingley and Darcy), 5: five sisters, etc. Concluding with, 10: 10,000 pounds a year. I was enchanted. I will be buying it for my almost-two-year-old daughter and probably some of the others in the Baby Lit line: Romeo & Juliet, Jane Eyre, Alice in Wonderland, etc.
I heart book club.
I just have to say it. I really do love book club. I look forward to it all month. And I have a delightful time there. And then I’m energized about books thereafter. I belong to two book clubs at the moment, but the Third Thursday Book Club, run beautifully by Suey of It’s All About Books is so on fire with book lovers. I highly recommend seeking out a group of dedicated readers to meet with occasionally.
Do you belong to a face-to-face book club?
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I belong to a face to face book club, but most of the women who come are there to socialize rather than to talk about books, and it drives me crazy at times.
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Kathy – That kind of thing drives me crazy too. We tend to discuss books to the exclusion of almost all else. It may not always center around the book we read for the month, but we talk about books. :)
I loved hearing about the P&P picture book. I need to go to a book store and check them out. I love book club too! I don’t need to tell you that, though. ;)
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Pride and Prejudice for toddlers — how awesome is that! I may have to swing by Barnes and Noble and see it for myself.
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Spoiler alert! Geez.
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Jenny – I can’t wait to get the P&P book! And I’m so glad to see you at book club each month.
Bookzilla – It really is adorable.
Blake – I’m really sorry about the spoilers, but, uh, I believe that you already read the book in question.
I love our book club but conversation does easily stray away from the book at times. Many of us work together so it’s hard not to have pre-discussions which seems to water down the actual meeting. But it’s still a ton of fun.
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Care – Interesting observation. My other book club strays a little more, and we all live in the same neighborhood. Maybe that’s why.
Yay for book club! :) I quit going to my “other” book club because they never talked about books, and since I didn’t live in their neighborhood, I wasn’t even part of all the gossipy talk either. But book club a month is now just perfect for me!
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Suey – Double yay for book club! I love love love the Third Thursday Book Club. And two book clubs can sometimes be overwhelming, but I hope my other one kind of comes together if I keep working at it.