Literary Awards

Booker Longlist

July 27, 2010

The Booker Longlist was announced today!  Here’s what’s been dubbed as the “Man Booker Dozen”: Peter Carey Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber) Emma Donoghue Room (Pan MacMillan – Picador) Helen Dunmore The Betrayal (Penguin – Fig Tree) Damon Galgut In a Strange Room (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Books) Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury) Andrea Levy The Long [...]

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The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson

June 25, 2010

Title: The First Part Last Author: Angela Johnson Pages: 132 Originally Published: 2003 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Simon Pulse Rating: ____________________________ I’m checking these Printz Award winners off of my list! My goal is to read them all – and thereby complete the Printz Project – by the end of the year. This one [...]

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Pimping the Printz Project

June 23, 2010

Okay, it’s time to throw a little reminder out there to the blogosphere about the lovely perpetual challenge to read each of the eleven books (so far) that have won the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. The Printz Award is a relatively new award that goes along with the Caldecott [...]

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A Step from Heaven, by An Na

June 22, 2010

Title: A Step from Heaven Author: An Na Pages: 160 Originally Published: 2001 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Speak Rating: ____________________________ Check another one off of my Printz Project list! A Step from Heaven won the Printz Award in 2002. Young Ju and her family come to America from Korea when she is four. The [...]

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When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

June 16, 2010

Title: When You Reach Me Author: Rebecca Stead Pages: 208 Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ When You Reach Me won the 2010 Newbery Medal. So, I of course had to reach for it. Pun intended. Miranda’s life sort of takes a turn for . . . the odd in sixth [...]

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Mini Reviews

June 4, 2010

I still have yet to write reviews for nine books I read in 2009. So, I’m going to call it a day and do mini reviews of them, even though they all deserve their own posts. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski Rating: One word for this book: puppies! I loved the back [...]

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2010 Pulitzer Winner for Fiction

April 12, 2010

The 2010 Pulitzers were announced today. And this year’s winner for fiction is . . . Tinkers, by Paul Harding I’ve sadly never heard of this book. It’s Harding’s first novel. Can you imagine winning a Pulitzer for your first book? I’ll definitely be including this one in my next Amazon order! I’ve also never [...]

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2010 Newbery & Printz Award Winners

January 18, 2010

And the 2010 John Newbery Medal goes to: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead And the 2010 Michael L. Printz Award goes to: Going Bovine, by Libba Bray Gotta go! I have to go to the bookstore!

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