Ow! Ow, ow! OW!
I got my eyes dilated today so computers are NOT my friend, and I have a total migraine, but I have to squeal anyway that the ALA Awards are out. I am excited about the Printz Award winner,(which I REALLY enjoyed, but I have to admit that I thought that Sherman Alexie would rate in here somewhere…?) and I am excited about the Newbery — haven’t read it yet, but I’ve heard SUCH good things!! Boy, can my blogosphere friends pick ’em — thank you, everybody who have read these books and talked them up and have made me want to read them too (but again: we talked about Sherman Alexie… I guess they figured the National Book Award was enough? Too bad). But I’m even more excited that two books chosen for the SF/F Cybils list and a book I absolutely ADORED this year has won an Printz Honor. A big yahoo for Dreamquake, but three huge unexpected shrieks for newcomer A.M. Jenkins’ Repossessed, one of the sharpest and funniest bits of SF/F I’ve read this year.
Whoo!
I’ll be back when the headache fades.
Aaah! Now I totally need to add Hugo to my TBR — and Yuyi Morales!!!!! I hadn’t seen that! Thanks for pointing it out!!!
Yes–hooray and wow for Hugo Cabret. And yay for Yuyi Morales on her award!
It was so much fun to listen to the webcast this year. I felt like I was there, except for one important point. When it was over I wanted to talk about the winners, and I was alone in my PJs and had to take my kids to school instead of sharing the surprise with my peers.
I’m making up for it now. I can’t believe the Caldecott committee was able to bend the rules enough for Hugo Cabret. Wow. So glad though.
I loved White Darkness too. Still surprised to see it named.