So I watched the book awards on the ALA webcast this morning, and I was pretty shocked by the results. Like Trisha said, "Huh?" I know a couple of people were happy with the winner, but I had really not heard much about any of these books, save for Your Own Sylvia. I mean, did anyone have any of these in their top 10 possibilities? I can't comment on their quality since I haven't read any of them, but I've started The White Darkness (not blown away by the first chapter but giving it a chance). Of course, I'm probably just bitter and disappointed that Freak Show didn't win anything and that we won't get to hear James St. James give an acceptance speech this summer. I am glad that this gives me some new titles to check out, and since they don't overlap with the National Book Awards, it's good to see that recognition gets spread around. I'm surprised The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian didn't get anything, though, since there has been so much librarian-love for that book.
I am also a little surprised by the Alex Awards. I thought Nineteen Minutes would be a good candidate, as would The Zookeeper's Wife.
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3 comments:
Can I just tell you I was soooooo happy to learn that The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian didn't win! I just don't understand what everyone sees in that book! (And I promise that will be my last complaint about that book....at least I hope!) :)
I figured you'd be happy. :)
I'm probably just bitter and disappointed that Freak Show didn't win anything and that we won't get to hear James St. James give an acceptance speech this summer.
Heh. That's why I was hoping Freak Show would get honored, too.
And I wasn't blown away by The White Darkness. Actually, I started it over the summer, put it down, borrowed it again and forced myself to finish it only because it was a Cybils nominee. I haven't been (re)reading YA lit for as long as the Printz has been around, but it seems like half the Printz winners I completely agree with (especially Monster and how i live now), others leave me scratching my head (*cough*Postcards from No Man's Land*cough*). The White Darkness is more in the A Step from Heaven category for me--literariness (?) is evident, but, man, I found them difficult to read.
Trisha
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