tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post115798902958007000..comments2010-03-18T03:51:34.492-04:00MotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158787515784117312006-09-20T17:25:15.786-04:002006-09-20T17:25:15.786-04:00MR, I'm in.<BR/><BR/>http://chickenspaghetti.typepad.com/chicken_spaghetti/2006/09/the_blogger_mot.htmlSusanhttp://www.chickenspaghetti.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158274034635720202006-09-14T18:47:14.636-04:002006-09-14T18:47:14.636-04:00Ta da!<BR/><BR/>http://slayground.livejournal.com/126704.htmlLittle Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543238566800457180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158198101119465252006-09-13T21:41:41.120-04:002006-09-13T21:41:41.120-04:00Aagh! Stupid thing won't copy! Okay, my list is at Chasingray.com - I posted it today!!!Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13765245719145018564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158198028683036832006-09-13T21:40:28.683-04:002006-09-13T21:40:28.683-04:00I just posted my list to my site - here you go:<BR/><BR/>http://www.chasingray.com/archives/2006/09/great_big_ya_favorites_book_li.htmlColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13765245719145018564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158167914140750052006-09-13T13:18:34.140-04:002006-09-13T13:18:34.140-04:00Oh how I LOVE a list!<BR/><BR/>Here are my fave titles for Picture Books. Will add MG and YA later. <BR/><BR/>Picture Books:<BR/><BR/>Cha Cha Chimps - Julia Durango illustrated by Eleanor Taylor. A fun rhythmic rhyming bedtime book! Dancing Chimps. What could be better?<BR/><BR/>When Giants Come to Play - Andrea Beaty, Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Magical. Lovely and Lyrical. (And funny, too.) Brand-spanking new.<BR/><BR/>Library Lion - Michelle Knudsen, Also illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. Beautifully illustrated and a fun story. Makes you want to take this lion home with you. <BR/><BR/>My Cat, The Silliest Cat in the World - Gilles Bachelet. Would you believe it's silly? <BR/><BR/>Castaway Cats - Lisa Wheeler, Illustrated by Ponder Gambel. Best rhyming text of the year. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks!!!<BR/><BR/>P. MathisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158165289135660172006-09-13T12:34:49.136-04:002006-09-13T12:34:49.136-04:00Is there a deadline?<BR/><BR/>Thom BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158102141543117802006-09-12T19:02:21.546-04:002006-09-12T19:02:21.546-04:00Picturebooks:<BR/><BR/>1. Tree Ring Circus <BR/> - Adam Rex<BR/><BR/>2. Augustus and His Smile <BR/> - Catherine Rayner<BR/><BR/>3. Belinda and the Glass Slipper <BR/> - Amy Young<BR/><BR/>4. The Terrible Hodag <BR/> - John Sandford<BR/><BR/>5. Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure <BR/> - Viviane SchwarzAZhttp://www.aaronzenz.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158100809874215672006-09-12T18:40:09.873-04:002006-09-12T18:40:09.873-04:00I actually don't get preview copies, so all my reading is from my library. It takes until now for us to get some of the spring releases. I always feel a step behind.MotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158097589884408882006-09-12T17:46:29.886-04:002006-09-12T17:46:29.886-04:00I sure wish I were one of you librarian-types who get FREE review copies of books so that I could read enough books published in 2006 to have favorites. <BR/><BR/>Never mind, my list is long enough. :)<BR/>I'll just depend on you all to tell me what's new and good.Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04496664384714050414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158096315492321272006-09-12T17:25:15.493-04:002006-09-12T17:25:15.493-04:00Mine are posted to our blog. But, here they are if you are collecting. Thanks for doing this:-)<BR/>Franki<BR/><BR/>Top 5 Fiction for Middle Readers<BR/>(Novels that COULD Win the Newbery Award)<BR/><BR/>YELLOW STAR by Jennifer Roy<BR/>PENNY FROM HEAVEN by Jennifer Holm<BR/>YEAR OF THE DOG by Grace Lin<BR/>FAIRIES OF NUTFOLK WOOD by Barb Bentler Ullman<BR/><BR/>Fiction Picture Books <BR/><BR/>SCAREDY SQUIRREL by Melanie Watt<BR/>LAST DAY OF SCHOOL by Louise Borden<BR/>THE PRINCESS AND THE PEAby Lauren Child<BR/>HIPPO! NO, RHINO! by Jeff Newman<BR/>BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER By LeUyen PhamFrankihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292185948205916229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158082799102274872006-09-12T13:39:59.103-04:002006-09-12T13:39:59.103-04:00My favorites are on my web page, so noted.<BR/><BR/>However, I see I have to update stuff: the pigeon, The King, and a few others ...GraceAnnehttp://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158047174888350802006-09-12T03:46:14.890-04:002006-09-12T03:46:14.890-04:00Far and away #1...<BR/><BR/>THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak.<BR/><BR/>Also excellent...<BR/><BR/>UNDER THE WOLF, UNDER THE DOG by Adam Rapp<BR/>KING DORK by Frank Portman<BR/><BR/>Read Y.A. book reviews at http://www.jonathanstephens.com/blog.htmlJonathan Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947904895143404522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158041758130910442006-09-12T02:15:58.130-04:002006-09-12T02:15:58.130-04:00OK, off the top of my head - and struggling a bit because as usual, I've read more books NOT published in 2006 than otherwise (and bear in mind I'm a Brit - so publication dates vary !): <I>The Tide Knot</I> - Helen Dunmore, <I>Shakespeare's Secret</I> - Elise Broach, <I>Shade's Children</I> - Garth Nix (I know this came out years ago in Aus and the US, but it's only just been published here !), <I>Sir Thursday</I> - Garth Nix, <I>Star Dancer</I> - Beth Webb, <I>Wintersmith</I> - Terry Pratchett, <I>The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle</I> - Catherine Webb, <I>Voices</I> - Ursula Le Guin, <I>The Diamond of Drury Lane</I> - Julia Golding, <I>Ptolemy's Gate</I> - Jonathan Stroud, <I>Firestar</I> - Chris d'Lacey, <I>Endymion Spring</I> - Matthew Skelton, <I>Death of a Ghost</I> - Charles Butler...<BR/><BR/>That's all I can think of - I may think of some more later (once I've had breakfast !)Michelehttp://scholar-blog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158033405640723712006-09-11T23:56:45.640-04:002006-09-11T23:56:45.640-04:00Liz, postscript:<BR/><BR/>May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson is the first in a trilogy. The second, May Bird Among the Stars, comes out this fall. It is splendid and moves the story well along. I want the third book now, yet I do not want the story to end. The world of Ever After is part Beetlejuice, part Oz, all fun. May Bird is bright, independent and imaginative, and Somber Kitty is loyal, adorable and meowvelous.<BR/><BR/>Two Steps Forward by Rachel Cohn is a sequel to The Steps. Read them in order and you'll appreciate the character growth and family stories even more.<BR/><BR/>Shug by Jenny Han is SO SWEET and SO TRUE. I seriously haven't read a book like that - a coming-of-age middle-grade story that is just-right porridge, not too heavy, not too light - in years. Read it. Read it now.<BR/><BR/>Rules by Cynthia Lord - Fantastic. Right up there with Tru Confessions by Janet Tashjian and A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass in the category of Special Books that Just So Happen to Be About Special Needs and Conditions.Little Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543238566800457180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158033077216903922006-09-11T23:51:17.216-04:002006-09-11T23:51:17.216-04:00Liz B:<BR/><BR/>A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life is one of those rare books that is a double delight: a fantastic debut novel and a fantastic novel, PERIOD.<BR/><BR/>Without You is so honest and so genuine. AMAZING. I am watching the SVU episode with Anthony Rapp and Jane Krakowski now. Oh, yay.Little Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543238566800457180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158029896284020672006-09-11T22:58:16.286-04:002006-09-11T22:58:16.286-04:00MR, I'll advise accordingly. And looking at other lists.... I'm thinking of adding some titles to my own. (Go check Jen R's blog for some of my rambling). <BR/><BR/>What is it with librarians and loving these types of lists?<BR/><BR/>LW:<BR/>Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems. Agreed! I need to blog this one and add it to my list.<BR/>I read NONE Of your middle grade books. How can I have read over 240 books so far and still feel that I've read nothing?<BR/><BR/>The Book Thief by Markus Zusak; just finished this. Loved, loved, loved, loved, loved it.<BR/>A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt. agreed.<BR/><BR/>Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp; didn't read it, didn't know about it, will ILL it.Liz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158025375428147802006-09-11T21:42:55.426-04:002006-09-11T21:42:55.426-04:00Cool! I'm in the clear! Wheeeee.....fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158023793223151642006-09-11T21:16:33.223-04:002006-09-11T21:16:33.223-04:00What a great idea! <A HREF="http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/top_picks_for_2.html" REL="nofollow">My list</A> is up. I've actually been thinking about this informally as I go along, but hadn't posted anything until now. Like Little Willow, I kept my list to things first published in 2006 (mostly hardcovers, except that I snuck in a Babymouse book). I had a little trouble with the elementary school books, too, simply because I haven't read as many books in that age range, but I did like the books that I listed. I also included one book that I haven't finished yet, but I'm pretty confident about it (Kiki Strike). <BR/><BR/>Of course, now that I've posted the list, I'm bound to slap my head later, and think of something else that I should have included. But thanks for thinking this, MR, it was fun!Jen Robinsonhttp://jkrbooks.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158022742121583952006-09-11T20:59:02.123-04:002006-09-11T20:59:02.123-04:00Picture Books<BR/>Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems<BR/>Duck and Goose by Tad Hills <BR/><BR/>Middle Readers <BR/>May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson <BR/>Two Steps Forward by Rachel Cohn <BR/>Shug by Jenny Han <BR/>Rules by Cynthia Lord<BR/><BR/><BR/>Young Adult<BR/>Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman<BR/>The Pursuit of Happiness by Tara Altebrando<BR/>The Book Thief by Markus Zusak <BR/>Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley <BR/>A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt <BR/><BR/>Non-Fiction<BR/>Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp <BR/>The Art of Darkness: Staging the Philip Pullman Trilogy by Robert Butler<BR/><BR/>I assume that you are only accepting books FIRST RELEASED in 2006 - no 2006 paperbacks with 2004/2005 hardcovers or reprints or so on.<BR/><BR/>I also refrained from listing anything that is coming out later this year but is not out yet.<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Best-Books-of-2006-so-far/lm/R31MDQY572TVX3/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/102-0119543-4306566Little Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543238566800457180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158016188680076922006-09-11T19:09:48.680-04:002006-09-11T19:09:48.680-04:00I'll probably edit my post later to reflect this, but for now, I'll say that the due date is Wednesday, Sept 20. I'll see if I can pull the recommendations into one list on Friday, Sept. 22nd. Allowing us to focus our attention on Banned Book week on Sept 23rd. Good planning, huh.<BR/><BR/>Fuse#8, you've done your duty with your list on Edge of the Forest - unless you want to modify it.<BR/><BR/>Liz, you are welcome to just do your top YA picks - though if you want to divide them into older and younger YA that would give you ten picks instead of five - and I'm sure would be much appreciated by the middle schools who can't have books with the f-bomb.<BR/><BR/>Kelly, I am also stuck on the Middle Grade list myself. But I think I've resolved it by throwing in some non-fiction.<BR/><BR/>Franki, thanks for playing along. Can't wait to see what you've got so far in your Year of Reading.MotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158014704585378022006-09-11T18:45:04.586-04:002006-09-11T18:45:04.586-04:00Yep, I'll post too. I'm with Fuse, though, I need a due date.<BR/><BR/>And, I have to say, there are fewer "faves" this year than last for me. I may not be able to come up with 5 favorites in Middle Grade, my favorite category!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158014203966632092006-09-11T18:36:43.966-04:002006-09-11T18:36:43.966-04:00Great idea!<BR/>We're in!<BR/>Franki, A Year of ReadingFrankihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292185948205916229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158011580959412862006-09-11T17:53:00.960-04:002006-09-11T17:53:00.960-04:00oh, oh, and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, YA. Hhmm... I think I need to look over my reading; but I think the thing is the others I like are pre 06Liz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158011147911808692006-09-11T17:45:47.910-04:002006-09-11T17:45:47.910-04:00I have a sidebar of my Best Books for 2006 that is a mix of everything and almost up to date (I have to add The Book Thief.)<BR/><BR/>oops, posted too soon:<BR/><BR/>What I have so far:<BR/>Best Books of 2006<BR/>a brief chapter in my impossible life by Dana Reinhardt (YA)<BR/>I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter (YA)<BR/>Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller (YA)<BR/>King Dork by Frank Portman (YA)<BR/>The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (YA)<BR/>Learning To Fly by Sebastian Meschenmoser (picture book)<BR/>The Queen of Cool by Cecil Castellucci (YA)<BR/>Sir Thursday by Garth Niz (Middle School)Liz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1158011044066492832006-09-11T17:44:04.066-04:002006-09-11T17:44:04.066-04:00I have a sidebar of my Best Books for 2006 that is a mix of everything and almost up to date (I have to add The Book Thief.)Liz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.com