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Category Archives: Best Books
ALA Youth Media Awards–60 (ish), Amy–6 (ish)
After a night of broken sleep, punctuated by severe weather alerts that rival air raid sirens in their ability to induce panic in us shell-shocked Alabamians, I got up this morning to watch the ALA Youth Media Awards presentation live … Continue reading
Armchair Cybils:: shortlist predictions
I’m not sure that I have a hope of actually getting any of these predictions right since I’ve read only a handful of books in any of the genres, but it’s fun, anyway. I’m limiting myself to one pick per … Continue reading
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Best Adult Fiction and Nonfiction of 2011
I didn’t read as much adult fare as children’s in 2011; of the sixty or so books I read (that number includes the ones I read to my girls), only a dozen were of the adult variety. Here’s the break-down: Adult … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Best Books, Bookish Thoughts, Books
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Read Aloud Thursday–Best of 2011
It’s time for end of the year posts in book bloggy land and here at Hope Is the Word. So far I’ve shared my 2011 read-alone book list, as well as my juvenile and YA fiction book list, complete with my … Continue reading
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Books I read in 2011: juvenile & YA fiction (plus top picks)
This year I read a total of forty-four books for my own edification and enjoyment. Thirty-two of the forty-four were either juvenile or young adult fiction. Here’s the break-down of categories with my top picks for each one. Historical Fiction Forge by Laurie Halse … Continue reading
Big, Huge Christmas Books Round-Up + Our Favorites
This week, Three Thinking Mothers are featuring favorite holiday books, and readers are invited to link up their favorite Christmas books posts. Like many of you, we have a tradition here at the House of Hope of unwrapping and reading … Continue reading
Posted in Best Books, Books, Holiday, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books
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Cybils 2011–Let the nominating begin!
Nominations for this year’s Cybils awards opened up at midnight last night, so I’m linking up all the reviews of eligible books I’ve written in this post. This is as much for my … Continue reading
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Favorite Read Alouds
Asking me to pick my favorite read-aloud is like asking me to pick my favorite child–a laughable task. However, when I saw that the Three Thinking Mothers would be writing and posting about read-alouds this week, I knew I couldn’t … Continue reading
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
In honor of the DLM’s first birthday yesterday, I wanted to share this sweet, sweet board book, a gift to him from us and the girls. The girls went to work with Steady Eddie for a few hours yesterday afternoon, so … Continue reading
Posted in Best Books, Books, Juvenile Fiction, Kid-Speak, Picture Books, The DLM
Tagged board books, Poetry, Poetry Friday
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Read Aloud Thursday–Award Winners & Notable Titles
I have been absent from the virtual world this week, with the exception of rather voraciously reading blogs and message boards at odd hours, like 3 a.m. when I was up with a sick DLM. Yes, a plague descended upon … Continue reading
