Wolf Hall Wins the Tournament of Books
My heart told me that I would love to see The Lacuna and Wolf Hall meet in the finals of the Tournament of Books, but my head said pick Let the Great World Spin and Wolf Hall with Let the Great World Spin receiving the Rooster. Should have gone with my heart this time. I didn’t think The Lacuna would beat out Let the Great World Spin, but I was wrong. While none of the judges seemed passionate about either book (in one match up, Wolf Hall won because of the family dynasty chart), I loved them both. In fact, I was glad I didn’t have to chose between them. In the end, it was a close round with Wolf Hall just barely edging out The Lacuna.
I’m hoping The Morning News buys a rooster in England to send to Hilary Mantel rather than ship her an American version. I shudder to think how long a rooster would have to stay in quarantine before it was let loose.
The Winners of the Indies Choice Book of the Year Awards
Yesterday, the American Booksellers Association announced the winners of 2010 Indies Choice Book of the Year winners:
Adult Fiction: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Adult Nonfiction: The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Adult Debut: The Help by Kathryn Stockett – The only surprise here is if she hadn’t won, now the five people who haven’t read the book should go and get it to know what everyone else is talking about
Young Adult: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins – This helps make up for the grave mistake of not picking The Hunger Games last year. In fact, why not just name Mockingjay as the 2011 winner right now and be done with it.
Middle Reader: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead – No surprise and richly deserved.
New Picture Book: The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
I would love to attend an event with Kate DiCamillo (hello Los Angeles bookstores!) who won Most Engaging Author. She won “both for being an in-store star and for having a strong sense of the importance of indie booksellers to their local communities.”
Three books were voted into the Indies Choice Book Awards Picture Book Hall of Fame:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz – a phrase I use more now with teenagers than I did when they were young, I wonder if the authors would consider a YA edition.
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans – I still remember my daughter’s Madeline doll and the pictures of the little girls all lined up.
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson – A beautiful book about accepting people (and bulls) for who they are.
I’m kind of bummed that the two awards that are the most fun and bring a smile to my face are awarded in the same week. Just 51 more weeks to wait . . .
Tags: fun book awards, historical fiction recommended reading, the Rooster, Young adult book award, young adult recommended reading
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