I'm a big fan of Reading is Fundamental, and not just because I've met leader Carol Rasco and she's as amazing as you'd expect. She's one part missionary, one part Southern Belle and about 50 parts Energizer Bunny. RIF puts books in the hands of kids who really need them, kids like me when I was wee. I have some …
Enjoy your last glimmer of 2011
… because we intend to ring 2012 in with a bang. Yep, it's our very own Cybils tradition of rousing you from your New Year's celebrations with the publication of our short lists. Tune in at one minute past the stroke of midnight (Mountain time). That's 2:01 am Eastern and 11:01 pm Pacific. On behalf of all of us here …
Neener Neener Neeners
The lists of finalists are streaming in from our panels and I'm as thrilled as ever. Some exciting stuff awaits you at 12:01 am Mountain Time (2:01 am Eastern, 11:01 am Pacific) on January 1st. There's a good mix of familiar authors and new discoveries, plus at least one self-published title in the mix. Hints? Spoilers? Keep dreaming. See you …
No such thing as a free hobby
A disturbing article about William Morrow's not-so-nice letter to bloggers. Basically, they imposed new restrictions on their review copies and initially demanded the books be reviewed within one month. They later retracted the deadline, but the memo still says it's a blogger's "job" to review the books they send. Not hobby, labor of love or avocation. Job. Note our own …
The absolute last word on bookmarks
They arrived earlier this week. That's a nearly 3-month delay from when I reordered them. Must be some kind of record. Aargh. And just in time for it to be 2012; making the bookmarks even more dated. Double aargh. Anyway, if you requested 'em, you're getting 'em. I'll stand in line along with the rest of the world at the …
Annual pathetic plea for money
Sigh. It's that time of year again, when I remind you of our fabulous Amazon Affiliate thingee and plead with you to do your holiday shopping by clicking on our site first. It's gotten a little dire around here. We (okay, I) haven't ordered the 2010 awards yet because we haven't had the money. I do have the money now, …
Bookmarks #(*&%!!
Bad news for those who ordered bookmarks. The printer isn't shipping them until Oct. 24th. They were originally set to ship Oct. 3rd. No reason given why. I still have all your addresses and will get them to you as soon as they're in my grubby paws. Apologies.
Thanks for joining us!
Nominations are now closed for the 2011 Cybils Awards. Thanks to all who nominated a book. We're still sorting through more than 1,100 titles behind the scenes. For those worried about having nominated a book in the wrong category — fear not. We'll figure out where it's supposed to go. As long as it was nominated by midnight last night …
Time is running out …
… to nominate a book for the 2011 Cybils. You have until 11:59 pm Pacific time tomorrow to let us know what new titles combine literary merit and kid appeal. Look over our nominations and see if there isn't something missing. We have a little over a thousand nominations as of this writing (Thursday afternoon). And wouldn't you know, nearly …
My bad, mea culpa and oopsie
Oh noes! I did a bad thing. I posted some alternate Cybils logos that didn't belong to the person I thought. I stole them from the Finding Wonderland blog, which is quite wonderful in all respects, and its bloggers are wise and wondrous women in all ways. The top three on my post are indeed by the esteemed Sarah Stevenson, …