SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books

[jennifer19l.livejournal.com]

 Hi everyone, 
I'm a very infrequent poster here, though I pop over and read what's going on often.  I thought you'd all like to know that ACOK is one of the books selected in the <a href="http://sljbattleofthebooks.com/"> School Library Journal's Battle of the Kids' Books</a>.  This is the third year of the "battle," and MWT was a judge last year, if you're thinking it sounds familiar.  The 16 titles have all been just announced and the battle is great fun to watch.  I always like to read as many of the books as I can, it's a great place for finding some great books I haven't heard of yet.

Also, people get to vote at the very beginning (the battle gets underway in March, I think) which book they would like to "come back from the dead" and be a part of the final round, even if it gets eliminated earlier in the match. I certainly know which book I'm voting for :)

~Jen, who would love to hear how people think ACOK stacks up to the other 15 books

Comments

[jennifer19l.livejournal.com]

oops, I didn't know lj would automatically do the coding for the link...

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

The only other one of those books I've actually read is One Crazy Summer and in my opinion ACoK could crush into into tiny pieces. I have The Cardturner checked out from the library right now and should be reading it in the next week or so. I will probably enjoy that one because beth_shulman told me it was awesome and we have basically the same taste in books.

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

I have only just seen this :D I really hope you like it! I have a friend (who has different taste than me) who thought it was boring :(

[elvenjaneite.livejournal.com]

We tend to take these things a little too seriously here. Thanks for letting us know, though! I've read shockingly few of these, despite claiming to be up on current mg/YA books. Guess I should do something about that.

[crazededdisian.livejournal.com]

GO CONSPIRACY!!!!

Er, heh heh.