http://www.hbook.com/2011/09/blogs/read-roger/starred-reviews-novemberdecember-horn-book-magazine/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.hbook.com/2011/09/blogs/read-roger/starred-reviews-novemberdecember-horn-book-magazine/#comment-12637 The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater « her life with books Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:03:04 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5482#comment-12637 [...] book is getting a lot of good press. Horn Book starred it. NY Times said it was one of the top 5 notable YA’s of the year. I’m sure every book [...] [...] book is getting a lot of good press. Horn Book starred it. NY Times said it was one of the top 5 notable YA’s of the year. I’m sure every book [...]

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/09/blogs/read-roger/starred-reviews-novemberdecember-horn-book-magazine/#comment-11875 leda Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:52:39 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5482#comment-11875 Oh boy-- a new book from Brock Cole! Oh boy– a new book from Brock Cole!

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/09/blogs/read-roger/starred-reviews-novemberdecember-horn-book-magazine/#comment-11865 Cecilia Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:13:20 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5482#comment-11865 I'm so excited to see Subway Story get a star! Julia Sarcone-Roach and I were neighbors growing up and went to high school together. It's great to see her work getting so much love! I’m so excited to see Subway Story get a star! Julia Sarcone-Roach and I were neighbors growing up and went to high school together. It’s great to see her work getting so much love!

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/09/blogs/read-roger/starred-reviews-novemberdecember-horn-book-magazine/#comment-11858 Jennifer Schultz Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:53:46 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5482#comment-11858 I'm really looking forward to Balloons Over Broadway, but can I gripe for a bit? I wish that publishers would remember that it takes libraries a bit of time to process and distribute books to branches before the books can be available for patrons. A Thanksgiving-ish book with a November 1 release date doesn't allow for much time for processing and display before the patrons are more in the mood for winter holiday books (we display new books for about three months before returning them to the general collection). I'm betting that this will still have quite a bit of interest after Thanksgiving, (from everything I've read, it sounds like a terrific book), but it's always greatly appreciated when holiday themed books are released in the month prior to the holiday! I do know that sometimes these things can't be helped. I do know that this book started to receive (excellent) reviews in August from review publications, so unless I'm missing something, I don't understand why this isn't being released earlier. Okay, gripe over. I’m really looking forward to Balloons Over Broadway, but can I gripe for a bit? I wish that publishers would remember that it takes libraries a bit of time to process and distribute books to branches before the books can be available for patrons. A Thanksgiving-ish book with a November 1 release date doesn’t allow for much time for processing and display before the patrons are more in the mood for winter holiday books (we display new books for about three months before returning them to the general collection). I’m betting that this will still have quite a bit of interest after Thanksgiving, (from everything I’ve read, it sounds like a terrific book), but it’s always greatly appreciated when holiday themed books are released in the month prior to the holiday! I do know that sometimes these things can’t be helped. I do know that this book started to receive (excellent) reviews in August from review publications, so unless I’m missing something, I don’t understand why this isn’t being released earlier. Okay, gripe over.

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