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Monday, November 30, 2009
"New York Times" reviewers favorites books of 2009
Michiko Kakutani, Dwight Garner, and Janet Maslin, New York Times book reviewers, each list their ten favorite books of the year.
Biography of boxing-great Sugar Ray Robinson
Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson / Wil Haygood
Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer of the 1940' and 50's. He earned five middleweight and one welterweight title. Robinson also loved jazz, and owned a popular club in Harlem. in 1951, He became the third African American to grace the cover of Time magazine. Read more at the New York Times.
Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer of the 1940' and 50's. He earned five middleweight and one welterweight title. Robinson also loved jazz, and owned a popular club in Harlem. in 1951, He became the third African American to grace the cover of Time magazine. Read more at the New York Times.
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Best of the Best: Flannery O'Connor's short stories named best of National Book Award winners
An online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation named Flannery O'Connor's collection, The Complete Stories, the best work of fiction to receive the National Book Award in the contest's 60-year history. Read more at The New York Times.
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was the author of two novels and thirty-two short stories. A native of Milledgeville, Georgia, O'Connor earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College and State University) and was accepted by the Iowa Writer's Workshop. A devout Roman Catholic, her writing often wrestled with issues of morality and ethics.
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was the author of two novels and thirty-two short stories. A native of Milledgeville, Georgia, O'Connor earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College and State University) and was accepted by the Iowa Writer's Workshop. A devout Roman Catholic, her writing often wrestled with issues of morality and ethics.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
National Book Awards
Colum McCann won the National Book Award for fiction for Let the Great World Spin.
The award for nonfiction went to T.J. Stiles for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The prize for Young People's Literature went to Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Claudette Colvin was an African American teen living in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950's; Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus nine months before Rose Parks did the same.
Keith Waldrop received the award for poetry for Transcendental studies: a trilogy.
Read more at The New York Times
The award for nonfiction went to T.J. Stiles for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The prize for Young People's Literature went to Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Claudette Colvin was an African American teen living in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950's; Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus nine months before Rose Parks did the same.
Keith Waldrop received the award for poetry for Transcendental studies: a trilogy.
Read more at The New York Times
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
ALA 2009 Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association 2009 Best Books for Young Adults. Follow the link to see the entire list.
Top Ten List
(** owned by Bishop McNamara Library)
Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00
Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-089088-9 $16.99
**de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00
Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-385-75169-8
$16.99
**Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99
Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95
Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89
Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95
**Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Disney/Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99
Top Ten List
(** owned by Bishop McNamara Library)
Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00
Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-089088-9 $16.99
**de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00
Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-385-75169-8
$16.99
**Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99
Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95
Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89
Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95
**Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Disney/Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Read for College! Read for Life!
The Young Adult Library Services Association has published their 2009 list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners. The list includes these categories: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences.
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