I don’t know about you, but I’m already flinging my hands skyward in surrender. Uncle!
There’s simply no way I can find/read every Best-Picture-Books-of-2024 list dropping about now, not during this, the busiest (most wonderful?) time of the year. My dream is to catch up next month….
With that in mind, please go ahead and mention your favorite, can’t-miss, year-end list in our comments section so we can all enjoy clicking through them next month.
The one I do keep up with (and have been for years) is SLJ’s Fuse #8 blog, written by Chicago Librarian Betsy Bird. Every day in December she posts a new list–in 31 different categories, and OH BOY she posts the covers. Not dinky thumbnails you have to squint at, either, but in a decent size you can appreciate. And I do. A slow scroll through those bright beauties is day lifter. But she doesn’t stop with the covers; she also gives her take on WHY each one is a standout.
So, here’s my fave: https://afuse8production.slj.com
What’s yours?
1. A Cozy Winter Day by Eliza Wheeler
2. Mr. Fox’s Game of No by David LaRochelle
3. We Are a Class by Rob Sanders
4. The Other Side of Tomorrow by Iowa writer Tina Cho (This is a MG graphic novel and it is so well written!)
5. So Cold by John Coy
6. Just Us by Molly Beth Griffin
Thanks, Mark. 🙂
Oh, good idea! Thanks, Jill! So busy this month…
I’m trying to compartmentalize! 🙂
Yes, there are SO many “Best of Lists”. I’m with you, Jill. My go-to is Betsy Bird’s.
Yes! Her posts are always meaty, always thoughtful, always accessible and fun. 🙂
I agree with following Betsy Bird’s month of splendor! I also like to see which books made NCTE poetry/novel-in-verse list.
That sounds like a good one, too, Buffy!