{"id":13856,"date":"2012-09-17T22:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T02:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=13856"},"modified":"2012-09-17T22:32:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T02:32:44","slug":"the-cybils-the-cybils-the-cybils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=13856","title":{"rendered":"The Cybils! The Cybils! The Cybils!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woo-hoo! I’m so excited! This year I get to be a panelist in choosing the Cybils<\/a> Finalists for Middle Grade Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Anybody remember my Crazy Reading Plan for 2012<\/a>? Yeah, this will completely and totally mess it up. But then, participating in Capitol Choices<\/a> (a DC-area group that chooses 100 top children’s books of the year) had already done that. I am planning to have FUN madly reading middle grade fantasy and science fiction for the rest of the year!<\/p>\n

Just for fun, I’ll list my stats from before the Cybils reading, January 1 to September 17, 2012. It’s been fun to keep track this year, anyway.<\/p>\n

Books I reread: 8
\nMy books read: 8
\nNew Library Books: 11
\nAward Winners: 7
\nPrePub ARCs: 8
\nOlder Library Books: 8
\nBooks Read for Capitol Choices (some picture books included): 27
\nExceptions: 10 (reasons like meeting the author & the Heavy Medal shortlist)
\nNonfiction: 24
\nBooks of Short Stories: 1
\nShort Chapter Books: 9
\nChildren’s Nonfiction (not included above): 12
\nPicture Books worth noting: 19
\nAudiobooks: 12<\/p>\n

Total: 164<\/p>\n

The only bad thing about this list? There are soooooo many more I’d like to read! But anyway, being a Cybils Panelist will force me to focus. I’m planning to read some books before the Capitol Choices meeting this Friday, and then dive into Middle Grade SF&F!<\/p>\n

Read on!<\/p>\n

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