We’re going to welcome 2007 in a big way here, with the short lists of all eight categories. There’s just one hitch: I set all the posts to begin at 9:15 a.m., but then forgot to change the default from Central time. Whoops! I meant Eastern time. Rather than reset each one, I’m just going to let you suffer a …
Short list countdown …
Only two more days until we publish the finalists in all eight categories. I wanted to take this time to thank all our hard-working panelists for sifting through roughly 700 books in only six weeks, and to our organizers for birthing this baby in record time and with almost zero complications. But the biggest shout-out goes to Kelly Herold, whose …
Review of the Day
Silver City
Our own Sheila Ruth contributes today’s review, a fantasy about children defending their planet. Sheila writes Wands and Worlds, perhaps one of the best-known blogs for fans of science fiction and fantasy, and was the first volunteer to sign up for Cybils duty. We’ve all been awed by her keen insight, publishing acumen and organizational wizardry. She prompted us to …
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Dairy Queen
Today we bring you a review of a Young Adult Fiction title by our own Graphic Novels coordinator, Liz B. Liz reviews books for a wide range of age levels at her wonderfully named blog, A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy. She’s always up on the kidlitosphere’s news and hot topics, and also features a Buffy Quote of …
Merry Christmas
Most of us at Team Cybils have spent this holiday season with our noses deep in a book. We’d like to come up for air long enough to wish you all a happy holiday, whereever you are and however you celebrate. We’re sure there’ll be a stack of books under your tree. But if you’re stuck on what to get, …
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Return to Labyrinth
What do you do when one of your favorite movies comes out in a comic-book sequel? A. Fortis at the group blog ReadingYA: Reader’s Rants approached Return to Labyrinth with some trepidation: Sorry if it sounds a little harsh, but the movie was one of those cherished pre-teen experiences that I didn’t want marred by some inferior fan-fic crapfest. At …
Sounds of the Cybils
As Cybils progressed from a gee-whiz comment on Kelly’s blog to a real event with 80 volunteers and nearly 700 books to read, I wondered what it would be like to meet some of the kidlit bloggers helping us. Who are you? What brought you to our contest? What would it be like to sit down and chat with some …
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The Looking Glass Wars
Erin is a "teenage girl [who] rants and raves about the important things: books, quotes, writing, reading, and life" at Miss Erin. And, she’s the youngest member of the Cybils team, serving on the Fantasy/Sci Fi nominating panel. Today she reviews Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars. —————————————————————– I went into this novel – "the true story of Alice in …
Festival of Lights
On behalf of Team Cybils, I’d like to wish all our Jewish readers and their families, friends, pets, co-workers, neighbors and casual acquaintances a Happy Chanukah, which begins at sundown tonight. Here’s hoping the latkes are hot, the doughnuts are fresh and there’s heaps of delicious books in crisp wrapping paper next to your menorah. We’ll see you throughout next …
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Flotsam
Rebecca Hogue Wojahn is a reader, a writer and a librarian. As an author of fiction and non-fiction for children ages four and up, she knows what’s happening in children’s books! Rebecca is currently reading for the Non-fiction (MG/YA) panel, but still has time to review books outside of her Cybils reading duties. Today she reviews a title nominated for …