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message 1: by Ann (last edited Dec 15, 2011 07:24PM) (new)

Ann | 88 comments The New Year is approaching and it's traditional to make all sorts of resolutions about our behavior in the upcoming year. What are some of the resolutions Wild Things members are making related to books?

For myself, I want to try to read at least two Newbery books (either winners or honors) a month. At that rate it'll only take me, oh, 20 years or so to read them all!


Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Ann, your resolution is much more noble than mine! I'm resolving to read the doggone books in my actual (physical) bookcase before I buy more!!! I own a ridiculous amount of books that are still unread. (Or at least buy fewer new books than I am finishing from my bookshelves!)


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Ruth Ferguson (ruthdfw) | 6 comments After such a reading lull, my goal is to read at least one book a month. As someone who once read up to two a week this is a big drop off but you have to take baby steps right?


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Esther (eshchory) Angela wrote: "Ann, your resolution is much more noble than mine! I'm resolving to read the doggone books in my actual (physical) bookcase before I buy more!!! I own a ridiculous amount of books that are still un..."

I'm with Angela. I must read the books on my bookshelf.


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Emily Since I read the Chronicles of Narnia this year I think next year I want to read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy


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Ann | 88 comments Actually, reading lots of Newbery awards is quite practical. I'm a youth librarian, and I am often asked to specifically recommend award-winning titles when classrooms tour the library. I love book-talking, and by the time the last of the five classes in a particular grade have come through all of my tried-and-true Newbery choices have been picked clean off the shelf and I'm left recommending something that I vaguely remember reading when *I* was in the fourth grade, or bluffing my way through a booktalk on a book I haven't read.


Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Ann wrote: "Actually, reading lots of Newbery awards is quite practical. I'm a youth librarian, and I am often asked to specifically recommend award-winning titles when classrooms tour the library. I love book..."

It is a great idea. Actually, that's how I started reading YA again. I read all of the Newbery winners at my library. I'd like to buckle down and do the whole list too at some point.


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Ann | 88 comments Angela wrote: "Ann wrote: "Actually, reading lots of Newbery awards is quite practical. I'm a youth librarian, and I am often asked to specifically recommend award-winning titles when classrooms tour the library...."

We should start a Newbery discussion here in the Kids Book section. I've looked around on GoodReads, but it doesn't seem that any of the Newbery groups are particularly active, which was a disappointment. I'd been looking forward to joining in some sort of pointed discussion about the various books.


Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) Ann wrote: "Angela wrote: "Ann wrote: "Actually, reading lots of Newbery awards is quite practical. I'm a youth librarian, and I am often asked to specifically recommend award-winning titles when classrooms t..."

Ask and you shall receive! http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...


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