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Gnomic Utterances. These are traditional, and are set at the head of each section of the Guidebook. The reason for them is lost in the mists of History. They are culled by the Management from a mighty collection of wise sayings probably compiled by a SAGE—probably called Ka’a Orto’o—some centuries before the Tour begins. The Rule is that no Utterance has anything whatsoever to do with the section it precedes. Nor, of course, has it anything to do with Gnomes.
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Date: 2005-01-20 10:10 pm (UTC)BBYA has a totally different critera for judging their books. For one, my guess is that some of those anecdotal readers comments are coming from kids themselves. I think the contradictory information is actually useful, because too many times they'd be discussing a book I hated with a passion, and saying how lovely it was etc.etc. I'd rather hear the other dissenting preferences during a discussion. I like BBYA because they tend to actually consider both what makes a good book and whether or not that book will actually appeal to teens.
The nomination process is random by the by--I think any librarian can nominate a book, and it gets seconded, etc.
Quick Picks is ALL about what is appealing to teens. ALL. Quality helps, but QP seems to me to be the most realistic of all the committees, focusing on what teens will actually like to read, instead of what grown-ups think they ought to read.