Ramblings on Librarianship, Technology, and Academia

The fact that I haven't yet read Flora's Dare is one big reason why I'm not in a position to judge any of this objectively, so take this as you will: I was very pleased that it won, partly because I get the feeling (from friends I trust) that it was the book that should have won, and partly because of just what you said. It's more in need of buzz than Graceling is.

BTW, it's interesting that they're both Fall 2008 Harcourt books (FD September, Graceling October). I don't know, but I wonder, if one was promoted at the expense of the other? Buzz is a mystery to me. It's hard to know sometimes if it really is growing of its own accord, reader to reader, or if the publisher is investing tons of energy and $ into spreading it.

Wasn't this Wilce's second Andre Norton nomination for a Flora book? That also makes it nice that she won this time around.