Episode 23 – Award Winners

This week, Ann and Halle talk about book awards and whether they influence their reading choices. As always, they finish up with what they’re reading this week.

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Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

The Michael L.Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction
National Book Awards
The Pulitzer Prizes
The Man Booker Prize
The Edgar Awards
Goodreads Choice Awards
The Morning News Tournament of Books
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

Ann’s picks:

• Canada by Richard Ford (Carnegie Medal 2013)
  – The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards
  – The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
• Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick (Printz Award 2014)
  – Midvinterblot by Carl Larsson
• The Devil in Music by Kate Ross (Agatha Award 1997)
  – Agatha Awards
  – Julian Kestrel Mysteries series by Kate Ross
  – Jane Austen books
  – Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries series by Dorothy L. Sayers
  – Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross

Halle’s picks:

• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1986)
  – Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry
  – Lonesome Dove (TV)
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson (National Book Award for Young People’s Literature 2014)
  – The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
  – The Newbery Medal
• Yes Please by Amy Poehler (Audie Award for Humor 2015)
  – Bossypants by Tina Fey
  – Upright Citizens Brigade

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  – The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
• Halle: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi