[2022] Poll 12 and SRC Results

[Jill]

BookLover wrote: "I’ve made a Listopia for the 2015 list for anyone else who is planning to stretch the prompt and use that list instead of the 2021 one.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1......"

Thank you for this Much appreciated

[NancyJ]

I'm disappointed that only one prompt from poll 12 made it in.

YA is hit or miss with me -I loved A Very Large Expanse of Sea, but not Aristotle and Dante ... There are several on the list I liked or want to try.

To Kill a Mockingbird and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn were written for adult audiences. I recommend them to anyone who hasn't read them yet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was apparently a favorite with soldiers overseas during WWII.

[Shannon]

Hannah wrote: "I like this YA list! I'm actually always a fan of list prompts, though I understand why many others aren't, and I especially like the idea of having a YA list because I have several YA books on my ..."

PLEASE resubmit the handwriting on the cover. I really liked that prompt!

[Pam]

I wasn’t able to vote this week because I forgot to bring my password w me on vacation! But, I like the prompt that won. It’s super easy and will fit many books that I own. My husband’s comment re the prompt was, “Well, that rules out all romance novels!”

I usually don’t like lists and am not a big fan of YA but I found 5 books on the list that I would read, plus one of my favorites, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and one, A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich that I think I read in the 70s but I don’t remember the story. So, that would be a great re-read! I remember the title, for sure. I’m also sure that as a kid I didn’t know that a hero was a type of sandwich.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Pam wrote: "I wasn’t able to vote this week because I forgot to bring my password w me on vacation! But, I like the prompt that won. It’s super easy and will fit many books that I own. My husband’s comment re ..."

Actually, there are a slew of romance novels that have flowers on the cover, or a carriage or castle, or even just the title if it's a well-known author. We just always think of the "clinch" covers or beefcake covers.

[Lindsey]

I am SO excited about the YA prompt! I love YA (on my way to the library after work to pick up the Firekeeper's Daughter) and I have been trying to think of a prompt for it, but this solves it!

[Pam]

Robin- I don’t doubt there are romance novels without people on the covers. I just found my husband’s response to be funny! That could be a BIO - romance genre w no people on the cover.

[Sunny]

I was reading Agatha Christie when I was 11 years-old, (even had a crush on Hercule Poirot!) and didn't think of books in terms of young adult/teen or whatever. I read books from all sections of the library. I think Teen was used in the public libraries I went to. One of my favorite teen writes was Paul Zindel. There were some really good books that were written for teens in the 1970s. Even some from the late 60s. I can't recall any of the authors -- that was too long ago and I didn't keep lists of things I read.

Though I didn't vote for it because of the simplicity of it, I don't mind the YA prompt being added. (Congratulations Sandra!) There are some on the list that I've read already and have no desire to read again. Some that I've read since I started participating here at GR; others read back in school. What I may do is make a list of the ones that I haven't read that are available to check-out here in the library where I work and then put them in a hat and draw one out and that's the one I'll read.

The book without a person on the cover is another one I thought would be too simple. I'll have to think of a way to make it more challenging for myself.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

To be fair, the panelists that helped create the list ARE some of the best contemporary YA authors. I would have questioned a list that left them off of it lol.

[Irene]

I think there were some major, influential YA books before the 90s, although I agree that the genre itself didn't take off until much later. The Outsiders (1967) comes to mind, because to me, it's clearly written for people of the same age group as the author (who wrote it at 15 and sold it at 17). A good example of a book by a teenager for teenagers (although people of any age could enjoy it; I first read it in elementary school!).

Edit: Dang, the list doesn't have The Outsiders on it! I want to lodge a complaint lol

[Nadine in NY]

Irene wrote: "Edit: Dang, the list doesn't have The Outsiders on it! I want to lodge a complaint lol ..."


It is a glaring lack!!! That book was assigned to my teens in junior high, and they LOVED it, so it's still got it.

I remember a teen section in my library in the 70s. Along with Hinton and Nancy Drew and L Frank Baum, we had Andre Norton, Madeline L'Engel, Judy Blume, Ursula K LeGuin, Robert Cormier, Paula Danziger, Susan Cooper, Lois Duncan, Paul Zindel, James Summers, Scott O'Dell, Rosemary Sutcliff ... and those are just the books I remember! These books were for teens (and tweens, which was a term that didn't exist yet), not children, but they were tamer than YA books today. And then V.C. Andrews came along LOL

[Nancy]

Yep, both of my teens (now 18 and 14) read The Outsiders in 8th grade and loved it.

[RachelG.]

When I was at the bookstore yesterday I remembered how much I enjoyed From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as a kid and am glad it is on the list for the YA prompt.

[Angie]

Bummed we only got one result, but I like the YA list. I do have a bone to pick with the panel, though. There are some MAJOR omissions on that list and some books that made me go "what?" But I didn't read The Westing Game back in the day, so I might do that. Or I might just reread The Hunger Games.

[Karen]

NancyJ wrote: "I'm disappointed that only one prompt from poll 12 made it in.

YA is hit or miss with me -I loved A Very Large Expanse of Sea, but not Aristotle and Dante ... There are several on the list I like..."

Yes, that’s also true of The Catcher in the Rye. It was written as a novel for adults.

[NancyJ]

Emily wrote: "To be fair, the panelists that helped create the list ARE some of the best contemporary YA authors. I would have questioned a list that left them off of it lol."

I agree with that. They are well established, with both critical acclaim and popularity.

I wish they got rid of Lord of the Flies. Is it still required reading in schools?

[Rachel]

I didn't really care either way for the cover prompt, so I guess I'm fine with it. I'll have to look through my books a bit to find options that fit since everything I can see from where I'm currently sitting has a person on the cover.

I like the idea of having a YA prompt on the list since I know a lot of people wouldn't vote it in. The Time list is a bit of a challenge for me since I read a lot of YA and I've already read most of the books on the list that would interest me. I think I have about 3 remaining that I'd like to read, 5 or so if I don't get to a couple of books that I'm planning to read this year. I'd prefer something with a few more options since I don't like to feel so confined to just a few choices, but I guess rereads are also a possibility.

[Kendra]

I would have rather had a YA prompt that wasn't a list prompt. I don't mind good YA, but I've read most of the books off that list that interest me. That being said, Six of Crows, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Salt to the Sea, The Westing Game & From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler are all wonderful books that definitely deserve to be on the list.

[NancyJ]

The Mixed-up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler! I LOVED that book. I often imagined myself there.

I think the newer YA books represent a more diverse view of the world than the books I read when I was a teenager. I'm glad that Sandra selected it.

[Irene]

Rachel wrote: "I didn't really care either way for the cover prompt, so I guess I'm fine with it. I'll have to look through my books a bit to find options that fit since everything I can see from where I'm curren..."

I'm the same. I love YA, but I've already read every book on the list that I'm interested in (aside from 3-4 I'm planning on finishing this year). Thanks for mentioning rereads as an option - that definitely makes it easier for me to choose a book to read!

[Charlsa]

Emily wrote: "We have some results today!

FROM POLL 12

Top
A book without a person on the cover

Bottom
A book with a character in a Catch-22 situation
A book that describes drug or alcohol abuse

Close Call
A..."

I don't see A book without a person on the cover on the 'TOPICS CHOSEN" list. I think it should be 39/52 with this prompt added. Am I just not seeing it?