The votes are in and counted and we can now announce the 2016 Porter Square Books of the Year!
The adult winner is Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. Here is Sarah's original staff pick for the book and here is her very convincing post on why the book deserves this award.
Bears are powerful. Most of us know better than to mess with a bear.
In E.K. Johnston's Exit, Pursued by a Bear, young women are powerful too.
I loved Kelly Barnhill's middle grade fantasy The Witch's Boy. When I heard she had a new novel, I was dying to get my hands on it but I was also worried it wouldn't be as good as The Witch's Boy, which amazed me.
2016 was a tough year for a lot of people, and 2017 is shaping up to be a lot more of the same.
So. How does one weather a hard season? With fortitude, knowledge, and understanding -- three things that Rejected Princesses has in spades.
I was pleased when Josh informed me that 10:04 had secured its place in the finals for the adult Porter Square Book of the Year, but also a little surprised.
I am perpetually late to the book party.
Due to a long stretch in my life during which I had no idea how to properly live, I forgot that books were fun and reading could be pleasurable and a thing I enjoyed doing. I blame it on high school.
Where should we start?
Hidden Figures has everything: It's a new look at a familiar topic, it's based on solid and thorough research, and Margot Lee Shetterly pulls it all together into a well-written story that keeps you turning the pages even if you already know how it's going to turn out.
