Question for you

I was looking back at past posts and realized I had a (more or less) snappy title for each review. The reviews from this year have not had the benefit of the same, merely being labeled with the title and author of the book under consideration.

My question is this: Should I go back to the descriptive post titles or stick with the book titles?

After an extended hiatus...

I took a break from Noshing last year to concentrate on my graduate school studies. I am going to try to combine the two this year, and to that end, have begun reading books from the South Carolina Book Awards Nominees lists for 2012-2013. I have included a link to the PDF file at the South Carolina Association of School Librarians website for those who would like to Nosh along with me!

A hitch in my plan

I am unable to review the SCBAN books with any regularity from this point forward, as they are in high demand from the students who are actually required to read them. I will continue to post reviews of other books in the Lexington County Public Library System. But not today.

I don't think I'm gonna make it.

I just realized I have 20 books to read to finish everything on the middle school reading lists (Children's and Junior) and 18 books on the Young Adult list (which is applicable to nothing, except readers' advisory). And there are only 23 days until school is out for the summer. I have been so slack. Now I am so embarrassed.

What is "noshing?"

Nosh is a Yiddish word meaning "snack" or "nibble." It is both a noun and a verb. "We are having a nosh." "I was noshing on a bagel yesterday."

Going by that particular definition, I am not really going to be noshing, more like aynshlingen, which means "devour or gobble."

What am I going to be devouring? My goal is to read every single one of the South Carolina Book Award Nominees for 2010-2011. That list is posted here. I intend to read every book in each of the four categories before June 3, 2010, which is the last day of school. 

Why? Because the JBA and YABA portions of the list will comprise the summer reading list for the Middle School grades, and I felt really dorky last summer not being able to talk about any of the books when asked by students. I was unable to recommend individual books because of my complete ignorance of everything about them.

Not this year.