Minnesota Book Awards

Saturday night in Saint Paul:  more than 700 people turned out for the Minnesota Book Awards ceremony.  It was a great event and an amazing celebration of the (it-ain’t-dead-yet) book.  She Looks Just Like You was a finalist in the Memoir category.  The award went to Bonnie Rough, author of Carrier, which is a beautifully written book.  But it is, as they say, an honor to be nominated.  On my next-to-read list is Split, a novel by Swati Avasthi that was a finalist in the Young People’s Literature category.  There are lots of other great books that made it to the finalist list; I look forward to checking them out.