One-Minute Book Reviews to announce the winner of the first Delete Key Awards on Thursday
Here’s reminder list of finalists for the 2007 Delete Key Awards, which recognize the worst writing in hardcover or paperback books published in the past year. The short list appeared Feb. 28 on One-Minute Book Reviews, a site created by Janice Harayda www.janiceharayda.com, who has been the book columnist for Glamour, the book editor of the Plain Dealer and a vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle.
You can find a brief description of each book on the short list and a sample of its bad writing by checking the Feb. 28 posts in the February archive. (Each finalist received a separate post on that date.) You’ll find more information in the original review of each book, archived in the category in parentheses on the following list.
The winner is being announced on March 15 because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, and some finalists are trying to assassinate the English language. If you believe that a book should win, you have until 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday to leave a comment. A Feb. 27 post has facts about the Delete Key Awards and is archived with the February posts and in the “Delete Key Awards” category on this site.
Finalists and Honorable Mentions for the 2007 Delete Key Awards:
For One More Day. By Mitch Albom. Hyperion. (Novels)
The Handmaid and the Carpenter. By Elizabeth Berg. Random House. (Novels)
Hannibal Rising. By Thomas Harris. Delacorte. (Novels)
The Book Club Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Reading Group Experience. By Diana Loevy. Berkley. (How to)
Love Smart: Find the One You Want — Fix the One You Got. By Dr. Phil McGraw. Free Press. (How to)
The Confession. By James McGreevey With David France. HarperCollins/Regan. (Memoirs)
The Interruption of Everything. By Terry McMillan. Signet. (Novels)
The Emperor’s Children. By Claire Messud. Knopf. (Novels)
Toxic Bachelors. By Danielle Steel. Dell. (Novels)
The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness. By Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. (How to)
Honorable mentions: Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier (Novels), and Your Management Sucks: Why You Have to Declare War on Yourself and Your Business, by Mark Stevens (How to). An explanation of the honorable mentions appeared on this site on March 2 and is archived with the March posts and also in the “Delete Key Award” category.
(c) 2007 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.
