Best in Show

Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Alison Miller, and Tracey Neithercott are putting on the
Class of 2011 ya superlative blogfest. Hop on over to one of their blogs to find out more about it!

Friday, December 30th: Best in Show

I can't choose, they're all monumental  Favorite Cover--I can only imagine how awesome it must be for a writer to see their completed cover :)

Divergent by Veronica Roth    Most Likely to Succeed--was there ever a doubt in anyone's mind with this book?


Wildefire by Karsten Knight      Most Likely to Make You Miss Your Bedtime--read until my eyes couldn't stay open



Crossed by Ally Condie       Best Repeat Performance--didn't disappoint :) 



Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi     Romance Most Worthy of an Ice Bath--so many steamy scenes without a single cliche, heart pounding!



Unbecoming of Mara Dyer  by Michelle Hodkin    Breakout Novel--I could only dream of writing this well :)



Catching Fire  by Suzanne Collins    Best Old-Timer--one of the best ever!



Enclave  by Ann Aguire     Most Pleasant Surprise--never thought I'd like a zombie book :)


Torn   by Erica O'Rourke    Most Creative Use of a Love Triangle--great love triangle, left in a cliff hanger way too!



Variant by Robison Wells    Sleeper Hit--it was so awesome I wish it had been hyped more :)

Elements of Fiction

Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Alison Miller, and Tracey Neithercott are putting on the
Class of 2011 ya superlative blogfest. Hop on over to one of their blogs to find out more about it!

Thursday, December 29th: Elements of Fiction

Crossed by Ally Condie   Most Envy-Inducing Plot--fun ride!


Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi   Most Wonderful World-Building--ignored grammatical rules and litterally stacked emotional words to entice feeling and intensity

Enclave by Ann Aguire   Most Formidable World--the girl was born underground and travelled the subway and sewer systems--icky!

Wildefire by Karsten Knight   Wanderlust-Inducing--would be fun going away to school in the California's wilderness


Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi   Loveliest Prose--felt like I was reading poetry amped up on adrenaline!

Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer    Best First Line--"I died on a bitter, cold night."

Divergent by Veronica Roth   Most Dynamic Main Character--Tris is awesome!

Wildefire  by Karsten Knight   Most Jaw-Dropping Finale--don't want to spoil it, but there's a great character shift

Unbecoming of Mara Dyer  by Michelle  Best Performance in a Supporting Role--great story, needs to be mentioned somewhere on here

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Best Use of Theme--the numbers theme is carried beautifully throughout

Popularity Contest

Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Alison Miller, and Tracey Neithercott are putting on the
Class of 2011 ya superlative blogfest. Hop on over to one of their blogs to find out more about it!

Wednesday, December 28th: Popularity Contest

Luke from Torn by Eric O'Rourke  Most Likely to Become a Rock Star

Eve from Wildefire by Karsten Knight   Mostly Likely to Start a Riot

Noah from Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin   Biggest Flirt

Mo from Torn by Erica O'Rourke   Girl You’d Most Want For Your BFF  

Four/Tobias from Divergent by Veronica Roth  Boy You Wish You’d Dated in High School


Warner from Shatter Me by Tahera Mafi   Villian You Love to Hate

Caleb from Divergent by Veronica Roth  -or-  Xander from Crossed by Ally Condie   Most Likely to Become President

Julliette from Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi   Quirkiest Character


Natalie Prior from Divergent by Veronica Roth   Favorite Parental Figure

Head of the Class

Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Alison Miller, and Tracey Neithercott are putting on the
Class of 2011 ya superlative blogfest.  Hop on over to one of their blogs to find out more about it!

Tuesday, December 27th: Head of the Class

Favorite Dystopian     Divergent   by Veronica Roth       

Favorite Science Fiction     Crossed   by Allyson Condie

Favorite Fantasy     Wildefire   by Karsten Knight     

Favorite Action/Adventure     Enclave   by Ann Aguire         

Favorite Comedy     Bossypants   by Tina Fey  (I know it's not YA or fiction, but I laughed out loud a lot!)

Favorite Mystery      Through Her Eyes   by Jennifer Archer

Favorite Romance      Shatter Me   by Tahereh Mafi      

Favorite Paranormal Romance      Torn   by Erica O'Rourke   

Favorite Genre Bender     Unbecoming of Mara Dyer   byMichelle Hodkin

I was doing some genre bending here myself, but these were a handful of my favorites and I needed to fit them in somewhere :)  I'm looking forward to hopping around and adding 'must reads' to my list!