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Old 12-25-2014, 07:47 AM
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1st Annual Books Awards 2014: Winners announced on post #31

Welcome to the 1st Books awards here at Books and Writing.

Not sure how this works? Well, this is where I'll break it down for you.

For books that have been released in 2014, we have the following categories:

  • Best YA book
  • Best YA Paranormal/Fantasy
  • Best Urban fantasy/PNR
  • Best book cover
  • Best YA swoonworthy couple
  • Best adult couple
  • Best finale book
  • Best debut author
  • Best villian
  • Best Hero
  • Best Heroine
  • Best sci fi
  • Best historical
  • Best contemporary
  • Best New Adult
  • best book that made you cry
  • Best Romance book
  • Best Friendship
  • Best Nonfiction


Nominating will begin right away and will end Jan 9th. Voting will also go for two weeks from Jan 10th - 24th.

Any questions?

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Old 12-25-2014, 05:14 PM
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I'll have my nominations in next week.
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Old 12-26-2014, 11:57 AM
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I have to go through and think.
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Old 12-26-2014, 08:56 PM
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I'm gonna work on mine.
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Old 12-27-2014, 02:33 PM
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Should we stick NA with the YA?
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Old 12-27-2014, 04:44 PM
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Ahh, I forgot about that category. Should we have NA as an option too?

Or maybe put it under Romance?
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Old 12-29-2014, 03:30 AM
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I would say either give it it's own or group it with contemporary YA.
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Old 12-29-2014, 03:45 AM
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Lets give its own since there is a lot of NA these days its basically its own category as it is.

I'll add it.
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Old 12-30-2014, 05:41 PM
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do we nominate here or in a PM?
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Old 12-30-2014, 08:02 PM
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Just posting it in here is good
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BEST YA BOOK- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
BEST YA PARANORMAL FANTASY-Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
BEST BOOK COVER-The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin
BEST ADULT COUPLE- Jess and Ed from One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
BEST DEBUT AUTHOR-Nell Zink author of The Wallcreeper
BEST VILLAIN-Joe from You by Caroline Kepnes
BEST HERO-Scott Harvath from Act of War by Brad Thor
BEST HEROINE- Amy from Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
BEST SCI-FI-Saga Volume 3 by Michael K. Vaughn
BEST BOOK THAT MADE ME CRY- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
BEST ROMANCE-One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
BEST CONTEMPARY- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
BEST NON FICTION- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
BEST HORROR-Bird Box by Josh Malerman
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Best YA book -- We Were Liars - E. Lockhart
Best YA Paranormal/Fantasy -- The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa
Best Urban fantasy/PNR -- Revenant - Larissa Ione
Best book cover -- A thousand peices of you - Claudia Gray
Best YA swoonworthy couple -- Maggie & Quentin (Corruption) Jessica Shirvington
Best adult couple -- Nevada/Connor Rogan {Burn for me} Ilona Andrews
Best finale book -- City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare
Best Hero -- Paul from A thousand Pieces of You
Best Heroine -- Maggie {Corruption} by Jessica Shirvington
Best sci fi -- A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Gray
Best contemporary -- Big Little Lies by Liane Morarity
Best New Adult -- Stay with me - Jennifer L. Armentrout
Best Romance book -- Maybe Someday - Colleen Hoover
Best Friendship -- Maggie & Gus in Corruption by Jessica Shirvington
Best non fiction: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir) by Maya Van Wagenen


Man. This was so tough that its taken me hours to work out the best ones. Which also means going through my GR page.
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I still can't decide! It makes it harder I guess since I haven't read a lot of books that was published last year. And Jen took a lot of my nominations No point in nominating something more than once.

ETA:

Best YA Paranormal/Fantasy -City of Heavenly Fire-Cassandra Clare
Best Urban fantasy/PNR -Magic Breaks-Ilona Andrews
Best book cover - City of Heavenly Fire-Cassandra Clare
Best YA swoonworthy couple -Max/America {The Selection series}
Best adult couple -Kate and Curran {Kate Daniels}
Best finale book -Corruption by Jessica Shirvington
Best villian Roland (Kate Daniels)
Best Hero Curran (Kate Daniels)
Best Heroine Kate (Daniels)
Best contemporary Shaken Not Stirred by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Best New Adult Be With Me by J. Lynne/Jennifer Armentrout
Best Romance book Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
Best Friendship Charley and Cookie {Charley Davidson series}
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Old 01-06-2015, 07:34 AM
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Nominations will close THIS FRIDAY. So if you haven't gotten yours in, do it asap.

JAN 9th. Everyone.
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Best YA Paranormal/Fantasy: Dreams of Gods and Monsters -Laini Taylor
Best Urban fantasy/PNR: Up From The Grave - Jeaniene Frost
Best book cover: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Best adult couple: Beth/Wrath The King -J.R. Ward
Best finale book: Up From The Grave - Jeaniene Frost
Best debut author: Leslye Walton
Best Hero: Matthew (All Souls Trilogy - Deborah Harkness)
Best Heroine: Diana (All Souls Trilogy -Deborah Harkness)
Best Friendship: Zuzana/ Karou


This was hard because unless I REALLY want to read a book it goes on my TBR shelves, hence why haven't read many 2014 releases- they are all there
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