First Annual You Rock! Book Awards: My Picks for 2009

It's been a busy reading year for me, so I thought today I would share my top picks for a number of different categories.  Not all these books were necessarily published in 2009 because, well, I'm not going look up publishing dates, I do have my research limits.  :)  But I did read them all in 2009, so that should count for something, right?  If I reviewed the book on here, then I have provided the link next to the title.

So now for the first annual Fiction Groupie You Rock! Book Awards...

BEST YOUNG ADULT SERIES

The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare (my review here)

The Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead (my review here)

The Wake Series by Lisa McMann (my review here)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld (my review here)

The Marked Series by PC & Kristin Cast (review here and here)

BEST SINGLE TITLE YA

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (my review here)

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

BEST "SWEET" YA

Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock

The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart

BEST ROMANCE

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (review)

Freudian Slip by Erica Orloff (review)

Make Me Yours by Betina Krahn (review)

BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE

The Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series by Charlaine Harris (review)

Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon (review)

BEST EROTIC ROMANCE

Laid Bare by Lauren Dane

Wicked Ties and Decadent by Shayla Black (review)

The Sweet Series by Maya Banks (review)

BEST WRITING BOOKS

On Writing by Stephen King

Make a Scene by Jordan Rosenfeld

Hooked by Les Edgerton

Your First Novel by Ann Rittenberg and Laura Whitcomb

The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass

Alright, those are my picks.  So what about you?  Are any of these your favorites, too?  And what are some of your top picks that you've read this year?


 
 

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"The Best of You" - Foo Fighters

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