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2011 Fiction Awards

I know. I'm late. But I didn't want to write this post until 2011 was officially over, just in case I read something that should be added. (I did: Starcrossed.) And then I was going to post the first week of January, but that federal holiday on January 2 - a MONDAY! - completely disarmed me, and I find myself posting on the first day of the second week of January

I officially read 95 books in 2011, and 69 (73%) of those were fiction. The top 10 books of 2011 will appear tomorrow, but here are some awards (re-reads are not up for award):
  • MOST PLEASANT SURPRISE: Starcrossed, by Elizabeth C. Bunce
    • I did not particularly enjoy Bunce's first book, A Curse as Dark as Gold, and so it was with great hesitation that I even began Starcrossed. I'm so glad I did. It's brilliant.
    • (honorable mention: Heist Society, by Ally Carter)
  • MOST ADDICTING: Divergent, by Veronica Roth.
    • I read it en route to my aunt's wedding. I read it in the hotel room before my aunt's wedding. I read it on the way home - using cell phone light - from my aunt's wedding.
    • (honorable mentions: Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys)
  • WRITER'S ENVY: The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness
    • It's got the voice. It's got the world-building. And it takes the "make bad things happen to your characters" rule to a whole new level.
    • (honorable mention: Starcrossed, by Elizabeth C. Bunce)
  • LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY: A Countess Below Stairs, by Eva Ibbotson
    • (honorable mention: Heist Society, by Ally Carter)
  • BEST WORLD-BUILDING: Starcrossed, by Elizabeth C. Bunce
    • Masterful, just masterful. The clothes, the politics, the religion, the geography. All of it.
    • (honorable mention: Like Mandarin, by Kirsten Hubbard)
  • BEST ROMANCE: A Countess Below Stairs, by Eva Ibbotson
    • (honorable mention: Immanuel's Veins, by Ted Dekker)
    • MOST SWOON-WORTHY: A Countess Below Stairs, by Eva Ibbotson
      • (honorable mention: Heist Society, by Ally Carter)
Got any more "best-of"s that I can add? Let me know, and they shall be added. Your wish is my command in this department.

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