Welcome to the last day of the 2011 YA superlative blogfest, hosted by Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Tracey Neithercott, and Alison Miller. This has been so much fun, and I’ve added way too many books to my to-be-read list for 2012. Today we chose Best in Show: Favorite Cover: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. This...

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2011 YA superlative blogfest, hosted by Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Tracey Neithercott, and Alison Miller. (Thanks ladies!) Today the categories are Elements of Fiction. And the awards go to: Most Envy-Inducing Plot: Divergent by Veronica Roth. This is a tough one, because you couldn’t have the plot in Divergent...

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2011 YA superlative blogfest, hosted by Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Tracey Neithercott, and Alison Miller. (Thanks ladies!) Today’s picks are for the Popularity Contest. Without further ado… Class Clown: Percy Jackson from Son of Neptune –An oldy but goody, Percy still keeps me entertained seven books into the series....

Welcome to the 2011 YA Superlative blogfest, hosted by Katy Upperman, Jessica Love, Tracey Neithercott, and Alison Miller. (Thanks ladies!) As I looked back over the books I read in 2011, most were not new releases. That narrowed my playing field a bit, so I’ve only chosen a few of the categories each day. If...