Today is the final day of the The Class of 2011: YA Superlatives Blogfest, a fun and interactive way to highlight and share your favorite YA novels, covers, characters, and story elements, hosted by Jessica Love, Tracey Neithercott, Alison Miller, and me. The Class of 2011: YA Superlatives Blogfest spans four days, beginning December 26th and culminating today, December 30th.
And speaking of selections, here are mine for Day Four:
Best in Show
Supernaturally by Kiersten White, Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini; The Secrets of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar; The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan; Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor; Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres; Divergent by Veronica Roth; Wither by Lauren Destefano; The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson; Across the Universe by Beth Revis; Chime by Franny Billingsley; Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins; Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs; The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler; The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa; The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff
And my favorites are:
Favorite Cover – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Cutest Couple – Lola Nolan and Cricket Bell from Lola and the Boy Next Door
Most Likely to Succeed (Or, pick a Printz Winner) – Chime
Most Likely to Make You Miss Your Bedtime – Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Best Repeat Performance (Favorite sequel or follow-up.) – The Son of Neptune
Pair Most Likely to Stay Best Friends Till They’re 80 – Zuzana and Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Breakout Novel (Favorite Book by a Debut Author) – Divergent, no questions asked! Amazing.
Best Old-Timer (Favorite read of the year, published BEFORE 2011) – Hunger Games trilogy. I can’t pick just one. It’s been how long since they were released and I’m still thinking about these characters!
Most Pleasant Surprise (Book you didn’t think you’d like, but totally did.) – The Future of Us
Sleeper Hit (Book I found so awesome I wish it had been hyped more) – Starcrossed
And now it’s MY turn to pick a superlative!
Most anticipated 2012 YA release…
YA Chit Chat 
Fun category. I think my most anticipated releases are A Million Suns and Insurgent.
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I can’t wait for Insurgent! SO excited for the second in Veronica Roth’s series. 🙂
Thanks for participating! And great choices!
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Glad someone else loved Percy’s return as much as we did! 🙂 And yes, a thousand times yes, to the awesomeness that is The Hunger Games! Miss Peregrine has a creeptastic cover, but I’m excited to read it (have it at home).
I haven’t heard of Halflings! I’ll have to go look it up now!
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Awesome choice for fave cover–that one is pretty awesome!! And we chose the same extra category! Mine & the cuz’s most anticipated book is Insurgent 🙂
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Miss Peregrine’s is such an eerie cover. I like the font, too.
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Great choices! And I love your bonus category. My most anticipated release is DITCHED by Robin Mellom and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green. Can’t wait!
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I haven’t heard of either of these new books. Now I have two more to check out.
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I have not read The Hunger Games yet (*blushes a bit*) but the books are awaiting me at home…
I heard of Starcrossed on another blog and it´s been on my list since then. I need to get around to it…
Thanks for sharing, this blogfest was a great way to add a *few* more books to my TBR 🙂
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I recommend The Hunger Games trilogy to everyone. The story really stays with you for a long time after you read it. Thank you for visiting and following! you made my day.
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I agree with so many of these. And I love your category. Great idea! I haven’t heard of Halflings, so thanks for the mention. I think I’ll check it out now.
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I can’t wait for Halflings to come out. I’ve talked to the author many times and she will be featured in an interview on my blog in a week or two.
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