I know which book I voted for in the zombie poll of the 2008 Tournament of Books. I even had permission.

(Guys, I want this book to win everything, even if teen boys the world over don’t think their generation is about feminism.)

I didn’t know this award existed. 2009 Edgar Award nominees for YA fiction:

1. Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
2. The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
3. Paper Towns by John Green !!!
4. Getting the Girl by Susan Juby
5. Torn to Pieces by Margo McDonnell

I keep getting Susan Juby’s book confused with the title by Markus Zusak that I couldn’t even force myself to read (I tried! It was just so embarrassing). Meanwhile, Paper Towns! Yes! It’s the only one I’ve read since Bog Child is at Twilight-level popularity at our library or something and has been constantly checked out. Maybe soon.

I haven’t heard of the other two, even with all the book blogs I read…odd.

Via bookshelves of doom.

In a completely not surprising twist, I have read zero of the William C. Morris short list, an award given to a debut YA author for kicking ass and taking names with literary shoes and a poncy feather quill.

1. A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
2. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
3. Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne
4. Madapple by Christina Meldrum
5. Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine

*adds all to bookmooch*