Monday, January 14, 2008

Best Books of 2007 (in my humble opinion)

Best Debut: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss*
Runner Up: Erec Rex-- The Dragon's Eye, by Kaza Kingsley*

Best Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling*
Runner Up: Erec Rex-- The Dragon's Eye, by Kaza Kingsley

Best Series Starter: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
Runner Up: Erec Rex-- The Dragon's Eye, by Kaza Kingsley

Best Sequel: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling
Runner Up: Snakehead, by Anthony Horowitz

Best Middle Novel in a Series: The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan*
Runner Up: Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want, by Obert Skye*

Best Fantasy World: Erec Rex-- The Dragon's Eye, by Kaza Kingsley
Runner Up: Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want, by Obert Skye

Best Christian Fiction: Isle of Swords, by Wayne Thomas Batson*
Runner Up: Skin, by Ted Dekker

Best Fight Scene: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling
Runner Up: Gregor and the Code of Claw, by Suzanne Collins*

Best Finale: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling
Runner Up: Gregor and the Code of Claw, by Suzanne Collins

Best "To be Continued..." Moment: PENDRAGON-- The Pilgrims of Rayne, by D. J. MacHale
Runner Up: Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want, by Obert Skye

Author of the Year: J. K. Rowling
Runner Up: Ted Dekker**

Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling
Runner Up: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss


*denotes true literary excellence
**I just discovered Ted Dekker this year. If I hadn't, the runner up would have been Patrick Rothfuss.

1 comment:

Kaza Kingsley, http://www.erecrex.com said...

Thank you for your nominations for Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye!
I hope you get a chance to read the sequel, Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness, I'd love to hear what you thought!
I'm hard at work finishing Book Three now (The Search for Truth.) It's great popping online and seeing this!
Kaza Kingsley
Author of the Erec Rex series
http://www.erecrex.com

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