Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Best Books of 2008 (in my humble opinion)

Best Debut: Mistborn-- The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson*
Runner-Up: House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo*

Best Title: PENDRAGON: Raven Rise by D. J. MacHale*
Runner-Up: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins*

Best Series Starter: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Runner-Up: House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo

Best Fantasy World: Mistborn-- The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Runner-Up: Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra by Obert Skye*

Best Whimsy: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling*
Runner-Up: Children of the Lamp-- The Eye of the Forest by P. B. Kerr

Best Christian Fiction: Sinner by Ted Dekker*
Runner-Up: House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo

Best Movie Adaptation: The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black**
Runner-Up: Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis**

Best Fight Scene: Isle of Fire by Wayne Thomas Batson*
Runner-Up: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke*

Best Penultimate Novel: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini*
Runner-Up: PENDRAGON: Raven Rise by D. J. MacHale

Best Finale: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
Runner-Up: Artemis Fowl-- The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

Best "To be continued..." Moment: PENDRAGON: Raven Rise by D. J. MacHale
Runner-Up: TIE!!!
Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo* and The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan*

Book I'm Looking Forward to Most Next Year: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Runner-Up: TIE!!!
PENDRAGON: The Soldiers of Halla by D. J. MacHale and Erec Rex: The Search for Truth by Kaza Kingsley

Author of the Year: Patrick Rothfuss (read his blog and you'll understand why)
Runner-Up: Brandon Sanderson

Book of the Year: Sinner by Ted Dekker
Runner-Up: PENDRAGON: Raven Rise by D. J. MacHale
Honorable Mentions:
Adam by Ted Dekker*
Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo
The Indigo King by James A. Owen*
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson*
Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, and Chaos (The Lost Books) by Ted Dekker*
Watcher in the Woods by Robert Liparulo*
*denotes true literary merit
**denotes a really good movie

4 comments:

Robert Liparulo said...

Very cool. Thank you! Sounds like you read a lot of books. I've been so busy writing lately, my reading schedule has taken a major hit. You should see the stack I have waiting to be read. You've just given me a few more titles to buy and get to...someday.

The Writer said...

Thanks for stopping by!

logankstewart said...

Absolutely agree with the "Best Author of the Year" category. And holy smokes. Robert Liparulo posted on this blog.

The Writer said...

Yep. Thanks for posting!

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