Teen Read Awards

So...it's been awhile since my last tweet on twitter and as I read those many tweets my eyes stumble upon one tweet about Teen Read Awards.

Teen Read Award, the 1st annual Teen Read Awards, is a place where teen in Canada, excluding Quebec, between the age of 11 and 18 able to give their vote for:

Best Read: These are the best books of the year. End of story. They’re the ones that kept you reading until all hours, late for work, late for dinner. You couldn’t put these books down because you just had to know how they were going to end. But there can be only one Best Read of 2010 – and you get to help pick it.

Best All Time Fave: These books hold a special place in your heart. They’re the ones that make you look at your friends in shock if they haven’t read them. And you probably get all warm and fuzzy just thinking about the fond memories you’ve had reading them. Sadly, only one of these classics can be the warmest, fuzziest of 2010. But don’t worry, there’s always next year.

Best Teen Series: One thing’s for sure: it’s not difficult to find a good series these days, is it? Just take your pick – there are tons of series that are still going strong after three, four, seven books. These are the best series that had a new book this year. With so much to choose from, the only problem is finding time to read them all!

Best Book-To-Flick: It’s not easy turning something that’s a couple hundred pages long into a two-hour movie. It takes interesting characters, imaginative descriptions, and exciting plots to make a story that’s just as awesome on screen as it is on the page. Fortunately these books had all that. And they made pretty good movies too.

Best New Writer: Every year a whole new generation of writers puts pen to paper or fingers to keyboard (does anyone still use pens?) to come up with a fresh new way to keep you riveted. Some writers take years to make a great book – these writers nailed it on their first try. That’s pretty epic. But only one can be the most epic this year, so get voting.

Best Hero: The protagonist. The perpetual do-gooder. The one you root for. Sometimes they’re tough, sometimes they’re noble, sometimes they’re just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But no matter what the situation is, they fight to come out on top and try to do the right thing along the way. Who’s more heroic than all the rest? We’ll let you decide.

Best Villain: The guy you love to hate. The girl that’s just plain evil. The one who breaks your heart. Oh sure, maybe they have issues, and maybe you even feel a teensy bit sorry for them. But they’re still jerks and chances are you wouldn’t want to meet them in a back alley. But what’s a good story without a wicked villain? And you get to help choose the wickedest of all.

Best Hottie: Some characters are just hot. It’s not their fault, they were written that way. And you can’t help that your heart beats a little faster when you read about them – it’s all part of their hotness. But since hotness is in the eye of the reader, we think it’s safer to let you decide which one is the hottest of them all.

Best Lip Lock: Time slows down. You read every word very, very carefully, soaking up every juicy detail. A great kiss is something to be savored and these are some of the dreamiest kisses anyone’s read all year. But now it’s time for you to step up and plant your vote square on the set of lips that made your arms the rubberiest this year.



For a moment, I wish I can vote :) but then again, it's only for Canadian residents only, and they have the age limit :( so I just read all the nominee. There are 4 books in each category, and if you didn't see the books you like to vote then you can enter you own pick.

So far I see some books that I already read, like:
The Reckoning from Kelley Armstrong nominee for Best Read,

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows from J. K. Rowling nominee for Best All-Time Fave,

Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound from Richelle Mead nominee for Best Teen Series (I know, I never read this one, but I know someone who did *looking at Mia* ;p),

Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince from J. K. Rowling and The Twilight Saga: New Moon from Stephenie Meyers nominees for Best Book-To-Flick,

while for Best New Writer I'm sorry to say that I haven't read any of the books :( although I really want to read Wish by Alexandra Bullen,

Katarina Bishop from Heist Society from Ally Carter nominee for Best Hero,

Dr. John Dee from The Secret of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Necromancer by Michael Scott nominee for Best Villain,

Patch from Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and Jace from Mortal Instruments: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare are nominees for Best Hottie,

and sadly to say I haven't read any book for Best Lip Lock nominees...although I must say I'm really curious about Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan and also about The Daughter by Joanna Philbin.

Again these are just some of the nominees from Teen Read Award AND the books that either I already read or someone I know read it. Although I'm not allowed to vote but at least I'm quite happy to see some books that I read are nominated. At least I know, that what I'm reading, even though it's for teens, is a great book :)

Read all about it on Teen Read Awards at http://www2.teenreadawards.ca/

Wish we have something like this too...