The Printz, the Newbery and the Morris have been awarded, so let's get down to less serious literary business: THE BEST YA KISS OF 2009.
The infamous Josh Berk (DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN) and I are hosting the 2009 SMOOCHIE AWARDS!
*Warning: some of the comments contain KISSING spoilers! But they are more like TEASERS. For me.
Eligibility: A YA novel published in 2009 with an awesome kissing scene.
Like this. Only from a YA novel.
That's it!
You think that's fun, wait for this.
There are THREE CATEGORIES.
BEST REALISTIC KISS (from a realistic novel either contemporary OR historical)
BEST OTHERWORLDLY KISS (from a fantasy novel--high fantasy or urban fantasy or dystopian)
BEST KISS OVERALL (best kiss involving a mix of humans/vampires/faeries whatever--EVERY KISS! )
Get it?
Good!
You can nominate ONE kiss in EVERY CATEGORY
So your nomination, in my comments below, will look something like this:
BEST REALISTIC: Heidi & Josh in the Banana Shack/THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, SORRY RAD SHAUN/by Josh Berk and Heidi R. Kling
BEST OTHERWORLDLY KISS: Max the Martian and Uma the Half-Unicorn/WORST PREMISE EVER/by Rainbow Sharknose
BEST OVERALL KISS: Frank and Tinker Bell by the lockers/I USED TO HATE HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE I FELL IN LOVE WITH A FAERIE/ by Jon Battlebeam
Except, of course, your examples are from REAL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY REAL AUTHORS IN 2009!
OUR VOLUNTEER CELEBRITY JUDGES are all POPULAR TEEN reviewer/bloggers whose names I won't reveal at this time to protect their privacy. NO AUTHORS are on the PANEL of JUDGES. We'll go with MAJORITY RULES if there are a bunch of the same nom in one category. JUDGES will be used as TIE BREAKERS.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
THE WINNING AUTHOR will be announced via a SPECIAL AWARD CEREMONY on VALENTINE'S DAY!
The infamous Josh Berk (DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN) and I are hosting the 2009 SMOOCHIE AWARDS!
*Warning: some of the comments contain KISSING spoilers! But they are more like TEASERS. For me.
Eligibility: A YA novel published in 2009 with an awesome kissing scene.
Like this. Only from a YA novel.
That's it!
You think that's fun, wait for this.
There are THREE CATEGORIES.
BEST REALISTIC KISS (from a realistic novel either contemporary OR historical)
BEST OTHERWORLDLY KISS (from a fantasy novel--high fantasy or urban fantasy or dystopian)
BEST KISS OVERALL (best kiss involving a mix of humans/vampires/faeries whatever--EVERY KISS! )
Get it?
Good!
You can nominate ONE kiss in EVERY CATEGORY
So your nomination, in my comments below, will look something like this:
BEST REALISTIC: Heidi & Josh in the Banana Shack/THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, SORRY RAD SHAUN/by Josh Berk and Heidi R. Kling
BEST OTHERWORLDLY KISS: Max the Martian and Uma the Half-Unicorn/WORST PREMISE EVER/by Rainbow Sharknose
BEST OVERALL KISS: Frank and Tinker Bell by the lockers/I USED TO HATE HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE I FELL IN LOVE WITH A FAERIE/ by Jon Battlebeam
Except, of course, your examples are from REAL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY REAL AUTHORS IN 2009!
OUR VOLUNTEER CELEBRITY JUDGES are all POPULAR TEEN reviewer/bloggers whose names I won't reveal at this time to protect their privacy. NO AUTHORS are on the PANEL of JUDGES. We'll go with MAJORITY RULES if there are a bunch of the same nom in one category. JUDGES will be used as TIE BREAKERS.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
THE WINNING AUTHOR will be announced via a SPECIAL AWARD CEREMONY on VALENTINE'S DAY!
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Comments
BEST REALISTIC KISS: Alex & Gavin in THE SEASON (Sarah MacLean)
BEST KISS OVERALL: Ash & Kaisa in ASH (Malinda Lo)
OMG CHUCK. I've missed you, baby.
BEST REALISTIC KISS: Tough! I don't read enough contemporary YA! Ash and Kaisa from ASH, I think, but mostly because it's the least "fantastical" of the books I read in 2009.
BEST OTHERWORLDLY KISS: I will have to second Saundra's Nick/Mae from THE DEMON'S LEXICON.
BEST OVERALL KISS: Sam and Grace from SHIVER. (Although that could be influenced by the fact I'm reading LINGER right now.) I've never read an author match Maggie for drenching the pages with such realistic teenage longing.
BEST REALISTIC KISS: Daniel and Grace under the walnut tree/THE DARK DIVINE by Bree Despain
BEST OVERALL KISS: Patch and Nora in the movie theater girls' bathroom/HUSH,HUSH by Becca Fitzpatrick
BEST FANTASY: Grace & Sam/Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
BEST OVERALL: Meg & John in the cop car/Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
I'll return with nominations. This requires serious reader thought.
Also: if a girl from 09 kisses a guy in 1815, is it realistic cus he's jsut a dude, or otherwordly? I vote realistic.
Thanks!
BEST OTHERWORDLY: Sam and Grace in SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater
BEST REALISTIC/OTHERWORLDLY/OVERALL: Micah and two of her classmates in LIAR by Justine Larbalestier. It was a pretty hot post funeral three-some.
Edited at 2010-02-02 09:12 pm (UTC)
BEST OTHERWORLDLY KISS - Clary and Jace City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
BEST KISS OVERALL - Grace and Sam from Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
I love this game!
BEST OVERALL KISS: Janie and Cabel, when Janie kisses Cabe's scars (it's in the second bok, right?)/FADE/by Lisa McMann
I didn't read any realistic book released in 2009, so I can't vote on this one.
Best Otherworldly:- Dice and Sin in Swoon by Nina Malkin - HOT!
Best Overall - Kizzy and Jack Husk in Goblin Fruit, one of the stories in Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor. - INTOXICATING!