2011 Battle Long List

Well, here it is. After going through each and every nomination, the long list for the 2011 YA Bloggers Book Battle is now out. In the end, 80 nominations made it to the long list, so our Round 1 Judges have their work cut out for them!

Over the next month, they will be reading as many of these books as they can, and ultimately 16 books will be picked to move to Round 2 and be organized into our battle brackets.

Why isn't my nomination on the list?
I know I'm going to get this question, so I want to hit it on the head before we even get there. If you nominated a title, and it isn’t on the long list, here’s why. After each nomination was submitted, myself and a couple other helpers checked each title to make sure it met the eligibility requirements. If the book didn't have the right publication date, was too popular (Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson comes to mind), or had previously been featured in a book battle, it wasn't added to the list. If you have any questions about why a particular nomination is not on the list, please email me and I can let you know.

So now, without further ado, I present the 2011 YA Bloggers Book Battle official long list (in alphabetical order):

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley
Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund
Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wesselhoeft
Alien Invasion and Other Inconveniences by Brian Yansky
Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia
Aya by Marguerite Abouet
Birthmarked by Caragh M O'Brien
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L.A. Meyer
By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell
Compromised by Heidi Ayarbe
Crowned by Julie Linker
Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
Dreamhunter (The Dreamhunter Duet, Book 1) by Elizabeth Knox
Elixir by Hillary Duff
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Fat Cat by Robin Brande
Hannah (Daughters Of The Sea) by Kathryn Lasky
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Heist Society by Ally Carter
High Heat by Karl Deuker
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
Intrinsical by Lani Woodland
John Belushi Is Dead by Kathy Charles
Kathleen's Story (Angels in Pink) by Lurlene McDaniel
Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
Keturah And Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kristen Miller
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt
Meridian by Amber Kizer
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
Nomansland by Lesley Hauge
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
On Viney's Mountain by Joan Donaldson
Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Polly and the Pirates, Volume 1 by Ted Naifeh
Powerless Book 1: The Synthesis by Jason Letts
Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice) by Joseph Delaney
Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson
Shades of Atlantis by Carol Oates
She Smells the Dead by E.J. Stevens
She's So Money by Cherry Cheva
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
Song Of The Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
StarCrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Stork by Wendy Delsol
Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
Stravaganza: City Of Masks by Mary Hoffman
The 10 PM Question by Kate De Goldi
Cry Of The Icemark by Stuart Hill
The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
The Flappers: Vixen by Jillian Larkin
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle
The Last Knight (Knight and Rogue) by Hilari Bell
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose by Mary Hooper
The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell
The Shifter: The Healing Wars #1 by Janice Hardy
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan
The Third Pig Detective Agency by Bob Burke
The Trouble with Kings by Sherwood Smith
Threads and Flames by Esther Friesner
Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro
Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book by Kersten Hamilton
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Winter's End by Jean-Claude Mourlevat

Last Day to Nominate!

Nominations for the 2011 Book Battle close at midnight Pacific time tonight (April 6th). If you haven't already, this is you absolute last chance to submit a book for consideration.

So what are you waiting for? Nominate now!

Nominations Date Change

Wow!  We went from having less than 20 nominations come in during the first week to a practical flood of nominations in the last 3 days.  Thank you to everyone who has (and still will!) nominate a book for this year's battle.

To make things a little easier on our Round 1 judges, I am changing the cut-off date for nominations to Tuesday, April 5th.  So if you haven't already, now is a good time to nominate your book(s) before they close.  Volunteer applications will still remain open until April 10th, as previously planned.  (And no, this is not a April Fool's joke, just in case you were wondering.)

So here's an updated timeline for how things will work:

Close of nominations: April 5th
Announcement of Longlist: April 7th
Round 1 Judging period: Present-April 30th
Announcement of Shortlist: May 3rd
Start of Round 2 Judging: May 8th
Announcement Posts for Round 2 brackets : Beginning May 22nd


And in case anyone needs a reminder of how things will proceed here's the process:

Nominations are submitted by blog reader via form.  Then each nomination is screened to make sure it meets all the requirements.  Once a book has passed, it is placed on the long list.

The longlist is provided to Round 1 judges, who will each read as many of the titles as they can in the reading period.  At the end of Round 1, the top 16 books as decided by Round 1 judges will compiled into the shortlist.

Shortlisted titles will be organized into brackets by pairs.  Round 2 judges will read both books in their assigned bracket, choose a winner between the two, and that book will move on to the next series of brackets until eventually one book will be declared the final winner.

And that's pretty much it!