Nerds Heart YA!

Nerds Heart YA!

Oh my goodness y’all, but I got the best opportunity for this summer. The amazing Renay, at YA Fabulous, has brought together twenty book bloggers and sixteen YA books – all from 2008 and all a little more obscure than most – in a book tournament to end ALL book tournaments! And believe you me; it was HARD getting that list down to only 16 books. I don’t know how I missed so many great YA titles last year! You can keep up with all the action by following our official twitter account, Nerds Heart YA. Reviews and co-reviews (not to mention the BIG decisions!) will be coming all summer long. Here are the sixteen books we’ll be reading:

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before by David Yoo
The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Alive and Well in Prague, New York by Daphne Grab
I Know It’s Over by C.K. Kelly Martin
The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson
The Shape of Water by Anne Spollen
What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson
The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier
Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
Debbie Harry Sings In French by Meagan Brothers
Feathered by Laura Kasischke
Leftovers by Laura Wiess
The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher

So, who are the judges?

They are:

Valentina, Valentina’s Room
Jodie, Book Gazing
Natasha, Maw Books Blog
Ali, Worducopia
Lenore, Presenting Lenore
Mary Ann, Libr*fiti
Trish, Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’
Vasilly, 1330v
Kelly, YAnnabe
Becky, Becky’s Book Reviews
Kailana, The Written World
Heather, A High and Hidden Place (ME!!!)
Amy at My Friend Amy
Laza, Gimme More Books!
Stephanie, Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-Holic
Nicole, Linus’s Blanket
Renay, YA Fabulous 
Susan, She’s Too Fond Of Books And It’s Turned Her Brain
Chris, Stuff As Dreams Are Made On 
Nymeth, Things Mean A Lot

Here’s the judging bracket!

The Bracket - Click to make bigger

I am beyond excited to be able to take part in this tournament this summer. Stay tuned here, at all the other blogs, and on Twitter by following @nerdsheartya!