Cue the spotlights, it’s time for the Bookish Academy Awards. Out of all the books I’ve read in the past 12 months, these are the winners. Thanks to Brittany @ The Grisha Lieutenant for tagging me and for having such spectacular taste in books.
Best Male Protagonist
Kell from V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic because he’s sympathetic and unique, with a mysterious past that I want to learn more about. (Note: Will and Jem from Infernal Devices were close runners-up in this category.)
Kell by Victoria Ying
Best Female Protagonist
For her curiosity, bravery, fierce talent for magic, and strong moral compass, I choose Celia Bowen from The Night Circus. Even as a little orphaned girl of six, Celia refused to allow the fearsome magician to intimidate her and speak badly about her mother.
Celia Bowen by mockingbird465
Best Plot Twist
Everything about The Knife of Never Letting Go is twisted, especially the plot.
Best Book Cover
I haven’t read The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson yet, but for some reason I am really drawn to the cover.
Best Supporting Character
Kenji Kishimoto in Unravel Me. He’s an accomplished fighter with a sympathetic history, and what I love about him most is his sense of humor and fun-loving nature.
Kenji Kishimoto: “You are moody. It’s always ‘Shut up, Kenji.’ ‘Go to sleep, Kenji.’ ‘No one wants to see you naked, Kenji.’ When I know for a fact that there are thousands of people who would love to see me naked—“
Juliette and Kenji by Ice Ridden
Most Unique World
Magonia features a world unlike anything I’ve ever read before.
Best Screenplay Adaptation
Room with Brie Larson. Watching this movie was honestly like seeing the book come to life. I’ve been a huge fan of Brie Larson’s for a while now, and I’m excited to see her getting starring roles. What a great actress.
A Book You Would Love to See Animated
The Night Circus, except what I’d be most interested in is an animated version of a prequel featuring the story of Tsukiko and Hinata.
Best Author
V.E. Schwab. I love her writing and everything about her.
Best Collection of Short Stories
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction (2003). I don’t read a lot of short fiction, but I picked up this anthology on a whim at the library and really enjoyed it. There are stories by lots of famous fantasy and sci-fi YA writers. My favorite was “Hope Chest” by Garth Nix.
Best Historical or Historical Fiction
I don’t read much historical fiction, but I’m liking it more and more. Not sure if this book counts, but I’ll go with Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier.
Best Book of the Year
Applause, please, for the big winner of the night, A Darker Shade of Magic. The characters, the story, the unique and magical world, I loved everything about this book.
Tag, you’re it:
Carolyn @ A Hundred Thousand Stories
Jesalin @ Blogging Everything Beautiful
Lila @ The Bookkeeper’s Secrets
Jocelyn @ 52 Letters in the Alphabet
Eve Messenger 
This is great, Eve, though I think there’s a mixup in your names above–did you mean to tag Brittany from somewhere else, or meeee?! *so confused*
LOVE your choices for some of these–particularly love seeing Magonia up there!
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Soooo sorry, BETH. Correction made. 😉
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LMAO no worries hon! ❤
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Thank you for the nomination! This looks like so much fun to complete!
Obviously I am going to need to read ‘A Darker Shade of Magic’ now… I had been contemplating listening to this next via audiobook, but hadn’t made up my mind yet. Thank you for sending me on a detour from my TBR agenda 😜
I will be reading ‘Night Circus’ soon too and I couldn’t be more excited!
I’m too chicken to read ‘Room’… For some reason I put it in a category with ‘A Child Called It’ and that category is called “Books I will never read because my heart can’t take it”
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It really is a fun book tag. I’m excited to see which books you choose for yours. Glad to do my part to mixes things up on your TBR. 😉 Room is sad and tense at times, but it’s told through the eyes of a young boy, which softens it a bit, I think.
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love how you present this Eve x
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Thank you, Daisy!
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I watched “The Room” a few nights ago. It was riveting.
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I’m not surprised V.W. Schwab won Best Author. 😉
I totally agree about Room. I just saw the movie this weekend!
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Hahaha, you know me so well. All of the acting in Room was so good. What a great cast.
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Such a cool book tag idea. I’ve been seeing lots of things about ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ lately, so I might just have to add that to my TBR list!
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It’s a trip, Mackenzie. Such a unique (and troubling) story, and the writing is soooo good.
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I just read ADSOM for now, but yeah, Kell is pretty awesome! 😀 I can’t believe I didn’t read The Knife of never letting go yet… I need to 🙂
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