Nominees for The Book Shimmy Awards!

So this is definitely the month of Awards shows...we had The Golden Globes and coming soon are the Grammys. We also have the MTVMovieBrawl happening now. Well, this is a different kind of awards show-- An awards show for BOOKS!!! It's called the *Book Shimmy* Awards where the nominees are hard bound literature! Sounds fun right?!? We have some favorites as our nominees and they're posted below, what do you think should win?

The *Book Shimmy* Awards are brought to you by HarperCollins YA community and EpicReads!

Forget the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmy’s or MTV Movie Awards – the only award show you need to watch this year are the first ever *Book Shimmy* Awards! After calculating over 50,000 of your votes, we’re finally ready to declare the winners!

Tune in for the live show Wednesday, January 22nd @ 3:45Pm EST on YouTube!

(Or you can just watch it below! Make sure you subscribe so you get a notification when we go live!)

You should definitely dress up for the show and post it on Instagram! And instead of telling us “Who you’re wearing” like they do at those other award shows, we want to know “Who you’re reading!”  Tag your pics with #BookShimmyAwards so we can see!

As a reminder, here are the nominees:

Best of Shelf

The award for best book of the year!

    

The Pagemaster

The award for best author of the year!

    

Leading Lady

The award for best female character!

    

Leading Laddie

The award for best male character!

    

Secondary Character Most in Need of His/Her Own Book

    

Most Badass Hero / Heroine

    

Best Friendship

    

Couple of the Year Award

    

Fan Yourself Award

Award for the sexiest book of the year!

    

Scariest Fathomable Future

    

Is This Real Life? Award

The award for best fantasy!

    

World Series Champion

The award for best series to complete in 2013!

    

The Cheese Stands Alone Award

The award for best standalone!

    

New Kid on the Block Award

The award for best debut author!

    

If You Don’t Give Me This Book Right Now I Will Cut Someone Award

The award for most anticipated 2014 book!

    

Most Emotionally Crippling Ending

    

The Feels Award

    

The Hangover Award

The award for the book that gave you the biggest book hangover!

    

Best Book Fandom

    

Best YA-Adapted Movie or TV Show