The Oscars have come and gone but that doesn’t mean that we can’t do some voting of our own. I want you to vote for who you think will win (who everyone else will be voting for!). More same votes = more points. You have until Sunday noon to submit your ‘ballot’.
Here’s how I tallied the votes. 11 points for answer, 9 points, for second, etc. No points if there was only one vote.
When you are heading to the ceremony, who would be the Best Arm Candy?
1. Sebastian Junger (photo from his website). 5 votes 2.Jasper Fforde (photo from Goodreads profile). 2 votes 3.Nicholas Sparks (photo from his website). 4. John Grisham (photo from his website). 4 votes 5.Michael Chabon (photo from his Goodreads profile). 2 votes
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Best Arm Candy for the guys
1.Chelsea Cain (the photo quality is bad because I took it with my iPhone). 1 vote 2.Jhumpa Lahiri (photo from Goodreads profile). 2 votes 3.Kristin Hannah (photo from Goodreads profile). 4 votes 4.Danielle Steel (photo from her website). 5.Gillian Flynn (photo from Goodreads profile). 6 votes
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Best Song
1. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. 4 votes
2. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. 1 vote
3. Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
4. A New Song by Jan Karon. 2 votes
5. The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer. 6 votes
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Best Villain
1. Patrick Bateman (American Psycho). 3 votes
2. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs and all the rest). 9 votes
3. Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley). 1 vote
4. Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
5. Count Dracula (Dracula)
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Best Character Named Daniel (in honor of much deserved Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis)
1. Daniel (The Shadow of the Wind-Carlos Ruiz Zafon). 9 votes
2. Daniel (Butcher’s Theater-Jonathan Kellerman)
3. Daniel Waterhouse (Quicksilver-Neal Stephenson). 1 vote
4. Daniel (The Tenth Circle-Jodi Picoult). 1 vote
5. Daniel Ames (The Associate-Phillip Margolin). 1 vote
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Best Author Named Jennifer (in honor of adorable Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence)
1. Jennifer Weiner. 3 votes
2. Jennifer Crusie. 1 vote
3. Jennifer Donnelly. 6 votes
4. Jennifer Ashley
5. Jennifer Haigh. 3 votes
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Best Book to Movie Adaptation
1. Lord of the Rings series. 4 votes
2. Harry Potter series. 3 votes
3. Hunger Games
4. To Kill a Mockingbird. 5 votes
5. The Silence of the Lambs. 1 vote
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Best Title of 2012
1. Tell the Wolves I’m Home. 3 votes
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake. 4 votes
3. New Ways to Kill Your Mother. 2 votes
4. I Suck at Girls. 4 votes
5. No One is Here Except All of Us
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Best Cover of 2012
1.2.5 votes 2. 3..5 votes 4.2 votes 5. 8 votes
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1. Michael Chabon
2. Kristin Hannah
Song: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Villain: Hannibal Lecter
Daniel: Sempere, The Shadow of the Wind-Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Jennifer: Jennifer Weiner
Adaptation: Lord of the Rings series
Title: I Suck at Girls
Cover: Shadow and Bone
83 points 🙂
Fun contest! I’m going with:
Sebastian Junger
Gillian Flynn
The Executioner’s Song
Patrick Bateman
Daniel from The Shadow of the Wind
Jennifer Haigh
To Kill a Mockingbird
I Suck at Girls
The Shoemaker’s Wife
You kicked butt, 95 points!
Much more interesting than the real Oscars – because I’ve actually read some of these books. I hadn’t seen any of the nominated movies. 🙂
1. John Grisham – eye candy AND brains
2. Kristin Hannah
3. A New Song by Jan Karon
4. Hannibal Lecter – though I haven’t read the books or seen the movies. He just looks creepy!
5. Daniel from The Tenth Circle
6. Jennifer Weiner
7. To Kill a Mockingbird – In this one instance, the book wasn’t better
8. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
9. The Shoemaker’s Wife
78 points!
What fun!
1. John Grisham
2. Gillian Flynn
3. The Executioner’s Song
4. Hannibal Lecter
5. Daniel Waterhouse
6. Jennifer Donnelly
7. To Kill A Mockingbird
8. Tell The Wolves I’m Home
9. The Shoemaker’s Wife
84 points!
Here are my picks!
Junger
Flynn
The Executioner’s Song
Hannibal
Shadow of the Wind Daniel
Haigh (that was a tough one…love Donnelly!)
Harry Potter series
Lots of Candles
Shoemaker’s Wife
You kicked butt! 93 points.
OK, I think I get it.
John Grisham
Gillian Flynn
The Executioner’s Song
Hannibal Lecter
Daniel in Shadow of the Wind
Jennifer Haigh
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
The Shoemaker’s Wife
You kicked butt too! 95 points.
I don’t think I’ll get to it, but congratulations on a particularly clever contest – very creative.
I’d want to talk to Michael Chabon but look at Sebastian Junger so maybe a compromise is Jasper Fforde!
Jhumpa Lahiri (she is GORGEOUS!)
The Executioner’s Song
Patrick Bateman
The first Daniel (Shadow of the Wind)
Jennifer Donnelly
Lord of the Rings (better than the books!)
I Suck At Girls
Bloodland!
How fun and creative!
85 points! We’re the only two who saw the sparkle in Fforde’s eye 🙂
Fun, fun Stacy
Sebastian Junger
Kristin Hannah
The Last Song
Hannibal Lecter
Daniel Shadow of the Wind
Jennifer Weiner
Harry! Harry! Harry!
I Suck At Girls
The Shoemaker’s Wife
82 points!
Sebastian Junger is just beautiful! Lahiri is another beauty. Sing of Solomon, Tom Ripley, Jennifer Donnolly, Lord of the Rings, Tell the Wolves I’m Home (reminds me of Little Red), Bloodland and Misfit tie.
61 points!
Great contest.
John Grisham
Kristin Hannah
A New Song
Hannibal Lecter
Daniel Ames
Jennifer Crusie
To Kill A Mocking Bird
Lots of. handles Plenty of Cake
The Shoemakers Wife
69 points!
I LOVE this one! Woot!
Best arm candy: Michael Chabon
Best arm candy for the guys: Gillian Flynn
Best song: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Best Villain: Hannibal Lecter
Best character named Daniel: Daniel (The Shadow of the Wind)
Best author named Jennifer: Jennifer Donnelly
Best Book to Movie: The Silence of the Lambs
Best title of 2012: Tell the Wolves I’m Home
Best cover of 2012: The Shoemaker’s Wife
80 points!
Guy candy = Junger
Gal candy = Flynn
Song = Song of Solomon
Villain = Bateman!
Daniel = Shadow of the Wind Daniel
Jennifer = Donnelly
Book to Movie = Harry Potter
Title = New Ways to Kill Your Mother
Cover = Shadow and Bone
83 points!
1.Jasper Fforde 2.Chelsea Cain 3.Executioner’s Song 4.Hannibal 5.Daniel-Shadow of the Wind 6.Donnolly 7.LOTR 8.New Ways to Kill Your Mother 9.Bloodland
76 points!