Comments on: 2008 RITAs and Golden Heart Finalists Announced

By: Marg

Marg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:57:35 +0000

No matter how rubbish I am, I’d be interested in another go around of pick the Rita

Congrats to all the nominees! There’s some great reads in there!

By: cc

cc — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:29:50 +0000

Just read “Dead Girls are Easy” and had to double check a few times to make sure it was a first book- very much deserves the kudos

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:31 +0000

Congratulations to all the finalists!

By: HelenKay Dimon

HelenKay Dimon — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:47:35 +0000

Clearly I am the last person on the planet to read Catch of the Day. Off to Amazon…

By: Jaci Burton

Jaci Burton — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:09:55 +0000

Me too, Vicky! Catch of the Day was one of my absolute favorite reads from last year, along with Nora’s High Noon.

Congrats to all of the finalists. Some great reads in there!

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:02:10 +0000

Congrats to Kristan Higgins for her Catch of the Day nomination. I loved that book.

By: CourtneyCarroll

CourtneyCarroll — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:18:33 +0000

Interesting selections. I read quite a few of the nominees and agree with some but am rather surprised at others.

By: Ciara Stewart

Ciara Stewart — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:08:09 +0000

Oh, and I would LOVE to do a reader RITA. :) I have a whole lotta books I would love to nominate.

By: Bonnie Dee

Bonnie Dee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:34:41 +0000

Curious and ignorant…when do they announce the winners? At the RWA convention?

By: Kristie(J)

Kristie(J) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:30:37 +0000

LOL – I read Jane’s little bit at the end about it being congratulations only this time round and had to do a wee bit of backspacing.

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:42:08 +0000

Oops, didn’t see that it was a congrats only thread either. Well, I guess there’s some positive to dividing up the historicals. More books get the recognition!

And congratulations to all the nominees.

By: Ciara Stewart

Ciara Stewart — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:23:48 +0000

Congrats to all the finalists- I’m going to run out and buy a pile of books now.

Special congrats to all the Seattle Finalists – Christina Dodd, Julia Quinn, Cherry Adair, Joleen Wieser, Jane Porter, and Janice Johnson!!!

By: HelenKay Dimon

HelenKay Dimon — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:10:09 +0000

Whoops!! Sorry if that violated the “congrats only” policy of this thread. Ignore my second paragraph and stick with: Congratulations to the finalists!!!

By: Alison Kent

Alison Kent — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:09:51 +0000

I had to go order the Emily Gee book posthaste! Had never heard of it!

By: HelenKay Dimon

HelenKay Dimon — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:08:40 +0000

Congrats to all!!

I’m with Sherry. Why parse out the historical category like that but then lump a bunch of genres into the paranormal category (urban fiction, futuristics, otherworldly and time travel)? Very confusing. Almost as confusing as what the criteria for “Novel With Strong Romantic Elements” are… Hmmmm.

By: Leslie Dicken

Leslie Dicken — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:47:02 +0000

CONGRATS TO ALL!

Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey
HarperCollins Publishers, Avon Books – (978-0-06-113615-3)
Erika Tsang, editor

And hurray to my pal, Terri Garey, for finalling in the RITA in both Paranormal and Best First Book!

By: kyahgirl

kyahgirl — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:10:19 +0000

Congratulations to hard working authors on those great lists. I’ve read quite a few of the books on the RITA list and will hunt up some of the other authors I haven’t read yet. Good job!

By: KCfla

KCfla — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:20:54 +0000

Dang, there goes my TBR pile back up to the roof!
Congrats to all the nominees!

By: kerry

kerry — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:01:40 +0000

Wow, pretty cool – I’m going to have to check out some of these.

Notice they all have editors – hellooooooo, New Concepts, are you paying attention?! ;)

By: Kristie(J)

Kristie(J) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:59:35 +0000

A Big Hearty Congratulations to all the finalists – I’ve read quite a few of these books.