Saturday, November 26, 2011

YA-Sisterhood's Tournament of Heroine's Advocates


The time has finally come to announce who will represent our YA Heroines!  This is a huge job and all of these ladies are more than qualified to represent these great characters!  Go check out their blogs and follow them on twitter.  They will keep you up to date on everything with the Heroine Tourney.    The first matches will go up at 12:01am December 1st EST.  Stay tuned in the coming days for the tournament schedule!  

Clary, The Mortal Instuments by Cassandra Clare:  Valerie @ Stuck In Books 
Katniss, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins:  Penelope @ Reading Fever
Tessa, Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare:  Avery @ Avery's Book Nook
Hermione, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling:  Jen @ Unedited
Tris, Divergent Veronica Roth:  Julie @ My 5 Monkeys
Izzy, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare:  Amanda @ Letters Inside Out
Rose, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead:  Jaime and Patricia @ Two Chicks on Books
Meghan, The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa:  Anna @ The Bursting Bookshelf
Annabeth, Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan:  Krazzyme @ Young Readers
Nora, Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick: Kim @ In the Outhouse Reviews
Mara, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin:  Casey @ The Bookish Type
Bella, The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer:  Melina @ The Pretty Nifty (YA) Reader
Katsa, Graceling by Kristin Cashore:  Amber and Stacey @ Pageturners
Aura, Shade by Jeri-Smith Ready:  Brooke @ Brooke Reports
Luna, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling:  Cassi @ The Galavanting Girl Scout
Juliette, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi:  Brenna @ Esther's Ever After
Cammie, Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter:  Jen @ Almost Grown Up
Sophie, Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins:  Mindy @ Magical Urban Fantasy Reads
Kaylee, Soul Screamers by Rachel Vincent:  Rachel @ Fiktshun
Emerson, Hourglass by Myra McEntire:  Amanda @ Book Love 101
Janie, Dark Seeker by Taryn Browning:  Heather @ SupaGurl Books
Karou, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor:  Enna @ Squeaky Books
Alex, Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout:  Momo @ Books Over Boys
Kat, Heist Society by Ally Carter:  Amy D. @ Bookgoonie
Max, Maximum Ride by James Patterson:  Gabbi @ Book Breather
Clara, Unearthly by Cynthia Hand:  Amanda @ Stuck in YA Books
Calla, Nightshade by Andrea Cremer:  Becky @ Bibliognome
Bryn, Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes:  Emilie @ Emilie's Book World
Claire, Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine:  Amber @ Awesome Sauce Book Club
Luce, Fallen by Lauren Kate:  Moirae (the fates) Book Reviews
Fire, Fire by Kristin Cashore:  Grace @ Words Like Silver
Kate, Die for Me by Amy Plum:  Carli B. @ Emberchyld

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23 comments:

  1. Woo hoo! Congrats everyone! This is going to be an awesome tourney :D

    -Jaime

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  2. Woo hoo! This is an awesome list! Good luck to everyone in the tourney! :)

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  3. Woohoo! I am so excited for this! Congrats to all the other advocates, and good luck!

    Katniss and I plan to BRING IT. :)

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  4. Team Kate is going to do its best to support our girl against Clary! *Grabs stele, draws a fearless rune*

    "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be."-Churchill

    (Carli/Emberchyld)

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  5. This should be awesome. :) Very happy to advocate for Calla. Team Calla plans to put up a ferocious fight. #TeamCall #CallasCrew

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  6. Good luck everyone!

    And the fearless rune clearly belongs to Clary! *steals it back* =)

    May the best heroine win!

    Valerie
    StuckInBooks.com

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  7. cant wait to see who fire is! ill be rooting for her!

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  8. Awesome heroines :)

    Can't wait to see what the advocates have in store for us!!!

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  9. Yay! I'm so excited. This will be fun.

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  10. I cannot WAIT for this to begin! I already know who I want to win and who I want to go down. I'm following this blog so I can keep up to date.

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  11. SO EXCITED. It's on!

    -Jen @ Almost Grown-up
    On behalf of Cammie Morgan ;)

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  12. I'm so excited to be a part of the awesome!! Hermione and I plan to bring it! I hope I can do her justice!

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  13. I looked through this list, and I have to say, I don't see many heroines here.

    I'm going to play the feminist and point out that many of these girls aren't heroines: they're damsels! Luce? Come on? Granted, I didn't read the newest book, but after Fallen and Torment it's obvious she's not really saving herslef; staying in an abusive relationship with a guy who's honestly a jerk. And that's just one example.

    I'm not saying all of these girls are that way, but I am wondering, how where these "heroines" selected? Where just the most popular girls from YA books chosen, or was there any criteria to what made these girls heroic?

    I'm sorry if this seems really heated, but the lack of real "heroines" in YA literature - and OMG the unhealthy realationships! - makes me a tad angry.

    Gabi

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  14. Wow Gabi that is kinda harsh. Some of the girls aren't "heroines" but most weren't "damsels" by any means. They all have a willingness to want to take control of a situation and won't hesitate to jump in a battle. You are right about Luce because she seems to just run away.

    As for the relationships, they are classic fairy tale love stories. Love conquers all seems to be theme. As for Luce and Daniel, Daniel is a jerk but wouldn't you be not so nice if you lost the love of your life over and over for your whole life, and mind you he's OLD? I don't think I would be really happy to run into that person and I wouldn't really want to start anything if I thought it was my fault they kept dying a really crappy death.

    I haven't read all the books on the list but I have read most and the list seems pretty accurate. These girls are a little modern in the fact that they want to jump in the battles and they want to have their own lives but at the same time they want to share that life with the men.

    Maybe there should be more books written from a male perspective but I'm sure it would read a little bit the same way only the guy would be complaining about their love interest and how moody and non-understanding they are. I would love to her Jace's point of view on Clary's stubbornness or Dimitri dealing with Rose trying to always get herself killed. I'm sure it would be quite entertaining.

    I think Jane Austen would applaud these authors at the books they have written today. But we all have opinions so I decided to share mine. Hope that's okay. :)
    -Lindsey

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  15. TEAM KATNISS!!!!!!! i love you HG and PEETA and Gale and FINNICK and CINNA and PRIM and HAYMITCH and CAESAR FLICKMAN and EFFIE TRINKET!!!!!! ok im totes obsessed.


    ignore my lame name of a blog i waz like 7 when i made this account.

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  16. wow! There are so many I like! I'm not sure I can choose!

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  17. It's going to be very difficult to choose who to vote for. These are most of my favorite heroines.

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  18. Ahhh! I found this through Ally Carter's blog (author of Gallagher girls) and was like, Cammie wins. No problem. And then came the Kat vs Annabeth!!!! Help me!!
    Max, Luna, Hermione, Katniss, Clary, Kat, Annabeth, Cammie!!! Too many good people!!! AHH!!

    I rant a lot.

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  21. I have no idea how to vote...So, TEAM CLARY!

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  22. Go Cammie, Meghan and Katniss!!!!

    I dont know why Cassia from Matched isnt on there!!!!

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  23. i dont know how to vote so this better count...GO TESSA :)

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