Easy Readers for Cybils:
Mr. Putter and Tabby Ring the Bell by Cynthia Rylant. Cybils nominee: Easy Readers. Nominated by Maria Ciccone at The Serpentine Library. Semicolon review here.
Kylie Jean, Blueberry Queen by Marci Peschke. Cybils nominee: Early Chapter Books. Nominated by Jennifer Glidden, Capstone Press. Semicolon review here.
No Room for Dessert by Hallie Durand. Cybils nominee: Early Chapter Books. Nominated by Jama Rattigan. Semicolon review here.
Dixie by Grace Gilman. Cybils nominee: Easy Readers. Nominated by Bigfoot at Bigfoot Reads. Semicolon review here.
Ruby’s New Home by Tony and Lauren Dungy. Cybils nominee: Easy Readers. Nominated by The HappyNappyBookseller. Semicolon review here.
Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan. Cybils nominee: Easy Readers Nominated by Sondra Eklund at SonderBooks. Semicolon review here.
Ruby Lu, Star of the Show by Lenore Look. Cybils nominee: Early Chapter Books.
A Call for a New Alphabet by Jef Czekaj.
Miss Child Has Gone Wild! by Dan Gutman.

Children’s and Young Adult Fiction:
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka.
An Ocean Apart, a World Away by Lensey Namioka.
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow. Nominated for 2011 Cybil Awards, Young Adult Fiction category. Nominated by Teacher.Mother.Reader. Semicolon review here.
A Girl Named Mister by Nikki Grimes. Nominated and shortlisted for the INSPY Awards, Literature for Young People category.
The Truth of the Matter by Andrew Klavan. Nominated and shortlisted for the INSPY Awards, Literature for Young People category.
Saint Training by Elizabeth Fixmer. Nominated and shortlisted for the INSPY Awards, Literature for Young People category.
The Final Hour by Andrew Klavan.

Adult fiction:
Over the Edge by Brandilyn Collins. Semicolon review here.
The Bishop by Stephen James. Nominated and shortlisted for the INSPY Awards, Mystery/Thriller category. Semicolon review here.
Fatal Judgement by Irene Hannon. Nominated for the INSPY Awards, Mystery/Thriller category. Semicolon review here.
Back to Murder by J. Mark Bertrand. Nominated and shortlisted for the INSPY Awards, Mystery/Thriller category. Semicolon review here.

Nonfiction:
Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir by Carolyn Weber. I think I would have enjoyed this one more had I read it in book form instead of on my Kindle. I’m finding that my reading experience on the Kindle just isn’t the same. But it’s difficult to explain how it’s different and difficult to know whether it’s the book that is the problem or the device.
For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz. Semicolon review here.
Fabulous Fashions of the 1920’s by Felicia Lowenstein Niven.