Saturday, March 15, 2014

And the winners are ...



In the twelve months ending February 28th, 2014, BigAl and the Pals will have received over 1,400 books to consider for review and published 368 book reviews. From those, we chose the books we felt stood out from the pack as exceptional examples of Indie (self-published and small press) writing and divided them into thirteen categories.

For 10 days we collected votes from readers with more than 1,100 people voting and we gave away some great prizes. (Giveaway winners are displayed on the Rafflecoptor for on the voting page if you're interested.)

Congratulations to all the authors, both nominees and the winners. We think they're all worth a read.

And now, for the winners:



Chick Lit/Women's Fiction


It Isn't Cheating if He's Dead
 Julie Frayn

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Contemporary/General Fiction


Sliding Past Vertical
Laurie Boris

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Crime Fiction


Kiss Her Goodbye
Allan Guthrie

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Fantasy


Blind Sight
Nicole Storey

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Humor


Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Danny Gillan

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Mystery


Bitter Nothings
Vicki Tyley

Amazon US (ebook)
Amazon UK (ebook)


Non-Fiction


No One's Child
Judith L. McNeil

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Paranormal Romance


Suddenly Sorceress
Erica Lucke Dean

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Romance


Reclaim My Heart
Donna Fasano

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Short Story Collections and Anthologies


Coyote Still Going: Native American Legends and Contemporary Stories
Ty Nolan

Amazon US (ebook)
Amazon UK (ebook)


Speculative Fiction (excluding fantasy)


New Zapata
Teri Hall

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Thriller


Eyewitness
Rebecca Forster

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)


Young Adult


Thrall
Jennifer Quintenz

Amazon US (ebook or paper)
Amazon UK (ebook or paper)

20 comments:

?wazithinkin said...

Congratulations to all the winners!!! WooHoo!

Laura Warner said...

Congratulations, everyone!

Barbara Silkstone said...

Congratulations to all the winners!

Unknown said...

Yes! Congratulations to all of the winners! And thank you, Al and pals. It was loads of fun!

Christine Rains said...

Congratulations to the winners!

Laurie Boris said...

Congratulations to the winners and the nominees! Great books, and I'm humbled to be among them. Thank you, Big Al and Pals!

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the winners. And thanks to Big Al and all of the great reviewers. You guys are prolific and awesome. Keep it up.

A Voracious Reader said...

Congrats to the winners!

K.S. Brooks said...

Congratulations, everyone!

Erica Lucke Dean said...

Congrats to all the other winners, and thank you so much to Big Al and Pals. I'm super honored to have been included. :)

Dee DeTarsio said...

Great job! Congratulations to all!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. I am excited to win such an amazing award :)

Donna Fasano said...

I'm so happy! Thank you, BigAl and everyone at Books And Pals! :)

Lyn Horner said...

Congratulations to all the winners. I am proud to have been nominated.

Danny said...

Massive thanks to those four voters (humor doesn't get much publicity). The pints are in the post!

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all the winners. You guys rock. I was honored to be amongst the nominees.

Vicki said...

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. I'm thrilled and honored to be in such great company. My thanks to everyone who took the time to participate. xx

Karen Wojcik Berner said...

Congratulations to all the winners!

Anonymous said...

Really great reads here. Congratulations to all the worthy winners.

Anonymous said...

Hey, I voted for some of those books! Congratulations to all the winners.