A Good Plains Time...

If you are wondering what books are seen a great in the midwest, the winners of the 2010 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Awards, sponsored by the Midwest Booksellers Association are...
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Fiction: A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Nonfiction: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow
Poetry: The Chain Letter of the Soul: New and Selected Poems by Bill Holm
Children's Picture Book: Otis by Loren Long
Children's Literature: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Honor Books:
Fiction: Driftless by David Rhodes
Nonfiction: Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François
Poetry: Beloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and Gratitude edited by Jim Perlman, Deborah Cooper, Mara Hart, Pamela Mittlefehldt
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Romance Book Awards

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The following are the winners of the 2010 RITA awards, sponsored by the Romance Writers of America:

Young Adult Romance: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Inspirational Romance: The Inheritance by Tamera Alexander
Novel With Strong Romantic Elements: The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal
Romance Novella: "The Christmas Eve Promise" by Molly O'Keefe in The Night Before Christmas
Contemporary Series Romance: A Not-So-Perfect Past by Beth Andrews
Contemporary Series Romance Suspense/Adventure: The Soldier's Secret Daughter by Cindy Dees
Historical Romance: Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas
Regency Historical Romance: What Happens In London by Julia Quinn
Paranormal Romance: Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole
Romantic Suspense: Whisper of Warning by Laura Griffin
First Book: One Scream Away by Kate Brady
Contemporary Single Title Romance: Too Good To Be True by Kristin Higgins

Other finalist are found here.