A 7th GoodReads Choice Award Nomination

It's that time a year again! No, I'm not talking about the approaching holiday shopping season (although I've already seen Early Black Friday sales online, and television commercials featuring Santa).  What I'm referring to is the Goodreads Choice Award Voting.

I'm sorry for the lateness regarding this announcement. Robin and I have been in Italy at the Lucca Convention, and while we could see that Age of War was nominated (on our phones and tablets), we didn't have access to computers to do an official blog post on the subject. Well, we're back, and the second round of voting is underway.

Fifteen books were picked by the Goodreads staff in the opening round, including the following titles.
































Here are links to the books in case you want to check them out, along with some data from Goodreads.

Age of War | Michael J. Sullivan | Legends of the First Empire #3
rating: 4.47 | # ratings: 4,134 | # shelvings: 19,844

Beneath the Sugared Sky | Seanan McGuire | Wayward Children #3
rating: 4.09 | # ratings: 9,546 | # shelvings: 26,715

The Book of M | Peng Shepherd
rating: 3.75 | # ratings: 3,909 | # shelvings: 29,834

Burn Bright | Patricia Briggs | Alpha & Omega #5
rating: 4.28 | # ratings: 12,247 | # shelvings: 29,652

Circe | Madeline Miller
rating: 4.35 | # ratings: 48,950 | # shelvings: 62,146

Grey Sister | Mark Lawrence | Book of the Ancestor #2
rating: 4.47 | # ratings: 7,925 | # shelvings: 22,430

High Voltage | Karen Marie Moning | Fever #10
rating: 4.33 | # ratings: 7,769 | # shelvings: 30,269

Iron and Magic | Ilona Andrews | Iron Covenant #1
rating: 4.45 | # ratings: 10,622 | # shelvings: 26,616

The Land: Predators | Aleron Kong | Chaos Seeds #7
rating: 4.60 | # ratings: 4,491 | # shelvings: 8,737

The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang | Poppy War #1
rating: 4.09 | # ratings: 7,633 | # shelvings: 48,826

Senlin Ascends | Josiah Bancroft | Books of Babel #1
rating: 4.25 | # ratings 5,958 | shelvings: 31,157

The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus
rating: 3.98 | # ratings: 6,819 | # shelvings: 29,941

Spinning Silver Naomi Novik
rating: 4.31 | # of reviews: 17,138 | # of shelvings: 75,254

Wrath of Empire Brian McClellan Gods of Blood and Powder #2
rating: 4.56 | # ratings: 3,048 | # shelvings: 9,900

Year One Nora Roberts Chronicles of The One #1
rating: 4.07 | # ratings: 29,936 | # shelvings: 75,242

During the first round, five books were added by write-in ballots from Goodreads readers, increasing the total list for the semi-finals to twenty titles.  The added books included the following:












And here are their Goodreads links and data.

Bloody Rose | Nicholas Eames | Band #2
rating: 4.36 | # ratings: 2,215 | # shelvings: 9,544

Foundryside | Robert Jackson Bennett | Founders #1
rating: 4.3 | # ratings: 52,852 | # shelvings: 22,703

The Girl in the Tower | Katherine Arden | Winternight Trilogy #2
rating: 4.42 | #ratings: 18,027 | #shelvings: 54,670

Magic Triumphs | Ilona Andrews | Kate Daniels #10
rating: 4.61 | # ratings: 10,122 | # shelvings: 29,310

Time's Convert | Deborah Harkness | All Souls Trilogy #4
rating: 3.96 | # ratings: 6,733 | # shelvings: 38,704

Current voting will narrow the field down to ten finalists. Although I've had seven nominations, I'm pretty sure none of my books have made it to the final round (which is fine, truly it's an honor just to be nominated). So, as always, I'm asking you to vote for the book you want to win the most, and if that happens to turn out to be Age of War, that'd be even better!  Voting in the semi-final round ends November 11th so cast your ballot now!