3rd Quarter Challenge: Always a Nominee, Never a Winner

[Kara]

THIRD QUARTER CHALLENGE: ALWAYS A NOMINEE, NEVER A WINNER
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2014

There are tons of wonderful books out there that have never won any awards, no matter how many awards they've been nominated for.

For this challenge, choose a literary award (or two or three) that appeals to you. For a list of literary awards, click here: https://www.goodreads.com/award

Your goal is to read as many books as you can that have been nominated for but never won that specific award. Set your goal, and do your best to reach it by the end of the quarter!

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Kaitlin will be our leader for this challenge. Thank you, Kaitlin!

[Kaitlin]

I can lead! I have been very busy and haven't been too active on here lately, so this will be good incentive.

[Kara]

Thanks, Kaitlin! Happy to have you.

[Alison]

Since I'm in school right now, I'll do 2. I haven't finished a book since the beginning of May, except for my school books.

[Erika]

I'll sign up for 10

[Kaitlin]

Welcome, Erika and Alison!

Not sure yet how many I'll do, but here are some that I already have on my TBR list.

GOODREADS CHOICE NOMINEES
FICTION
The Goldfinch
We Are Water
The Interestings
Night Film
Life After Life
The Aviator's Wife
The Age of Miracles
The Language of Flowers
1Q84
The Passage
Freedom
The Imperfectionists
Super Sad True Love Story
Her Fearful Symmetry
NONFICTION
I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains
Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

BOOKER NOMINEES
A Tale for the Time Being
We Need New Names
The Luminaries
The Spinning Heart
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
The Children's Book

[Kaitlin]

THIRD QUARTER CHALLENGE: ALWAYS A NOMINEE, NEVER A WINNER
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2014

PARTICIPANTS
Alisia 1/8
Alison 0/2
Amelia 0/5
Brianna 0/7
Courtney 2/12
Danielle 2/3
Deneal 2/6
Eggp 0/6
Erika 1/10
Jacqueline 0/5
Janet 0/6
Jennifer 0/6
Kaitlin 0/?
Karena 0/9
Karma 3/15
Michelle 0/5
Megan 2/6
Rabaab 0/6
Robyn 0/6
Sarah 0/?
Sharon 0/6
SilverRaindrops 0/15
Tasha 1/4
Tricia 1/4

[Robyn]

Put me down for 6. I will use the goodreads choice awards but I can't figure out where you see the nominees, I only see the winners...

[Kaitlin]

Welcome, Robyn! If you click on the winner in a category, a new page will load showing all the nominees that didn't win. Then if you click on "next category," it will take you to the nominees in the next category.

[Esther]

I hope to read the Man Booker 2014 lists so only one of those can win, so I'll go for five please.

[Janet]

I will try for six. I will use the Agatha award nominees.

[Robyn]

oh... ha ha I see that now. thanks Kaitlin!

[Michelle L.]

I will do a total of 5. Not sure off of what awards lists yet though.

[Kaitlin]

Hi Amelia, Janet & Michelle! I added you to the list.

[Danielle]

Put me down for three, please

[Tricia]

I will sign up for 4 - 2 men and 2 women, maybe more later.
Thanks Kaitlin! :)

Man Booker Prize:
✔


Women's Prize for Fiction:


COMPLETED: 1/4

[Rabaab]

I will sign up to, will try 6 but maybe do more. Let's see.

[Sarah]

I will sign up for this one but I'm not going to set a goal for myself as yet, just see how things go. I haven't decided on awards yet either, maybe Goodreads Choice as I have a fee nominees for those (various years) plus Hugo Awards.

[Canadian Dragon]

Please put me down for 4

THIRD QUARTER CHALLENGE: ALWAYS A NOMINEE, NEVER A WINNER
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2014

For this challenge, choose a literary award

Your goal is to read as many books as you can that have been nominated for but never won that specific award.

1/4

Fantasy

The Golem and the Jinni,Helene Wecker
,The Crown Tower,Michael J. Sullivan

Paranormal Fantasy

,The Bone Season,Samantha Shannon

Best of Young Adult Fantasy + Science Fiction

,The Darkest Minds,Alexandra BrackenJuly 8,14

[Janet]

Can we choose multiple awards for this challenge? I see a good opportunity to read a number of books on my physical bookshelf. I know my hubby would like to see me make a dent in these.

[Kaitlin]

Welcome Danielle, Tricia, Rabaab, Sarah & Tasha! Can't wait to see what you read.

Janet, I think it would be fine for you to use as many awards as you'd like. As long as what you're reading was a nominee for a literary award, it counts!

[Janet]

Kaitlin wrote: "Welcome Danielle, Tricia, Rabaab, Sarah & Tasha! Can't wait to see what you read.

Janet, I think it would be fine for you to use as many awards as you'd like. As long as what you're reading was a ..."
Thanks

[Courtney A.J.]

Sign me up for 2 please! I'll probably pick more but that's all for now!

[Janet]

Here are the six I plan to read:

Agatha Award Nominees:
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Dead Until Dark

Dying To Get Published

Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel
The Name of the Rose

Goodreads Choice Nominee for Nonfiction:
Half Broke Horses

Icelandic Literary Prize Nominee for Fiction
Jar City

Janet

[Karma]

Please put me down for 10 from the Goodreads Choice and 5 from the National Book Award.

[Jennifer]

Sign me up for 6 nominees of the Hugo Awards, please.

[Megan]

I'm going to sign up for six!

1. Nominee for Costa Book Award for Fiction - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - completed July 2014

2. Nominee for Florida Teens Read - Unwind by Neal Shusterman - completed July 2014

3. Nominee for Walter Scott Prize - Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - completed July 2014

4. Nominee for Goodreads Choice for Historical Fiction - The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer - completed September 2014

5. Nominee for Massachusetts Book Award for Young Adult Fiction - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry - completed September 2014

6. Nominee for National Book Critics Award for Autobiography - Borrowed Finery: A Memoir by Paula Fox - completed September 2014

6/6 - Challenge completed!

[Kaitlin]

Welcome Courtney, Megan, Jennifer and Karma! Glad you could join us.

[Courtney A.J.]

Oh, haha quarterly challenge. Please increase my number to 12!

[Eggp]

Sign me up for 6 nominees, please.


Third Quarter Challenge, July 01 - September 30
Always a Nominee, Never a Winner
Completed: 6/6

Barry Award Nominees
(2009) - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny - 01 Sep 2014, 3/5
(1999) - The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver - 09 Sep 2014, 3/5

Hugo Award Nominees
(2006) - Old Man's War by John Scalzi - 17 Aug 2014, 4/5
(1999) - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang - 04 Sep 2014, 4/5
(1964) - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - 27 Jul 2014, 5/5
(1991) - The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 08 Jul 2014, 4/5

[Karena]

I think I'll go for 9 nominees from various lists for now. I may increase it if I get on a good groove. :)

[mussolet]

I'm starting on time, and I actually do read a LOT of prize-nominated fiction, so I'll try to shoot for 15 :).

I'll use the Man Booker award, the Goodreads Choice award, and either the Nebula.

Do longlists count, or is it shortlists only?

Man Booker Potentials
Jim Crace - Harvest (2013)
Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists (2012)
Sarah Waters - The Little Stranger (2009)
Hisham Matar - In the Country of Men (2006)
Sebastian Barry - A Long Long Way (2005)

Nebula Potentials
Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2014)
Mary Robinette Kowal - Glamour in Glass (2013)
Mary Robinette Kowal - Shades of Milk and Honey (2011)
Laura Anne Gilman - Flesh and Fire (2010)
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2006)

[Brianna Andreda]

I'll sign up for 7 books for now, I may end up increasing it. I'll use the Man Booker Award, the Goodreads Choice Award, and the Edgar Award.

3 out of 7 Books Read

Man Booker Award:
The Sisters Brothers
Never Let Me Go

GoodReads Choice Award:
Joyland
The Cuckoo's Calling Finished: September 1

Edgar Award:
Gone Girl Finished: August 31
The Lincoln Lawyer Finished: August 18
Caught

[Kaitlin]

Welcome Brianna, Jacqueline, SilverRaindrops, Karena and Eggp.

Courtney, I adjusted your number.

SilverRaindrops, longlists are fine. I was planning on using some myself.

[Courtney A.J.]

Thanks for the adjustment!

Progress: 8 of 12

GoodReads Choice 2010: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (07-05-14)

Best Translated Book Award: The African Shore by Rodrigo Rey Rosa (07-24-14)

Man Booker Prize: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (08-04-14)

Carnegie Medals of Excellence in Fiction 2014 long list: Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See by Juliann Garey (08-07-14)

2013 Nebula Award Nominee: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (08-14-14)

Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (08-22-14)

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (09-13-14)

Nebula Award Nominee: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (09-16-14)

2005 Man Booker Award Nominee: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (09-29-14)

[DeNeal]

I plan to read 6 from Newberry and good reads choice.

[Kaitlin]

Hi Deneal! I added you to our list.

Courtney, I updated you. Great work!

[Canadian Dragon]

1/4 Best of Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Darkest Minds

really well done book, was really hard to put down between readings

[Karma]

Update: 1/15

The Tiger's Wife
National Book Award Nominee

[Megan]

Just completed for first selection, nominated for Costa Book Award for Fiction - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I love Tudor/Elizabethan English history and really appreciated the story being told from Cromwell's perspective. It was the writing that I had difficulty with in this book. The author writes from Cromwell's perspective, but not in the first or true third person. It made it confusing to figure out who was speaking. Other than that, it was an interesting read and I'll be continuing with the series. Worth reading. 4 stars

1/6

[Kaitlin]

You're updated, Tasha, Karma & Megan!

Megan, I tried reading Wolf Hall and just couldn't get into it because I had zero background knowledge and it was convoluted, like you said. It sounds like it's a lot of fun if you know the era, though!

[Danielle]

1: The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa - an Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2003)
2: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - a John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Nominee (2009)
3: Gem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel Zadok - a John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Nominee (2005)
4: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey - an international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011)
5: A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards - a Man Booker Prize nominee
6: The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth - a Man Booker Prize nominee

[Megan]

Kaitlin wrote: "You're updated, Tasha, Karma & Megan!

Megan, I tried reading Wolf Hall and just couldn't get into it because I had zero background knowledge and it was convoluted, like you said. It sounds like it..."

Yes, I think a background in the history is a must for the book. And I still had points that I had to resort to google for;)

[Karma]

2/15

I finished The Age of Miracles

It was a goodreads choice nominee.

[Alisia]

I would like to challenge myself to these 8: (4/8)

Goodreads Best Books 2013 Nominees
Fiction Nominees:
1.The Storyteller Jodi Picoult COMPLETED
2.Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline COMPLETED
3.The Silver Star Jeannette Walls COMPLETED

Best Memoir and Autobiography Nominees:
4.Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir Amanda Knox
5.My Story Elizabeth Smart

Goodreads Best Books 2012 Nominees
Best Goodreads Author Nominee:
6.Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James (I will have to read the first two also because I have not done so yet! :))

Goodreads Best Books 2011 Nominees
Favorite Book of 2011 Nominee:
7.Bossypants Tina Fey COMPLETED

Goodreads Best Books 2010 Nominees
Cover Art Nominee:
8.Mockingjay Suzanne Collins

[Sharon]

Jumping in late, have been on vacation. Since I'm starting late I'll go for 6 from the goodreads choice awards

[Tricia]

I finished #1 book - Who do you think you are? - Man Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (1980)

[Erika]

I finished my first. To Kill a Mockingbird was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961.

[Megan]

Just completed my 2nd book - nominated for Florida Teens Read - Unwind by Neal Shusterman. While I appreciate the concept behind this book, I also found it incredibly disturbing. Writing is alright. I would not recommend this book for any child under the age of 17. 3 stars

2/6

[Courtney A.J.]

Just finished number 2 of 12:

Best Translated Book Award: The African Shore by Rodrigo Rey Rosa

I love short and meaningful stories. This was an amazing read that I honestly may never have heard of without this challenge.