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Staci, Book Awards Specialist
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Jul 23, 2018 03:13PM
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I do not really pay much attention to awards. I read what I want and not what others tell me I should. Especially when it comes to so-called "best sellers". It does seem, however, that within the genre I prefer - Christian fiction - a lot of books I have read have also won awards. :-) One book that is not Christian fiction, and is actually young adult, won the W.A. Morris YA Debut Award and several others (A Curse Dark as Gold) I actually have that book here on my shelf because I "know" the author and bought it before she even received the award. Beth - ;)
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I recognize the Christy awards but I most enjoy voting on some of the indie ones that my friends' books are on. I don't specifically read for an award, but I love seeing books I enjoyed get an award.
I like the Christy awards and have read some books/series based on those. I’m really not familiar with the others and that is one of the reasons I frequent CFD. Hopefully others with strong feelings and more familiarity will see this thread and post.
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I love following awards that honor Christian Fiction. The initial award that I followed was Christy Awards. The first year I followed the Christy Awards, I discovered Julie Klassen. What a fabulous find!! I quickly began reading her back list after reading the nominee.
I've found many authors as a result of awards. In addition to finding new authors, it's such a pleasure to see a favorite author recognized for their work.
The Carol Awards are always good reads. They tend to take the best of the best and after a big screening process filter out any that were not liked by many. So, while they don't hit everyone that way, generally the majority people do really like.
Before I joined CFD, I didn't even know there was book awards like these.I must say I'm still confused about all the different awards. I just read the books my CFD friends liked :-)
me, too, Sarita! :) I just read ones that seem interesting to me, as I don't always like trends. I appreciate the quality of the writing required to win an award, but I don't always resonate with the content, so it doesn't matter to me much if a book has won an award or not.
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I didn’t know that Christian fiction was recognised separately until I joined the genre bingo challenge. I had to wait and see what other people read and then investigate LOL. Thats how I learnt about the Christy awards :). I don’t plan to follow them as a fad but I would like to read a few categories and make my own decision before the winners are released. Just for fun LOL.
So I plan to try and read one category from the Carol award nominees for September. ATM I’m torn between romance or romance suspense :).
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I first knew of the Christy's which I really enjoy following and then the INSPY's which I've felt are fun as well. As a result of both of them I have definitely tried lots of new author's. I've tried to read closer to what they pick so that I can have fun with choosing my favorite but I don't usually get all of the nominees read- so many books so little time! :) There have been some years, where I was like- whoah- I haven't heard of a lot of these books, but then , like I said, its fun to branch out and try out the new authors!
Will do Staci :) I completely agree Cheryl “so many books but so little time”! I want to read them all but it’s not possible LOL
I like to read award winners not bc they are trendy but bc there are so many books out there. I had read a lot of Christian fiction in the 90’s and to be honest, they books all seemed to be Prairie romances and I got tired of them. So I quit reading most Christian fiction for a long time. When I came back,—WOW! There are so many more authors now and sub genres. I’m still figuring out who I like. It’s funny bc I usually enjoy the Christy winners but that is not the case with Pulitzer or other secular award winners.
I like to look at award-winning books when looking for new authors/genres to read. Who nominates the titles and chooses the winners? I'm starting research for a workshop to be presented next March to our local group of Church Librarians. I think the workshop title will be "And the Winner Is"..... and it will be about the different awards and how they are chosen.
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