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1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
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Dec 26, 2018 09:04PM
To think that I am either going to reread Scythe or Uprooted for this one.
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Sam wrote: "I'm starting out with the 2016 Hugo award winner, the fifth season, because n k jemisin has won a Hugo for all three books in the series so far, and I want to read them"Same. I've found categories for all three books in that trilogy. I'm looking forward to it - I loved her previous series (Hundred Thousand kingdoms)
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki won a couple of awards in Japan (the Naoki prize and the Izumi Kyoka prize for literature), so I'm going to read that. It's horror!
I'm going to read Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie for this one - really looking forward to it! It won a Nebula and Hugo award.
I'm going to start off this year's reading adventure with Less, by Andrew Sean Greer. I don't know much about it yet, but I kind of like the idea of stepping into a book without any preconceptions.
I read Flowers for Algernon. It won a few scifi awards back in the 60's/70's and I hadn't attempted it since grade school. It holds up quite well -- there are definitely some bits that feel anachronistic but the novel as a whole feels like it could happen just as easily today.
I am going to read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It won The Newbery Medal, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel and the Carnegie Medal. Looking forward to starting right on January 1st!
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It won The Newbery Medal, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel and the Carnegie Medal. Loo..."
I'm reading The Graveyard Book with my English class in February... hope you enjoy it!
I'm going to start the year with Son of the Shadows which won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2000)
I have Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter all ready to go for January 1. Thriller is one of my favorite genres, it's a genre that it would take a book to be horrible for me to not finish it, and most of the time, I go through the pages very quickly, so it seemed like a good choice for the first book of the year, The book I am reading won the Thriller Writers Award and was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award. I read Karin's other book The Good Daughter in 2018.
I am going to read Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay. He is an author I have wanted to read more of for awhile. It is his first urban fantasy book and won the World Fantasy Award.I already have it checked out and am anxiously waiting for the next two days to pass quickly.
I am going to read “Sleeping Beauties” by Stephen King. It was a nominee for the Bram Stoker award in 2017 and I have been meaning to read it.
Anastasia wrote: "I am going to read Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay. He is an author I have wanted to read more of for awhile. It is his first urban fantasy book and won the World Fantasy Awa..."Guy Gavriel Kay is my absolute favourite author. I will say though, that Ysabel is the least exemplary of the rest of his work, so if you don't end up enjoying it be sure to try another of his novels before fully writing him off. The Lions of Al-Rassan is my personal favourite.
What are you reading for this category?Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith- Which award did you choose? John Newbery Medal and Winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
- Is it a winner or nominee? Winner
- Which genre? historical Fiction
I'm going to listen to the audio version of Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.It won a National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2014.
- What are you reading for this category?I am starting with Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, which won the Pulitzer Prize. I am starting by reading in order for now, and this was one I had easily accessible on my shelves.
Chrissy wrote: "I started the year with a quick Nebula Award winner, Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience."Hi Chrissy. Are you reading it, or listening to it on LeVar Burton Reads? I listened to most of that podcast episode last year. If I finish it now, I can count it for something. I couldn't find it on Goodreads though, so thank you for helping me find the book.
Emma wrote: "I am starting with Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, which won the Pulitzer Prize."This book is on my 2019 plan but I plan to use it for the "multiple perspectives" category. I also want to watch the movie based on the book. Frances McDormand plays the title character and I really like her! Did you know there is a sequel to the book that is supposed to be published this year?
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Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Which award did you choose?
The Carnegie medal. I wanted to go with a YA read to start the year, but this one definitely wasn't as lighthearted as I was hoping. It was TREMENDOUS, but I'm not sure how it was ever categorized as YA.
Is it a winner or nominee?
Winner in 2017!
Which genre?
YA Fiction
What are you reading for this category?Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Which award did you choose?
The book won a few awards, including the Macavity Award for best first mystery novel (2004) and the Agatha Award for best first mystery novel (2003).
Is it a winner or nominee?
Winner.
Which genre?
Mystery. I decided to pick a mystery award as I’ve been reading a lot of mysteries recently but most of them are books that form part of a series so I thought this would be a good opportunity to read something by a new author.
I am also reading Milkman, winner of the Man Booker, and it's on the Tournament of Books shortlist, which I'm trying to finish as well.Nannette: Killers of the Flower Moon is EXCELLENT.
Melinda: Would love to hear what your book club thinks.
I'm reading Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Gann. This was short listed for the National Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for non-fiction.
I decided to start the year off with a doorstop! I’m listening to the audiobook book version of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I like it so far, but am only 10% into it. As for the awards it has won, take your pick. It has won six awards and was nominated for five more.
I read The Giver by Lois Lowry. I am a Fantasy and Sci Fi addict and I watched the movie and liked it so I chose this book. It was a quick read and a good one to start the challenge with.
I'm reading The Last Dragon by Silvana De Mari and translated by Shaun Whiteside. It is a 2007 honoree for the Batchelder Award and won the Italian prizes Premio Bancarellino and Premio Andersen in its native language. The Batchelder Award is for children's books originally written in another language and translated into English without losing the style of the original author or overly "Americanizing" the story. I love children's and young adult books and the idea of exposing young people to different cultures and points of view so it works as a favorite genre. Honestly though I chose this book because I didn't join this challenge until late December 2018 and this sounded the best of the 3 award winning or nominated books I could find in my houses bookcases that I hadn't already read.
I read The Dry by Jane Harper. It won a few awards, but I specifically chose it for winning the UK Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award 2017.
Laura wrote : "The Lions of Al-Rassan is my personal favourite." That one is on my TBR as well. I hope to fit in this year, if not as a prompt then as a side read.
I'm going to read Dreamsnake - it won a Nebula Award in 1978, and a Hugo and a Locus in 1979, among others, so it's really done the rounds in the sci-fi genre.
What are you reading for this category?Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Which award did you choose?
Audie Awards
Is it a winner or nominee?
It won for "Narration by the Author or Authors 2015"
Which genre?
It's a Autobiography/Memoir
Sarah wrote: "What are you reading for this category?Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Which award did you choose?
Audie Awards
Is it a winner or nominee?
It won for "Narrati..."
This book was really great on audio!
My goal is to read all the Newbery award winners. So for this prompt I read Bud, Not Buddy. Started and finished today!
Hello all! Is this week one's reading challenge category ?
I am currently reading The Glass Castle which won 3 book awards. The category is Memoir.
OMG Eileen, that will definitely be one I'm reading later this year. I can't wait to get into a Karin Slaughter book
I will be reading The Bear and the Nightingale (won Amazon's SF/F of 2017)
What are you reading for this category?The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Which award did you choose?
Pultizer Prize
Is it a winner or nominee?
It won 2015 General Nonfiction
Which genre?
Non-Fiction
I am reading Still Life by Louise Penny. This is the first in her series featuring Inspector Gamache. It won a number of 1st novel awards, but since I enjoy crime/mystery books, the award for me was the CWA New Blood Dagger for a first crime novel.I am really enjoying this book- about 2/3 through. It would also be a perfect fit for the ‘sense of place’ prompt.
I just finished Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine for this prompt, and highly recommend it. It won or was nominated for several different awards, and was on my TBR list.
Crystal wrote: "What are you reading for this category?The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History"
I'm reading this as well! Well, I say reading. I've read the prologue and that's it haha
What are you reading for this category? The girl on the train by Paula HawkingsWhich award did you choose? Audie Awards
Is it a winner or nominee? Winner, Audiobook of the Year 2016
Which genre? Psychological thriller
I didn't really know what book to start the year with, then I received an email offering me a free copy and since it's been on my TBR list for a while I figured this was a good push to actually read it.
And she's off! First read for the challenge under my belt.- What are you reading for this category? The Secret Scripture
- Which award did you choose? Man Booker Prize
- Is it a winner or nominee? It was only a nominee, but it won the Costa Book Awards
- Which genre? I suppose this could be considered either literary fiction or historical fiction.
For this category I read The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain, which was nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the Costa Book Award, and the Ondaatje Prize. It was a very good book - quiet and simple yet poignant. I rated it 4 Stars.
What are you reading for this category?I am reading He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly
Which award did you choose?
I chose The British Book Awards 2018
Is it a winner or nominee?
It was a nominee
Which genre?
Crime and thriller fiction
Ok already struggling on my first pick. Milkman by Anna burns! Don’t like the writing style her paragraphs are way too long and no dialogue. Read 20 pages and I’m DNFing this! Ugh! Going to pick something else!Going to go with Thriller since that’s my favorite I may have these 4 on my TBR so will try to read them to see if I can focus on them. Here are my choices
1. One I left behind by Jennifer McMahon
Won 2014 best paperback
2. Still missing by Chevy Stevens
Won 2011 best first novel
3. The neighbor by Lisa Gardner
2010 best novel
4. Heart shaped box by joe hill
2008 best first novel
Hope I’m not in a reading slump because that would be awful I can’t even read the first book.
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That's tough! That's why I always give myself options when I make a plan -- sometimes the book I think I want to read is just not the right one for me at that time.
Not reading the neighbor since it’s book 3 but do own the other 3. Will try a chapter on each and see which one grabs me
Oh no, sorry it happened on the first book, but hey, one of the four is bound to be a winner.
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