Friday, November 3, 2017

Vote For These Books On Goodreads!


HI ALL. So this might be a wake-up call that it’s already November and the year is almost over (it was to me), but you can now vote for the Best Books of 2017 on Goodreads! Though this is only the opening round. BUT I am here to try to convince you to vote for some of these books. And okay, to be fair, I haven’t exactly read all of these, BUT WHO CARES. I’m just having fun ha.

LET’S START WITH FANTASY BECAUSE I KNOW 0 BOOKS IN THE CATEGORIES BEFORE IT:

So, I voted for  A Conjuring of Light  by V. E. Schwab. Why? Well it was an amazing finale if I do say so myself. And right after I finished it I just wanted to start the whole series over. Because I didn’t want to leave the world or the characters. I could confidently say that it’s a favorite series. BUT HEY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR THIS TOO!

If I had read White Hot by Ilona Andrews, I would have voted for it in the Romance category. I mean I know none of the other reads, so maybe I’ll just go with that?

In the science fiction category, I voted for Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuval. WHICH I DID LIKE. I don’t think I liked it as much as the first book, Sleeping Giants, but I think that’s because I forgot about half of the characters. Whoops.

I hate horror so let us not. OK I AM JUST SKIPPING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

I voted for We Have No Idea, mainly because it’s by the same people that draw the funny Ph.D. comics on Twitter (or whatever other platforms they have). One day I’ll own and read their book too! There’s an interesting octopus looking book that sounds cool, hopefully I’ll read it one day.


GRAPHIC NOVELS! I got stuck between Saga and Ms. Marvel, even though I haven’t read neither of the new volumes featured. But in the end, I had to go with Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples just because it really is a phenomenal comic. It really is nothing like I’ve ever read before.

There’s a bunch of poetry I want to read, but I have no doubt that Rupi Kaur’s The Sun and Her Flowers will win. No doubt. Still need to read it!

VOTING FOR The Hate U Give for both Best Debut Authors AND Young Adult Fiction! There were actually some REALLY good choices for YA Fiction, and let’s be honest, I haven’t read THUG yet (I know, I’m ashamed), but I think that really deserves the spot. Like Turtles All The Way Down was good, but not as great. I think When Dimple Met Rishi, Goodbye Days, and Gentleman’s Guide also would have been great choices, but I don’t know. I think THUG deserves this more.

For YA Fantasy and Sci-fi (why are these lumped together?), I voted for Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. Because I absolutely loved that book, and it’s definitely one of my favorites of the year. Another great choice would be Scythe, which I also adored (Thunderhead comes out next year!).

For MG & Children’s, I haven’t read any of the books, but I know Rashika keeps raving about Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan. SO I VOTED FOR IT AND YOU SHOULD TOO.

Last, but not least. Picture books! Not that I have read any of these, but my vote went to Malala’s Magic Pencil, because Malala is awesome and doing so much to help the world right now. So yes I will vote for her book!


What books will you be voting for? Are you voting for the same ones I am?

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We voted for many of the same books! I think I actually may have liked Waking Gods a wee bit more, actually, so that was definitely happening. Scythe of course, zero question. I voted for THUG for debut, but went with Upside for contemporary because it's one of only 3 books I added to favorites this year so it earned the vote. I voted for Saga also, and then skipped the rest, at least for now!
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Of course we did because I TOLD YOU TO. Didn't I. I think I would have loved Waking Gods more if I actually remembered what happened in the first book, but woops. AND VOTE AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE SEMIFINALS
I only have one question, why the fuck have you not read THUG???????????
1 reply · active 386 weeks ago
BECAUSE MY BEST FRIEND STOLE MY COPY. She is going to give it back to me soon though....I think. I'M SORRY
I honestly realized I haven't read that many books in the running this year when looking. I voted for The Upside for YA and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo for Historical and THUG for Debut Author. There are a bunch I want to read though - one day.
1 reply · active 386 weeks ago
Yeah same! Every year I add a bunch of books from these awards, only to never get to them. I think last year I added Moonglow, and then I started reading it a couple weeks ago, and I didn't like it at all...
We definitely overlapped in some books too, I voted for Strange and Saga and THUG too. But for Best YA fiction I voted for When Dimple Met Rishi because THUG is in 2 categories.
1 reply · active 386 weeks ago
Yeah I debated whether I should vote for something else in the YA fiction category. Maybe in the final round!
I never vote in these awards because I tried it once and realised I haven't read ANY books. And I always feel unfair giving votes to books if I haven't read them all haha! I may be taking this too seriously... But I 100% support your choice of A Conjuring of Lights and I'm SO STOKED there will be more books in this world!
1 reply · active 386 weeks ago
Hahaha I was the same too. I didn't vote in all the categories though because I really didn't know any of the books haha. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THERE BEING MORE BOOKS IN THE DARKER SHADES WORLD TOO AHHHHHH. I cannot wait.

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