Hello, lovelies! I thought it would be fun to do a final wrap up of the GoodReads Choice Awards winners and which ones were winners thanks to my vote. I’m only going to be including the categories that I voted in. Check out my last post about which books I still needed to read for the final round of voting.
Best Mystery/Thriller
My Vote: An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanenn
Winner: The Silent Patient by Alex Michalides
This is not overly suprising to me with all the hype that surrounded The Silent Patient. It also, sort of, makes me want to move this book higher up on my TBR list.
Best Historical Fiction
My Vote: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Winner: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This is also not overly surprising to me. I’m glad it won. I adored the audiobook and voted for it in each round.
Fantasy
My Vote: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Winner: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Another one that’s not a surprise. There were so many great books for this category, it was a hard choice to pick just one.
Romance
My Vote: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Winner: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
This one was so deserving of the win. I did really like some of the other books I read from this category, but I’m so glad RW&RB won.
Science Fiction
My Vote: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Winner: Recursion by Blake Crouch
The winner is one of the few books in this category that I didn’t read. I can’t say whether it deserved it, but I wish my vote won.
Graphic Novels & Comics
My Vote: Bloom by Kevin Panette & Savanah Ganucheau
Winner: Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
Another non-surprise, Rainbow Rowell is such a beloved author. I personally don’t read her work, so I think any of the other books should have won.
Poetry
My Vote: Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gil
Winner: Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
I love that Shout won. I have not read it yet, but it’s on my shelf. I definitely plan to read it in 2020.
Debut Novel
My Vote: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Winner: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
I think it should be a rule that books can’t win more than one category to give the other books a more fair chance. RW&RB already won the Romance category and there were several other deserving books in the Debut Novel category.
Young Adult Fiction
My Vote: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Winner: Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, & Tobias Iaconis
I’m sorry, but HOW did this book win? Wasn’t this written based off of the movie? This was rigged. I don’t understand how this could have won over any of the other books for Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
My Vote: The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Winner: The Wicked King by Holly Black
Is anyone surprised by this? No? Me neither.
Middle Grade & Children
My Vote: Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi
Winner: The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan
Insert lack of surprise here. Uncle Rick is king. But I would have liked to see one of the more diverse stories by a newer author win.
So, that’s it lovelies, the 2019 GoodReads Choice Awards have finally come to an end. It was fun trying to read all of the books so that I could vote properly. Which books were you happy to see win?
Keep on reading lovelies, Amanda.
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So nice to be able to compare your winners to the actual winners!
I feel like some of the categories aren;t that fair though, and the winner just one becasue of popularity..
I’m also so surprised the five feet apart won?!?! I don’t think I’ve seen a 5 star review for that one at all?! And so many others in that category were so much better!! (I haven;t read five feet apart though, I just can’t imagine it being that good..)
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I thought it was fun! I totally agree about the popularity. There’s no control over who votes because of covers or well known authors or whatever. I heard so many bad reviews for five feet apart which is why it surprised me to see it as a nominee, let alone the winner.
Exactly!
I actually loved Five Feet Apart and just so you know, The book came out November 2018 while the movie came out this year. I also voted for The Ten Thousands Doors of January. It was amazing.
Really! I haven’t really heard too many people saying good things about it, but I’m glad to know that you enjoyed it. The book was actually written based off of the screenplay for the movie, even though the book came out first, it was based off of the movie.
I totally agree about Ten Thousand Doors. It was one of my favorite reads of the year!