Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Week 3 wil help you to discover a book highly liked in Goodreads (nominated or winner).
For those reading in order: January 15- January 21, 2016.

Suggestions for this week: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
To discuss the book, don't forget to add it in the A-Z folders or join the existing discussion.

Progress Post:
- What are you reading this week?
- In which category was the book nominated?
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?

This is the first week I'll be reading for!


I am reading Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard which won for Debut Goodreads Author.
Other books I considered were The Air He Breathes, Armada, & Everything, Everything. I only own Everything, Everything of those three so if Red Queen doesn't work out, then that's the one I'll probably read instead.

I read Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish by John Hargrove. It won the science and technology category.

I have started listening to The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan. I had selected it for another group challenge and I'm happy that the 528 page book will also work for this challenge since it won the Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade & Children's (2015). :-)

- What are you reading this week?

I am reading by Victoria Aveyard

- In which category was the book nominated?

This book was nominated for the debut Goodreads author.

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?

I was also interested in Go Set a Watchman, (I was supposed to read this but never got a chance to.) Confess, The Dogs I Have Kissed, and All the Bright Places.
I will probably be reading all of these in the near future!

-What are you reading this week?
I'm reading

- In which category was the book nominated?
Fiction

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
All the Bright Places
Fool's Quest (but need to read the others in the series first)
The Girl in the Spider's Web

- What are you reading this week?

I am reading

- In which category was the book nominated?

This book was nominated for the debut Goodreads author.

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?

- What are you reading this week?
The Heart Goes Last

- In which category was the book nominated?
Science Fiction

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Too many to list.

- What are you reading this week?


- In which category was the book nominated?
Nonfiction

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Go Set a Watchman
Red Queen
The Nightingale

I'm reading A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara, nominated under the Fiction category. I'm also interested in reading Kate Atkinson's 'A God in Ruins'.

What are you reading this week?
A Darker Shade of Magic
- In which category was the book nominated?
Fantasy 2015

- What are you reading this week?

- In which category was the book nominated?
Mystery/thriller

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?

Oops was going to use The Marriage of Opposites for week 2, but didn't realise that the whole book is set on St Thomas. France was mentioned in the description. So since it's due back at the library next week I'm going out of order!
It's in the Historical Fiction category.
I have almost all of the winners and nominees on my to read list!

What are you reading this week?
Library of Souls


- In which category was the book nominated?
Young adult fantasy

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Many seem interesting especially in the fiction and young adult categories

I just checked out Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You from the library.
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It was nominated in the Humor category. There are lots of Choice Award books I want to read! I had PLANNED on reading either The Girl with Seven Names, A Little Life, or Golden Son for this week's selection but this book was available so I grabbed it.

What are you reading this week?
Welcome to Night Vale


In which category was the book nominated?
Best Science Fiction category

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
There are so many I want to read!
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Girl at War
Kitchens of the Great Midwest
The Girl on the Train
Finders Keepers
Marrow
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
In the Unlikely Event
The Architect's Apprentice
Epitaph
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
A Darker Shade of Magic
The Buried Giant
Golden Son
The Heart Goes Last
Armada
Alice
The Ice Twins
Follow You Home
Suicide Forest
You're Never Weird on the Internet
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion
The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
Spare Parts
Sex Criminals, Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs
How to Be Drawn
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Circus Mirandus

Pam wrote: "I just checked out Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You from the library.
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I'm almost done with this one - I am using it another challenge for a book written by a celebrity. If you think of it as a memoir or autiobiography, it's lacking. However, if you think of it as a collection of stories about his life, it's pretty entertaining! And, as a fan of The Big Bang Theory, I see Raj in so many of Kunal's stories!

What are you reading this week?
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

In which category was the book nominated?
Fiction

Are there other Choice Awards books you are interested in?
Lots. I plan on listening to Why Not Me?,whIch was nominated in the humor category, as a side read.

- What are you reading this week?
Luckiest Girl Alive
- In which category was the book nominated?
Mystery & Thriller
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
There are several; I will probably refer back to them as I choose books this year.

What are you reading this week?
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

In which category was the book nominated?
Mystery & Thriller

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Tons! (most of the fiction category) I don't remember them all, but some are: The Nightingale; The Royal We; A Little Life; & My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry.

What are you reading this week?
The Girl on the Train

In which category was the book nominated?
Mystery & Thriller

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Several!! Winners: (on my 2016 challenge) Go Set a Watchman, The Nightingale, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, (not on my challenge) Red Queen; Nominees (on my 2016 challenge) Pretty Girls, Rebel Queen, Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women, (not on my challenge) My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Secrets of a Charmed Life, The Bookseller, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, Library of Souls

I read this week first because I was using a library book.

Book Read
I read The Lake House by Kate Morton and absolutely loved it.
Category Nominated In
Historical Fiction
Other Choice Awards books I'm interested in
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

What are you reading this week?
The Night Sister and Letters to the Lost

In which category was the book nominated?
The Night Sister was nominated in Horror and Letters to the Lost was nominated in Historical Fiction.

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Go Set a Watchman
The Nightingale
Secrets of a Charmed Life
The Lake House

What are you reading this week?
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

Category: Humor

Other books I'm interested in (choosing from the winners only):

I read three last year.
The Girl on the Train & The Day the Crayons Came Home - LOVED them both and
Go Set a Watchman - Didn't like it.

I started Modern Romance but didn't finish. Disappointing because I love Aziz.

Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish could be interesting, could be boring.

All the Bright Places seems like all the other recent YA novels but if there's enough hype I will probably end up reading it!

I will be reading Secrets of a Charmed Life for this week.

It was nominated under Historical Fiction.

There are several others, mostly in Historical Fiction that I want to read. I really wanted to read The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story for this week, but I don't think it will come in at the library in time so I will have to move some things around.

- What are you reading this week?

Why Not Me?

- In which category was the book nominated?

Humor

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?

Yes, I'm also interested in reading The Heart Goes Last

What are you reading this week?
Finding Audrey

In which category was the book nominated?
humour

Is there anotehr Choice Award book you're interested in?"

yes, A Little Life

- What are you reading this week? Die Again
- In which category was the book nominated? In the mystery Category
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in? Oh there are lots, I love all kinds of books.

Angela wrote: "I'm reading A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara, nominated under the Fiction category. I'm also interested in reading Kate Atkinson's 'A God in Ruins'."

Me too! For both things!

- What are you reading this week? I was going to read but read somewhere that it is quite dark at times (could have figured that out from the cover!) so I decided to go with something a little less heavy and I chose instead.
- In which category was the book nominated? Fiction
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in? Oh yes. Many. The Nightingale and Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania to name a couple.

- What are you reading this week?
I'm reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

- In which category was the book nominated?
Nonfiction

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Several: Modern Romance, H is for Hawk, Rebel Queen, The Heart Goes Last, and probably many others

- What are you reading this week?
I read All the Bright Places

- In which category was the book nominated?
Young Adult

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Yes, The Nightingale and Red Queen.

Q: What are you reading this week?
A: The Girl on the Train

Q: In which category was the book nominated?
A: Mystery & Thriller (winner)

Q: Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
A: I'm not interested in so many books, because they weren't released in Brazil, so I never have heard about.
But I'll definitely read Go Set a Watchman!

Manpreet wrote: "- What are you reading this week?



Same as me, just finished. I really enjoyed it and it was fun discussing some of the things the authors discovered with people in my own life.

What are you reading this week? Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

In which category was the book nominated? Best Young Adult Fiction

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in? Yes: The Witches: Salem, 1692, Go Set a Watchman, The Nightingale, and I've already read The Girl on the Train

What are you reading this week? You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day.
In which category was the book nominated? Humour.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in? I didn't pay too much attention to them, to be honest. I don't read many new books - I'm more focused on catching up on the old ones that I feel like I need to read.

What are you reading this week?
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt -- It was a lot funnier than I expected from a children's book. 5 stars!

In which category was the book nominated?
Best Picture Book. It won!

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Yeah, there's YA fantasy: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (nominated) and Debut Goodreads Author:Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.

What are you reading this week?
Winter by Marissa Meyer; mainly because I started it last year and did not finish... :(

In which category was the book nominated?
YA Fantasy, came in 3rd.

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Yes, several! I hope to get to read one or two more before the end of the year...

Progress Post:
- What are you reading this week?
The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue

- In which category was the book nominated?
History & Biography

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
So many! I picked this one because it's the one that the library decided to gift me with on time.

- What are you reading this week?
The Nightingaleby Kristin Hannah
- In which category was the book nominated?
Historicial Fiction
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Several. And I read Go Set A Watchman already for this challenge (book I mean to read in 2015.

- What are you reading this week?
All the Bright Places
- In which category was the book nominated?
Young Adult
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Confess in the Romance Section

I highly recommend The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.

- What are you reading this week?
A Darker Shade of Magic

- In which category was the book nominated?
Fantasy (ended 2nd). I already read Vicious by this author and wasn't really convinced so I'm curious to see how I'll like Darker.

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
The highest in my list are Red Queen & The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, but 9 of the YA fantasy/scifi nominees are in my TBR, and several in some other categories.

- What are you reading this week? I read A Darker Shade of Magic week one!
- In which category was the book nominated? Fantasy
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
The Girl on the Train and Go Set A Watchman are ones I need to get to this year.

What are you reading this week?
Inside the O'Briens

In which category was the book nominated?
Fiction

Is there another choice awards book you're interested in?
There are many. Two are Go Set a Watchman
The Bookseller

- What are you reading this week?
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

- In which category was the book nominated?
Fantasy - Winner

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
The Nightingale
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime: Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals, and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper!
Red Queen
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

and probably more!

What are you reading this week?
Luckiest Girl Alive

In which category was the book nominated?
Mystery/Thriller

Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
Soo many!
I was originally going to read The Heir or The Royal We, but then I got the other at the library.

I also want to read Why Not Me?, The Heart Goes Last, A Darker Shade of Magic, Between the World and Me, and All the Bright Places.

- What are you reading this week?
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

- In which category was the book nominated?
Middle Grade and Children's

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
I am interested in quite a few of the Choice Awards books, including All the Bright Places and Red Queen.

I am reading Red Queen this week.

It won the Debut Goodreads Author category.

A few that I would like to read include The Dogs I Have Kissed, The Royal We and First Frost.

- What are you reading this week? The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

- In which category was the book nominated? Best Mystery and Thriller. It won!

- Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
There are a few on my TBR including, Simon vs. Homo Sapiens Agenda, An Ember in the Ashes and Beneath the Surface.

* What are you reading this week?

I'm ahead on the reading but behind on my posting! I was intending to read All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven , but once I started it, I couldn't get into it. I read Eleanor & Park and I'll Give You The Sun last year, and this seemed similar, but not as engaging...SO, I swapped for Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick

* In which category was the book nominated? It was a nominee for Best Memoir & Autobiography

* I have a few listed in my challenge for 2016 - including Alice Hoffman's Marriage of Opposites, V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic, Nick Cutter's The Deep, and Erik Larson's Dead Wake