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1: A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
- What are you reading this week?The Girl In The Ice
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Mystery & Thriller 2016...No
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Confess
- What are you reading this week?
Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven - In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
YA Fiction / No
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Plenty, including Gemina, The Female of the Species, The Midnight Star and Heartless
Week 1
I'm reading The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer this week.
It was nominated and won the Humor category.
I've actually read a lot of the 2016 Choice Awards books this year. A lot of the fiction books are still on my to-read but the one I'm looking forward to most is The Girls by Emma Cline
What are you reading this week? Into
The Light - In which category was your book nominated? Did it win? Mystery & Thriller, no
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in? Yes , End Of Watch
This was a great read, there is a sequel so may swap over my week 21 choice to complete and now what the ending is.
What are you reading this week?The Princess Saves Herself in this One
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Poetry, yes it won
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 which I'll be reading for week 24 in the category a book written by at least two authors, also Nutshell.
- What are you reading this week? The Female of the Species
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was nominated in YA fiction. Nope, not a winner.
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yep, several of them were in my TBR before the awards: Underground Airlines, All the Birds in the Sky, Age of Myth and I've planned to read the Six of Crows series and the Raven Cycle in 2017 :)
What are you reading this week?The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Horror. No, but it came in 3rd.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
OMG. So many. Can't even list them all!
What are you reading this week: Ink and Boneby Lisa UngerIn whch category was your book nominated ?horror
Did it win?No
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in? Yes,
by Stephen King,
by Megan Miranda
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week? Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
- In which category was your book nominated? Mystery/Thriller
Did it win? NO :(
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in? Truly Madly Guilty this is my book for no E in the title.
What are you reading this week?
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win? Sci-Fi. It did not.
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in? A slew of them. I may try and wiggle some into other categories for my blank slots.
What are you reading this week?All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Best Fiction and no, it did not win.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult because it talks about Nursing and ethical dilemmas which are relevant to my career.
- What are you reading this week?Rebel of the Sands
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It won debut author
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Glass Sword Heartless Gemina and many more
I'm reading The Girl With a Lower Back tattoo by Amy Schumer this week. It won the comedy category if the 2016 Goodreads awards.I'm looking forward to reading it - I've seen a few chat show interviews with Amy and she's hilarious!
I'm reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 for this week.This book won the fantasy category.
Others that interest me:
Are we Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
nominee Lab Girl
nominee All The Missing Girls
and End of Watch
Week 1
I am reading Behind Closed Doors, by B.A. Paris, which although did not win a category, was a runner-up in both Best Mystery & Thriller and Best Debut Goodreads Author.
There are many Choice Awards books I'm interested in reading, including All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, It Ends with Us, and When Breath Becomes Air, to name a few!
What are you reading?Lilac Girls
In what category was your book nominated?
Historical fiction & Debut Author
Did it win?
No
Is there another choice awards you're very interested in?
It ends with us (Romance) Underground Railroad (Hist Fic)
So excited for the list of books I've chosen this year!
What are you reading this week? My Name Is Lucy Barton
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Fiction - No
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Ummm....These are all on my list for this year. :)
Truly Madly Guilty
Small Great Things
Commonwealth
The Underground Railroad
The Wonder
The Obsession
The Fireman
A Court of Mist and Fury
Glass Sword
The Crown
What are you reading this week?I am going to Read It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win? It won in the Romance category.
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
I also considered The Girl With the Lower Back tattoo and Salt to the Seas
- What are you reading this week?I am reading Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Truly Madly Guilty
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was nominated in the Fiction category and it won!
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
I am interested in many of the books that won/were nominated but a couple that are also on my challenge list are:
All the Missing Girls
The Couple Next Door
Every Heart a Doorway
- What are you reading this week?
- In which category was your book nominated?
Young Adult Fantasy
Did it win? Yes
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Many of them!
- What are you reading this week?I'll be reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was in the Science Fiction category. It didn't win, but was runner-up.
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes, many!
Behind Closed Doors (which I am reading for another topic in this challenge!)
All the Missing Girls
It Ends with Us
Paper Princess
Written in Fire
The Sun Is Also a Star
Lady Midnight
Heartless
Those are all on my TBR list. There were also 5+ more in the categories that are continuations of series that I want to try, so they aren't on my list (yet!) but I do want to start/try out those series :)
- What are you reading this week?Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Fiction and no it didn't win
-Is there another Choice Awards book you are intersted in?
Many of them that will be used to fulfill different prompts in this and the Popsugar challenge.
What are you reading this week? Truly Madly Guilty by Liane MoriartyIn which category was it nominated? Did it win? Fiction. Yes.
Is there any other Choice Books you're interested in? Yes.
It Ends with Us
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
The Score
I am reading End Of Watch, by Stephen KingTHE WINNER in the mystery thriller category.
My other interest will be All The Missing Girls.
What are you reading this week?Truly, Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Fiction - Yes
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Not yet
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- What are you reading this week?
Jodi Picoult
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Fiction and no it didn't win
-Is there another Choice Awards book you are interested in?
Of course~ So many I can't list, but top 3:
- What are you reading this week?**updated 1/14/17 I read Heartless and give it 5 Red Queen stars!!
by Colleen Hoover- In which category was your book nominated? Romance
-Did it win? Yes!
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes..
and
both of these I started reading but didn't finish in time before returning to the library so I want to finish thus timeUpdate 01/06/17
I ended up reading Holding Up the Universe for this week and it's really good so far!
- What are you reading this week?I'm reading Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Nominated in Fiction; did not win
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes, many! And I will be reading these Choice Award winners and nominations as part of my 52 books challenge:
What are you reading this week?Adulthood Is a Myth
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Graphic Novels and yes it did win.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Definitely, about half the ones that won I want to read, plus several others that didn't win.
What are you reading this week?Behind Closed Doors
n which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Mystery and debut goodreads author and no did not win
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes many of them which I will read throughout the year
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was nominated in the Fantasy category which it won :)
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
In the fantasy category I want to read the first book in the series by Ilona Andrews and another book by Patricia Briggs. I have read Rebel in the Sands (which won in the Goodreads Author Debut category) and I highly recommend!
Steph's Progress Post:- What are you reading this week?
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
BEST FICTION 2016, SECOND PLACE WINNER
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
YES, THE GIRLS AND THE NEST HAVE BEEN ON MY TBR LIST FOR AWHILE. I'M GOING TO TACKLE THE NEST DURING THIS CHALLENGE, WHICH I'M GLAD ABOUT!
- A little Update: I LOVED THIS BOOK!! What a great read for week one of my first time around the year in 52! I knew absolutely nothing about this book and now..it's at the top of my favorite book list. I haven't read anything written this well in sooooo long. Read this if you have the chance!!
What are you reading this week?Fool Me Once
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was nominated for Mystery and Thriller but did not win.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
There are quite a few. I think almost all of the Mystery and Thriller ones are on my TBR list.
The Underground Railway and Do Not Say We Have Nothing are both on my ATY challenge.
- What are you reading this week?Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Fantasy, yes
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
A few, but I have so many books lying around waiting to be read so I'll try read through them first.
Meri Kate's Progress Post:-What are you reading this week?
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
-In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was nominated in the Fantasy category and won.
-Is there another Choice Awards book you're interested in?
There are a lot of books from the awards that I would love to read and have added to my TBR.
- What are you reading this week?
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win? Won for Memoir & Autobiography
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in? I'll be honest, I stopped looking as soon as I saw this one that was already on my TBR. :D I'm sure there are others I'll get to eventually.
Week One
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch was a runner-up in the Science Fiction category.
Along with most of the books in the Science Fiction and Fantasy categories, especially The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence, I am quite interested in picking up Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal from the Science and Technology category.
- What are you reading this week?I'm reading The Bronze Key by Holly Black
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Best Middle Grade & Children's, No
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
I'm reading The Crown by Kiera Cass
It was nominated for the YA fantasy award and it didn't win.
I was also interested in Crooked Kingdom and many others.
It was nominated for the YA fantasy award and it didn't win.
I was also interested in Crooked Kingdom and many others.
- What are you reading this week?Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Yes, in Science & Technology
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes, a few I have read and a few I plan to read such as The Princess Saves Herself in The End, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Already read Amy Schumer's book, Sarah Maas's book and Morning Star.
- What are you reading this week?The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It was nominated in best debut goodreads author, and no it didn't win !
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
I really want to read Salt to the Sea as well as Graffiti and The Princess Saves Herself in this One which are both poetry collections
What are you reading this week?Truly Madly Guilty
Truly Madly Guilty, by Liane Moriarty
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It won in the Fiction category.
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
I haven't browsed all the categories in detail, but Hamilton: The Revolution, which won in Non-fiction, is my pick for the Non Fiction week.
- What are you reading this week?
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Mystery/Thriller, and Debut GR Author, didn't win
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
This was the only one on my TBR. I'm usually a few years behind with the popular books...
What are you reading this week?
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Science and Technology, but it didn't win
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
About a million!
What are you reading this week?Behind Closed Doors
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller & for Debut Goodreads Author (2016)
No it didn't win.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Lilac Girls, The Princess Saves Herself in this One, Adulthood Is a Myth, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two,
What are you reading this week?The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
It won the Best Middle Grade and Children's Category.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
The Firemanby Joe Hill
Caitlyn wrote: "Week OneDark Matter by Blake Crouch was a runner-up in the Science Fiction category.
Along with most of the books in the Science ..."
You'll love this one Caityln.
What are you reading this week?
Rebel of the Sands
In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Best Debut Goodreads Author -- Yes, it won.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes, mostly fantasy nominees: And I Darken, A Torch Against the Night, My Lady Jane, Glass Sword, Crooked Kingdom, Lady Midnight, Dark Matter
Rebel of the SandsIn which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Best Debut Goodreads Author -- Yes, it won.
Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Yes, mostly fantasy nominees: And I Darken, A Torch Against the Night, My Lady Jane, Glass Sword, Crooked Kingdom, Lady Midnight, Dark Matter
-What are you reading this week?Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, parts 1 & 2 by J. K. Rowling
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
Fantasy. Yes it did!!
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?
Several of them, including End of Watch, The Underground Railroad, Hamilton: The Revolution, Lilac Girls and America's First Daughter (I'm a sucker for Historical Fiction)
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Around the Year in 52 Books
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Before the Fall (other topics)
Heartless (other topics)
Time Travel: A History (other topics)
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- What are you reading this week?
- In which category was your book nominated? Did it win?
- Is there another Choice Awards book you're very interested in?