Winners Circle - Backlist Book Awards

Best Cover: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

The All-nighter: Tied

Listen to Me - Tess Gerritsen

Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie

The Appeal - Janice Hallett

The WTF Award: The Curly Girl handbook - Michele Bender, Lorraine Massey

Best Diverse Read: Dr. Siri Paiboon series - Colin Cotterill

Most Obvious Plot Twist: The Plot - Jean Korelitz

Villainless: The Martian - Andy Weir

Villainous: Desert Queen - Janet Wallach

Poetically Lit: Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine

Wrapped up Tight: Rizzoli & Isles series - Tess Gerritsen

Be Careful! It's Fragile: Desert Queen - Janet Wallach

How about a little Respect: Taste: My Life Through Food - Stanley Tucci

Best in Ship: Fatima Ali and Life; Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More - Fatima Ali

Best in (Friend)ship: Nehemia Ytger and Celaena Sardothien; Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Best in Romance: Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon

Burned on my Brain: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

Best in Sci-fi/ time travel: Blackout/All clear - Connie Willis

Most Emotional Read: What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty

Best in Magical Realism: Tied

Midnight Sun - Stephenie Meyer

The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker

You've Got Mail: Let Me Tell You What I Mean - Joan Didion

Best in Fantasy: Tied

The Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Best Debut: Evvie Drake Starts Over - Linda Holmes

Best in Horror: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Best in Dystopia: Uglies - Scott Westerfeld

Best in Contemporary: Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

Best in Non-fiction: Tied

Quackery - Lydia Kang

The Happiest Man Alive - Eddie Jaku

Bibliomaniac - Robin Ince

The Book Came First: A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman

The Movie Came First: My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

Best LGBT+ Rep: Tied

Huntress - Malinda Lo

Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin

Classically Lit: Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Best Worldbuilding: Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs

Best in Humor: Tied

Agent to the Stars - John Scalzi

How Y'all Doin'? - Leslie Jordan

Best in Historical Fiction: Tied

The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles

Desert Queen - Janet Wallach

Best in Satire: Skipping Christmas - John Grisham

Graphically Lit: Big Panda & Tiny Dragon - James Norbury

The Independence of You: A Camp Without Fire - Ignacio Ramirez Bautista

Backlist Book Awards Category Guide:

 

Best Cover (book)

Nominate a single book that really impressed you cover wise.

The All-nighter (book)

Nominate a book that you just had to stay up to finish.

The WTF Award (book/series)

Nominate a book that left you frustrated or scratching your head

Best Diverse Read (book/series)

Nominate a book/series you feel had good diversity in characters or is by a diverse author.

Most Obvious Plot Twist (book)

Nominate a book that was painfully obvious.

Villain-less (book/series)

Nominate books that have no villains/villainy.

Villainous  (book/series)

Nominate books with an abundance of villains/villainy.

Poetically Lit (book/series)

Nominate books that are written in verse or works of poetry.

Wrapped Up Tight (book/series)

Nominate books that felt like a warm hug. Can be new to you or a comfort read.

Be Careful! It's Fragile (book)

Nominate a book that is very well loved/worn.

How About a Little Respect (book/series)

Nominate underrated books that you have loved.

Best in Ship (book/series)

Nominate a favorite character couple. Include names of characters and book/series details.

Best in (Friend)Ship (book/series)

Nominate a favorite platonic character duo. Include names of characters and book/series details.

Best in Romance (book/series)

Nominate your favorite romance books.

Burned on My Brain (book)

Nominate a book that really made you think/got stuck in your head.

Best in Sci-fi/Time Travel (book/series)

Nominate favorite sci-fi/time travel books.

Most Emotional Read (book)

Nominate a book that got you in the feels.

Best in Magical Realism (book/series)

Nominate books that contain magical realism as a mode of storytelling or fall into the Latin American genre. Magical realism is the blending of magic and every day normal life.

You've Got Mail (book)

Nominate a book that you had to wait for (library holds list, preordered when it was new, ordered online).

Best in Fantasy (book/series)

Nominate books that you enjoyed that were fantasies.

Best Debut Novel (book)

Nominate a book that was a debut last year.

Best in Horror (book/series)

Nominate books you loved in the horror genre.

Best in Dystopia (book/series)

Nominate books you loved that are dystopias.

Best in Contemporary (book/series)

Nominate your favorite contemporary books.

Best in Non-fiction (book)

Nominate your favorite/most enjoyable non-fiction work here.

The Book Came First (book)

Nominate a book that you read before seeing the film/TV series.

The Movie Came First (book)

Nominate a book that you read because you saw the film/TV series.

Best LGBT+ Rep (book/series)

Nominate books that have good rep.

Classically Lit (book/series)

Nominate your favorite books that are classics.

Best Worldbuilding (book)

Nominate a book that blew you away with its' Worldbuilding.

Best in Humour (book, fiction or non-fiction)

Nominate a very funny book.

Best in Historical Fiction (book/series)

Nominate books that blew you away in historical fiction.

Best in Satire (book/series)

Nominate books that are satirical in nature.

Graphically Lit (book/issue/series)

Nominate graphic novels, and comics.

The Independence of You (book)

Nominate your favorite book that was independently published or published a small press.

Backlist book awards return

 

Dusting this off!

That's right the backlist book awards are back! Click the link to nominate now!!!!! Open until February 28th. Everything published 2021 and older is fair game!

As always providing author and book title/series title is a great help for making graphics. 

Happy nominating.

Backlist book awards return

Guess what's back!

That's right the backlist book awards are back! Click the link to nominate now!!!!! Open until February 29th. Everything 2019 and older is fair game!

As always provide author and book title/series title. Happy nominating.

Abandon Ship

 

I have decided to no longer review or request arcs through NetGalley. This is a personal decision based simply on my need to have less tech time, and to reduce blue light getting in my eyes. So, where can you find my reviews, then? Why here of course, and on tumblr, twitter, Instagram, Litsy, and goodreads. 

I have not linked to my Litsy account because it is a mobile only platform currently available for Android and IOS devices. As always, I will continue to read what I enjoy and to share my thoughts and feelings with you. I will also resume star-rating books, purely because it drives the popularity of books on such sites as goodreads and amazon. I also do possess an Indigo reviewer account which I have not used in eons. Probably going to chuck that, too.

So to recap, not using NetGalley; definitely not sorry.

Hiatus

Coming Attractions

Beginning July 21st, I will be launching the Kenyon V Clare project, More on that here. Tags for this will begin with KVC.

There will also be a new monthly feature beginning in August and continuing the first wednesday of every month after. It's called Wildcard Wednesday; I will post something fun, interesting or exciting, not necessarily book related. This feature will include a snippet from the source, a link to it, and my take on it.

There will also be a new feature called November Bookish History, This will be a post in November which covers historical moments in publishing, writing, and other things which impacted people's access to books. 

There will also be a new monthly feature called Creativity Challenge: Judge a Book by its Cover. This will be where I pick up a book and look at its cover to ascertain the plotline. I will then share my findings, the goodreads synopsis, and draw comparisons to see how far off I was. I will try to get these posted by the first of the month. These will begin in December.

There will also be a semi annual feature called Interview With the Blogger. These will be little tidbits about yours-truly. 

And that's all the coming attractions, for now.