Goodreads announced the 2019 winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards, an annual award that recognizes the best books of the year, chosen by the readers.
Here are some of the winners:
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The bookseller, Waterstones, released their shortlist of the Best Book of 2019 and I am so glad to say that three books that I read this year (and also one of my favorites) has made the list:
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2019 is about to close and booksellers and literary awards alike are picking their book picks that really stood out for them this year.The first batch is just trickling in: Foyles Books of the Year.
Foyles has just released their shortlist of the best books of the year in the categseries of Fiction, Non Fiction and Children & YA and if you follow my blog, you’ll notice that there are a couple of my personal favorites:
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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320 pages
Published: August 27, 2019
Publisher: Kathy Dawson Books
Genre: Young Adult, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary, Fantasy Continue reading “Book Review: All The Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle”
As I have mentioned in my previous post, I am on a book committee this year that is in the process of selecting the best YA books of the year for teens, a genre I am not a big fan of. However, as I am reading through these books, I am learning more about my reading tastes. It is not the general YA genre I have a distaste for, it is YA books published by US authors. I have realized that I have a preference for YA books published by UK authors, or more generally, foreign authors. They add something different and unique that goes beyond the generic brand and writing style that is usually accompanied with YA books. Continue reading “Books of 2019: Favorite Reads So Far (YA Genre)”
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 436 pages
Published: April 16, 2019
Publisher: William Morrow
Genre: Fiction & Literature, Romance, Historical, Literary
Continue reading “Book Review: The Binding by Bridget Collins”
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352 pages
Published: January 22, 2019
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Genre: Fiction & Literature, Romance
Continue reading “Book Review: Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal”
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224 pages
Published: January 8, 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography & Memoirs
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 396 pages
Published: November 13, 2018
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography & Memoirs
Continue reading “Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama”
