Goodreads has launched the opening round for their yearly awards for the best books just recently. I skimmed through the categories myself, yet already saw quite mixed reviews about the suggestions for this year’s nominees.
Some categories like poetry and children books were removed (yeah, you can say that children ain’t a target audience for the Goodreads yet this platform always seemed to be well rounded).
Graphic novels is also something that was removed unfortunately. Although these ain’t my cup of tea, I’m almost sure it must be upsetting for a large group of people.
I only ever have a few of those books nominated read so it’s honestly impossible to be unbiased. They should hold the awards a year in advance to give a chance to read them, like pick the best of 2022 this year. I don’t exclusively read new releases so i can only pick books I’ve read. It’s silly. Then again, that’s just me, maybe others are better at just reading new releases.