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.
It’s the same as every year: my most-read categories are disappointing but from the other categories I’ve added 20+ books to my TBR. A lot of them might end up being DNFs but I like being introduced to ‘popular’ books outside of my comfort zone that I’ve never even heard of before.
I will say, 2023 has been an incredibly mediocre year for new releases. Like I want to complain about what was nominated, but I also can’t think of many 2023 releases that were actually better.