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 often find many of my 1-star reads in the running or even the winners.
So it basically means nothing to me. Kind of like how the NYT Bestseller list is usually my list to avoid.
Also I agree it’s far less well-rounded to dump those categories. Kids may not be the audience voting, but parents are on there.