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 was SO glad that Romantasy was split from Fantasy. It’s the first time I got excited about the awards after seeing that. I have nothing against Romantasy, but it has been a huge bummer to watch the awards always go to Sarah J. Mass (and this year to Fourth Wing) while the really good fantasy books that are coming out just get ignored year after year after year. I’m just glad that some of the fantasy that came out this year actually stands a chance for a change.
If Sanderson has one of his main books come out doesn’t he usually win that year? I recall a lot of wins for him in this category.