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Chapter 22: Goodreads (Is it a Choice?) Awards Reactions


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It's coming down to the end of 2021 and that means Goodreads is holding the annual Goodreads Choice Awards. In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we react to the nominees in each category and talk about the ones we have and haven't read, as well as our predictions for each genre. Have you checked out the nominees? Who do you think will win? 

Books we mention:

  • Gilded by Marissa Meyer,
  • Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover,
  • Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid,
  • The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood,
  • Pestilence (The Four Horsemen #1) by Laura Thalassa,
  • The Bargainer series by Laura Thalassa,
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas,
  • We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin,
  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle,
  • Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn,
  • Survive the Night by Riley Sager.
  • Goodreads Choice Awards Nominees:

    https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2021

    Our Predictions:

    Best Fiction:

    Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

    The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

    The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

    Mystery & Thriller:

    Billy Summers by Stephen King

    The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

    The Push by Ashley Audrain

    Historical Fiction:

    Malibu RIsing by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

    Fantasy:

    A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

    Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

    The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

    Romance:

    The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

    One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

    Science Fiction:

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    Horror:

    Later by Stephen King

    The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

    All’s Well by Mona Awad

    Humor:

    Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson

    Yearbook by Seth Rogen

    Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman

    Non-Fiction:

    The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

    The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

    Memoirs & Autobiographies:

    Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke

    Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci

    History & Biographies:

    Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Stone

    Graphic Novels & Comics:

    Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

    Poetry:

    Shine Your Icy Crown by Amanda Lovelace

    The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

    Debut:

    The Push by Ashley Audrain

    The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

    Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

    Young Adult Fiction:

    Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

    Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

    Young Adult Fantasy:

    How the King m of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

    Chain of Iron by Cassanda Clare

    Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

    Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

    These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

    We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

    Middle Grade & Childrens:

    Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

    Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

    Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab


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