Goodreads Choice Awards - Semifinal Round voting

[ufcasey]

The semifinal round voting has now begun for the Goodreads Choice Awards. Any changes in your votes, if you did the opening round? What are your voting for in this round? Any books you are trying to read before the final round ends (final round voting is Nov 17-30)?

[ufcasey]

Changes to my previous opening round votes are in bold

Fiction
Voted - The Glass Hotel 4.5*

Mystery/Thriller
Voted - The Night Swim 3.5* 

Fantasy
Voted - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.5*

Romance
Voted - Take a Hint, Dani Brown 4* (previously voted for Fair as a Star by Matthews as a write-in, it didn't make the cut)

Science Fiction
Voted - The Space Between Worlds 4.5*

Humor
Voted - A Very Punchable Face 4* (previously didn't vote, just finished reading this)

Non-Fiction
Voted - Hidden Valley Road 4*

Memoir
Voted - A Promised Land by Obama (not published yet!)

History/Biography
Voted - The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 4*



These are the books I already had on my want to read list before the voting came out, hopefully I will get to some of them:

The Guest List
Confessions on the 7:45
Where the Lost Wander
In a Holidaze
Solutions and Other Problems (currently reading)
A Promised Land
What Kind of Woman
Raybearer

[ssmjlm]

ufcasey, I found The Guest List just ok. It was a bit too much coincidence for me. Reminded me a little bit like a bad season of 90210 college years, sort of.

Interestingly, I've attempted to read 3 of the books in that category. The Wives was DNF for me. I'm trying to read Home Before Dark, but honestly, I'm just not that into it. I may be another DNF.

You Are Not Alone was terrible.

I do continue to wonder how some of these books are chosen.

[tacokick]

I find the choices highly suspect lol Some of them are some of the worst books I’ve read or tried to read all year.

Oddly, I didn’t have a favorite in the cookbook/food category and that’s normally a section I have a lot of opinions on.

[aurora]

I haven't read a single one of those! Guess I'm behind the times this year.

[meowmaps]

It looks like you can’t write-in past the first round. Bummer.

[ufcasey]

Nov 14, 2020 23:22:06 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

It looks like you can’t write-in past the first round. Bummer.

Yeah, only the opening round allows write-ins.  It's the final voting round now and then winners are announced.