The Fireside

The winners of the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced! They were selected by users who voted in a serious of rounds. The winners are: Landline  by Rainbow Rowell ; Fiction  Mr. Mercedes   by Stephen King ; Mystery & Thriller  All the Light We Cannot See   by Anthony Doerr ; Historical Fiction  The Book of Life  ( All Souls Trilogy Book 3) by Deborah Harkness ; Fantasy  Written on My Own Heart's Blood  ( Outlander  Book 8) by Diana Gabaldon ; Romance  The Martian by Andy Weir ; Science Fiction  Prince Lestat ( Vampire Chronicles  Book 1) by Anne Rice ; Horror  Yes Please   by Amy Poehler ; Humour  The Opposite of Loneliness  by Marina Keegan ; Non-Fiction  This Star Won't Go Out   by Esther Earl, Lori Earl and Wayne Earl ; Memoir & Autobiography  The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport ; History & Biography ...

It is now the final round for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards, so you get those votes in! Here's who I voted for:  Fiction: The Bone Clocks  Mystery & Thriller: Mr. Mercedes Historical Fiction:  All the Light We Cannot See Fantasy: The Slow Regard of Silent Things   Romance: Written in My Own Heart's Blood Humor: Yes Please   History & Biography: In the Kingdom of Ice Debut Goodreads Author: Pierce Brown  Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi: Red Rising   I'll announce who wins....

It is now the semifinal round for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards! Make sure you get your votes in.  Here are my picks: Fiction - The Bone Clocks  by David Mitchell Mystery / Thriller - Natchez Burning  by Greg Iles  Historical Fiction - All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr  Fantasy - The Slow Regard of Silent Things  by Patrick Rothfuss  Romance - Written in My Own Heart's Blood  by Diana Gabaldon  Science Fiction - Cibola Burn  by James S.A. Corey Debut Goodreads Author - Red Rising  by Pierce Brown  Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi - Red Rising  by Pierce Brown 

It's that time of year again...time for the Goodreads Choice Awards! you get to vote on the year's best in a series of rounds to determine the winners in various fields. It's all user-selected. Begin here:  http://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2014 The opening round lasts until November 8. Then, Semifinals are November 10-15. The finals are November 17-24.  There appears to some restrictions - it seems this year it's US based. For example, I was wanting to vote on Tolkien's Beowulf  in the poetry section. Yet, The Fall of Arthur  won it last year. And, Ken Follett's Edge of Eternity  is a nominee this year. Doesn't make sense to me.