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. 

Earlier, Brandon Sanderson was part of a Q&A on Goodreads. Read it here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/38550.Brandon_Sanderson/questions#

    The winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced.     Go here to see the winners: https://www.goodreads.com/ choiceawards/best-books-2013   Congrats to winners and nominees all! I may not have read all the books, but I am sure you are all deserving and there are no losers here. Who knows, maybe someday some of my work may get nominated. Speaking of which.....

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2013 You have until the 25th to vote in the final round of the 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards...good luck!

Vote in the semifinals here!!  http://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2013

It's that time of year again .

The GoodReads Choice Awards for 2012 have been announced. Here are some winners of note.

There's a website I use which I may have linked here a couple times - Goodreads. It's definitely for bookworms and is a great way to discover books and other fellow readers. They have nominees up now for you to vote in the first round of awards chosen by readers. To view and vote, head to  http://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2012 There are a few more rounds yet to come...so make sure you vote for your book of choice in hopes of advancing it.  The semifinal round is Nov. 12-17, and the final round is Nov. 19-27.  2009 -  http://www.goodreads.com/award/goodreader/2009 2010 -  http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2010 2011 -  http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2011 Check out the various categories...you may find some books that you may be interested in.