2023 Goodreads Choice Awards

[hermetic]

The only major book awards decided by readers.

The Fiction winner, with 200,722 votes, is Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. A lacerating parable about the publishing industry itself. A combination of satire, metafiction, and slow-burn thriller, the book ultimately delivers a sly cultural critique concerning race and tokenism in the book business.

See all the rest of them here:
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023

[Bayard]

1. Bookmarking

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Bookmark also. Thanks.

[txwhitedove]

3. Ooh, now I'm #149 on library Hold list!

Yellowface has solid 4 out of 5 star rating with good reviews by library readers.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

7. Right before xmas

Amazon had their Kindle version available for something like $3.

[yellowdogintexas]

4. I am ashamed to admit I have not read a single one of these

Yet I have read 85 books this year.

[hermetic]

5. Yeah, well...

We can't be expected to read EVERYTHING. As long as you're enjoying what you're reading, that's really all that matters. Heck, I'd never even heard of most of those when I found that article. Read on!

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

6. I'll have read 250 as of today

And I haven't read any of them, either.

I'm hoping to rectify that this year by intentionally slotting a new release into every month for my 2024 reading list.

Yes, I plan my reads for the entire year...in advance. It's the only way to stay on top of my staggering TBR pile.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. I am going to work really hard to keep my Prime reading list under control

so I can pick up new ones!!!
And slow down on new free and cheap Kindle books.

Restricting myself to checking my links for books in my series or extremely intriguing items. I could read for the rest of my life and not finish what I already have in my kindle

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

9. I've found that most free books on Kindle are awful

I haven't bothered with any of those for at least five years now. Beyond the low-quality factor, that so many of the $0.00 are Kindle Unlimited selections also made the freebies too difficult to dig through.

I did score a free book on one of my 'to acquire' lists once. ONCE. However, I was actively looking for that particular book, and got the pleasant surprise that it was free. I didn't find it by trolling for $0.00 books.

I do check the Kindle deals page every single day. Sometimes they'll have a special sale featured in the banner on top. The Daily Deals are also worth a look. At least once a week, they'll post something really awesome that's a recent bestseller or a book I've wanted for a long time. I picked up RF Kuang's Yellowface, the Goodreads best fiction winner, for something like $3.99 that way. So you never know what you'll find in a daily deal, but you do have to stay on top of the page if you're a frugal reader, like I am.

Some advice: Don't bother with the 'countdown' deals, and check the monthly deals like it says on the tin: Monthly. The former are invariably junk, and the latter doesn't have much turnover, day to day or even week to week.

[yellowdogintexas]

10. Register with Book Bub, Robin Reads or Fussy Librarian Free services;

I have no interest in plowing through Amazon itself looking for bargains.

When you sign up, just choose your favorite genres and you will get a daily email with selections (except Fussy Librarian which is weekly); 90 percent of the offerings are free, 99 cents or $1.99. When I see something that interests me, I read the sample. If it sucks me in, I get it. Sometimes it's the first volume of a series, or a digital boxed set of several volumes of a series.

This is how I get my free books. I have found so many great authors and good series through these services.

I follow certain authors on Amazon and get emails when they have a new release or a book goes on sale.

The Prime Reading list is very long and has some excellent stuff. You can have up to 10 at a time, for an unlimited period of time. When I get these all read, I can pick some more. I have liked some of them so much that when they became available at a low price I picked them up. If you have a Prime membership, it is part of the package. Free

First week of the month, I get an invitation to pick a book from Amazon First Reads. If I get one, it is mine to keep. Free