I have never paid much attention to book awards, simply because I don’t believe that other people’s opinions (even if there are many of them) should dictate what I read or what I’m allowed to find good. I read what I like and I’m not ashamed of it, be it children’s books, my billionth re-read of Peter Pan or speculative fiction. However, I must admit that lately, I’ve noticed that several of the books I found particularly good, happened to have won some awards in their genres.
So while I don’t necessairly always agree with the winners, I do like some help in picking the next book to read and these award winners look pretty good.
