Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges discussion

Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award in January - any year.

Awards that have been announced in January include:
* Costa Book Awards
* The American Library Association Awards (ALA) including the Youth Media Awards - like the Alex Awards and the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ... but these awards are sometimes presented in early February - so be careful which year you choose.
* The AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Children and Young Adults)

--- Comment below with ---
(1) the name book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) the name and year of the award it won
(3) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book.

Reservoir 13, Costa Novel Award 2017

I read Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi - winner of a 2021 Alex Award. I can't say I liked this - parts of it were interested, but it was so disjointed and the ending was meh.

I read Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine which won a Costa Award. I'll be honest, I'd avoided this book up to this point thinking it wasn't really for me. Turns out I really enjoyed it. A bit slow moving and I did find myself glazing over some of the longer stretches of Eleanor's internal dialogue, but overall I'm really glad I finally gave it a chance.

Challenge completed!
I was going to read this one in 2021 but never got around to do it. I read Black Sun. It won the ALA Alex Award in 2021.

Simone wrote: "Challenge completed!
I was going to read this one in 2021 but never got around to do it. I read Black Sun. It won the ALA Alex Award in 2021."

I'm looking forward to the sequel for this!

Kimberly wrote: "Simone wrote: "Challenge completed!
I was going to read this one in 2021 but never got around to do it. I read Black Sun. It won the ALA Alex Award in 2021."

I'm looking forward to..."

Ooh! I didn't know there was going to be one.