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I'm not at all surprised (still disappointed though) by "Best" Fantasy, but I can't get over SF category, even though the final selection was bleak and unpromising. Oh, and Poetry, though in hindsight I should have known better than to expect anything else there either. And Cookbooks just does not compute.
— Dec 06, 2016 03:42AM

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message 1: by shanghao (last edited Dec 06, 2016 05:12AM) (new)
Dec 06, 2016 05:04AM

shanghao I just saw the list...the SF winner is the only book on the list that I've finished reading ^^ yeah it's a YA soap opera nothing more...the only thing SF would be the visuals if the movie version comes out (which is in the works). How was that book categorised under SF in the first place baffled me...the YA mob rules indeed on GR!

I like YA as much as the average kidult but this is pretty sad as far as 'best' standards go


message 2: by Helen (new)
Dec 06, 2016 05:51AM

Helen sanny wrote: "the YA mob rules indeed on GR! "

It sure seems to be that way!

I can, in theory, still channel my inner teenager and appreciate YA or middle grade protagonist. But. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have liked most of the popular ones even when I was the supposed "target" age.


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