So far, we've had 9 months of picks that qualify for the 2023 BOTY awards! There's been a few shake-ups, but we've also got some clear stand-outs. As far as the top 20 goes, if you remove all the books that have less than a 50% "love" rating, we're left with 25 books so far… Continue reading BOTY Predictions – 9 Month Mark
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2023 BOTY Predictions Part 1
Is it a bit early for *next* year's Book of the Year? Probably. However, we're already 4 months into the time period selection, so I figured I'd give a 3-month update on my predictions! This way if anyone is like me, and wants to try and read as many of the nominations as possible, it'll… Continue reading 2023 BOTY Predictions Part 1
BOTY Finalist Predictions
Update: The Finalist nominations came out on October 11th, 2022. The correct ones are listed at the bottom! After analyzing the data, I posted last week taking my guesses at who the top 20 BOTY nominees would be. I didn't so well, correctly guessing only 14/20 (16 of the 20 if you count my Honorable… Continue reading BOTY Finalist Predictions
BOTY Nominee Predictions
Since I'm a part of some Book of the Month Facebook groups, I've seen lots of speculation recently that the first round of voting for the 2022 Book of the Year might be upon us. Last year, BOTM released 20 titles in that first round of voting, which then got narrowed down to 5 Finalists,… Continue reading BOTY Nominee Predictions