28.Nov.2009 Book Awards Challenge III Completed!
I joined Book Awards Challenge III in July and it’s going to end on the 1st of December, so this is a good time to wrap-up!
I surprised myself I was able to complete it as I almost gave up a few weeks ago. Thanks to the graphic novel American Born Chinese, which is short and won tons of awards! :)
I read 5 books:
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (finished 08/09,
)
2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (nominee) - Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (finished 08/09,
)
2009 Orange Prize for Fiction (shortlist) - Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara (finished 08/09, )
2003 Akutagawa Prize - Strangers by Taichi Yamada (finished 09/09,
)
1987 Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (finished 10/09,
)
2007 Printz, 2007 Eisner – Best New Graphic Album, finalist for 2006 National Book Award
My favorite of the lot is by miles Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides! Loved loved loved it so much! It became my top 3 books of all time! Great plot, great characters, great journey, and most of all, AMAZING writing! I just enjoyed it through and through.
My biggest disappointment were Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie and Strangers by Taichi Yamada. The writing for Burnt Shadows was pretty good but the book just dragged for the longest time and I hated the characters and didn’t believe a lot of parts of the storyline. The idea of Strangers is great, but the execution made it a B-grade ghost story. I don’t think I will read their other books.
As always, reading prize winners is one of my top priority so I look forward to the next instalment of Book Awards Challenge (the forth will start on 1 February 2010). Thanks to 3m @ 1morechapter for hosting such a great challenge!
mee 
