11.Jan.2010 Book Awards IV, Bring It On!
Book Awards IV
1 January – 1 November 2010
10 months. 10 awards.
Do I dare say, “Bring it on!” ? I do!
Books read:
- Waiting by Ha Jin (finished 01/10, rating 5/5)
1999 National Book Award for Fiction
2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Finalist of 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (finished 01/10, rating 5/5)
1966 Nebula Award for Best Novel - Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (finished 02/10, rating 4.5/5)
2008 Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel - The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (finished 03/10, rating 4/5)
2009 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Overall Best Book
2009 ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Book of the Year - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (finished 03/10, rating 4.5/5)
1932 Pulitzer Prize
1938 Nobel Prize for Literature (the author for body of work) - The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan (finished 03/10, rating 4/5)
1999 Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year
1999 Spectrum Gold Award for Book Illustration
1999 Aurealis Conveners’ Award for Excellence - Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon (finished 04/10, rating 5/5)
2006 IGN Best Original Graphic Novel - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (finished 04/20, rating 5/5)
1996 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Overall Best Book
1995 Giller Prize
Shortlisted for 1996 Booker Prize - The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (finished 04/10, rating 4/5)
1979 Cheltenham Prize for Literature - Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (finished 05/10, rating 4/5)
2009 World Fantasy Award (Novel)
2009 Honor Book: Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (finished 06/10, rating 4.5/5)
1961 Pulitzer Prize
Reviews Jan/Feb
