I don't choose reading material based on awards won, simply because I've read many, many books that I thought deserved awards but never received them. Many times, my book club will choose award winning books to review, so I do read a few, but it is not a large factor in the books I personally choose to read.
However, if I do choose a book based on an award, it would have to be the Newbery Medal for children/young adult literature. The Graveyard Book - by Neil Gaiman - is the latest John Newbery Medal winner I read and I absolutely loved this book. I have a great passion for children/young adult books and in recent years, this category makes up the largest majority of my reading material.
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I loved The Graveyard Book, too; it was my third favorite book I read last year!
I did pick A Wrinkle in Time because it won an award. Other than that- not really.
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Did you know The Graveyard Book is loosely based The Jungle Book?
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The Graveyard Book is on my TBR for a while and it's not because it's an award winning book but because I read Coraline and enjoyed it!!
So no I'm not compelled to read prize winners.. I prefer to read what I enjoy regardless if it won anything or not :)
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