Goodreads announced the winner for each category earlier today for the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards.
In Fantasy, the winner is : A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin. Not a huge surprise since the book was awaited for so long and in the end it delivered enough quality. My pick was Rothfuss and he ended up in third place. Dance was also in third position in the overall favorite book of 2011.
The Fantasy list :
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
Snuff - Terry Pratchett
Don't Breathe a Word - Jennifer McMahon
The Magician King - Lev Grossman
One of our Thrusdays is Missing - Jasper Fforde
Twilight's Dawn - Anne Bishop
Naamah's Blessing - Jacqueline Carey
Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence
The Rogue - Trudi Caravan
Among Others - Jo Walton
The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson
Cast in Ruin - Michelle Sagara
Deathless - Catherynne M. Valente
The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
Blackveil - Kristen Britain
The Kingdom of Gods - N.K. Jemisin
Legends of Shannara - Terry Brooks
The Omen Machine - Terry Goodkind
That is a terrible decision. I only read about a quarter of DoD so far and it is by far the worse of the series. Martin should thank the TV series for his win.
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I did read it Phil, and me being a complete fanboy I had to do a re-read of the 4 before it... Don't let that stop you though, I think a re-read of "The Judging Eye" would be plenty to get you back into the story. White Luck Warrior was sooo good. The material remains super dark, but not shock factor dark if that makes sense. Rape, Incest, Cannibalism, Murder... This series mentally drains you but it's sooo rewarding. Top Tier stuff IMHO I would love to see a review done from you ;)
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