The Reader's Awards

Introduction

I love reading.

I love writing too, but reading, reading, really is like breathing to me.

I've read hundreds of books on this site and possibly thousands off Wattpad before ebooks were even a thing. Yes, I'm that old 😄

Here on Wattpad, I learned to express my opinion on what I read in comments and later, in bookclubs, in chapter reviews. I learned to look at what I read critically and pause and think about what I'm reading, and ponder why some words, sentences, chapters, and books work for me and others don't.

I'm not a book critic. I did not study writing. I'm only a lifelong reader who thinks she can distinguish well-written books from those which still need some work to make them shine and sparkle.

By well-written, I mean books with a level of grammar that doesn't disturb the reading experience. Plot weaved into the story in such a way that it makes me want to turn page after page. Characters I can relate to, love, or hate, those that won't leave me cold and indifferent. I'm thinking Twilight against All the Light we Cannot See. Hunger Games against The Book Thief. Harry Potter against Captain Corelli's Mandolin. (The second book, despite being more masterfully written, is always the less known here).

So here's the idea. The Reader's Awards, with me being the only reader.

Yes, a reader, not a judge. A person who will read a few chapters of the book you enter, write a short review of what she read and choose the 'most wow' entries as winners.

As I mentioned before, I'm not an expert on writing. I won't judge your technical skills. I'll focus on readability, your talent to hook the reader from the beginning, and those things that make books bestsellers.

This is still only an idea, and I don't know whether I'll really run these awards in the end. It will all depend on you.

Would you be interested in entering?

Let me know in the comments.