Welcome to the very last day of Bookmas—Bookmas day 12—and I’m ending the year with my second annual Book Awards (aka my version of an end-of-year book tag). I’m giving out 19 different awards, and yes, I tried to keep it to one winner per category… but some of these were impossible to choose. We talk favorite authors (Frederik Backman and Kristin Hannah, no surprise), the prettiest covers, the most unique reads, and the book that had me literally gasping out loud. I also get into the books that genuinely surprised me (including a vampire novella I didn’t expect to love that much), the one I’m most likely to reread, and the book I wish I could read for the first time again (The Great Alone—there are actual tears on those pages). Then we do character awards: favorite characters I want to hug, my favorite couple, best romance dynamics, best found family, the coziest read that feels like a candle + heated blanket moment, and the most painful book that emotionally destroyed me. And because it’s me, we also talk about what was mid, what disappointed me, and why some series just aren’t for me—and that’s okay.