I saw booktuber Regan from Peruse Project do this tag, and I thought it would be fun to do. This tag was originally created by Bookadoodles. Keep in mind that I’m doing this tag with MY 2019 reads, these are not necessarily 2019 releases.
Best Actor: “Best Male Protagonist”
Assuming that this is about the most interesting an well written character, as opposed to the character who is the best person, I would choose Grenouille from Perfume by Patrick Susskind. He’s such a horrifying character, yet so interesting.
Best Actress: “Best Female Protagonist”
Keiko from Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. She’s such a well-written character!
Best Cinematography: “Best Plot Twist”
The Silent Patient by Alex Michelides had one of the most mind-blowing plot twists ever!
Best Costume Design: “Best Book Cover”
I love this cover to Us Against You, sequel to Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Best Supporting Actress and Actor: “Best Male and Female Sidekicks/Supporting characters”
For the best male supporting character I’d go with Eliot from the Magicians by Lev Grossman, while for the best female supporting character, I’d choose Vashet from Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss.
Best On-Screen Kiss:“Best Couple/Romance”
I loved Stella and Michael from the Kiss Quotient together, they were just so cute!
Best Original Screenplay: “Most Unique Plot/World”
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet had such a unique and interesting world!
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Best Book-to-Movie Adaptation” OR “A book that should be adapted into a film
I’m changing this to include TV series as well. I really enjoyed the Witcher.
Best Animated Feature: “A book that would work well in an animated format” OR “Best Graphic Novel” OR “Best Children’s Book”
I’m going with the first option. Anyone else thinking Vasya would make an amazing Disney princess?
Best Director: “A writer you discovered for the first time”
I discovered loads of amazing writers in 2019, but since I had to pick one, I’d go with Lev Grossman. I enjoyed The Magicians a lot!
Best Short Film: “Best Novella” or “Short Book”
I’d go with Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata again. Honorary mention goes to Leila by Prayag Akbar
Best Picture: “Best Stand-Alone”
I had read plenty of amazing stand-alones, but this one has to go for The Devourers by Indra Das
Best Documentary: “Best Historical Fiction” OR “Best Non-Fiction”
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough was an amazing work of historical fiction.
Best Original Soundtrack: “Best Audiobook” or “Best Book in Verse”
I listened to Rosemary’s Baby on audiobook, and it was AMAZING.
Best Foreign Film: “Best diverse author” OR “Best book with Diverse Representation”
The term ‘diversity’ is always a bit confusing to me, because in the book community it is used in a very America-centric way. Still, if I had to pick a book, I would go for American Panda here, it is definitely diverse from my perspective, with a Taiwanese-American main character and a Japanese love interest.
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