I got the notice that Goodreads is looking for their best of 2011 in all categories already/again. The way they "take" nominees is to compile the books with the most positive votes, and put those up as the nominations. Then all registered Goodreads members get to vote in a couple of rounds and run-offs. We also get the chance to do write-ins. (More on the whole nomination and voting process is here.)

I have two issues this year. Issue #1 is that I didn't read any knock-my-socks off books that were published this year. Issue #2 is that a number of books that I do like ended up in the same category. I don't particularly want to choose between Magic Slays and One Salt Sea.

Anyway, if you are interested in seeing the categories and voting (if you are a Goodreads member), the link to the start of the ballot is here.