After the readings and class discussion, I feel that awards are not as good of a selling point that I used to think they were. I can admit that I have read a book solely because it has the award assigned to it, but I never realized how many books could potentially be eliminated from the process because of requirements of the award.
When it comes to awards with specific diverse areas considered I am very skeptical. I feel that people may find the information or text to be believable and authentic solely because the award from that group is given to that book. They may not do as critical of a read because the award does it for them. These books are not always as good as the award makes the reader believe they are. In my group we researched the Lambda Literacy Foundation Award and I was shocked at how many books were awarded each year. Not all of these books are the "best book" but they have the award because of the LGBT aspect that is in the book.
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