Goodreads Choice Awards opinions?

What do you guys think about this year's nominees in the YA fiction and YA fantasy categories? I have to admit that this is the first time in like 10 years when I have not read a single one of the nominees.

Seems like some of the books are not popular at all (1k ratings), which seems strange to me in a contest that's purely about popularity?

Subsequently many of the fantasy nominees are sequels, which I personally rarely get to.

What would you guys recommend out of the nominees?