Somehow another three months have gone by! I didn’t have as much time to read as I did in the first and second quarter of the year, so I only managed 8 books. But there were a couple of really great ones in there, so let’s take a look! July Ask
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER – BERNARDINE EVARISTO
I was intimidated going into this book. It’s long, and it’s written in an experimental style of verse that doesn’t include periods or capitals. I was nervous I’d be unable to find my feet and that it would prove too difficult for me to get into. Not so. It took about 50 pages, but
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BOOKER PRIZE | 2019 SHORTLIST
The wait is over! The 2019 Booker Prize shortlist was announced on Tuesday. It contained some obvious choices, but also a few surprises. I’ve only completed one of the books on the long list – Girl, Woman, Other (review to come shortly) – but I had been watching reviews and predictions of some of
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE WALL – JOHN LANCHESTER
I went into this with no expectations at all. I had been mildly interested in it before its nomination for the Booker Prize, and that made me pick it up sooner. But I don’t much care for dystopian books, and though the concept behind this is timely and brings up a few important issues,
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | LANNY – MAX PORTER
I’ve heard wonderful things about Max Porter’s last novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. It wasn’t a story that appealed to me, but I was curious about Porter’s writing because all the rave reviews talked about his linguistic ability. Lanny has started to generate similar praise, bolstered now by the book’s inclusion on
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BOOKER PRIZE 2019 | LONGLIST
After a year of waiting, it’s finally Booker Prize season again! The 2019 longlist has just been announced and includes a “Booker’s Dozen” – thirteen books. Some of you may remember the furor last year’s longlist brought about on account of the inclusion of a thriller and a graphic novel. This year’s list is
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SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE & MAN BOOKER | 2018 SHORTLISTS
It feels like just yesterday that this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist was announced, but apparently it wasn’t because yesterday saw the shortlist released! This will be a short post because I haven’t yet finished any of the books (the past few weeks have been crazed and reading has somewhat gone out the window
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2018 SHORTLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s nearly here! The Man Booker Prize shortlist is set to be revealed tomorrow, and all of us who follow book prizes are buzzing with guesses and opinions. By the time the shortlist is announced, I will have read three novels in their entirety – Warlight, From a Low and Quiet Sea and Normal
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WARLIGHT – MICHAEL ONDAATJE
This was, I hate to admit, my first Ondaatje book. I’ve tried a few times in the past to read him, but I’ve never made it very far. I think this was due, in part, to having watched the film adaptation of The English Patient when I was about fifteen and a bit too
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2018 LONGLIST
It’s that time of year again – Man Booker season! As you all know, I’m terrible at sticking to a TBR, so I’ve never managed to read more than two books from any longlist. But for some reason, this is one of the prizes that gets me excited every year, even if I know
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2017 SHORTLIST & TBR UPDATE
Though I got myself out of the loop in the past few weeks, one literary happening did make it onto my radar: the announcement of the Man Booker 2017 shortlist! You might remember I wrote a post about the longlist and discussed which books I was interested in reading from it. In case you are
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2017 LONGLIST & MY TBR
It’s that time of year again – Man Booker season! The longlist has been announced – and there are (surprisingly, given my current residence under a literary rock) some titles on the list I recognize, including my current read! Because I’ve been MIA in the book world for much of the past year and
