It’s that time of year again! The Women’s Prize for Fiction has released their longlist, and the bookish world is abuzz with excitement and predictions. I have not been doing a good job of keeping up with new releases over the past year, so for I think the first year ever, while I’ve heard
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 | LONGLIST REACTION
The 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist has finally been announced! It’s always an exciting time of year for me because seeing a roundup of some of the best works of the past year written by women and being introduced to some I didn’t yet know about is a wonderful thing. I posted my
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 | LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s that time of year again! The Women’s Prize for Fiction will be announcing their longlist on March 10th – just five days from when I’m writing this. It’s always an exciting thing to see which books make the list – partly to see which of the books you’re rooting for, and partly to
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2019 WINNER ANNOUNCED!
After months of waiting, countless hours spent reading the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 longlist and shortlist, and very nearly making it through the six books in contention for this year’s prize, I’m thrilled that today the winner has been announced! (If you missed it and are still curious, you can check out my roundup
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2019 WINNER PREDICTIONS
We are now just a few days away from the announcement of this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction winner. It’ll be announced on June 5th. This is the first year I’ve even come close to finishing the entire shortlist – and I’ve come very close. I’ve read five of the six books, and am halfway
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS – PAT BARKER
I didn’t want to read this book. Not because I didn’t think it would be good – I’ve heard mainly positive things – but because I don’t love mythology, I’m not big on re-tellings, and I just finished reading Circe, which is both. But I’m so close to finishing the entire shortlist for this
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | CIRCE – MADELINE MILLER
Greek mythology is not my thing. I’ve never read any of the original myths, nor have I had much exposure to movies or re-tellings based on them. I’m not quite sure why – I know some of them are rippingly good yarns – but they just don’t appeal to me. Perhaps a little too
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | SHORTLIST PREDICTIONS 2019
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of my favourite literary prizes. Regardless of the judges and books in a given year, the prize always raises the profile of books written by women, and that’s something I can definitely get behind. This year’s list isn’t my favourite, but there are some titles I was
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | ORDINARY PEOPLE – DIANA EVANS
I came across this book last fall while browsing titles online. I loved the cover, and even more the description of the book. First of all, it’s set in London, and you all know how much of a sucker I am for that particular setting. Second, it’s about two young couples with young children
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER – OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE
Though it’s a thriller at heart, this is one of those books that seems to somewhat defy categorization. This seems to be upheld by its recent selection for the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, a list that, in the few years I’ve been following it, hasn’t favoured the thriller genre. Before seeing it on
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2019 LONGLIST
The longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 has now been announced! And I managed to guess nearly half of the books on it, so I’m pretty happy about that (and it would have been half except I couldn’t find UK publication dates for one and thought it wasn’t eligible… but I’ll go
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | MY 2019 LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s nearly time for one of my favourite book awards of the year to announce its 2019 longlist! That’s right, the Women’s Prize for Fiction announcement is coming up on March 4, less than a week from now! I haven’t had the best reading year, so I haven’t read very many books that are
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WHEN I HIT YOU – MEENA KANDASAMY
This is another of the books on this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction long and shortlists. It’s also the one that, after watching many BookTubers review some or all of the books on the list, I felt was a front-runner to win this year’s prize (it didn’t, Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire did). I decided
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2018 LONGLIST (AND HOW MY GUESSES STACKED UP)
The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018 Longlist has finally been announced! Without any further ado, here it is: H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker The Idiot by Elif Batuman Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Sight by Jessie Greengrass Eleanor Oliphant is
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2018 LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
As most of you out there in book world are well aware, this Thursday (March 8th) is the announcement of the 2018 Longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly Bailey’s Prize, formerly Orange Prize). It’s a well-loved prize amongst book bloggers and booktubers because it features books by women, and it often features
