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BarbaraBB
Boulder | Eva Baltasar
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#12DaysofChristmas #12booksof2023

My May choice is one from the #Booker longlist. In only 105 pages Eva Baltasar writes about love in a way that‘ll stick with me for a long time time.

Megabooks Apparently I missed your review of this! It‘s been a crazy year! 3mo
BarbaraBB @Megabooks Do read it if you can. It‘s short and its impact is 💥 3mo
Andrew65 Sounds good. 3mo
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Leniverse
Western Lane: A Novel | Chetna Maroo
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Pickpick

Three sisters mourn their mother and try to accommodate their father's grief while also defying the expectation that he can't raise them on his own. The youngest plays squash compulsively and watches old Jahangir Khan matches with her father. Nothing much happens. This is all vibe, and only the sketch of a plot, but I found it surprisingly captivating. Even the squash trivia.
#booker
#womensprize #longlist #womensprize2024

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rmaclean4
Pearl | Sin Hughes
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Mehso-so

Why is this on the #Booker longlist. It's a fine book, but nothing I have not read before. Novel about the loss of a mother and the impact it has on her daughter. I had to push myself to finish this one. 2.5 🌟

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charl08
The House of Doors | Tan Twan Eng
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AnneCecilie
A Spell of Good Things | Ayobami Adebayo
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#BookReport

Not one of my better reading weeks. I guess that is what happens when your away on vacation.

I‘ve just read a little bit of this one

Tamra I find I read much less on vacation than I anticipate! 7mo
Cinfhen What did you think about this #Booker ?? 7mo
AnneCecilie @Tamra @Cinfhen I went to NYC and when I travel to cities, I never expect to do any reading at all. I do bring a book, but don‘t expect to do any reading in it. It‘s more there in case the plane is insanely late or something. (edited) 7mo
AnneCecilie @Cinfhen I have some issues. I started it some days before my vacation and didn‘t get far in, but that might have been my vacation mood. But I find it hard to get into every time I put it down for too long, so hope to finish it today. 7mo
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rmaclean4
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The state of my reading this month. Starting books rather than finishing the ones I am reading. My goal in September is to finish what I have started and to carry on with the #booker books I can get my hands on! @TheAromaofBooks #bookspin #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo
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BarbaraBB
Memory of Animals | Claire Fuller
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#WeeklyForecast 32/23

I am having All the Little Bird-Hearts in progress, it is good! I also want to start the tagged book for #Camplitsy23 this week and want to join the #PersephoneClub this month by reading There Were no Windows. Hopefully I‘ll read even more, on Friday my vacation begins!

Cinfhen Ohhhh, I‘m so curious about 8mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen It‘s very good. Sad, but I always love sad books 🤷🏻‍♀️ 8mo
Cinfhen All #Booker books are SAD 😔 it‘s like a prerequisite for the nomination 8mo
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TrishB Lol! Agree with @Cinfhen they have to be sad! I do love a sad book too. 8mo
BarbaraBB @TrishB That‘s true with the Murray as the exception maybe but you bailed on that 😂 @Cinfhen (edited) 8mo
TrishB The sad may have come further on! I just didn‘t make it that far 😁 8mo
Cinfhen I don‘t mind sad books @TrishB @BarbaraBB but I HATE that almost ALL the Booker books are SO BLEAK! The one im reading now certainly is 8mo
Tamra Enjoy your vacation! 8mo
BarbaraBB @TrishB 😂😂 8mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I don‘t like bleak books either. But I do like sad books. I don‘t know if my English is good enough to know the difference. But “bleak” for me is connected to misery while “sad” can be about subjects like loss and grief and loneliness. Absolutely not sure if I‘m‘ right but by my own definition I like sad books but not bleak 😅 @TrishB (edited) 8mo
BarbaraBB @Tamra Thank you so much! Four more days to work and then I‘m off 💃 8mo
TrishB @Cinfhen Old Gods Time is very sad! 8mo
Cinfhen You‘re right @BarbaraBB there is a difference between sad and bleak - bleak is definitely darker than sad and the Barry is DARK - im actually not “enjoying” it at all @TrishB (edited) 8mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @TrishB I just finished the tagged and loved it. Wow. What a book. Sad though. Not bleak or dark… I think. I‘ll read Old Gods soon. Will keep you posted! 8mo
TrishB @Cinfhen Old Gods is pretty relentlessly bleak I agree. Hoping to get to the Fuller this week. 8mo
BarbaraBB @TrishB Starting it now! 8mo
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charl08
All the Little Bird-Hearts | Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
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charl08 A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo on the library's reservation shelf already :-)
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry reserved
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein no copies in the library - put a request to order it.
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery - reserved
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney - reserved
This Other Eden by Paul Harding - reserved
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charl08 Pearl by Sian Hughes (not in the library and given the subject matter I might wait until the shortlist is announced)
All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow - reserved
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - not out here yet (later in August)
In Ascension by Martin McInnes - reserved
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo - reserved
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (Not a fan, might pass for now)
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Julsmarshall Thanks for sharing-looks like an amazing group of books. That cover of Prophet Song took my breath away! 8mo
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jlhammar Yay! Look forward to your reviews! The majority of these aren't out in the US yet so not sure how many I'll get to before the shortlist (I think I'm going to resist ordering from Blackwell's for now). The Barry is the only one I've read and I thought it was phenomenal. Really tough read though in terms of subject matter. 8mo
batsy @jlhammar Happy to hear you liked the Barry! I've not read him before and @CarolynM also gave this one a thumbs up 🙂 8mo
TheKidUpstairs I'm so intrigued by this list. So many from indie publishers, so many I'd never heard of! Lots aren't out yet in Canada, but I'll start with what I can! 8mo
Ruthiella I agree, the list this year is intriguing! I‘ll be curious to hear from those readers who are tackling the longlist as to what I might end up trying. 8mo
charl08 @Julsmarshall looking forward to lots of bookish disucssion about the merits of these. 8mo
charl08 @jlhammar oh that's frustrating! Although maybe a relief for the TBR pile?!! 8mo
charl08 @batsy tempting. My problem is knowing what to read first! 8mo
charl08 @TheKidUpstairs it is good to see the indies getting a nod. 8mo
charl08 @Ruthiella well, I'll be giving it a go. Wish me luck! 8mo
rmaclean4 So excited to dive in! 8mo
BarbaraBB Very excited about this years choices! So far I‘ve only read two but I‘ve purchased a bunch to take with me on vacation 💃 8mo
charl08 @rmaclean4 me too. A few library books to finish first... 8mo
charl08 @BarbaraBB sounds like the basis of a good trip to me! 8mo
rmaclean4 @charl08 just finished my library reads. I have read This Other Eden before. Just started In Acension and Old God's Time. Booker is like Christmas in the summer!!! 8mo
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rmaclean4
Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver

August is all about #booker. Long list announced August 1.
1 Booker
2 Booker
3 Booker
4 Booker
5 Booker
6 Booker
7 Booker
8 Booker
9 Booker
10 Booker
11 Booker
12 Booker
13 Booker
14 BuzzWord ( Weather ) Wolf Winter
15 Simon Savage Pick ( Between the Wars) The World And All That It Holds
16 Book Spin (YouTube)
17 TBR Jar (Fates and Furies)
18 Library
19 Library
20 Library
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Hope there are some good ones in there for you!! 8mo
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BarbaraBB
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Mehso-so

Finishing this book felt like working. Three men, two of which are Jewish, are friends and are meeting one another all the time. They discuss Judaism, Zionism, antisemitism, sexism… and all in that sarcastic, self-mockery tone of voice Philip Roth does as well. Plus I don‘t think I have ever read as extensively about circumcised penises as I did here. Another favorite subject of the men. It was hard working and I didn‘t really enjoy it. #booker

Librarybelle Doesn‘t sound like a book for me…I do love the color scheme of your photo, matching the background with the book cover! 9mo
Vansa I did not get this book at all. Reading it was a massive slog! 9mo
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CarolynM Me neither @Vansa I bailed. I‘m a bit sorry I missed the circumcision discussions though🤣 9mo
BarbaraBB @Vansa @CarolynM I think I got the point after the first 50 pages and then it dragged along for another 200. You didn‘t miss much Carolyn, just men bragging about themselves 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 9mo
sarahbarnes I‘ve wondered about this one and now will feel okay not wondering about it anymore. 😆 9mo
MicheleinPhilly I was bored to tears by this book. 9mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Don‘t bother! 9mo
BarbaraBB @MicheleinPhilly So glad I‘m not the only one! 9mo
MrsMalaprop Baha, not surprised my husband loved this then & just said to me the other day that he needs to read more Jacobsen 🍆😂 9mo
BarbaraBB @MrsMalaprop Haha! It won the Booker price so more people must have loved it 🥴! I read another Jacobsen that I enjoyed much more: 9mo
Megabooks Lol! This sounds…interesting in a boring way. (edited) 9mo
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