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Morning all. I‘m in a bit of a book hangover, as I adored Audition by Katie Kitamura. So it‘s hard getting into another book. But this one has a lovely opening. And i‘ll spend part of my morning here.

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I‘m on chapter 3. Everyone seems bewildered trying to understand this one. Little 🧠 primed. #booker #Booker2025

My 2nd from the #Booker longlist

Goodness, I‘m still thinking about this. Our main character, István, fascinates without saying anything. A book of spare prose, raging underneath. I was sucked in, raced through its 350 spare pages in 4 days. You love István, and he‘s awful, and does awful stuff. But suffers awful stuff too without ever a complaint. Just saying, “ok”. And not much else. I‘ll leaven the masculinity stuff off this mini review. ?

My 1st from the #Booker longlist. #Booker2025

🐌s, an industry of Ukraine brides for foreign bachelors, and the gruesome invasion.

I was nervous at first, but the book does a shift at about page 100, a metafictional interlude. The context changes and what I didn‘t like before i suddenly adored. I finished having really enjoyed it, and having been smitten. It was fun and disarmingly deep. I'm still thinking on it.

I‘m 1/3 through my current read. So far it‘s elegant and complex and i‘m loving it, even if i need breaks.

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Starting today.
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And i also started this last night, from the #Booker2025 longlist. An endling is the last of a species to die before extinction. The book is so far a look at extinction, a kind of bride-supplier, and the Ukraine on the edge of the coming big invasion.

I get so excited about the #Booker longlist, and then I start the 1st book, and it‘s like - wait, who are you? I need to step back and look a bit and get acquainted with this year‘s list of books. Can‘t take these relationships too fast…. This one is 1st. Possibly my only one on audio. Not sure yet if this ten year old in the prolonged is a sociopath. #Booker2025