Another convincing winner today in the #ToB25 as well as the #LitsyToB25. Orbital didn‘t stand a chance against The History of Sound, which is this year‘s favorite for many of us. Only Amy and Soscha voted for Orbital and so we see the winner of the #BookerPrize24 leave our tournament!
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Bookwormjillk So glad my to favorites advanced (History of Sound and Beautyland). 1mo
sarahbarnes Yay! Very happy to see this one move forward. 🌊 1mo
kwmg40 Yay! I loved The History of Sound. One of my favourites this year. 1mo
Hooked_on_books I liked both of these, but HOS was so gorgeous there was just no question. Glad to see it move on! 1mo
Deblovestoread I really liked Orbital but it is rare for me to be enthralled with short stories so HOS got my vote. Glad to see it move on. 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I am still waiting for History from the library, but I was not impressed with Orbital, was really surprised when it won the Booker. 1mo
AmyG Ha…I only voted for Orbital as I didn‘t read The History of Sound. 😬 (bumping it up on my ereader) 1mo
GatheringBooks I get how literary Orbital was but it only made me realize how much I would loathe being an astronaut - more than me being enamored by all the lyrical paean to the galaxy, plus the thinly-veiled exoticizing of the fisherman in the storm-lashed island where my mother was born just didn‘t sit well with me. HoD, on the other hand, was subtle, sparse, yet packs a punch nonetheless. I am glad it won. 1mo
BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks I felt the same about Orbital and yes @AmyG you should bump HoS up, it is totally your kind of book! 1mo
AnneCecilie @AmyG We use different strategies. I voted for The History of Sound because I saw a lot of great things about it and I bailed on Orbital 1mo
Jas16 @Deblovestoread Totally agree. 1mo
Megabooks HofS is a 5⭐️ short story collection for me and I am stingy AF!! Highly recommend if you‘re reading this thread and haven‘t tried it yet!! 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Ok…The History of Sound is now on my radar! 1mo
Well-ReadNeck I honestly thought Orbital might win here because of the buzz it‘s gotten, but (warning:Hot Take Incoming) I thought it was soooooooooo boring. 1mo
BarbaraBB @Well-ReadNeck As boring as their lives in space I think but I totally agree. And I too was thinking it might have won in the ToB 1mo
Suet624 I‘m a very happy camper so far. History of Sound is phenomenal. 1mo