Here‘s my own shortlist for the #bookerprize, in order of favourites.
I‘m cheating a bit by having TWO lists as, whilst these are my faves, I don‘t think they‘ll all make the list.
Bird-Hearts, In Ascension and Prophet Song should make the list. Study for Obedience will be on there because I hated it (!). And I think This Other Eden and Western Lane are more Booker-y than some of those above.
Looking forward to the *actual* list tomorrow!
Cinfhen, ClairesReads, TheKidUpstairs, charl08, BookwormM, vlwelser, JamieArc, BarbaraBB, sarahbarnesBarbaraBB You make me curious about In Ascension! I have my copy ready! We have many shared favorites but I agree they probably won‘t all make the shortlist. I am almost sure This Other Eden and Obedience will be on it… unfortunately! 7mo
JamieArc I‘ve only read 3 Longlist books, but looking forward to seeing the shortlist so I can determine what‘s next. Hoping for Little Birds and the Eng book, which doesn‘t come out in the US til mid October anyway. 7mo
Cinfhen I watched a few BookTubers today and they seem to be all over the place with likes and dislikes so who knows what tomorrow will bring🤷🏼♀️Hopefully it‘s not a total bust 7mo
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AnneCecilie I‘ve haven‘t read many from this year‘s longlist, but I will be very happy if The House of Doors make it. I bailed on This Other Eden and have hardly seen any positive reviews of Obedience so won‘t rush to read that. 7mo
squirrelbrain I‘d love House of Doors to make it @JamieArc @AnneCecilie , but I‘m just not sure it‘s ‘Booker‘ enough. Ie it‘s not that weird! 🤣 7mo
squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB - In Ascension seems like the right mix of slightly weird and a great storyline. (To me anyway, others have found it boring!) 7mo
squirrelbrain @Cinfhen - I‘m sure it will be the exact opposite of what I think! 🤣 7mo
BarbaraBB I have high hopes! 7mo
Cinfhen Definitely makes for an exciting announcement!!!! 7mo
TrishB I also may bring The House of Doors to Gladstone‘s 😁 7mo
squirrelbrain I think you‘ll like it @TrishB 7mo
sarahbarnes I‘m happy to see your shortlist! 7mo
jlhammar Great to see your faves! Excited for the shortlist announcement. 7mo
Cinfhen Is Gladstone‘s this weekend?? @TrishB I REALLY want to join one day- lmk your next meetup!!! 7mo
squirrelbrain @Cinfhen - it‘s a week today! We‘ll probably book next years dates before we leave. It‘s likely to be a similar time next year but we‘ll let you know for sure! @TrishB 7mo
Cinfhen Yay!!!! I hope it works out 🙏🏼 7mo
TrishB @Cinfhen that would be cool 😁 I‘m so excited about next week! 7mo
Cinfhen Maybe @BarbaraBB could join too!!! #GladstoneRetreat @TrishB 7mo
TrishB @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB even better! Barbara - they fly Amsterdam to Liverpool 😁 7mo
BarbaraBB @TrishB @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen That would be so fantastic! Let me know the dates and see if we can make this work 🤞🏽🤞🏽😘 and yes Trish I‘d fly to Liverpool! Love to see it! (edited) 7mo
Cinfhen I‘m dying to visit Liverpool too @BarbaraBB @TrishB 7mo
squirrelbrain Ooh ooh @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB - that would be so exciting! 🎉🎉🎉 7mo
Cinfhen Right… it would be AWESOME @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 7mo
BarbaraBB Let‘s really consider this! @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain @TrishB 7mo
Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB @squirrelbrain when do you think your next meet up might be? Winter time or Spring? 7mo
squirrelbrain @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB - probably the same time next year, but we‘ll let you know once we‘ve decided. 😃 7mo
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 👍🏽 7mo
Cinfhen Ok - thanks @squirrelbrain for some reason I thought you guys meet twice a year 🤪 7mo
squirrelbrain Gladstone‘s is once a year @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB but of course we can do something else at a different time of year / different place if it suits you guys better. #litsymeetup in Amsterdam?! 😃 (edited) 7mo
TrishB Now you‘re talking Helen 😁 @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen you‘ll probably have a whole years notice to plan! 7mo
Cinfhen Hahaha @TrishB @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain - Helen…we‘ll let you and Trish discuss next week where & when our international meetup should take place! 7mo
Cinfhen Also, the shortlist is AWFUL! 7mo
squirrelbrain Yep, terrible! @cinfhen Although my guess at what would make the list (rather than what I liked) wasn‘t that bad! 7mo
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Squirrel super frustrated by the shortlist. And yes Helen, you and @trishb discuss it next week. Amsterdam is fine of course, you‘re very welcome but man, I‘d love to see Liverpool 😂 7mo
squirrelbrain Maybe a Northern England tour?! We could do Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and York. @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB 7mo
BarbaraBB Is that including Gladstone? It would be great to combine it all! 7mo
squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB - we could include Gladstone‘s too! 7mo
quietlycuriouskate I've concluded I would much rather read the Squirrel Prize Shortlist than the Booker Prize one. 7mo
ClairesReads What did you think of the Shortlist in the end? 7mo
squirrelbrain @ClairesReads - I really didn‘t like it; mainly (4) my least favourite books! What did you think? 7mo
squirrelbrain Lol @quietlycuriouskate - maybe I should launch my own annual prize! 7mo
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