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Booker Shortlist 2020: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

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The winner? You know the year is 2020 when a book about war is the least depressing book on the shortlist.

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Booker Shortlist 2020: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

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The winner – well it fits with most of 2020.

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The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

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The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
UK Publication Date: 12th November 2020
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]

This ARC was provided by Harper Collins UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

Welcome to the Grand Jeu…let the games begin.

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Booker Shortlist 2020: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

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The winner? Not according to “our” popular opinion:

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Booker Shortlist 2020: This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Is this the one?

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Booker Shortlist 2020: Real Life by Brandon Taylor

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Could this one be our winner?

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Booker Shortlist 2020: The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

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With just 12 days to go until the biggest announcement of the year (possibly) what do the Readers Read team think of the shortlist?

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1001 Books Round-Up October 2020

This months losers and losers…in all honesty this was a very average month.

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Read Around the World October 2020 North Korea

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Map can be found here.

For October we visited one of the most secretive countries in the world.

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Sisters by Daisy Johnson

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Sisters by Daisy Johnson
Published in: 2020
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★]

This ARC was provided by Vintage Jonathan Cape (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

One word review – Claustrophobic, two word review Menacingly Claustrophobic.

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