Sep 18
Next up for our panel is The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by prior award winner Kiran Desai. Given the size of the novel, only two of our panelists managed to read this novel before the shortlist announcement. Keep reading to see what our panel had to say about this book.
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Book 11 is The Rest of our Lives by Ben Markovits. Here are our reviews…
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Seacraper is next for our panel as we move into the home stretch. So what did our panel think of the book?
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Next up for our panel is the second of two debut novels that made the list this year. Four of our panelists read this book. So what did our panel think of the book?
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Book number seven for our panel is one of the few debut novels that made the list this year. So what did our panel think of the book?
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Next up for our panel is Tash Aw’s novel, The South. Four of our panelists read this book and our final panelist is making her way through the book (post will be updated once she had finished). Once again we have some mixed reviews.
Read moreAug 29
Next up for our panel is Susan Choi’s Flashlight. All five panelists read this book and we were pretty split in our reviews. Which reviewer do you side with?
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Next up for our panel is One Boat by Jonathan Buckley. Four of our panelists finished and reviewed the book, one abandoned it. Here are our reviews.
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Our panel’s first longlist nominee is Audition by Katie Kitamura. Four of our panelists read this book, one panelist couldn’t finish it. Here are our panelists’ reviews…
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Life has been hectic so the blog has been slow/dormant for a few months. Despite my silence, I’ve been reading a decent amount and trying to go into Booker season with more books under my belt. Audition has been getting some very mixed reviews and I know quite a few people who hated it and abandoned it. Keep reading for my review. Will this make my prediction list for this year’s Booker longlist?
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