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Well, here it is:
Peter Carey: Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)
Emma Donoghue: Room (Pan MacMillan – Picador)
Helen Dunmore: The Betrayal (Penguin – Fig Tree)
Damon Galgut: In a Strange Room (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Books)
Howard Jacobson: The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury)
Andrea Levy: The Long Song (Headline Publishing Group – Headline Review)
Tom McCarthy: C (Random House [...]
Well, that all went a bit tits up for me, didn’t it?
I decided I would try to read the entire longlist by yesterday. Then my great aunt died and I lost the ability to read for three weeks, so it quickly became apparent that that wasn’t going to happen. So, I decided to aim for [...]
June 10, 2010 in book news, fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged orange prize, the lacuna, the white woman on the green bicycle, wolf hall
Tagged orange prize, the lacuna, the white woman on the green bicycle, wolf hall
Before I talk about The Very Thought of You, I realize that I completely forgot to say that yesterday was the final Not the TV Book Group meeting! We were over at Reading Matters talking about Octavia E. Butler’s vampiric final novel, Fledgling, and the discussion is still open if you were too busy enjoying [...]
May 24, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged orange prize, romantic fiction, rosie alison, the very thought of you
Tagged orange prize, romantic fiction, rosie alison, the very thought of you
Finally, another post on the Orange shortlist.
Faber were kind enough to send me a review copy of this, Lorrie Moore’s first novel in some years. I have always thought of Moore as a short story writer, and indeed I have a copy of her Complete Short Stories, which I periodically dip into. This novel, though, [...]
May 17, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged american fiction, coming-of-age, lorrie moore, orange prize, the gate at the stairs
Tagged american fiction, coming-of-age, lorrie moore, orange prize, the gate at the stairs
Three cheers for Brodeck’s Report by Phillipe Claudel, which has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Award! A worthy winner, in my opinion, and I’m ever thankful to the Not the TV Book Group for prompting me to read it. As you may remember, it was the subject of our first discussion all those weeks ago. [...]
May 14, 2010 in book news, fiction, not the tv book group, prizes
Tagged brodeck's report, fiction, independent foreign fiction award, not the tv book group, phillipe claudel, translation
Tagged brodeck's report, fiction, independent foreign fiction award, not the tv book group, phillipe claudel, translation
The dust is beginning to settle, I’m beginning to get my reading mojo back, and that means I can begin to get back to some sort of regular blogging. Phew, it’s been an odd few weeks. So, where are we?
First up, bloody hell, I’m 8th in Wikio’s Top Culture Blogs! Now, this definitely isn’t an [...]
May 6, 2010 in blogs, book acquisitions, feminism, fiction, not the tv book group, politics, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged books, election, fawcett society, feminism, not the tv book group, orange prize, politics, wikio
Tagged books, election, fawcett society, feminism, not the tv book group, orange prize, politics, wikio
I have had my first Orange stumble: Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed. I’m afraid I’ve decided to abandon ship and move on to the next book. The frustrating thing is that I can’t put my finger on what my problem was with it, I just couldn’t “get into” it, and after four days and [...]
April 13, 2010 in fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged attica locke, black mamba boy, black water rising, evie wyld, nadifa mohamed, orange prize, reading the orange prize
Tagged attica locke, black mamba boy, black water rising, evie wyld, nadifa mohamed, orange prize, reading the orange prize
It is times like these that I’m really, really glad that I decided to do something as mad as try to read the entire Orange Prize longlist. If I hadn’t, I don’t know if I would have ever picked up The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey. I have just spent a [...]
April 6, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged fiction, monique roffey, orange prize, reading the orange prize, the white woman on the green bicycle, trinidad
Tagged fiction, monique roffey, orange prize, reading the orange prize, the white woman on the green bicycle, trinidad
Like many litbloggers, I don’t, as a general rule, focus on what I didn’t like in a book. I mention it in context, of course, but it’s not the main thrust of a post. I’ve decided to put that policy on hold for the duration of my Orange Prize longlist reading, because I think it [...]
April 2, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged dickens, fiction, murder, orange prize, oxford, reading the orange prize, rebecca gowers, the twisted heart, victorian
Tagged dickens, fiction, murder, orange prize, oxford, reading the orange prize, rebecca gowers, the twisted heart, victorian
Well, it took the Orange longlist to finally force me to actually read Wolf Hall, rather than look at it sitting on the shelf. I’ve been thinking how much I’d like to read it, but I’ve been daunted by its size and the weight of expectation that has surrounded it since it romped to Booker victory [...]
April 1, 2010 in book thoughts, fiction, prizes, reading the orange prize
Tagged fiction, henry viii, hilary mantel, orange prize, prizes, reading the orange prize, thomas cromwell, tudor, wolf hall
Tagged fiction, henry viii, hilary mantel, orange prize, prizes, reading the orange prize, thomas cromwell, tudor, wolf hall
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