30 day #BookChallenge
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Day 10— Book that makes you cry happy tears
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
#booksky #bookerlonglist #ishiguro
💙📚🖋️
Day 10— Book that makes you cry happy tears
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
#booksky #bookerlonglist #ishiguro
February 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
30 day #BookChallenge
💙📚🖋️
Day 10— Book that makes you cry happy tears
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
#booksky #bookerlonglist #ishiguro
💙📚🖋️
Day 10— Book that makes you cry happy tears
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
#booksky #bookerlonglist #ishiguro
My #bookreview of Seascraper by Benjamin Wood youtu.be/bhX2i97HBgM #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction #bookerlonglist
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
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April 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM
My #bookreview of Seascraper by Benjamin Wood youtu.be/bhX2i97HBgM #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction #bookerlonglist
Thank you for announcing the #BookerLonglist on my birthday! I've only read 2 of these, so think my birthday book vouchers will be taking a bashing!!
We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’.
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
July 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thank you for announcing the #BookerLonglist on my birthday! I've only read 2 of these, so think my birthday book vouchers will be taking a bashing!!
Zugfahrt nach Freiburg. In Gedanken bin ich allerdings in Jamaika im Jahr 1988. Und erfahre zum ersten Mal von John Herbert und seinem Theaterstück „Fortune and Men‘s Eyes“.
#booksky #booker #bookerlonglist #queer
#booksky #booker #bookerlonglist #queer
September 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Zugfahrt nach Freiburg. In Gedanken bin ich allerdings in Jamaika im Jahr 1988. Und erfahre zum ersten Mal von John Herbert und seinem Theaterstück „Fortune and Men‘s Eyes“.
#booksky #booker #bookerlonglist #queer
#booksky #booker #bookerlonglist #queer
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What did I just read! I’m not sure what happened or if any of it was true. This book was an existential experience. The narrator is unreliable, the storyline keeps unraveling and the reader does not get any closer to the truth. #booksky #bookerlonglist #auditionnovel #katiekitamura
What did I just read! I’m not sure what happened or if any of it was true. This book was an existential experience. The narrator is unreliable, the storyline keeps unraveling and the reader does not get any closer to the truth. #booksky #bookerlonglist #auditionnovel #katiekitamura
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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What did I just read! I’m not sure what happened or if any of it was true. This book was an existential experience. The narrator is unreliable, the storyline keeps unraveling and the reader does not get any closer to the truth. #booksky #bookerlonglist #auditionnovel #katiekitamura
What did I just read! I’m not sure what happened or if any of it was true. This book was an existential experience. The narrator is unreliable, the storyline keeps unraveling and the reader does not get any closer to the truth. #booksky #bookerlonglist #auditionnovel #katiekitamura
Book 1 of holiday, Marlon James's The Disappearers. Unfortunately, I can't say much about it as am reviewing it for the FT. I can say that I love the cover though. #holidayreads #marlonjames #bookerlonglist
August 26, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Book 1 of holiday, Marlon James's The Disappearers. Unfortunately, I can't say much about it as am reviewing it for the FT. I can say that I love the cover though. #holidayreads #marlonjames #bookerlonglist
Great to see The Palm House on the @thebookerprizes.com longlist. Definitely one of my top favourite books so far this year - short but deep, funny yet poignant. And Gwendoline Riley writes the best dialogue #BookerLonglist 1/3
July 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Great to see The Palm House on the @thebookerprizes.com longlist. Definitely one of my top favourite books so far this year - short but deep, funny yet poignant. And Gwendoline Riley writes the best dialogue #BookerLonglist 1/3
We're absolutely delighted to see three Penguin General titles longlisted for this year's @TheBookerPrizes🎉
✨ The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
✨ The Disappearers by Marlon James
✨ The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
#BookerPrize #BookerLonglist #PenguinGeneral
✨ The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
✨ The Disappearers by Marlon James
✨ The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
#BookerPrize #BookerLonglist #PenguinGeneral
July 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We're absolutely delighted to see three Penguin General titles longlisted for this year's @TheBookerPrizes🎉
✨ The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
✨ The Disappearers by Marlon James
✨ The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
#BookerPrize #BookerLonglist #PenguinGeneral
✨ The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
✨ The Disappearers by Marlon James
✨ The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
#BookerPrize #BookerLonglist #PenguinGeneral
Those are the only two I've read so far but very much looking forward to getting acquainted with some of the others too... #BookerLonglist 3/3
July 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Those are the only two I've read so far but very much looking forward to getting acquainted with some of the others too... #BookerLonglist 3/3
Booker season start with a bang with 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 by Douglas Stuart. Easily one of my new favorite books of all-time. 400+ pages of exquisite heartbreak.
#booker #bookerlonglist #bookerchallenge #johnofjohn #douglasstuart #booksky
#booker #bookerlonglist #bookerchallenge #johnofjohn #douglasstuart #booksky
August 4, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Booker season start with a bang with 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 by Douglas Stuart. Easily one of my new favorite books of all-time. 400+ pages of exquisite heartbreak.
#booker #bookerlonglist #bookerchallenge #johnofjohn #douglasstuart #booksky
#booker #bookerlonglist #bookerchallenge #johnofjohn #douglasstuart #booksky
Read this in one sitting. Delicious. Witty and original; a modern fairytale including a visit to a house in the woods; a selfish morality tale (be careful what you wish for); a six act play on the modern world's anger, envy and disconnection as an academic battle of the sexes.
#bookerlonglist
#bookerlonglist
September 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Read this in one sitting. Delicious. Witty and original; a modern fairytale including a visit to a house in the woods; a selfish morality tale (be careful what you wish for); a six act play on the modern world's anger, envy and disconnection as an academic battle of the sexes.
#bookerlonglist
#bookerlonglist
Today's haul. I have to get the taste of the last book (which I won't flame) out of my mouth. 2 out of 13 down. Hoping to finish these two before next Tuesday.
#BookerChallenge #BookerPrize #BookerLongList #KenanOrhan #ElizabethStrout
#BookerChallenge #BookerPrize #BookerLongList #KenanOrhan #ElizabethStrout
August 10, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Today's haul. I have to get the taste of the last book (which I won't flame) out of my mouth. 2 out of 13 down. Hoping to finish these two before next Tuesday.
#BookerChallenge #BookerPrize #BookerLongList #KenanOrhan #ElizabethStrout
#BookerChallenge #BookerPrize #BookerLongList #KenanOrhan #ElizabethStrout
This has been my favourite of the three Rileys I've read, though I am still pondering the title. A greater sense of carpe diem but her characters were more settled and dare I say it happier, in middle age. Great dialogue as always. I prefer John of John, but this was a good read. #Bookerlonglist
September 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
This has been my favourite of the three Rileys I've read, though I am still pondering the title. A greater sense of carpe diem but her characters were more settled and dare I say it happier, in middle age. Great dialogue as always. I prefer John of John, but this was a good read. #Bookerlonglist
"Humans change over time.
I certainly have. I’ve aged and become grumpy."
Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
#bookerprize #Japaneseauthors #bookerlonglist
I certainly have. I’ve aged and become grumpy."
Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
#bookerprize #Japaneseauthors #bookerlonglist
April 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Humans change over time.
I certainly have. I’ve aged and become grumpy."
Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
#bookerprize #Japaneseauthors #bookerlonglist
I certainly have. I’ve aged and become grumpy."
Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood
#bookerprize #Japaneseauthors #bookerlonglist
Great review of my favourite book of the year! I can’t understand why it’s not on the #BookerLongList
I expected ‘The Benefactors’ to win this year.
I expected ‘The Benefactors’ to win this year.
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great review of my favourite book of the year! I can’t understand why it’s not on the #BookerLongList
I expected ‘The Benefactors’ to win this year.
I expected ‘The Benefactors’ to win this year.
No surprise at all to see John of John on there - great storytelling and I mostly enjoyed it but felt the relentless melodrama was a tad overcooked, especially towards the end when it all gets a bit soapy #BookerLonglist 2/3
July 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM
No surprise at all to see John of John on there - great storytelling and I mostly enjoyed it but felt the relentless melodrama was a tad overcooked, especially towards the end when it all gets a bit soapy #BookerLonglist 2/3
'Ik ben schrijver; ik vertel verhalen. Natuurlijk wil ik eigenlijk levens redden. Of gewoon: ik wil het leven redden.'
Nu op de Bookerlonglist: Claire Messuds Deze vreemde bewogen geschiedenis (vertaling Erik Bindervoet). Lees bij ons een fragment en koop dat boek! www.athenaeum.nl/lee...
Nu op de Bookerlonglist: Claire Messuds Deze vreemde bewogen geschiedenis (vertaling Erik Bindervoet). Lees bij ons een fragment en koop dat boek! www.athenaeum.nl/lee...
August 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
'Ik ben schrijver; ik vertel verhalen. Natuurlijk wil ik eigenlijk levens redden. Of gewoon: ik wil het leven redden.'
Nu op de Bookerlonglist: Claire Messuds Deze vreemde bewogen geschiedenis (vertaling Erik Bindervoet). Lees bij ons een fragment en koop dat boek! www.athenaeum.nl/lee...
Nu op de Bookerlonglist: Claire Messuds Deze vreemde bewogen geschiedenis (vertaling Erik Bindervoet). Lees bij ons een fragment en koop dat boek! www.athenaeum.nl/lee...
Booker Longlist lesen: Einer der längsten Sätze, die ich in den letzten Jahren in einem Buch entdeckt habe. Aus dem grandiosen Buch »The Vivisectors« von Missouri Williams. Was für eine Lektüre! Große Empfehlung.
#bookerlonglist #booker2026
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#bookerlonglist #booker2026
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»Avert our eyes from the real disasters unfolding in front of us« - stundenblog.de
»So Jacob was right and Adam was right, or maybe nobody was right, but all that mattered was that something was happening and that the academics of the university would have another thing to talk abou...
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August 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Booker Longlist lesen: Einer der längsten Sätze, die ich in den letzten Jahren in einem Buch entdeckt habe. Aus dem grandiosen Buch »The Vivisectors« von Missouri Williams. Was für eine Lektüre! Große Empfehlung.
#bookerlonglist #booker2026
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#bookerlonglist #booker2026
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My #bookerlonglist scores on the doors so far:
The Vivisectors 2/10; The Shadow of the Object & The End of Everything 3/10; Helen of Nowhere 4/10; The Renovation 5/10; Black Bag, The Palm House & All Them Dogs 6/10; The Things We Never Say 7.5/10; John of John 8/20; May We Feed the King? 9/10
The Vivisectors 2/10; The Shadow of the Object & The End of Everything 3/10; Helen of Nowhere 4/10; The Renovation 5/10; Black Bag, The Palm House & All Them Dogs 6/10; The Things We Never Say 7.5/10; John of John 8/20; May We Feed the King? 9/10
September 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
My #bookerlonglist scores on the doors so far:
The Vivisectors 2/10; The Shadow of the Object & The End of Everything 3/10; Helen of Nowhere 4/10; The Renovation 5/10; Black Bag, The Palm House & All Them Dogs 6/10; The Things We Never Say 7.5/10; John of John 8/20; May We Feed the King? 9/10
The Vivisectors 2/10; The Shadow of the Object & The End of Everything 3/10; Helen of Nowhere 4/10; The Renovation 5/10; Black Bag, The Palm House & All Them Dogs 6/10; The Things We Never Say 7.5/10; John of John 8/20; May We Feed the King? 9/10
Mildly irked that not all the booker longlist is available to read yet unless you are in the biz and can get proofs. But since two of my last remaining heroes (Mary Beard & Jarvis Cocker) are on the panel I am trying to be forgiving. #bookerlonglist
August 3, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Mildly irked that not all the booker longlist is available to read yet unless you are in the biz and can get proofs. But since two of my last remaining heroes (Mary Beard & Jarvis Cocker) are on the panel I am trying to be forgiving. #bookerlonglist
Well that will cheer Mr Flanagan up a bit! #BookerLonglist #Milesbridesmaid
December 13, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Well that will cheer Mr Flanagan up a bit! #BookerLonglist #Milesbridesmaid
So the Booker Prize might be won by a dog? #BookerLonglist
December 13, 2024 at 1:14 PM
So the Booker Prize might be won by a dog? #BookerLonglist
3 books into the #bookerlonglist. Adored The Safe Keep and James. Orbital was beautifully written but ultimately an exercise in how many ways to describe places, weather and space.
August 15, 2024 at 9:30 PM
3 books into the #bookerlonglist. Adored The Safe Keep and James. Orbital was beautifully written but ultimately an exercise in how many ways to describe places, weather and space.