Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Here are book reviews of the 8 novels I read in June, including quite a few Booker contenders.

I had a great reading month, with almost all of these 5 star reads, and recommended reading from me!

A couple of these appear in my Booker predictions, here:
youtu.be/IukHnQvxFPc?si=Nrt-0WNtK5PzDVC7

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Books mentioned in this video:
📖 England is Mine, by Nicholas Padamsee
📖 Breakdown, by Cathy Sweeney
📖 Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel
📖 Brotherless Night, by V V Ganeshananthan
📖 Boy with a Black Rooster, by Stefanie vor Schulte (translated by Alexandra Roesch)
📖 River East, River West, by Aube Rey Lescure
📖 The Coast Road, by Alan Murrin
📖 Orbital, by Samantha Harvey

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00:00 England is Mine
04:05 Breakdown
06:09 Headshot
08:47 Brotherless Night
12:09 Boy with a Black Rooster
14:46 River East, River West
17:43 The Coast Road
19:51 Orbital

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