Scallydandling about the books | BookTube Prize - my ranking and mini reviews for Fiction Group D #booktubeprize @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Reading for the BookTube Prize is such fun even when I don't love every book. Thank you Robert @Robert.Sheard for amazing organisation of @BookTubePrize

Group D books alphabetically by author below. To find out my ranking you'll just have to watch! If you are not a regular viewer I should probably mention that I have a broken arm, hence the uncomfortable posture and one handed gesticulation.

Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

0:00 introductory ramble
0:40 sixth and bottom despite being fine in its way
4:18 a controversial fifth place decision. Don’t shoot me please
9:40 a mixed bag comes fourth
13:34 intense and emotional third place and without the prize I wouldn't have read it
17:17 number two, one I devoured in a blaze but may not suit everyone
21:33 top for me and a beautifully crafted, multi layered novel