Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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In which ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@SavidgeReads and I muse about the prompts we’ve read so far this year and those yet to come.

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Books discussed:

January: a book with a snake on the cover.

Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

Rapture’s Road by Sean Hewitt

The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent

February: a retelling of a myth/fairytale/historical event

House of Names by Colm Toibin

March: a book that has been long or short listed for a prize you have never read from before.

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin and translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins

April: a book recommended by a booktuber.

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Brother Do You Love Me by Manni and Reuben Coe

May: a book with your name on it.

Noah Can’t Even by Simon James Green