Haste Ye Books
Reacting to the Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist 2022
updated
Books mentioned:
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Eve by Cat Bohannon
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Virtual Strangers by Sam Canning
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Reputation by Lex Croucher
Note: I say I heard of Tommy Orange because of the New York Times best Book of the 21st Century, but in fact I heard about it because people said he was most definitely missing from the list. Bookstagrammers did a list of their 102 best books (which was a lot more transparent and diverse) and Orange was on that list: instagram.com/surabhi.reading
Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Remembering Alice
05:10 Celebration Tag
Books mentioned:
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Eve: How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution by Cat Bohannon
North and south by Elizabeth Gaskell
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Book lovers by Emily Henry
How to Solve your own Murder by Kristen Perrin
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In defence of the act by Effie Black
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
Booktubers mentioned:
@Bryndisdaugtherofgunnar
@TheLeniverse
Booktuber mid-year celebration tag questions:
1. Best fiction book you’ve read so far this year
2. Best non-fiction book you’ve read so far this year
3. Best book you’ve reread so far this year
4. Best series you discovered so far this year
5. Best book that came out this year you’ve read so far this year
6. Best book that took you out of your comfort zone (like a genre you don’t usually read or from a book prize)
7. Favourite new-to-you author for this year
8. Best book that lifted your spirit this year
9. Your favourite booktuber you’ve discovered this year
10. Your favourite video you created so far this year
Tagging:
@Nixreads
@KierTheScrivener
@novelideea
@Bryndisdaugtherofgunnar
@TheLeniverse
@PullDownTheMoon
@my0.25lifecrisis
@marcellaandherbooks8733
@RaspberryReads
@libraryofallie
Original tag:
Mid-year freak out tag
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2021
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2021
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
5. Biggest disappointment
6. Biggest surprise
7. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush
9. Newest favourite character
10. Book that made you cry
11. Book that made you happy
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
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Books mentioned:
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Angel's Game, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Prince of Mist, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Jayne Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë
Normal People, Sally Rooney
Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason
Crazy Rich Asian series, Kevin Kwan
The Lidy, Libby Page
The Year of Living Danishly, Helen Russell
Small Worlds, Caleb Azumah Nelson
A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers
This tag is by the lovely Jay @my0.25lifecrisis
❓THE QUESTIONS❓
How the tag works:
Translate the questions into the language of your choice, then answer the corresponding prompt.
1. A book in the language you're learning -- Pick a book that is translated from the language you are currently learning
2. What is your name? -- Pick a book with a name in the title
3. I'm sorry, I don't understand. -- Pick a book w/ a miscommunication
4. How much does it cost? -- Pick a book about money.
5. Where is ...? -- Pick a book about a place.
6. How are you? -- Pick a book about emotions, or a book that made you feel emotions lol
7. Pick a random word in the language you're learning -- Pick a book w/ that word in the title
8. Please and Thank you! -- Tag your friends!! & Thank the ppl for watching :D
People I'm tagging:
@stalkingkafka
@KierTheScrivener
@bouquinsbooks
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Woke up early to film a genuine reaction to the winners :)
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Which was your favourite read of this year's list?
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What are you reading this month?
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Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee
I will be back soon with the final 2 reviews and thoughts ahead of the winner announcement!
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A bit disappointed that from such a strong longlist we went with half a strong shortlist, but excited to see what's next for these books and see the winner in June!
In the meantime I'll continue to read the last 6 books on the longlist to finish my prize reading for this year's edition of the Women's Prize for Fiction 😊
What did you think? Did a book you love did not make it?
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📖 Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:44 Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
06:38 Hangman by Maya Binyam
09:00 The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord
11:21 Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
15:41 Current ranking
18:08 Plans & outro
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📖 Chapters & Reviews 📖
00:00 Intro
00:42 A Trace of Sun, Pam Williams
03:47 Soldier Sailor, Claire Kilroy
07:12 Nightbloom, Peace Adzo Medie
13:08 Current ranking & final thoughts
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Chapters & Reviews:
02:28 River East, River West, Aube Rey Lescure
05:14 Random chat
10:15 The Maiden, Kate Foster
14:01 The Wren, The Wren, Anne Enright
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Books mentioned:
Un thé dans la toundra by Josephine Bacon
Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Olemaun Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista
Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
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Hi! I'm Camila, I'm a writer in her 30s, living in beautiful Scotland. I have a background in feminist literature, an interest in running and travel, and a passion for words.
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Which are you most excited about reading?
My predictions video: youtube.com/watch?v=oodjqdtdHfQ&t=828s
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You can expect my reaction when the longlist is revealed on 5 March!
Books mentioned:
1. Enter Ghost – Isabella Hammad (April 2023)
2. Biography of X – Catherine Lacey (April 2023)
3. A House for Alice – Diana Evans(April 2023)
4. The Sleeping Car Porter – Suzette Mayr (May 2023)
5. Western Lane – Chetna Maroo (May 2023)
6. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster – Mirinae Lee (May 2023)
7. I am homeless if this is not my home – Lorrie Moore (June 2023)
8. Study for Obedience – Sarah Bernstein (July 2023)
9. But the girl – Jessica Zhan Mei Yu (August 2023)
10. A Council of Dolls – Mona Susan Power (Sept 2023)
11. Julia – Sandra Newman (October 2023)
12. Wrong Way – Joanne McNeil (December 2023)
13. One of the good guys – Araminta Hall (Jan 2024)
14. The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes (Feb 2024)
15. Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan (March 2024)
16. The Tower by Flora Carr (March 2024)
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How to solve your own murder by Kirsten Perrin
Girls that never die: poems by Safia Elhillo
Don’t touch my hair by Emma Dabiri
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
/ about me /
Hi! I'm Camila, I'm a writer in her 30s, living in beautiful Scotland. I have a background in feminist literature, an interest in running and travel, and a passion for words.
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Books mentioned:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Other Princess by Denny S. Bryce
Mongrel by Hanako Footman
Mother Sea by Lorraine Wilson
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro / About the prize
03:10 Longlist predictions
15:27 Books that didn't make my list
My list:
1. On our best behaviour: the price women pay to be good – Elise Loehnen (May 2023)
2. The Tidal Year – Freya Bromley (May 2023)
3. Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma – Claire Dederer (May 2023)
4. Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes our World – Helen Czerski (June 2023)
5. This Ragged Grace – Octavia Bright (June 2023)
6. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake – Tiya Miles (July 2023)
7. Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life – Anna Funder (August 2023)
8. The Britannias: An Island Quest – Alice Albinia (October 2023)
9. Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History – Philippa Gregory (October 2023)
10. Bad Taste: Or the politics of ugliness – Nathalie Olah (November 2023)
11. Not the end of the world: How we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet – Hannah Ritchie (January 2024)
12. Splinters: A Memoir – Leslie Jamison (February 2024)
13. How the world made the west: A 4,000-year history – Josephine Quinn (February 2024)
14. Grief is for people: A Memoir – Sloane Crosley (February 2024)
15. Just friends: On the joy, power and influence of friendship – Gyan Yankovich (February 2024)
16. Weathering: How the earth’s deep wisdom can help us endure life’s storms – Ruth Allen (March 2024)
Didn’t make the cut:
1. The Women Who Made Modern Economics – Rachel Reeves (October 2023)
2. Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom – Grace Blakeley (March 2024)
3. The Sisterhood – Liza Mundy (October 2023)
4. Thunderclap – Laura Cumming (July 2023)
5. Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the middle ages and beyond – Dr Alice Roberts (February 2024)
6. Dopppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World – Naomi Klein (September 2023)
7. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth – Natalie Haynes (September 2023)
8. Emperor of Rome – Mary Beard (September 2023)
9. Breaking Through – Katalin Kariko (January 2024)
10. The Chain: The relationships that break us, the women who rebuild us – Chimene Suleyman (March 2024)
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What was your favourite book of 2023?
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I also wrap up the 5 books I read for Victober:
Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Man in the Scented Coat by Sarah Grand
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Thanks for the tag to:
@katiejlumsden
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@KierTheScrivener
The questions
1. What was your first experience reading Victorian literature and how was it?
2. Has the reading of a Victorian book ever brought you to tears? If so tell us more.
3. Are there any people who have played a significant role in your Victorian literature journey? 4. Do you have a favourite film or TV adaptation of a Victorian book? What about one you'd like to see made?
5. Which character in Victorian literature most resembles you, or you identify with most?
6. Do you have a favourite moment, scene or line from Victorian literature? Tell us about it or read it to us.
7. Does any Victorian literature intimidate you? If so, what and why.
8. What tips would you give to someone early on in their Victorian literature journey?
9. What is your top recommended read for other readers of Victorian literature?
9a. What’s next on your Victoria literature journey? (my addition)
10. Tag people.
/ about me /
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Themes of Non-Fiction November:
Fraud
Web
Capital
Display
Channels mentioned:
@abookolive - host of Non-Fiction November
@novelideea - buddy read for Sea Room
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Books read/mentioned:
1. The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
2. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (Small Things Like These)
3. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
4. An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
5. Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
6. The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams (The Dictionary of Lost Words)
7. Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
8. Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen
9. DNF - Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
10. DNF - The Sea by John Banville as buddy read with @novelideea
/ about me /
Hi! I'm Camila, I'm a writer in her early 30s, living in beautiful Scotland. I have a background in feminist literature, an interest in running and travel, and a passion for words.
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Original goals video: youtube.com/watch?v=-fb6eGf-5iE&t=550s
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Victober hosts:
@katiejlumsden
@katehowereads
@BlatantlyBookish
@robscallon@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@bookswithpetra
Victober Challenges:
• Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian work featuring a stranger/outsider
• Katie’s challenge: Read a piece of Victorian ‘New Woman’ fiction
• Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work by an author who is new to you
• Petra’s challenge: Read a Victorian first-person narrative
• Ros’s challenge: Read a Victorian work in which class features strongly
Books mentioned:
• Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by
• The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
• The Man in a Scented Coat by Sarah Grand
Other book mentioned:
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy as buddy read with @Nixreads
/ about me /
Hi! I'm Camila, I'm a writer in her early 30s, living in beautiful Scotland. I have a background in feminist literature, an interest in running and travel, and a passion for words.
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Books mentioned:
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
Pearl by Siân Hughes
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
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Hi! I'm Camila, I'm a writer in her early 30s, living in beautiful Scotland. I have a background in feminist literature, an interest in running and travel, and a passion for words.
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June Books:
1. Dazzling by Chikodili Emelumadu
2. The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
3. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
4. History Keeps me Awake at Night by Christy Edwall
5. The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
6. The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1) by Neon Yang
7. Assembly by Natasha Brown
July Books:
1. So Long as You write: Women on Writing
2. Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
3. African Titanics by Abu Bakr Khaal (translated by Charis Bredin)
4. Persuasion by Jane Austen
5. Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
6. Oscar et la dame rose by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
7. Paul au Parc by Michel Rabagliati
8. Kukum by Michel Jean
9. Toutes les femmes sont d’abord ménagères by Camille Robert
10. Les lettres chinoises by Ying Chen
August Books:
1. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Birl by Issa Rae
2. Yellowface by RF Kuang
3. How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
5. L’Enigme du Retour by Dany Laferrière
6. The Stories Grandma Forgot (and how I found them) by Nadine Aisha Jassat
7. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nahisi Coates
8. Do you dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
9. Bookish People by Susan Coll
10. If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
11. Pearl by Sian Hughes
12. DNF – Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
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Hi! I'm Camila, I'm a writer in her early 30s, living in beautiful Scotland. I have a background in feminist literature, an interest in running and travel, and a passion for words.
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Booktubers mentioned:
@novelideea
@Nixreads
September TBR:
The Sea by John Banville
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
La Preuve by Agota Cristof
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Platery y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez
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Check out part 1 of this video here: youtube.com/watch?v=4BX6W1kL7tY
This is in honour of the Scot-ember readathon hosted by @MargaretPinard
Book recommendations:
Fiction:
Daisy on the Outer Line by Ross Sayers
Hex by Jenni Fagan
Murder at the Mela by Leela Soma
Blood and Gold by Mara Menzies
The Keening by Margaret Pinard
The Island Home by Libby Page
Hyde by Craig Russell
The Mash House by Alan Gillespie
From the Ashes by Deborah Masson
The Highland Lodge Getaway by Julie Shackman
Poetry:
How to burn a woman by Claire Askew
At least this I know by Andrés N. Ordorica
Another way to split water by Alycia Pirmohamed
Blood Salt Spring by Hannah Lavery
My Heart’s in the Highlands collection
Non-fiction:
60 degrees north by Malachy Tallack
Borges and Me by Jay Parini
The Diary of a Bookseller, Confessions of a Bookseller, Remainders of the Day and Seven Kinds of People you Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell
Mongol by Uuganaa Ramsay
Warrior and Witches and Damn Rebel Bitches by Mairi Kidd
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Books mentioned:
Oscar and the Pink Lady, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (French/Belgian)
The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams (Australian)
The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams
The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them), Nadine Aisha Jassat (English)
Small Worlds, Caleb Azumah Nelson (English)
Platero y yo, Juan Ramón Jiménez (Spanish)
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Books mentioned:
Yellowface by RF Kuang
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nahisi Coates
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
L’Enigme du Retour by Dany Laferrière
How to Kill Men and Get Away with it by Katy Brent
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
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Tag questions:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 20223
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2023
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
5. Biggest disappointment
6. Biggest surprise
7. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush
9. Newest favourite character
10. Book that made you cry
11. Book that made you happy
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Books mentioned:
Misfits by Michaela Cole
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
Babel by RF Kuang
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
The Wake Up Call by Beth O’Leary
The Dust Never Settles by Karina Lickorish Quinn
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Here by Wislawa Szymborska
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
Everyone in this room will someday be dead by Emily Austin
The roughest draft by Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley
One True Loves and Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reed
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Channel mentioned:
@Nixreads
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4 books I'd like to finish:
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates - budding reading with @reddotreads2693
Disorentiation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani
Kukum by Michel Jean
I'm also joining the Women's World Cup Readathon hosted by:
@BookTimewithElvis
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@ramblingraconteur1616
And finally, I'm very excited to be joining the Jane Austen July readathon for the first time. It is hosted by:
@SpinstersLibrary
@katiejlumsden
@BlatantlyBookish
The Challenges
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (published between 1775–1817)
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen retelling of a Jane Austen book
Books on my TBR / pile of possibilities:
By Jane Austen:
Persuasion
Pride & Prejudice
The Watsons
Sanditon
The Real Jane Austen by Paula Byrne
What Matters in Jane Austen by John Mullan
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
Evelina by Frances Burney
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March
1. The Dust Never Settles by Karina Lickorish Quinn
2. When They Find Her by Lia Middleton
April
1. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
Other book mentioned: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto
2. The Stand-In by Lily Chu
3. Otherlands by Thomas Halliday
May
1. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
2. The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability and Other Reasons to fall in Love with me by Keah Brown
Also in image: The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown
3. Weyward by Emilia Hart
4. The Company by JM Varese
Other book mentioned: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
5. The Only Living Girl on Earth by Charles Yu
Other book mentioned: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
6. Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Napaaluk
7. The Companion by EE Ottoman
8. The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Other books mentioned: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell and Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris.
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver!
My videos about this year's prize are in my Women's Prize playlist:
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00:00 Intro
02:37 Thoughts on the shortlist
11:54 Predictions
Channel mentioned: @kitthereader
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Francophone authors:
Books by Kum Thuy (like Man)
Chronicles of the Plateau Mont-Royal by Michel Tremblay (like The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant or Albertine in Five Times)
The American Fiancée by Eric Dupont
Aurora Montrealis by Monique Proulx
Novels by Fanny Britt (Hunting Houses or Sugaring Season)
Mad Shadows by Marie-Claire Blais
The Enigma of the Return by Dany Laferrière
First Nation recommendations:
Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
Kukum by Michel Jean
Amun: A Gathering of Indigenous Stories edited by Michel Jean
A Tea in the Tundra, by Joséphine Bacon
Blueberries and Apricots by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
Crow Winter by Karen McBride
The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
I invite you to also look into Turtle Island Reads and Kwahiatonhk!, two initiatives that celebrate stories by Indigenous Canadians. The Salon du livre des Premières Nations (SLPN) also happens every November.
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Books mentioned:
The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Liliʻuokalani
Disorientation, Elaine Hsieh Chou
Assembly, Natasha Brown
Scrappy Little Nobody, Anna Kendrick
History Keeps me Awake at Night, Christy Edwall
Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn
Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
Kukum, Michel Jean
The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird
Knitting the Fog, Claudia Hernandez
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Books mentioned:
Le sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre, Camille Andrea
The Transgender Issue, Shon Faye
An Unusual Grief, Yewande Omotoso
Disorientation, Elaine Hsieh Chou
Chilean poet, Alejandro Zambra
Ways of going home, Alejandro Zambra
At the Table, Claire Powell
The ponies at the edge of the world, Catherine Munro
Grown ups, Marie Aubert
Life Ceremony, Sayaka Murata
Under the Same Stars, Alexandra Heminsley
Running like a girl, Alexandra Heminsley
Bookish people, Susan Coll
Room & Board, Miriam Parker
Waking the Witch, Rachel Burge
Blurb Your Enthusiasm, Louise Wilder
Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Juno Dawson
History Keeps me Awake at Night, Christy Edwall
Strong Female Character, Hanna Flint
Dazzling, Chikodili Emelumadu
Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
The Book of Eve, Meg Clothier
Letters to a Writer of Colour, eds. Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden
Small Worlds, Caleb Azumah Nelson
Mother Sea, Lorraine Wilson
The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams
The Twilight Gardens, Sara Nisha Adams
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Books mentioned:
The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
Homesick by Jennifer Croft
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
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00:00 Intro
00:42 Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag
04:30 Looking at my goals
10:40 Outro
Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag OG video : youtube.com/watch?v=_rakAxBu-dM
@RoisinsReading
Questions:
1. How many books have you read so far?
2. Have you already found a book you think might be a 2023 favourite? If not what was your favourite book you read that wasn't quite 5 star?
3. Any 1 star books / least favourite book of the year?
4. Most read genre so far?
5. A book that surprised you?
6. Book that's come out in 2023 already that you want to read but haven't yet?
7. One goal you made that you're succeeding at?
8. One goal you made you need to focus on?
9. New to you Booktubers for 2023 you recommend?
@kitthereader and @libraryofallie
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This and more thoughts on the shortlist await you in this short video...
What did you think of the list?
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