The 2010 Booker short list has been announced. The six books are: Room – Emma Donoghue The Long Song – Andrea Levy C – Tom McCarthy (Review coming soon) In a Strange Room – Damon Galgut Parrot and Olivier in America – Peter Carey (DNF) The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson (DNF) I [...]
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Which Books Will Make it onto the 2010 Booker Short List?
I have now read all 13 books on the 2010 Booker long list (apart from the two I had to abandon due to boredom/annoyance!) and I am very impressed with the judges this year. I think that every single book deserves its place on the list. I didn’t enjoy reading them all, but found the [...]
The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson
Long listed for 2010 Booker Prize I’m not a fan of books about religion and so wasn’t sure how I’d get on with The Finkler Question. I was right to be concerned as the religious debate took precedence over the plot and I couldn’t bring myself to finish this book. The book started off reasonably [...]
Skippy Dies – Paul Murray
Long listed for 2010 Booker Prize One of the reasons I love reading entire long lists is that I stumble upon fantastic books that I wouldn’t otherwise pick up. I had heard good things about Skippy Dies before the Booker long list was announced, but I couldn’t motivate myself to read 650+ pages about teenagers [...]
The Stars in the Bright Sky – Alan Warner
Long listed for 2010 Booker Prize The gossiping of the teenagers in The Sopranos drove me mad after a while and so I hoped that the girls had matured a bit for this sequel. I was rewarded by twenty-something girls who were slightly more sensible, but I think they need to age at least another five years before [...]
February – Lisa Moore
Long listed for 2010 Booker Prize On the 15th February 1982, an offshore oil drilling platform sank off the coast of Newfoundland, killing all 84 people on board. February is a fictional account of how one woman, Helen, grieved the loss of her husband, Cal, and how her family learned to cope with his death. As you [...]
