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And finally, the grand poobah, the fiction shortlist for the National Book Awards! 🥳 I‘m delighted to see Chain-Gang going strong and would LOVE to see it win. Otherwise, I‘ve read Eden and Temple from here and they were just so-so for me. I have Drum-Time queued up to get started soon and will have to wait until next week for Blackouts to be released.
And here are the National Book Award shortlisted books for nonfiction! 🥳 I‘ve read the upper 2 and have the rest cooling their heels next to my reading chair. For this list, I am STUNNED that King didn‘t make it to the shortlist. It is superb and I personally liked it better than Ordinary Notes.
Big day today—the National Book Awards shortlists are here! 🥳 First up, translated literature, featuring these 5 beauties. I‘ve read 2 of these and am most of my way through a third and have liked them all. The winner announcement happens November 15.
This is where I‘m at with my #tob reading. I‘m very pleased with the progress so far. Of the remaining books, I have the all but Nervous System in my possession or on the way. Maybe this will be the year I read all 18. 🤞🤷♀️
Favorites so far include When We Cease to Understand the World, No One is Talking about This, The Sentence, and The Trees. But I really have enjoyed most of these.
Here‘s where I‘m at with the #tob shortlist. So far, my favorites are The Trees and No One is Talking about This. I‘m currently listening to Libertie. #tob2022
