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so-so

This is a case of "I see what you did there, well done, this just isnt for me"

Binyam did a fantastic job creating a fever dream of a book, following an unnamed narrator. It takes a minute to understand the purpose of his journey, but the unfolding is just obvious enough. Unfortunatly for me, I got bored about half in. ?.

ChaoticMissAdventures Things started to feel repetitive, I understood the catch of the book, and I was a bit tired of living in the fever dream. I scanned the last bit of this.

I do think that Binyam has crafted an excellent book, that just wasn't for me, but I will be picking up her next book as I think she is super talented 12mo

ChaoticMissAdventures #wpfl24. #womensprizefiction 12mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 12mo

BarbaraBB Just finished it. 🤨 12mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Brotherless Night: A Novel | V. V. Ganeshananthan

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4.5 Stars

This had me captivated from the get go, and I was squeezing in reading at every moment I could find.

A very powerful family story. I was alive during the Sri Lankan civil war but am completely ignorant of it until now.

#wpfl24
#womensprizefiction.

ChaoticMissAdventures I loved how Ganeshananthan put us into impossible situations. No one is "good" and no one completely unlovable. People do horrendous things during war, and people do amazing things during war. Sashi was a perfectly drawn charcter - strong enough to make decisions and stick to them no matter others opinions, but also relalistic in her questioning of herself, and the situations she is in.

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ChaoticMissAdventures I thought the relationships were drawn with great balance - you can see how much she knows or doesn't know a person by how they are drawn in the story. We don't know the thoughts or motives of everyone, just as Sashi does not 12mo

ChaoticMissAdventures My favorite from the long list so far. 12mo

BarbaraBB Looking forward to this one. My favorite so far is

In Defence of the Act

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squirrelbrain This is my favourite so far too. 12mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION JOURNAL. | THE. WOMEN'S PRIZE

We are one week into the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction Long List!
How are you doing?
Hae you changed your mind in either direction on if you are going to read them all?

#WPFL24
#womensprize

squirrelbrain I haven‘t changed my mind - still reading them all! 🤣 12mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Hangman: A Novel | Maya Binyam

#weeklyforecast
#wpfl24
#womensprize

All the holds coming in at the library, setting up for a busy reading week! I also have All That She Carried from the Nonfiction long list on audio ✔️✔️✔️

Pageturner1 ooh coffee looks good! and of course the books too— 😀 12mo

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Brotherless Night: A Novel | V. V. Ganeshananthan

"I want you to understand: it does not matter if you cannot imagine the future. Still, relentless, it comes."

#womensprize
#WPFL24

BarbaraBB Is it good? 12mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB very. This is my 3rd from the list and so far the most impressive. 12mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 12mo

BarbaraBB Thanks! That‘s encouraging 12mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION JOURNAL. | THE. WOMEN'S PRIZE

I will be reading the Women's Prize for Fiction long list the next 2 months - as they get to me from Blackwells or the Library.

If you would like to join me please do! I am so excited to see what everyone thinks about these books, most of which were not on my radar.

Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist Readathon 2024 tag-

#WPFL24

squirrelbrain I‘d never heard of half of these - and they weren‘t on anyone‘s predictions lists - it‘s all very exciting! Have you read any? I‘ve read 2 so far. 12mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I have only read The Wren, which I was honestly not that impressed by. But I am excited, Enter Ghost, 8Lives and Ordinary Human Filings were all on my TBR.
We will see how it goes!! Which ones have you read? 12mo

squirrelbrain I saw on your other post that you‘d read The Wren. I‘ve read Western Lane and Ordinary Human Failings. I‘m most looking forward to Enter Ghost and Soldier, Sailor. 12mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I was able to grab Western Lane on audio right away from my library, will start it today, it looks super short, I am surprised it made the cut off of 30K words. 12mo

TheKidUpstairs @squirrelbrain I'm so excited for Enter Ghost, too. Soldier Sailor I tried on my Kobo and couldn't get into it, but I think it was the wrong format. I've got a library hold in for a physical copy, hopefully it will read better that way! 12mo

TheKidUpstairs @ChaoticMissAdventures I really liked Western Lane, it was up for last year's Booker, but it didn't work for everyone so I'll be interested to hear what you think! 12mo

jlhammar I haven‘t read any of these yet! I already wanted to read Ordinary Human Failings so excited to prioritize that. I also ordered Restless Dolly Maunder (I really enjoyed Grenville‘s The Secret River), Western Lane, The Maiden, And Then She Fell, and Brotherless Night to start things off. We‘ll see how many I‘m able to get to. Look forward to following your reviews! 12mo

Deblovestoread Glad to see Enter Ghost on the list. It's available at my library, so it will be the first I tackle. Will likely do a Blackwell's order for those not released here yet. I'll be watching for your reviews 😀 12mo

AnneCecilie I‘ve read one, but my library had six books. So I‘m waiting on them to arrive. I love that there‘s so many I haven‘t heard about, there‘s so much potential to find a new favorite book/ author 12mo

BarbaraBB I‘ll be trying to read as many as possible too though I won‘t be too hard on myself (with the International Booker coming up as well 😅). So far I‘ve only read Western Lane so lots of books to choose from! 12mo

Hooked_on_books I haven‘t read a single one of these and haven‘t even heard of many! I‘m a bit flummoxed by that but hoping it turns out to be a good thing. I won‘t try to read them all in time for the prize, but I‘m sure I will read all eventually. 12mo

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