internationalbooker

The Book of Disappearance: A Novel | Ibtisam Azem

According to the quiz I should start with this book on the #InternationalBooker longlist. It‘s definitely one I want to read.

Which book should you read? Quiz is here: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/quiz-which-book-from-the...

LeahBergen I just took the quiz and was recommended this one. It sounds good!

Reservoir Bitches: Stories

TheKidUpstairs Love this! I've started Book of Disappearance, so far so good, I've only read a bit but I like the narrative tone and style. @LeahBergen I liked Reservoir Bitches! Not a perfect collection, but one that gets stronger as you go through it. The quiz recommended this one for me

Perfection

LeahBergen @TheKidUpstairs That one sounds good, too. I liked @BarbaraBB ‘s review of it. 👍 3d

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LeeRHarry That‘s the one for me! 😊

Theres a Monster Behind the Door

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Bookwormjillk Fun! I got

Under the Eye of the Big Bird: A Novel

BarbaraBB @TheKidUpstairs I liked Perfection! I also like that we all get different results! 3d

BarbaraBB @LeahBergen I am interested in that one too thanks to @TheKidUpstairs review! 3d

BarbaraBB @LeeRHarry Wow that‘s a cool outcome! 3d

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk One that I really want to read! 3d

CarolynM The one I got does sound like my kind of thing but it‘s not released here until the end of April ☹️

Small Boats

BarbaraBB @CarolynM Here as well. I want to read that one too. I honestly want to read so many of them 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3d

ImperfectCJ Ooh! I love a quiz! Based on the description, I'm not sure I got the result I did from the answers I gave, but I'm game

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

ImperfectCJ Not sure *how* I got the result I did. Missing words make a difference (wish I could edit comments) 3d

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ The one originally written in Kannada, a language I had never heard of! 3d

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ You can edit your own comments by clicking on it! 3d

ImperfectCJ @BarbaraBB It doesn't give me that option, at least not on the Android app (just delete, mark as spolier, and cancel). 3d

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ Ah I didn‘t know. It must be an iPhone tool then 3d

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BarbaraBB

Time of the Child | Niall Williams

#WeeklyForecast 10/25

I am completely absorbed by Wild Dark Shore. I am reading it slowly because I don‘t want it to end. It‘s so good again!
The tagged is my choice for #FoodAndLit 🇮🇪 and Help Wanted is from the #ToB longlist. Road Ends I am mixing audio with print.
In the mean time I am waiting for the ordered #InternationalBooker longlisted books, for the #WP #fiction longlist and for the start of the #LitsyToB25.

Living the life 😜💕

AmyG I am so excited to get it. I want to save it for my July vacation but I doubt it will make it. 🤣 6d

BarbaraBB @AmyG It‘s not possible I‘m afraid. Every page is again so good. Nature everywhere, great characters… so far it lives up to my extremely high expectations! 6d

squirrelbrain I‘m jealous you got Wild Dark Shore already! 6d

BarbaraBB Rightly so 😉 didn‘t you preorder it? @squirrelbrain (edited) 6d

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BarbaraBB

Perfection | Vincenzo Latronico

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Tom and Anna are Italian graphic designers, who moved to Berlin because it‘s the place to be. They live a life that confronts me with living in Amsterdam: all the trends, the hip & happening, the urban nomads, the gentrification, the coffee everywhere, the underground raves, the emptiness of it all. A mirror for me of who I used to be not that long ago. A great start of the #InternationalBooker longlist!

#FictionalTraveler #BigCity

julieclair

Kitta Ooo stacked! 7d

squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 7d

sarahbarnes Great review! So glad to see this one is a pick for you - I have a hold on it at the library and it‘s one I‘m really looking forward to! 😀 7d

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Cathythoughts Great review Barbara ❤️ 7d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes @Cathythoughts Thank you! 7d

CarolynM Great review. Stacked🙂 6d

youneverarrived Sounds great. Love your review. 6d

julieclair Excellent review! Stacked. 6d

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @youneverarrived @julieclair Thanks! I hope you‘ll like it if you get to it. 6d

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TheKidUpstairs

Reservoir Bitches: Stories | Dahlia de la Cerda

"Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth."

BarbaraBB You‘ve got your hands on an #InternationalBooker book already! That‘s fast! I am interested in this one too. 1w

TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB I was pleasantly surprised to find three of the ones that most interested me were available on hoopla! 1w

BarbaraBB Looking forward to your thoughts on them! 1w

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BarbaraBB

Booker's Song | Hannah Walker

Very excited about the #InternationalBooker longlist. So many I want to read! Recommendations are very welcome!

TheBookHippie 😂 I already picked two 😂 I‘m preparing myself for CampLitsy 😂 2w

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie #CampLitsy is the ultimate feeder for my TBR. And the WP longlist will be announced soon too 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB I hope to be here for summer camp 😵‍💫😫. But yes. Things are bat shit crazy. 1w

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Lesliereadsalot Can‘t wait for your picks! 1w

Deblovestoread Read the short blurb for them all. Fascinating list of books 🩷 1w

charl08 Very tempting! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures I have not read any, which is why I love this prize. I am trying to grab a couple from my library but they don't even have many of them 1w

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie Camp sounds so far away and yes, things are crazy. I try to forget about it by drowning myself in books and lists but it‘s a mess I know. 1w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB I kinda put myself in the fire so 🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫✊🏼 1w

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie 🩷 1w

TheKidUpstairs It's a very exciting list! I love that it's (mostly) shorter fiction, and that the authors are all first time nominees. 1w

sarahbarnes I am so excited by this list! I put most of them on hold at the library yesterday. One of the things bringing me joy these days. 1w

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes yes, me too! 1w

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TheKidUpstairs

Reservoir Bitches: Stories | Dahlia de la Cerda

Happy #InternationalBooker Longlist Day!

Which have you read? Loved? Loathed? Which are going on your TBR? I won't be reading the whole list, but I'll check out what I can get through the library, starting with the tagged. I'm also looking forward to The Book of Disappearance and On a Woman's Madness, both of which I can get through hoopla.

#IntlBookerLonglist #IntlBooker25 #BooksinTranslation

TheBookHippie Tagged and I‘d rather read it in Spanish 😂 and On a Woman's Madness for sure. I‘ve read none. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures As usual with this prize I have not read any. But I love that, it always takes me places I have not thought of. I had on my TBR and really want to get to

The Book of Disappearance: A Novel

JacqMac I haven‘t read any. Yet. But the Bookers are always my favorite. 2w

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AnneCecilie I loved On the Calculation of Volume 1 and I‘m waiting eagerly for volume 6 2w

BarbaraBB I have only read On a Woman‘s Madness but there are so many on this list that have caught my eye! Very excited! 2w

TheKidUpstairs @TheBookHippie I started the tagged last night, and I'm about 2/3 through, it's a very quick read. There can be something so cathartic about reading stories about women who refuse to repress their rage and vengeance. 1w

TheKidUpstairs @ChaoticMissAdventures that one will probably be next for me after Reservoir Bitches, I was happy to find both on hoopla! 1w

TheKidUpstairs @JacqMac so far I'm finding this year's awards list very exciting (women's prize nonfiction, and this one), I hope the trend continues! 1w

TheKidUpstairs @AnneCecilie I didn't realize there were so many! I think only the first two are available on English so far, I'll have to check them out! 1w

TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB it's a very exciting year for awards lists so far, I hope the trend continues! Looking forward to next week's Women's Prize announcement! 1w

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Leniverse

Kairos: Roman | Jenny Erpenbeck

A lot of people rave about this book, but I've also heard some things that make me hesitant. About to find out for myself.

#InternationalBooker

squirrelbrain I started it, but just wasn‘t feeling it so bailed… (me, bail?! Surely not….) 8mo

Leniverse @squirrelbrain 😬 That's not very promising! 😅 8mo

RowReads1 It‘s on my list. Some seem to have a problem with the age difference of the romance partners. 8mo

squirrelbrain I just had too many other, better, books going on…. 8mo

BarbaraBB It was okay for me! I hope you‘ll like it better. 8mo

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charl08

The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller | Ia Genberg

#InternationalBooker Shortlist 2024

WildAlaskaBibliophile Beautiful flowers! What are they? 10mo

charl08 @WildAlaskaBibliophile foxgloves (from a mixed bunch of "dalmation" plugs). Hoping they will self seed for next year. 10mo

WildAlaskaBibliophile @charl08 🌸Thank you! 10mo

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TheKidUpstairs

Lost on Me | Veronica Raimo

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Witty, thoughtful, introspective coming of age story set in Italy. Vero is an unreliable narrator, viewing the world around her and the lives of her family, friends, and self with a level of detachment that adds humour and at times heart ache. She freely admits to adjusting reality to fit into a narrative that proves more interesting for herself, and the result is a delightful, quick read where not much happens but it doesn't really matter.

TheKidUpstairs “And that's how I've felt at every moment of my life: Oh whatever. Let's just say this is me.“
#InternationalBooker Longlist 10mo

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