WomensPrizeForFiction

Enter Ghost | Isabella Hammad

May reading roundup!
Finished up the #WomensPrizeForFiction short list with Soldier Sailor (3 ⭐) and Enter Ghost (4.5 ⭐)
And read from many different countries - England, Philippines, Ireland, Holland, US, France, Palestine.

Explored many different topics from Aliens running a donut shop, Shakespear in Palestine, Cain and god, and Teen slashers.

Change and Enter Ghost were my best fiction, Some People Need Killing and Houndred Years War best NF

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Soldier Sailor | Claire Kilroy

so-so

This was not a book for me. I in general do not love books on motherhood (not being a mom myself). But I know some women who have had similar painful first years with their children and useless husbands. As always I want to know where her community is? She has no friends or family to help? This is such a terrible reality for so many women, it was painful to read here.
#womensprizeforfiction #shoetlist
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ChaoticMissAdventures I can see why some like this book. The writing is solid, the story for so many is relatable. But I honestly skimmed most of the book. I had zero interest in her long winded ramblings. And found the book to just be exhausting which might be the point since our narrator is also exhausted? I enjoyed the other struggling new mother story much more than this one - it was richer in symbolism I had more of a story to grasp into.

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BarbaraBB Great review. I‘ve been surprised about how few people feel this way. I personally loved it but if you don‘t have kids I can‘t imagine NOT skimming it! 6d

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB I started skimming pretty much from the jump. I wouldn't have read it at all if it hadn't made the WP shortlist. I am genuinely surprised how few people had negative reactions to the book. I do think the last half of the book was more interesting than the first half. And it did have me make a date with a girlfriend who went through almost this exact new mom life. So I guess that is good. 6d

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BarbaraBB That‘s really good indeed. I pity your friend. I hope her husband is not as worthless as the one in the book! 6d

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB unfortunately he is. I think the extreme people see in this book is because they didn't have as useless of a partner or had other help. My friends husband, 10 years later and she is still married to him, luckily she convinced him to move closer to her support system so this last year when she was going through cancer I was able to get their kiddo to school each morning, and our other friend took care of after school and dinner. 6d

BarbaraBB I am so sorry to hear that. He left her to take care of everything even when she was going through cancer? That is the worst. She must have felt so glad for having people like you around. 6d

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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America | Michael Harriot

#WeeklyForecast
I am about 40 pgs away from completing Light/uncommon stars SO good!
I am listening to the tagged on audio, I wish my history classes were taught like this in school!
#BookGoal is to finish my last 2 #WomensPrizeForFiction short list reads they both look incredible but very heavy, if I can get through them next week will be much lighter reads.

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rmaclean4

How to Say Babylon | Safiya Sinclair

April Reads.

5🌟
How to Say Babylon: Safiya Sinclair 🎧
4🌟
Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar 🎧
The Adversary: Michael Crummey 🎧
2 🌟
The Blue, Beautiful World: Karen Lord 📖
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#womensprizefornonfiction

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Restless Dolly Maunder | Kate Grenville

"And she always came back to the same thing: she'd rather go on being a married woman, no matter how hollow the marriage was.
She was forty -five. The prime of life for a man, but on the downhill slope for a woman."

Yikes! As a happily divorced woman edging 45 this is harsh ? Picture with Serene because what would Dolly think with me and my cats! ?
#WomensPrizeForFiction
#WPFLL

BarbaraBB It sounds like you‘re having a good time with the book! Looking forward to it 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB it is interesting, the main character isn't exactly likable but she is plucky. 2mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

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Let Us Descend | Jesmyn Ward

March Reads.
4 🌟
Let Us Descend: Jesmyn Ward 📖
Enter Ghost: Isabella Hammad 🎧
3 🌟
Man‘s Search For Meaning: Viktor E Frankl 📖
2.5 🌟
In The Upper Country: Kai Thomas 🎧
2 🌟
Hangman: Maya Binyam 🎧
#Womensprizeforfiction
#Carolshieldsprize

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MicheleinPhilly

Ordinary Human Failings | MEGAN. NOLAN

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This was a sneaky little bugger. Presents as a straightforward mystery but is really a heartbreaking portrait of a family suffering from addiction, poverty, abuse, and neglect. I could have easily read about them for another 200 pages. #womensprizeforfiction

charl08 Looking forward to picking this one up! 2mo

kbuggle Just finished this on audio, and wish I‘d read it in print.. it didn‘t translate as something I really enjoyed, but feel like it may have, if it hadn‘t been narrated. 2mo

Cathythoughts Great review. I have this stacked , I must get to it 👍🏻♥️ 2mo

BarbaraBB Great review. Such a lovely book. 2mo

sarahbarnes On my list. 2mo

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Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes

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My favourite of Natalie Haynes‘ novels so far I think! I really love how many perspectives she writes from and how many mythological figures get to tell a fragment of the story. I also love how she goes very deep into choosing some characters few people have heard of, but it never stops me understanding the story. I really hope this gets through to the short list stage of the #womensprizeforfiction #womensprizeforfiction2023

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The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel | Ruth Ozeki

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Oh goodness this came up on my reading list at the wrong time.
This was the winner of the 2022 #WomensPrizeForFiction and it is well deserved. Complex but interesting and easy to follow storyline, deep creative characters, a look at mental illness that doesn't demonize. This is an excellent book. I am going to recommend it to many.
Unfortunately for me it hit me right in a sci/fi mood and it took me ages to get through.

Kristin_Reads This is next up for me… can‘t wait! 2y

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Sorrow and Bliss | Meg Mason

The Women‘s Prize for Fiction long list is up! Which of these do you recommend?? I would like to read a few more of these this year.
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https://womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

jlhammar The Erdrich and Ozeki are both good. Great Circle was just okay for me. Liked the historical timeline more than the contemporary. Opal & Nev wasn‘t my favorite, but I did print and have since heard audio might be the way to go with that one. I think I‘m going to try Sorrow & Bliss and Remote Sympathy next. Happy Reading! 2y

vivastory I read The Sentence a couple of weeks ago & it will be on my best of the year list, no questions asked. This is a really strong long list & I'm very interested in several, esp. the Ozeki, Shafak, Walton Shipstead & Kupersmith. 2y

Kristin_Reads @jlhammar Thank you! I loved The Sentence, as well. Great Circle was a miss for me personally. I loved Sorrow and Bliss! 2y

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Kristin_Reads @vivastory Thank you! I loved The Sentence, too. 2y

Soubhiville I loved The Island of Missing Trees, one of my favorites so far this year. 2y

Kristin_Reads @Soubhiville Ooh, thank you! Good to know. 2y

vivastory @Soubhiville I have heard that from several people. Will def be moving it up my TBR 👍 2y

rmaclean4 Loved One Sky Day (Popisho in the US.) Also loved The Island of Missing Trees. Great Circle was just OK for me. Did not care for The Book of Form and Emptiness. Looking forward to reading The Sentence. 2y

Kristin_Reads @rmaclean4 Good to know! I think Island of the Missing Trees will be the next one I read. Thanks for the suggestions. 2y

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