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thewallflower0707
Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Mehso-so

The plot didn‘t interest me, but everyone kept raving about it and then it won the Women‘s Prize. The narration took a while to get used to, and it‘s quite long. I‘ve also just read two YA novels about foster care & opioid epidemic, so it all felt a bit too much.
Good book, just not a book for me.

#DemonCopperhead #WomensPrize

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BkClubCare
Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Latest book club selection. Esther posing with my audio version. #DogsofLitsy #EstherFest #whpg #GriffDog #WomensPrize #BookClub

dabbe Hello, Enchanting Esther! 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
BkClubCare @dabbe aw, thx. It had been awhile since I featured the pups in a photo shot. 3mo
SamAnne I love the name Esther! 3mo
BkClubCare @SamAnne 😊 Her full name is Esther Isabella Sunshine. The breeder gave her the Esther name - both me and husband have grandmothers with that name. ❤️ So we didn‘t change it. 3mo
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charl08
Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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And the winner is... 🏆

#WomensPrize

ChaoticMissAdventures I knew this one would win! It is expertly done. Not my personal favorite, it is 3rd or 4th on my personal list, but craft wise I understand why I won. 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @ChaoticMissAdventures I feel the same way. I was pulling for Trespasses, but can't deny that Kingsolver did deserve this one. Sometimes when the big name wins, it feels more like a prize for the author rather than the particular book (cough cough Atwood cough cough The Testaments). But this one really was an expertly crafted novel, with an excellent blend of substance, style, and heart. 3mo
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charl08
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Tamra Of all strange things, I was dreaming about the prize this morning! 🤪 Black Butterflies is my hope. 3mo
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Leniverse
Fire Rush | Jacqueline Crooks
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The winner of the #WomensPrize will be announced today, and I am hesitant to attempt a prediction. Instead I present my personal top six. Four of them are on the official shortlist, and I'll be happy if either of them win. (Conversely there's a 1/3 chance that the announcement will make me a serious grumpy face 😒) I am, however, rooting slightly more for Fire Rush than for the others. 🔥🎶

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jlhammar
Black Butterflies | Priscilla Morris
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I‘m putting my #womensprize wish out into the bookish universe. I‘d love to see one of these win on Wednesday (June 14).

I won‘t be too sad though if Trespasses or Demon Copperhead win instead. Both great. I‘m still waiting on the audiobook for Fire Rush. I wasn‘t feeling Pod.

Tamra 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 Black Butterflies! Wouldn‘t that be something, a debut?! 4mo
Tamra Wait, Trespasses is a debut too? 😳😳 Crazy! Loved them both, but I was blown away by Black Butterflies. 4mo
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squirrelbrain I agree with you re Black Butterflies, and also wouldn‘t mind if any of the others won, apart from Pod. 4mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Another hope vote for Black Butterflies. I was blown away by it. I do think Demon Copperhead was really well done also. But I agree with @suuirrelbrain anything but Pod (which I DNF'd) would be okay with me! 4mo
Deblovestoread I am hoping for Black Butterfies as well. DC is my 2nd choice. All of the short list was fantastic IMO except Pod which I didn‘t read. 4mo
Hooked_on_books Add me to the Black Butterflies train as well! It‘s an extraordinary book! I loved The Marriage Portrait as well, but she‘s won before and frankly will be just fine without this prize, so I‘m pulling for the debut. 3mo
TheKidUpstairs I just started Butterflies today. I agree with @Deblovestoread it was a fantastic short list this year (except for Pod). My heart is with Trespasses, but I'll be happy with anything but Pod winning! 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @Tamra I think Fire Rush was a debut as well! Great year for first time authors! 3mo
Tamra @TheKidUpstairs amazing! 3mo
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charl08
Marriage Portrait | Maggie O'Farrell
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Listening to Maggie O'Farrell last night (on catch up) talking about visiting the grave of her RL character in Italy.

The nuns said no one ever asked to visit the grave. 😢

I want to listen to all the other shortlist interviews now!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001mll9

#WomensPrize #Shortlist

jlhammar I'll have to give that a listen. Thanks for the link! 4mo
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charl08
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Karisa Oooh, I loved Demon Copperhead and The Marriage Portrait. It makes he want to read Black Butterflies but seems to not be available on Kindle (and expensive). Would anyone know why? 4mo
squirrelbrain Ooh, Black Butterflies is my fave, but wouldn‘t mind any to win, other than Pod, of course! 4mo
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jlhammar @Karisa Are you in the US? Black Butterflies hasn‘t been published here in the US (at least not last time I checked, hope that changes) so I had to order it from abroad. I‘m so glad I did though. So good. 4mo
jlhammar I am rooting for The Marriage Portrait or Black Butterflies to win. Still waiting on my audio of Fire Rush to come through! 4mo
Karisa @jlhammar Oh! Yes, that‘s it then. Thank you. It looks amazing! 4mo
jlhammar @charl08 I'd be okay with Trespasses winning. It is excellent. 4mo
charl08 @jlhammar I agree 👍 💯 4mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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Pickpick

#womensprize short listed
This is very well done. The writing, setting, characters are all rich and haunting. Set in Ireland during The Troubles Cushla and Michael are having an affair.
The book is dark - and some will not like it due to lack of quotation marks - alcoholism, affairs, civil war. But it is also a bit sweet as she tries to care for the family of a student and her ill mother.
It took me longer to read than it should have but 4⭐

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Leniverse
Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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I don't know why I've been dragging my feet so much on this one. It's not like I haven't read a 600+ page book before. It's not like I haven't read David Copperfield before. (Actually, that might be part of it.) It's not like I haven't read Barbara Ki... Wait, I have never read Kingsolver before. Anyway, I'm running out of time. The winner of the #WomensPrize will be announced in a fortnight. I'm going in.