[ebooktalk] BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:15:39 +0100
The last Man Booker winner I read was Bring Up The bodies. But mostly I avoid
the books. However, I made an exception at the time when the NLB produced all
the shortlisted titles as what were called Cheetah Books in Braille. I read
all of those despite the fact that I enjoyed very few of them. Before the
Mantel, the last Booker winner I remember being really impressed by was Oscar
And Lucinda by Peter Carey which is still one of my favourite books of all
time.
On 4 Jun 2013, at 09:02, CJ & AA MAY wrote:
> I haven’t read The Sisters Brothers but will put it on my list. I enjoyed
> both the Hilary Mantel books which were Man Booker winners but the only other
> one I’ve read is Life of Pye which was gien to me by my sister when I was in
> hospital. I’m not sure I’d have read it if I hadb’t been so bored but I did
> enjoy it in a funny way. I have just bought the DVD for Chris as he quite
> liked the look of the film trailer.
> Alison
>
>
> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Shell
> Sent: 03 June 2013 18:35
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Alison's books.
>
> Hi Alison,
> Garden of Evening Mist was the only one I read from last year's list that I
> actually enjoyed. I think my favorite booker book of the last few years was
> The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. It's a western, but not like any I've
> read before. I'm not a fan of westerns but this one was so funny and
> strangely written I loved it.
> Shell.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "CJ & AA MAY" <chrisalis.may@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 4:00 PM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Alison's books.
>
> > Hello Shell
> >
> > I too like to read the short list and in fact read this year's winner,
> > Garden of Evening Mist, which I did thoroughly enjoy.
> >
> > Alison
> >
> >
> >
> > From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Shell
> > Sent: 03 June 2013 10:09
> > To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ebooktalk] Alison's books.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Alison,
> >
> > I didn't enjoy Swimming Home by Deborah Levy either, but I finished it
> > because I had bought it. I find with the Man Booker books that some years I
> > like most of them and other years I can't get along with hardly any. It must
> > be to do with the different judges. I still look forward to the short list
> > every year though.
> >
> > Hope you have some more inspirational books next month, sometimes reading
> > goes like that.
> >
> > Shell.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "CJ & AA MAY" <chrisalis.may@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 9:07 AM
> > To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Books I read in May.
> >
> >> The books I read in May were:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cat and Mouse by James Patterson;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Cashmere Shawl by Rosie Thomas;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Lighthouse by Alison Moore; (Man Booker Runner-up)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The killing hour by Lisa Gardner;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Swimming Home by Deborah Levy; (Man Booker Runner-up)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Resurrection men by Ian Rankin;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Husband by Dean Kootz;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> A Question of Guilt by Frances Biffield;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Warriors Princess by Barbara Erskine;
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> For me none of these books were particularly outstanding and I gave up on
> >> the two Man Booker Runner-ups. The Cashmere Shawl proved much better than
> >> its synopsis suggested, however, and gave an insight into life in Cashmere
> >> with some good descriptive narrative.
> >>
> >> Alison
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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