Summertime

When the Man Booker longlist was announced I was excited to see J. M. Coetzee’s inclusion on it, for Summertime. Although I had only read my first book by Coetzee, Disgrace, earlier that month I was excited to read more by him, especially following the great experience that was my primary encounter with his work. [...]

Heliopolis

Another contender for this year’s Man Booker Prize, Heliopolis by James Scudamore was a welcome discovery, which is what’s so great about the prize and challenging myself to read the longlist: it opens me up to literature and writers that otherwise I may not have encountered. I loved this novel. I’m not entirely sure what [...]

Me Cheeta

This is my first review of a book from the Booker longlist since its announcement (links to the ones I read before their nomination can be found here) and when I embarked on reading it in full. Let me preface this post by saying that I will review each and every longlisted title that I [...]

Hotel du Lac

Reading a Man Booker prize winner (1994) on the day the longlist for this year’s Man Booker prize was announced was coincidental but very apt. I had intended to read the book later this week instead but Simon convinced me otherwise. Another title contributed towards my personal Man Booker challenge, for which I have already [...]

Disgrace

I shared earlier in the week the recent arrival of Vintage Bookers that should aid me in my personal Man Booker challenge. So far they are contributing to the challenge nicely as I immediately picked up Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee to read and finished it within two days, whilst also reading other things. I [...]

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