I have thoughts on the Women's Prize and International Booker longlists 👀

The Women's Prize and the International Booker Prize recently released their longlists and I have very mixed feelings 👀

How do you feel about these two prizes? Are you excited to read any of the books? x

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[xenopoly]

I don’t know what the criteria is for the prize, but Foster was published years ago. It just got a boost this year because The Quiet Girl (based on Foster), got Oscar nominated for Best International Feature. So maybe that’s a reason? I do love Claire Keegan’s writing though. The film is worth watching!

[Rainydays]

I finished The Bandit Queens yesterday and I really loved it and there were at least a couple of laugh out loud moments in there

[ruthclarke]

loved this jasmine!! can't believe Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow didn't make it on... everyone absolutely loves it!!! very shocked. Will definitely be giving some of the International Booker books a go, have got so many to get through that I already own first though!! xx

[jubilee]

I’m currently reading Stone Blind and will definitely pick up Marriage Portrait. Thx as always!

[ReeceChambers]

'Boulder' sounds good... will have to try and read it at some point.

[stacey__withanE]

I love the WPFF, but I definitely feel like this year the front runners are ahead of the rest of the pack. It could be that it's because I've only read 7 so far, but O'Farrell, Haynes, and Kingsolver are just miles ahead for me. Curious to see what the shortlist will be, I'll very likely read it if I can get the books. That seems to be the biggest obstacle for me. Release dates and accessibility to a lot of the prize books are a problem I face often in Canada. They just aren't available here until after the winner announcement or so close to the announcement that you can't get them read in time.

[sandracorbett]

I'm following the Women's Prize this year. I have read Glory, I'm a Fan, Pod and Demon Copperhead. Waiting for the rest to come to my library ☺ Out of these four, Demon Copperhead is miles ahead imo and I feel I might even be rooting for it to win. I love it SO MUCH. We'll see with the other books, but I'd say I'm not excited by the majority of the list.

[mariamaria]

I started The bandit queens and i enjoy it, but i will not pick up any of the other books on this lists. I pick up Blacklist books like The Goldfish, and classics like Oblomov. Nothing interest me this year on this lists, unfortunately.

[KDbooks]

I really want to say the IB is great, but so many of the 13 are flops 😂