International Booker Prize 2022 Longlist- Initial Reaction

Hello! International Booker season is upon us!

There are a couple of fantastic run-throughs of the books for the prize here:

Also, sorry @LarryHasOpinions

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[MsReadsAlot]

Great to see your reaction! The books of Jacob is such a beast!

[KDbooks]

I can’t believe they let you out of jail for the International Booker, how nice

[lindysmagpiereads]

I hadn’t heard the expression “another bite of the cherry before, ” but this morning I came to a passage in The Books of Jacob that had a person taking one bite of a cherry and then worrying that his fasting period was for naught.

[Shelf_Improvement]

My Lord, it's Booker time again? It's like American basketball, the season ends, everyone has a weekend off, and then it starts up again!

[jacquelinemcmenamin]

I imagine you and Peg the book prize addict having a zoom meeting that goes on for hours talking books.

[janethansen]

Get that man a cup of tea! Prize season has only just started.

[jenniferlovesbooks]

So much excitement this week, I can hardly take it!!! 😁😂

[EricKarlAnderson]

Just remember you don't need to read ALL the books. But get reading!!! 📚😅📚😅📚😅📚😅
I hadn't noticed that about the numerical order of the Tilted Axis listed books. That is pleasing! 😌
Hope you get time to go for a walk so as to not be too overwhelmed with all that's happening. 😊

[Liev.H]

Great pronunciation of Paradais, it's the same as Paradise. Paradais is just the phonetic spelling of Paradise in spanish, just like the movie Biutiful (Beautiful).

Cheers, love the channel!

[curioushmm]

i'd never heard it before but apparantly it's quite popular in your land...another or a second bite of the cherry! so go for it.

[BookishTexan]

You have to go back and read the other Fosse books🤓

[scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

Nothing feeble about you Bob, after all you escaped from solitary confinement already.

I am particularly keen to read Paradais. Hurricane Season hit me hard but I loved itm

[vincentf]

You’re such a joy to watch. I mean, who else is going to talk about the Booker prize AND Eurovision in the same video‽ Iconic.

[SM-vrdz]

I’ve started BOJ and have Heaven, so atm these are the ones I’m planning on reading.

[LarryHasOpinions]

and now you gotta read book of jakob... i wanna read some melchor at some point

[Merrick]

Bob consistently makes me smile. Laughing out loud is more rare.

[SpringboardThought]

Ah yeah, good stuff here. Been interested in Heaven for ages, love in the city, Elena knows, own tomb of sand already as well as a new name, so those I’ll read for sure. But like all of them are interesting. I’ve only read Books of Jacob.

[BookwormAdventureGirl]

Yay!! It’s your namesake book list. So much reading ahead. There are some very exciting books on this list that I’m interested in. 😊💙

[kiranreader]

i also think the 23/24/25 is so cool!! lol i'm working my way through the entire longlist and i'm really enjoying it!! but those big books are really frightening me!! lol

[illustratorsam]

I’m feeling the peer pressure to read The Books of Jacob too… makes my tummy hurt a little.