I haven't posted in months, and the next winner of the Man Booker Prize will be announced in a week, thereby adding one more title to my list. Personally, I'm hoping Hilary Mantel wins for Wolf Hall, a novel about Cromwell's machinations in the court of Henry the VIII, because it looks great and because I don't think I can handle reading three JM Coetzee novels in short order. Anyway, to business.
1. Don't wait for feckin' months after reading a book before writing a review of it!
2. Don't be intimidated by reviewing a difficult, complex book. No one is reading this blog anyway.
3. Read more.
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I'm reading your blog!
I hope that The Glass Room wins this year, as I thought it was the best book on the short list. Wolf Hall will probably win, but I think you'll find the Coetzee easier to read than Wolf Hall - I couldn't finish WH!
Keep up the Bookers - I am interested in your thoughts!
Thanks for the encouragement! I haven't actually read any of the short list, so I was going for Mantel solely based on subject matter. Sounds like I might have been wrong. Oh well!
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