an adventure in reading

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor, 206 pages Man Booker Challenge: shortlisted 1971; Four Month Challenge: book written in t...

The Complete Booker is a blog for readers interested in reading the Man Booker prize books. It is a perpetual project to read the winner...

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, 340 pages (Large Print) Man Booker Longlist 2009 Eilis is the youngest daughter in a small village in Ireland. Her...

Love and Summer by William Trevor, 212 pages Man Booker Longlist 2009; Published in 2009 opening line: On a June evening some years after t...

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Man Booker longlist 2008 A great crime thriller that had me staying up waaay too late last night as we raced acro...

Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner Booker Prize 1984 After I read Brookner's biography at wikipedia, I began to wonder how autobiographica...

Done another one! The Remains of the Day - Ishiguru '89 Winner Life and Times of Michael K - Coetzee '83 Winner The Gathering - ...

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar Man Booker challenge (shortlist 2006); African Reading challenge (Libya); Orbis Terrarum challenge; ...

The Gathering by Anne Enright Man Booker Challenge (winner 2007), notable books challenge I liked this book. I've read reviews that fou...

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Orbis Terrarum (New Zealand), Man Booker Challenge (shortlist 2007) This is my second book this year with many re...

Atonement by Ian McEwan Book Awards Reading Challenge: NBCC 2002 winner, Man Booker Challenge (shortlist 2001) If I am going to see clips ...

The Remains of the Day by Kazou Ishiguro 1989 Booker Winner, 1980s decade, Man Booker Challenge I haven't seen the movie, but I would ...

Dewey must believe in that old adage 'good things occur in threes' because she is hosting three challenges for next year. Yes, I s...