In the weeks since the Booker longlist was announced, book bloggers have been throwing their other challenges aside and getting to work reviewing the nominees. Here’s the longlist, with links to some of the reviews that have already appeared on the Blogosphere:
(If you have a blog and you’ve reviewed one of these, add a link in the comments and I’ll update the list.)
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- Redhead Ramble
- The Kingfisher Scrapbook
- Of Cabbages and Kings
- Books For Breakfast
- The Mookse and the Gripes
- Booklit
- Asylum
- Shelf Love
- Lizzy’s Literary Life
- Lit Mob
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
- Asylum
- Ex Libris
- Other Stories
- The Daily Sabbatical
- Miglior Acque
- Dovegreyreader
- Redhead Ramble
- The Mookse and the Gripes
- Shelf Love
From A to X by John Berger
The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
- Blographia Literaria
- Shelf Life
- The Mookse and the Gripes
- Asylum
- Lit Mob
- Dovegreyreader
- Books to the Ceiling
- Handful of Sand
- The Middle Stage
- Not a Walking Encyclopedia
August 12th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Very helpful, thanks! It must have taken you a long time to gather all this info.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Especially the second time, after half the post vanished…
August 12th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I’m running a bit behind in my Bookerthon, but two reviews are up: Child 44 and The White Tiger.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Thanks Stewart, I’ve added them to the list!
August 12th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
I’ve also got posts on A Fraction of the Whole, Netherland, From A to X and The Secret Scripture (with all the others to follow in the next week or two), but I’m too modest to say…
August 13th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Thanks John, updated!
August 13th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Great collection of links! And thanks for linking to my Child 44 review. My review of A Case of Exploding Mangoes is now up. A Fraction of the Whole, The Enchantress of Florence, and From A to X are sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, and The White Tiger is on the way from the library, but I’ll have to take a break from the Booker and read On the Road for my book club first. :-)
August 13th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Thanks Teresa! I’ve updated your Mangoes, so let me know when the others are up. In the meantime, enjoy On the Road…
August 13th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Thanks Rob for linking to my review, it is really handy to have a collection of everyones Booker reviews – its beginning to feel like a virtual book club…
I have just posted my review of the Secret Scripture
August 14th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I’m glad you like it! I’ve updated your review of the Secret Scripture.
August 17th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
One more up: The Clothes On Their Backs.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Rob, this is a great compendium of views! I’d never visited many of these sites before, so I’m glad you’re doing a lot of work to get people connected – one of the greatest things about blogging!
Just posted a review of A Fraction of the Whole. The Secret Scripture will be going up Wednesday followed by The Clothes On Their Backs on Saturday. I look forward to seeing everyone else’s views as my reads are getting finally better!
August 19th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Thanks Trevor, I’m glad you like it! I’ll be keeping an eye on your blog and updating the links as they come in…
September 1st, 2008 at 11:36 am
Don’t know if you’re still updating this Rob, but I’ve now completed the Booker Prize longlist, and have reviews up on The Clothes on their Backs, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, The Lost Dog and The Northern Clemency. And pleased to be done with it!
September 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hi John,
Yes, I am still updating it! I’ve had some time off, but I’m back at the desk, so to speak. I’ll go and grab those links now…
September 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am
Done! You win the Booker bingo…
September 1st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Great! And the prize is – a month of my life that I’ll never get back!
September 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Never mind, at least you’re ready to flog the winner on eBay before everybody else does…
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Hello there. I haven’t the strength of John Self to take on the entire longlist but I have posted up a review of ‘Sea Of Poppies’. By the time I make it round to any of the others they’ll probably have awarded the thing.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Hi William,
thanks for your comment. I’ve updated the list with your review, and I’ll be reading more of your blog soon, I think…
September 25th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I reviewed The Northern Clemency and Netherland on my blog and on LibraryThing.com.
I have yet to start on the shortlist. Still awaiting arrivals from England.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Thanks, Candy. I’ve added your reviews to the list!
October 1st, 2008 at 6:59 am
My review of “The White Tiger” is now available here.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Hi there – we also reviewed The White Tiger but did not like it much :-(
October 21st, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Thanks Doug, updated!
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