The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: Man Bookering

I have a love/hate relationship with the Man Booker Prize. I have only liked ½ of the books I have read which have been nominees.

--But who says you only have to like quality literature – quality according to someone else’s taste.

This is a two book task.
Read one Book 1 and one Book 2.

One Book May be Sequential Art/Comics/Manga.

The combined total of pages for both books together must be 500 pages or more.

The books you choose are based on the following longlist for the Man Booker Prize of 2020:

The 2020 longlist is:
• The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
• This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
• Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
• Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze
• The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
• Apeirogon by Colum McCann
• The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• Real Life by Brandon Taylor
• Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
• Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
• How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Book 1. Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle which matches a word in the title of one of the books on the longlist. These words may not be used: and, the, &, of, a, by, is. The word must match exactly.

Book 2. Read a book with an author’s name (first, middle, or last) which matches a name of one of the authors on the longlist. The name must match exactly, but may be found in any position. ex. David Kiley (Unfortunately, this means that an author with an initial “C.” cannot be used since “C Pam Zhang” has the name “C” without a period.)

The nominated books and authors may be used, if you so desire. Enjoy!

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This help thread is open!

assuming reading one of the books on the list is ok? since i'm less than halfway through The Mirror & the Light right now (and can stop before 50% since its more than 500pgs)

Dee wrote: "assuming reading one of the books on the list is ok? since i'm less than halfway through The Mirror & the Light right now (and can stop before 50% since its more than 500pgs)"

Yes. You may read one of the books on the list for either Book 1 or Book 2.

And you may read another book on the list for your other book.

sweet - i don't know if i'm that motivated though ;)

Dee wrote: "sweet - i don't know if i'm that motivated though ;)"

I hear you!

Can the same Man Booker novel be used for book 1 and book 2? For instance, a book with "Life" in the title/subtitle for book 1, and a different book written by an author named Brandon or Taylor for book 2?

Thanks!

Sandy wrote: "Can the same Man Booker novel be used for book 1 and book 2? For instance, a book with "Life" in the title/subtitle for book 1, and a different book written by an author named Brandon or Taylor for..."

Yes

Nick wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Can the same Man Booker novel be used for book 1 and book 2? For instance, a book with "Life" in the title/subtitle for book 1, and a different book written by an author named Brandon..."

Thanks!