The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

These are the longlisted books. Usual rules apply.

Somebody Loves You by mona arshi
Assembly by Natasha Brown
Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy
Lessons in Love and Other Crimes by Elizabeth Chakrabarty
Keeping the House by Tice Cin
Hourglass by Keiran Goddard
Violets by Alex Hyde
Fault Lines by Emily Itami
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
Moth by Melody Razak

League Tables:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, 1.60, 1.95, 5, 4, 0.83
2, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 1.91, 1.95, 11, 4, 0.74
3, Lessons in Love and Other Crimes by Elizabeth Chakrabarty, 3.67, 2.67, 3, 0, 0.46
4, Somebody Loves You by mona arshi, 2.60, 4.00, 10, 2, 1.48
5, Violets by Alex Hyde, 3.80, 4.60, 5, 0, 1.12
6, Moth by Melody Razak, 6.00, 5.00, 2, 0, 0.70
7, Hourglass by Keiran Goddard, 7.00, 6.00, 2, 0, 0.84
8, Fault Lines by Emily Itami, 6.67, 6.92, 3, 0, 1.20
9, Keeping the House by Tice Cin, 6.60, 7.40, 5, 0, 1.64
10, Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy, 9.00, 8.00, 2, 0, 1.13

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 1.91, 25, 11, 4
2, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, 1.60, 21, 5, 4
3, Somebody Loves You by mona arshi, 2.60, 7, 10, 2
4, Lessons in Love and Other Crimes by Elizabeth Chakrabarty, 3.67, 6, 3, 0
5, Violets by Alex Hyde, 3.80, 0, 5, 0
6, Moth by Melody Razak, 6.00, -2, 2, 0
7, Hourglass by Keiran Goddard, 7.00, -6, 2, 0
8, Fault Lines by Emily Itami, 6.67, -15, 3, 0
9, Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy, 9.00, -16, 2, 0
10, Keeping the House by Tice Cin, 6.60, -20, 5, 0

1 Assembly
3 Somebody Loves You

I haven't ordered any others yet but may try and squeeze a few in and will probably read the shortlist.

1. Assembly
2. Lessons in Love and Other Crime
3. Somebody Loves You
4. Keeping The House
5. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
2. Assembly
3. Somebody Loves You
4. Lessons in Love and Other Crimes
5. Violets
6. Moth
7. Hourglass
8. Keeping the House
9. Fault Lines
10. Iron Annie

Really, I don't quite know how to separate 1 & 2 for top place. Then 3-6 could swap order quite easily, even 7 and 8 could join that group, I think.

1. Assembly
2. Somebody Loves You

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies 5*
2. Assembly 5*
3. Somebody Loves You 5*
4. Violets 3*
5.
6.

1. Somebody Loves You
2. Assembly
3. Lessons in Love and Other Crimes
4. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
5. Violets
6. Hourglass
7.
8.
9.
10. Keeping the House



I have two others on hand, ordered one from Blackwell's and one from Amazon, and pre-ordered Moth months ago but it is not to be released in US until August.

1. Assembly
2. Somebody Loves You

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Assembly - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Violets – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Lessons In Love and Other Crimes - 4.25*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Somebody Loves You – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Moth - 3.75*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hourglass – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fault Lines – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Keeping The House - 2.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Iron Annie - 1.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies
2. Assembly
Fault Lines
Somebody Loves You

. Somebody Loves You
. Assembly
. Violets
. Keeping the House