Friday Reads | March 10th, 2023 

Good Luck with the job!

I’m reading The Bandit Queens now and really enjoying it so far.

the women's prize always has some good books that i recommend to a lot of readers but imo, there's so many repeat authors that i'm getting a little tired of it lol. maggie o'farrell again (who is an author i really enjoy, actually), natalie haynes is on there again i think, madeline miller has been on there more than once. there's always a greek retelling, and it seems like every year they're like "ok, we got our [x] book, and our greek retelling, and our historical fiction novel about an unknown historical woman, a translated work, we got our thriller based in some rougher part of the UK" and so i just ... yeah. im like, wow, so different. so cool. lol. it's not that i dont think they shouldn't have parameters like that, but every year im like a little more meh about it tbh. it's a very marketable, readable prize, but idk if i'll actually read it like i used to. anyway, this was an unprompted rant, lmao, i enjoy hearing about your reading as always!

I really love all the womens prize content too. Got Cursed bread and Bandit Queens on my tbr now

I’ve only read two books on the long list for the Womens Prize but I’d recommend both Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Tresspasses by Louise Kennedy ☕️📖🍀👋☘️📚📕

Hi there 👋 😊 ☺️ 🤗

I’m recommending to you two books that were 5 star reads for me so far on the #irishreadathon Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin My Fourth Time,We Drowned by Sally Hayden 🍀👋☘️📕📖☕️📚

I totally echo your thoughts on the BTP. Last year I judged round 2 and that was a much better experience. For the Women's Prize I too have been intrigued by Bandit Queens, Cursed Bread and Dog of the North. I'm also intrigued by a few titles on the inaugural Carol Shields Prize.