To celebrate its 50th year, the Man Booker Prize is challenging everyone to try and read 50 Booker winners before May, 2018! To join the challenge, you must have a public Instagram account where you have to post the Booker award-winning books you’re going to read with the hashtag #ManBooker50. Read as many Booker prize-winning…
The Man Booker Prize Longlist for 2014 was recently announced, with 13 books, including a few by American writers. This is the first time that non-British writers are being considered for the prize. I admit that I’ve not read any of the 13 novels – a few of which have not actually been released to…
Because of the recent (drastic) changes in my life/lifestyle, I have not had time to make regular posts about newly acquired books. I will do so now… I bought these books at different times in the last 3 months. 1. The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton – The 2013 Man Booker Prize winner. I’m about 78%…
Apart from travelling, reading is the only other thing I love doing. Growing up, I remember reading Little House on the Prairie, the Chronicles of Narnia, Pippi Longstockings, Ramona, and other children’s classics. In high school I met the likes Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Dickens, and of course, my personal favorite, J.D. Salinger. And even now,…
The Misanthropologist 