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MINOR BLACK FIGURES – Brandon Taylor

I’m making an effort to read more Booker-eligible books prior to the longlist announcement  – up today is Brandon Taylor’s Minor Black Figures.  (Riverhead 2025)  Taylor was previously shortlisted for the Booker in 2020 with Real Life.  At that time, I was only reading selected works from the list, and I did  not read RealContinue reading “MINOR BLACK FIGURES – Brandon Taylor”

I SEE YOU’VE CALLED IN DEAD – John Kenney

“Maybe we’re all obituary writers. And our job is to write the best story we can now.” @rolly.looks.at.books recommended John Kenney’s I See You’ve Called in Dead (Zibby Publishing 2025), and when the world’s most well-read bichon recommends something, you listen. It’s quirky, hilarious, and full of heart. I can see why it draws comparisonsContinue reading “I SEE YOU’VE CALLED IN DEAD – John Kenney”

ONE BOAT – Jonathan Buckley

Booker 101 Quick & Dirty Monday! ONE BOAT : Jonathan BuckleyW.W. Norton:  4 November 2025 (US)Fitzcarrldo Editions: 13 March 2025 (UK) (I’m using the UK Kindle version)Page Count: 168 First line: “The first time the intention was simply to find a place that was quiet, but not somnolent” Blurbed by: I could find no blurbs forContinue reading “ONE BOAT – Jonathan Buckley”

DAYS OF LIGHT – Megan Hunter

“It was a language, she saw now, the way he touched her.” Megan Hunter’s Days of Light (Grove Press 2025) is very Bookery, and I read it as part of my “get a jump on possible longlisted books” journey. It’s The Safekeep meets Stone Yard Devotional, and while I loved both of those novels, IContinue reading “DAYS OF LIGHT – Megan Hunter”

WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES – Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“I’m really friendly but not quite tame.” I’ve wanted to read Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths & Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes for a bit, I just never got around to it. As someone who has been drawn to reoccurring archetypes in legend and lores throughout the world (and someoneContinue reading “WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES – Clarissa Pinkola Estes”