Bailey's Prize Shortlist

[lillielangtry]

The shortlist for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced:

Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀
The Power Naomi Alderman
The Dark Circle by Linda Grant
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
First Love by Gwendoline Riley
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

I've only read Madeleine Thien, which I very much enjoyed (I've heard mixed reports elsewhere). I like Linda Grant and like the sound of the Adebayo. Not so much interested by The Power.

Have you read any? Do you want to? Are you rooting for anyone?

[mei]

haven't heard of any of these (books and authors). time to catch up on some recent books I guess.

[HalcyonDaze]

I haven't read any of them.
Off to google!

[lillielangtry]

Apr 4, 2017 2:38:19 GMT -5 mei said:

haven't heard of any of these (books and authors). time to catch up on some recent books I guess.

You might like the Thien, mei? It's about a Canadian-Chinese girl finding out about the history of her family...

[mei]

will look into it lillie!

[scrubb]

Same as erkat said - don't know any of them but definitely interested in looking them up and hopefully reading some.

[sprite]

should look on the library app to see if i can get any of these on my phone.

also need to read up on downloading things and changing the format so i can read on the kindle, which is miles better than a phone.