The Man Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award for the best novel of the year - written in English and published in the United Kingdom. Started in 1969, the aim of the prize was to increase the reading of quality fiction and to attract “the intelligent general audience”. In this spirit I hope to one day read all … Continue reading Complete list of Man Booker Prize Winners since 1969
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction were established in 2012 to annually recognise the best books published in the United States in the preceding year. Not to be confused with the Carnegie Medal, an established UK literary award for children and young adult writing. The 2018 Andrew Carnegie winners and shortlisted … Continue reading Andrew Carnegie Medals 2018
I have a reading goal of 60 books in 2018. This is a running list of the titles I have read to date. Click on the titles below to read my review. My favourite book of the year so far is still Anna Karenina. I've rated a lot of 4 and 5 ⭐️ but I think that's because … Continue reading Reading List 2018
In 2017, I read 49 books... My target was 50. So close! This year, my goal is to read 60 books... As at the end of April I have read 23. So far, so good! How am I going to make sure I beat my target this year? 1. I keep a book database. It's … Continue reading My Reading Goal 2018
