You may have noticed that my blog was dormant for the last few months. I’m still trying to figure out what exactly I want to do with it — more on that to come, hopefully.
By the way, I did finally do something I’ve been talking about for years, which is to make an instagram account specifically for talking about books: soleofareader. I still prefer long-form writing to pithy instagram captions (and definitely to any sort of video content), but I wanted a place where I could chit-chat a little more about what I’m reading, so give it a follow if you like.
In the meantime, I had to bring it back at least for one my annual post in the lead up to the Women’s Prize announcement! One of my favourite literary awards, I always make sure to read the full shortlist for the fiction prize before the winner is announced.
My thoughts on previous years’ shortlists: 2025; 2024; 2022; 2021
This year of the six shortlisted novels, I had only read one prior to the shortlist being announced. So I was excited to dive in to the other five over the last couple of months. Overall, it’s a strong shortlist. There were four novels I loved, one that didn’t quite hit for me but that had a lot to recommend about it, and only one that I unfortunately didn’t connect with. Find my reviews and ranking below, and make sure to look out for the winner announcement on June 10!
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