I read Midnight's Children for a college class and Possession just a few years ago. The others I haven't read. I really enjoyed The Sea, The Sea, too. I recently finished Moon Tiger (is that what it was called?) but it didn't make much of an impact. Oh, and I live in Utah County. It's hard to find other "readers" but I do belong to a book club so there's some hope...

posted by islandgalcal at 10:13 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008

I read Midnight's Children for a college class and Possession just a few years ago. The others I haven't read. I really enjoyed The Sea, The Sea, too. I recently finished Moon Tiger (is that what it was called?) but it didn't make much of an impact.

posted by islandgalcal at 10:12 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008

I love your reading choices,I like to read prize winners and nominees myself.We have 180 books in common.

posted by posthumose at 4:40 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2008

I was looking for someone who is in Utah who likes to discuss books...I have just started reading Booker prize winners and have only made it through a few but I saw that you seem to have read them all. I wondered what your favorites have been.

posted by islandgalcal at 12:22 am (EST) on Apr 27, 2008

thanks for your reply. never mind if belated :-D

i still haven't got to the end of last year's longlist, the last two titles "winnie and wolf" and "self-help" are there in the shop in hard-back but i've spent way too much money to be able to justify grabbing 'em for the moment. i managed to get a bookshop to sponsor some of my booker reading in exchange for reviews, which helped a lot.

posted by bibliobibuli at 7:13 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2008

Duh! I meant to mention that I like the layout/content of your website!

posted by makifat at 3:32 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2008

Just happened to see your moniker, and thought I'd take a look. How are you getting on there in West Jordan? We lived in Sandy for a couple of years, with a beautiful view of the Wasatch Range. Utah is hard to beat for natural beauty.

Cheers!

posted by makifat at 3:31 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2008

Um, your user name made my day. It's what I aspire to be without consciously realizing it. Thanks for putting a name on it.

posted by saucybetty at 3:00 pm (EST) on May 27, 2007

just wanted to give you a shout out since we share over 200 books. happy to see that someone else likes to tag prize winners as well. happy reading!

posted by amanaceerdh at 10:11 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2007

What do you think of Kiran Desai's win? It is the only one from the shortlist that I have read (so far), but I wasn't overly impressed. I am a follower of all things Booker as well but have found that over the last couple of years the best book has not always won (Cloud Atlas was better than Line of Beauty by enormous margins). Am interested to hear your thoughts about this years victor, apparently she isn't even too keen on the Booker. She says it is because it represents colonialism but perhaps it is because her Mom was thrice shortlisted and never won.

posted by vegetrendian at 8:13 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2006

Someone else who loves all things Booker! I have such a guilty conscience from what I haven't got around to reading yet!

posted by bibliobibuli at 9:59 pm (EST) on Sep 16, 2006

Loving your cataloge. Several of your books are in my backlog.

posted by earlgreyrooibos at 11:45 am (EST) on Jul 12, 2006

I was so pleased by "Lucky Jim" that I wrote to Amis. . . got a reply! Alas, this was longlong ago. I blush to think I can't recall the contents. I will try to find it if you wish. Esta1923

posted by Esta1923 at 5:59 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2006

Hi, looks like we have a lot of books in common! Have you cataloged all yours yet? Love your website - I'll be following it for all things Booker :) Sharon

posted by Ex_Libris at 10:46 am (EST) on Jul 1, 2006