Booker Prize Long List and Bookshelf Tours
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Welcome to Top Shelf Reads, on this episode we chat about the Booker Prize 2021 longlist and newer books Naomi is keen to read. We also welcome you to our physical and figurative bookshelves via a tour of superlatives. 00:50--Booker Prize 2021 Longlist 39:52--New books on Naomi's radar The Anthropocene Reviewed by John GreenChina Room by Sunjeev SahotaThe Book of Ancients by Chuck WendigShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Hill We Climb and Other Poems by Amanda GormanCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrThe Sentence by Louise Erdrich54:17--Discussion: Book Superlatives-A Physical and Figurative Bookshelf Tour--superlatives used: most unique book book you’re most likely to rereadbook you’re most guilty about not reading yetbook you’re most likely to recommend or gift to otherslongest bookmost nostalgic book (or book you look most fondly on that you read a long time ago)most challengingmost addictive read least favorite book on your shelf the book you most wish was on your [email protected] | Instagram | Twitter
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