An exciting day today as the Man Booker shortlist was announced. Here’s the six that made the cut (clicking on cover leads to publisher’s page for that title) :
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An exciting day today as the Man Booker shortlist was announced. Here’s the six that made the cut (clicking on cover leads to publisher’s page for that title) :
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I do like that cover for The Quickening Maze!
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It’s certainly clever Darren. Personally The Glass Room cover does it for me.
I’m with Bart… the cover for The Quickening Maze drew my eye immediately.
Im in the middle of Wolf Hall. I love this period of history, but am finding it a little heavy going!