I don’t normally pay a huge amount of attention to book awards (well, I keep a bit of a weather eye on the Booker, who doesn’t?) but I was interested to see that for once we actually had a couple of the Costa category winners already chez Bride:
- the first novel winner, Elizabeth is Missing, which I bought ages ago based on a recommendation in a blog somewhere (I’m sure) and which will now be hoiked to (near) the top of Mount TBR; and
- the children’s book winner, Five Children on the Western Front, which the Book God finished and enjoyed over the holidays (he’s a bit of an E Nesbit fan, I’ve only ever read The Railway Children)
I quite like the sound of the Ali Smith novel, The Ghosts of Heaven is already on my wish list (I’m not buying books at the moment) but none of the others are grabbing me at the moment. Wonder what will win.
Bride of the Book God 
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January 6, 2015 at 7:17 am
Col
I know what you mean. I do a sort of comedy double-take when any book on a prize list is one Ive actually read! And having just finished Ali Smith’s novel, and knowing her track record as Booker-prize-bridesmaid, I reckon she’ll win. Mind you i say that from the deeply informed position of not having read the other books!!!!!!!
January 6, 2015 at 7:59 am
brideofthebookgod
I like the idea of the comedy double-take 😀
January 6, 2015 at 11:03 am
Col
I think done by a comic actor it’s great – i think when i do it tho it is more just ridiculous really!