Offer up a book from any of the following lists:

The Man Booker Prize

The Pulitzer Prize

The National Book Awards

National Book Critics Circle Awards

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction


I'll start things off with The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

*ETA additional book awards, 2/12/08
*ETA additional, 6/13/08

Refreshing with........

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

(previous still available)

I will take The God of Small things and offer up:

The Riders by Tim Winton

I have this in my TBR pile and should be read in the next two weeks.

Refreshing! The Riders is still available.

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

I'll accept The Riders and offer Unless - Carol Shields

Refreshing. Unless is still available or

Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre Currently tbr but should be able to pass it on in a couple of weeks.

OK. Let's see if I can do this right. Help me if I get it wrong.

But be gentle. It's my first time.

I PM'd Perfect-Circle to accept Vernon God Little .

And I'm offering Yann Martel's Life of Pi.

How'd I do?

:blink:

Okayyyyyyyyyyy...

...everybody has read Life of Pi, right?

Then, let's try D.M. Thomas' The White Hotel...

...and see if anybody checks in. :giggle:

I'd like to make a reservation please! :wink:

Let's see, what's one that not everyone's read? :thinking:

How about The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge?

Refreshing with Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo.

(Previous offering is still available.)

I'll accept Sour Sweet and replace with The English Patient (co-winner in 1992) by Michael Ondaatje
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2541147
If you have seen the flim and have not read the book, the book is much, much better. More depth, better character development, excellent read.

I think this is the only Booker prize winner on my shelf at the moment, except for one I haven't read yet (God of Small Things).
If someone prefers God of Small things, I will move it up Mt TBR.

This isn't a Booker Prize winner, but I can also offer The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri if that will work as a suitable substitute to keep the relay going.

I accept The English Patient (co-winner in 1992) by Michael Ondaatje and I offer:

Staying On by Paul Scott (1977 Winner)

I would love The Namesake, but it isn't a Booker Winner... maybe we can trade, huh hotflash? Love your avatar by the way!

Refreshing with G by John Berger, previous still available.

I'll take Staying On and offer:

The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields TBR

Previous offer still available or these two. Please PM or email me when accepting offer, as I'm not able to check the site often right now.

Unless by Carol Shields

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Hardback, U.S. Prefered)

I really should stay out of here...last thing I need is more owed TBRs...

But...

I just listened to an abridged audio of Alias Grace and loved it, so really want to read the book.

So, I'll accept Alias Grace and offer:

Brick Lane by Monica Ali

It's still TBR, but I should be able to get to it in a couple of weeks.

Refreshing with Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

This or previous still available (both still TBR).

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood OR Brick Lane by Monica Ali OR Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

I'm new to this, so please bear with me.

I'm interested in Brick Lane and I'd like to offer Restoration by Rose Tremain.

If you don't mind shipping overseas livrecache, I'll take Restoration. (Sending a PM!)

Offering On Beauty by Zadie Smith. (hardcover)

I'll take On Beauty and offer Hotel World by Ali Smith (shortlisted 2001).

US only, please. TBR.

Refreshing.

Offering a choice of the following:

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (shortlisted 1978)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (shortlisted 1986)
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (winner 1988)
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (shortlisted 1989)
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (cowinner 1992)
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (shortlisted 1993)
Last Orders by Graham Swift (winner 1996)
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (shortlisted 1996)
Hotel World by Ali Smith (shortlisted 2001)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (shortlisted 2001)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (winner 2002) (currently unregistered)
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (shortlisted 2002)
Brick Lane by Monica Ali (shortlisted 2003)
On Beauty by Zadie Smith (shortlisted 2005) (hardcover)

All are TBR. US-only, please.

I'll take Fingersmith.

And I'll offer Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

TBR, U.S./Canada/M-Bag preferred.

Okay, let's try Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth. (TBR)

Or previous offer Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry is still available.

USA/Canada/MBag preferred - they're both kinda heavy and I'm kinda poor. :erm:

Okay, I'll take Sacred Hunger!

Offering The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (U.S. preferred)

*I edited this relay to include more book awards, hoping it might spark more activity?! :waiting:

Previous offer still available. Also offering up Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. (2005 Pulitzer)
(U.S. preferred)

I would like to take GILEAD, and offer in return another book by the same author:
Housekeeping (by Marilynne Robinson). This book won the Pen/Hemingway Award

Here is a link to my journal entry for this book:
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/5818475

Oooh - a wish list book!
:D

I'd love to accept "Housekeeping" from you, hotflash.

My offer is Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - winner of the Man Booker Prize in 1975.

Refreshing to add:

An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Man Booker shortlist 1990.





Previous offer also still available:

Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 1975.





:bounce: :bounce:

:bump: ing again . . . . .

Both the above are still available.

Adding a third option :boogie:

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
Man Booker shortlist 1978.

The previous two are still available:

An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Man Booker shortlist 1990.

Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 1975.

"The Bookshop" is no longer available.


The previous two are still on offer:

An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
Man Booker shortlist 1990.

Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 1975.