I think I say this every year but your predictions list is always 💯 more interesting to me than the actual list. I think we need the Mercedes prize for fiction 😊
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
Love this suggestion! 🥰 I'm happy to see that she mentioned The Vaster Wilds (that was one of my favorite reads in 2023 and I haven't seen anyone mention it yet in their prediction videos).
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Hahaha, I'd obviously love that 😂
@dmwark
6 ай бұрын
Very interesting list ~ I’ll be looking into a few of these. FYI, The Vaster Wilds is not a western. It’s set in the estuary type landscape around the doomed Jamestown fort on the mid-Atlantic coast of early colonial America. I found it beautifully bleak and immersive. I’d love to see it make the list.
@Showmeyourshelfie
6 ай бұрын
Yes, Vaster Winds is not a western. I loved 85% of the book.
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Ohhh, that makes me more interested in it then!
@JentheLibrarianreads
6 ай бұрын
So happy you included Falling Animals, I’ve been banging on about it for so long. I really hope it does make the longlist
@YourTrueShelf
6 ай бұрын
Love the list and can't wait to see tomorrow! Of your list, I've only read yellowface (was overhyped, but I did love Babel). However there are several of these I'd be very interested in x
@jenniferbrown6427
6 ай бұрын
I know that Tom Lake has very much become the type of book that everyone’s mum seems to love, and I am a mother of three just like the protagonist so hey there you go, but it’s really really good. I actually think that if you like The Paper Palace you’ll enjoy Tom Lake.
@jenniferlovesbooks
6 ай бұрын
Falling Animals is my one prediction 😂
@stalkingkafka
6 ай бұрын
I loved Matrix by Lauren Groff so I am hoping that Vaster Wilds makes it. I'm also really hoping to see a Canadian on that list!
@Showmeyourshelfie
6 ай бұрын
Great list! Also, you articulated perfectly my feelings about Tom Lake and Ann Patchett. I will listen to it more because of Maryl Streep than the book blurb which sounds so boring. I'm adding Night Swimmers to my TBR Maggie O' Farrell and Alice Munro?!? Good stuff!
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
I added Night Swimmers to my TBR too! ☺
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
Ooh, lots of books on this list that I haven't see mentioned yet. Night Swimmers sounds like my kind of read. I would love to see The Vaster Wilds and Orbital nominated (loved both of those books!). I'd also like to see Jaded and Let Us Descend be nominated so I'll have an excuse to buy and read those books. 📚👀
@jenvcampbell
6 ай бұрын
Loved hearing your picks ☺ I would love to see Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd Barlow, Pet by Catherine Chidgey and Playing Games by Huma Qureshi on the list, as they were all favourites last year for me. As for books I haven't read yet but would like to: Mongrel by Hanako Footman, Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie and Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang are top of my list xx
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
I was tempted to include Playing Games and The Centre as after hearing you rave about them I thought they sounded like good books for the women's prize. I think All the Little Bird Heart's would have been eligible last year but otherwise I'd definitely have included it! Enter Ghost is one I had in my top 25 but didn't quite make it to my final 16 guesses. Would be very happy to see it make it though 😊 xx
@jenvcampbell
6 ай бұрын
@@MercysBookishMusings ah, yes, you're right! ATLBH came out in March, gah. Shame it didn't make it last year xx
@zehrazaidi4293
6 ай бұрын
Enter Ghost is amazing. About to read Playing Games - simply adored her short story collection
@kitthereader
6 ай бұрын
I want to read almost every book on this list. I really don't want Yellowface to be longlisted cause I want to have a good go at reading the list but am just not at all interested in that one based on things I've heard from people I trust. Really looking forward to knowing the longlist now!
@PattiReadsALot
6 ай бұрын
I've been loving these prediction videos!! I agree with Amanda below that we need the Mercedes Prize for Fiction. I adore Ann Patchett (even though I haven't read most of her work) because of her personality/social media presence for her bookstore Parnassus in the US. I just want to be her best friend, haha. I've put off Tom Lake for some reason, maybe because I don't want to be disappointed. Super interesting potential list!
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
I agree on both points! We need a Mercy List, and there was lots of interesting potential nominees in this video. I really hope to see The Vaster Wilds get nominated (which I loved), as well as Jaded and Let Us Descend because I want an excuse to buy and read those books. Which books from this video are you hoping will get nominated?
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Hahaha, I would love to have a prize based just on my choices of course! Ann Patchett does seem lovely and I love that she runs a bookshop.
@katrinaandallthebooks7993
6 ай бұрын
I love lists too and have been making a list of all the books I’ve seen predicted I think think the predictions are more interesting than the real thing. Loved Tom Lake. The List of Suspicious Things is a more bleak version of The Trouble With Goats and Sheep, I gave it a 4, I thought it was good but didn’t like the ending.
@chrisbookishcauldron6381
6 ай бұрын
Oooh Falling Animals sounds so good and I just looked and I don’t think it’s getting a US publication 😢. The one I’m rooting to get on the long list this year is Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon as justice for Self Portrait With Boy being so ignored by all the prizes when it was released. Loved hearing your predictions!
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Ohhh, I didn't realise she had a new book out. Looks like it comes out on 28th March in the UK. I could be wrong but I don't think Self Portrait with Boy was published in the UK so wouldn't have been eligible for any prizes here. This new one sounds v interesting!
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
6 ай бұрын
If this is the list I would be really excited to read it! I’m sure we will get some surprises as well, but I think you picked a really interesting mix. We have three books in common on our predictions: The House of Broken Bricks, which I’ve not read yet but I think it sounds like a perfect book for this prize, Tom Lake and Let Us Descend. I have The List of Suspicious Things on my shelf (it was a freebie from the women’s prize live last year), so would love that to be on the longlist so I can start it right away. I’m listening to Tom Lake at the moment, Meryl Streep is excellent! Very excited for the longlist and all the best for your project to read them all. 😊📚
@ErinLouisee
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting on my video so happy I've now found your channel! i really want to read Bellies I've heard so many good things about it!! As someone who lives in rural cornwall and is mixed race I'm really interested by the house of broken bricks too x
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
Ooh yes, House of Broken Bricks sounds interesting.
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Ohhh, I'd love to know your thoughts on them both! xx
@thepaperdavid
6 ай бұрын
I made my predictions last night and also included The Berry Pickers and Bellies - you're the only other person I've seen with those two on their list. I don't love retellings but the Women's Prize does, so I've included The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe and Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon. I somehow have a strong feeling about Land of Milk & Honey and Soldier Sailor both making it (even though I've read neither). And from a personal wishlist perspective, I'd also love to see Penance there.
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Yes, I did think I should probably include some retellings as they love them but I'm not a fan. Those two you mentioned sound good though!
@laurakuhlmann1626
6 ай бұрын
I wonder if "I have some questions for you" by Makkai and "Still Born" by Nettel are eligible. I read the latter and LOVED IT and I'm quite excited to read the former
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
I have some questions for you was eligible for last year's longlist and didn't make it. Still Born isn't eligible as its translated but I think was longlisted for the international booker last year.
@browngirlreading
6 ай бұрын
Interesting... I have Pet and The House of Broken Brick in my possession. They arrived yesterday. I agree with you about Ann Patchett. I read The Dutch House and Bel Conto and I was like ok. I don't think you'd like Ward's new book. I gave it 3 stars. I didn't love to but I liked it.
@HarrietRosie13
6 ай бұрын
I really hope to see The Vaster Wilds on the list I so enjoyed it. I really think you would too, although set in the time and place that fits the genre i wouldn't call it a western at all, it's a girl surviving in nature. Happy to send you my copy if you'd like! Also I think you're spot on with Tom Lake, I thought it sounded rubbish but was made to read it and was just as dull as it sounds. If it weren't for Meryl Streep I probably wouldn't have finished it!
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Oh, I'm glad to hear that about The Vaster Wilds. My library have a copy but thank you for the offer :) Booo to Tom Lake!
@comfortreadsJess
6 ай бұрын
I am very excited for this years longlist. I might even make my own predictions video!
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
Ooh, do it! Prediction videos are such fun. I always find books that I'm excited to read, even if they don't get nominated for the prize.
@comfortreadsJess
6 ай бұрын
I did it! It's only my third video so I'm still a little rusty, but check it out if you'd like! :)@@hellobookworm
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
@@comfortreadsJess Hooray! On my way to check it out right now 😎
@kimswhims8435
6 ай бұрын
Great list! Added a couple to my TBR
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
I added Night Swimmers to my TBR. Which books caught your eye?
@kimswhims8435
6 ай бұрын
@@hellobookworm Yes, Night Swimmers was definitely one of them.
@GemofBooks
6 ай бұрын
This sounds like an awesome list - even the ones that you don’t love the sound of really appeal to me. 😄
@rhyst124
6 ай бұрын
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy I think may be longlisted. I much preferred The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar, but this I don't think is eligible
@GreenBitterfly
6 ай бұрын
I've read The List of Suspicious Things, and I really enjoyed it. I found it profoundly sad, but it's a great book. It did remind me of Joanna Canon's The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, and I did think to myself when reading The List as Suspicious Things that it's a book that Mercedes would like.
@karenmoore4430
6 ай бұрын
I think Julia by Sandra Newman will make it fingers crossed 🤞
@CharlieBrookReads
6 ай бұрын
Loved seeing your picks. Took note of Night Swimmers as I haven’t heard of that one before, hope that one makes it. I agree about it being a strong year for fiction so can’t wait to see what makes it. It’s exciting that you are going to try and read the longlist. I am trying to avoid the temptation to do that as the nonfiction ones are drawing me in so much 😂Just too many books too little time as always!! ❤
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
Me too! When she mentioned comp authors for Night Swimmers, I immediately added it to my TBR. Hoping it gets nominated so I'll have an excuse to buy it. 📚👀
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Night Swimmers sounds great doesn't it!? I'm still being tempted by the non-fic longlist so we're in the same boat, haha
@judybrown1624
6 ай бұрын
I just hope I already own some of the LL books. I tend to end up buying them all even though I say I won't. I generally like Ann Patchett's books, but I didn't think Tom Lake was very good. I didn't really think The Berry Pickers was anything special. I would put Julia on my list.
@hellobookworm
6 ай бұрын
I'm hoping to see Julia get nominated. I think that book along with Let Us Descend have appeared the most frequently in prediction videos this year so I'll have an excuse to buy and read them.
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
I'm planning to try get as many at the library as I can but I may have to end up buying some. I have heard great things about Julia so wouldn't be surprised to see it there.
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204
6 ай бұрын
I read Falling Animals in January. I don’t remember any magical realism elements. I’d love to see it on the long list. Other books I’d love to see Greta & Valdin Hello Beautiful Ordinary Human Failings The Wren,The Wren The Rachel Incident Tom Lake The Berry Pickers ( only started reading) Solider Sailor ( on March TBR) Service by Sarah Gilmartin Fayne by AnnMarie MacDonald ( currently reading) 📚🍀☕️☘️👋📖📕🇮🇪
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
That's a great selection!
@jorjastonej
6 ай бұрын
I’ll be reading The Rachel Incident in March. The Vaster Wilds is not anything like a Western. More like a fable. But I didn’t like it and had to force myself to finish it. Luckily, it’s short. Her nature writing is crap. Tom Lake is good. But I actually wasn’t impressed with Meryl Streep’s reading of it. For the queen of accents, she failed to always differentiate between the mother and three daughters’ voices for me, so it was sometimes confusing. Don’t worry anyone, Meryl is still my queen!!
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Ahhh, that's a shame re the Vaster Wilds and Tom Lake!
@toweringtbr
6 ай бұрын
Tom Lake was soooooo boring. Not even Meryl Streep could save it. I dnfed halfway through.
@MercysBookishMusings
6 ай бұрын
Hahahah, if Meryl can't save it then it must be bad!
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