However, The Quickening Maze, The Wilderness, Brooklyn, The Children’s Book, The Glass Room are all books I’ve been wanting to read for a while now. I’m also interested in Wolf Hall, though I’m a bit sceptical. Also, I’ll give The Little Stranger a shot and go into with low expectations. Heliopolis is a surprise to me, but I’m intrigued. And, of course, we have Coetzee and Trevor (I’m reading Foe right now, and I’ve always found I like Coetzee’s stuff — Trevor I’m a bit more wary off because what I’ve read in The New Yorker hasn’t been my cup of tea).

Okay, happy Booker season to everyone. I hope it pays off better this year than last. I already think it will.

I won’t be here when it does because I’m getting up early to take the New York bar exam (wish me luck!), but I’m anxious to see what is selected tomorrow night when I get back to my hotel room thoroughly exhausted. The bar exam runs on Wednesday too, so I’ll be late jumping in the fray — and I’m still not sure how much I’ll participate this year. I don’t start working at my firm until mid-September, and while you’d think that means I’ll have plenty of time to read, I read on my commute. It’s a thousand times harder to read when there’s plenty of time to spend with family. We’ll see though! One thing’s for certain, the book reviews’ schedule is getting tightly packed, so there’ll be no shortage of those even if I don’t join the longlist challenge this year.