Orange shortlist announced today -- and guess what? I've read one of them!

How prescient of me. I've not been keeping up with all the literary prizes of late, but I'm pleased to see I have actually read one of the contenders on the shortlist for this year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction -- Heather O'Neill's Lullabies for Little Criminals.

Other books on the shortlist, which was announced today, include Nancy Huston's Fault Lines, Sadie Jones's The Outcast, Charlotte Mendelson's When We Were Bad, Rose Tremain's The Road Home and Patricia Wood's Lottery.

Comments

[John Self]

I've read another one! Charlotte Mendelson's excellent When We Were Bad. Maybe if we hunt around we can find four others who have read the remaining titles!

[kimbofo]

John, hee, hee! I must go check out your review of Mendelson's book to see whether it is something I might like ... not that I need any more books to add to the ever-expanding queue!

[Wendy Smith]

Well that's one more than I've read although I've reserved The Outcast from the library - does that count?

[Les in NE]

I've read one, too - Patricia Wood's Lottery. Pretty exciting since I was also able to interview her after posting my review.

[Desperate Housewife]

I just hated "Lullabies." I mean, obviously it's a good book, but it depressed the hell out of me, being a mom.

The daughter of one of my book club ladies works in that area of Montreal, and showed her a couple of the actual buildings in the book.

[Smithereens]

I can't judge the others, but I loved Nancy Huston's Fault Lines (and reviewed it on my blog), under its French title, Lignes de faille.

[shannon]

That's wonderful! It won Canada Reads last year, and I recommended it to my bookclub too. I really enjoyed it, it's great to hear it's up for the Orange Prize. I don't think I've even heard of the others though.