JUDGING THE OCTOFINAL ROUND OF THE BOOK TUBE PRIZE: FICTION, GROUP C
In this video, I discuss the six books that I read and judged for the Octofinal Round of the BookTube Prize Awards. I was assigned to Group C, which included two collections of short stories, one memoir-novel mashup, and three novels. Books in Group C discussed in this video, in alphabetical order by author: Bertino, Marie-Helen. Exit Zero: Stories. Jen, Gish. Bad Bad Girl. Kitamura, Katie. Audition. Rushdie, Salman. The Eleventh Hour. Ryan, Patrick. Buckeye. Wood, Charlotte. Stone Yard Devotional. In this round, the three books that are going on to the next round are: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan; Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen; and Stoneyard Devotional by Charlotte Wood. @BookTubePrize @Robert.Sheard #booktubeprize #booktubecommunity #readingupdate #bookreviews

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