Orange July ‘09 Results

Jill from The Magic Lasso has been hosting Orange Januarys and Julys for awhile now.  The challenge is to read at least one (or as many as you want) book(s) that has won or been shortlisted or longlisted for the Orange Prize.  I did better this time than I normally do, and I’m fairly happy with my results this time.

The books I read:

1. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (2005 New Writers’ shortlist)
2. Intuition by Allegra Goodman (2009 longlist)
3. Property by Valerie Martin (2003 winner)
4. Unless by Carol Shields (2003 shortlist)
5. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (1999 shortlist)
6. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2004 longlist)

I really liked all of these, but especially Unless and The Poisonwood Bible.  Both were truly magnificent.  I also am halfway through The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (2008 New Writers’ shortlist) and am on page 70 of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1997 shortlist), so I’ll finish up those in August.

Thanks for another wonderful Orange July, Jill!