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Pulitzer Prize in Literature - Book Requests for LaurLa
Congratulations, LaurLa!
Your silent partner for this enterprise is Bea. Please PM her if you should be offline for more than 48 hours. Otherwise, she will also monitor and respond to requests if not responded to (sometimes real life can takeover), after 48 hours.
Your silent partner for this enterprise is Bea. Please PM her if you should be offline for more than 48 hours. Otherwise, she will also monitor and respond to requests if not responded to (sometimes real life can takeover), after 48 hours.
Hi, LaurLa. I see that I have read 4 of the recent past winners! Not bad, huh? And the 2013 one is on my TBR.

You are a much more well-rounded reader than I.... I should make an effort to read some of these this year, since it is my property....


Number 1s for Number 1...
#1 by title

#1 by author

#1 by rating

Happy Reading!!




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Thank you LaurLa. I am going to go with





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Thanks! I'll probably go with Rock Chick or Wicked Ride -- I've been reading too much crime fiction lately and need an easy romance. :)

Some picks for you:



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Sweet picks :)
I'll probably go with The Mech Who Loved Me
Edit:
change of plan. Worth the Wait at the moment works better with other challenges :)

It's still very very cold here, so blue covers for you!



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Cold cold cold... blue cover for you too!



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I'll go with The Death of Rex Nhongo. Thanks and stay warm!


It's February now... your picks are red and pink!



Yay...I had Horseman, Pass By downloaded on my phone, so I was able to start it right after I saw your post. Great picking!





Thanks, LaurLa! I'm going to go with Kill For Me. I've been meaning to pick this one up for a while. Just needed an excuse! ;-)


I'm tired of Winter, so here are some pretty Spring colored covers for you :-) Sort of....




I'm tired of Winter, so here are some pretty Spring colored covers for you :-) Sort of....
I feel the same way about summer. I will think of them as nice autumn coloured covers and read



Most ratings - least ratings - highest rated - ENJOY!



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Thanks, LaurLa. I'll probably do Gemina so I can work on finishing some series.
Hey, Michelle. I will jump in as LaurLa seems to be gone.
Here are three that I enjoyed. Hope one works for you.
Cold Mountain
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Likeness
Here are three that I enjoyed. Hope one works for you.
Cold Mountain
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Likeness

Sorry, Michelle... I have no excuse, simply lost sight of this for a couple of days.
Thanks for stepping in Bea!

Here are three that I enjoyed. Hope one works for you.
Cold Mountain
Snow Falling on Cedars
[book:The Likenes..."
I'll go with Cold Mountain. Thanks Bea!

I'm back for more. Can you please pick 3 books for me from my shelf?

It's Memorial Day Weekend here in the states, so M is the word!
M title

M authors - FN; LN


Happy Reading!

It's Memorial Day Weekend here in the states, so M is the word!
M title

M authors - FN; LN


Happy Reading!
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The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during the preceding calendar year.
Past winners:
2010: Tinkers by Paul Harding
2011: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2012: No award given
2013: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
2014: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2015: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2016: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen[6]
2017: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead[7]
2018: Less by Andrew Sean Greer