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It's finally heeeere - the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist! And honestly? I think it's a pretty solid lineup. In this video, I'm diving into the controversial picks (The Rest of Our Lives), the misses that broke YouTube's collective heart (Endling, Seascraper), what the judges might be thinking, and the common threads running through this year's choices.

This is rambly, riffy, and generally unpolished...a full-on off-the-cuff soliloquy now that I'm 100% locked into this year's Booker Prize chaos.

Oh, and full disclosure: I'm feeling rather pleased with myself that my completely non-strategic "read the longer books first so you have less work later" strategy actually kinda, sorta paid off.

xo,
gg

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0:00 Intro
0:44 Initial thoughts in general
1:52 Initial thoughts on judges
2:13 Why some books (Endling) didn't make it
4:17 The relevance of the re-read
5:11 The books I've read
5:51 The Booker themes
7:30 MASCULINITY & Flesh
11:20 The case for The Rest of Our Lives
13:09 Quiet despair & the domestic interior
16:34 The human heart in conflict with itself
17:44 Closing thoughts on the shortlist picks
19:56 What I'm reading and bye!

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