Booker Prize Longlist 2024 Predictions - A Random Approach

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  • čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
  • In this video I challenge ‪@benreadsgood‬ to a booker Prize Longlist prediction battle. Whose method will reign supreme! (Probably Bens haha)
    GOODREADS ELIGIBLE BOOKER PRIZE BOOKS LIST - / 188738.booker_prize_el...

Komentáře • 49

  • @ellenjoellet
    @ellenjoellet Před měsícem +12

    ITS BOOKER SEASON BABYYYYYYYY 👏🎉

  • @soylaconejo
    @soylaconejo Před měsícem +2

    This video vs. Ben's video is the perfect example of chaotic evil vs. lawful good xD

  • @abookhug
    @abookhug Před měsícem +8

    This is fun! :) I'm just here to say I predicted 5 books in 2022 😎and 3 books in 2023. I haven't made my list this year, finding it hard to decide really.

  • @NerdyNurseReads
    @NerdyNurseReads Před měsícem +3

    Maybe this is how the judges pick the books???? You’ve cracked it!

  • @MikeFuller-ok6ok
    @MikeFuller-ok6ok Před měsícem

    I think that all this enthusiasm for books on You Tube is great!

  • @SupposedlyFun
    @SupposedlyFun Před měsícem +3

    This was such a fun idea! IT'S BOOKER SEASON, BABY!

  • @GemofBooks
    @GemofBooks Před měsícem

    I listened to this video in the car earlier and was laughing so hard. Got some side eye from grumpy lorry drivers, but so worth it. Brilliant 👏

    • @rororeads
      @rororeads  Před měsícem +1

      @@GemofBooks Hahaha! Totally been there before.
      Those lorry drivers just don’t understand the brevity of Booker prediction videos! Glad you enjoyed xx

  • @benreadsgood
    @benreadsgood Před měsícem +19

    This was fun but SIR YOU ARE GOING DOWN 🫨
    It’s actually not a bad list to be fair! Although Goodreads might have done you dirty because I don’t think 2 of the picks are eligible (we can call that 1-0 to the spreadsheet 😉)
    It’s Booker season baby!!

    • @rororeads
      @rororeads  Před měsícem +5

      @@benreadsgood DAMN YOU GOODREADS!!

    • @douggordy
      @douggordy Před měsícem

      ​@@rororeads Sorry, that is my GR Listopia you used, and unfortunately, it was culled of ineligible books apparently right after you used it! People keep adding books in without vetting them to be sure they are eligible, so it's kind of impossible to keep up. Ordinary Human Failings was within last year's cut-off dates and Poor Deer has no UK publisher, so both ineligible! My apologies! :-(

    • @rororeads
      @rororeads  Před měsícem +1

      @@douggordydon’t worry about it. Thanks for putting the list together in the first place! This was just a bit of fun so I don’t mind at all. Thanks for commenting :)

  • @madeubook
    @madeubook Před měsícem +1

    Loved this! As someone that has spent way too much trying to narrow my list down, your approach is very tempting.

  • @jaimee-kate
    @jaimee-kate Před měsícem +2

    omg this is hilarious! I'm going to be so interested to see the results

  • @readandre-read
    @readandre-read Před měsícem +1

    These prediction lists are possibly more fun than the actual reveal.
    I have read exactly zero of these books but I have Absolution, Private Rites and Ordinary Human Failings on my TBR for what it's worth (not much!). This was great!

  • @kimswhims8435
    @kimswhims8435 Před měsícem

    That was a lot of fun, lol. Goes to show how random it could be, you actually might do pretty well here. Two women's prize longlisted books that I've already dnf (probably good books, just didn't suit my mood at the time). Two others on my library TBR, who knows if I'll actually get to them (Private Rites and The Fertile Earth). I've read a lot of Evie Wylds writing, she's done very well in Australian Prizes with her previous works. Happy Reading 😀

    • @kimswhims8435
      @kimswhims8435 Před měsícem

      Oh Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright is the only one I'm really keen to be on the list.

  • @jsjim
    @jsjim Před měsícem +2

    Loved the prediction method hahaha hoping to see some titles nominated 🤞🏼

  • @TheLeniverse
    @TheLeniverse Před měsícem +1

    Ooh, between Ben's spreadsheets, your wheel of fortune, and Charlotte's tarot cards... you've probably all gotten it completely wrong, but I'm here for all the prediction videos anyway. 😂 Btw, A Trace of Sun has a very unmemorable look, but it was actually on the Women's Prize longlist! As for Ordinary Human Failings, it came out a year ago, so surely that's not eligible. Which is a shame, because I am firmly in camp "should have been shortlisted".

  • @GemReadsALot
    @GemReadsALot Před 28 dny

    I would not be surprised if this is actually the way the judges choose the longlist 😂😂

  • @jobuckley2999
    @jobuckley2999 Před měsícem +1

    That was fun. Listening to the book descriptions reinforces my thinking that unresearched autofiction has saturated the book world. That and fantasy.

  • @katrianamacmillan3342
    @katrianamacmillan3342 Před měsícem +1

    Love the random method! I was asked to be in a golf pool for the Masters a few years ago by a work colleague. Knowing nothing about golf, I chose the golfers with the craziest names, placed 3rd, won some money and pissed off a bunch of men I work with. Success! Haha
    I’ve read two of the books you picked at random, Absolution and Ordinary Human Failings. Neither would be a favourite read of the year but they were really enjoyable reads just the same!

  • @RakeshSharma-in5mz
    @RakeshSharma-in5mz Před měsícem +1

    I think Kevin Barry, Megan Dolan and Alice McDermott actually have a solid chance to make the cut. 3/13 isn’t bad at all!

  • @charlottemolloy
    @charlottemolloy Před měsícem

    Love how you and Ben both put a different spin on the usual Booker predictions video format this year! 😍

  • @Culture_maven
    @Culture_maven Před měsícem

    In a year when Rushdie, Atwood, Ishiguru or Coetzee have published, you'd be guaranteed to accurately predict at least one. 😊

  • @user-ld7po9tg4x
    @user-ld7po9tg4x Před měsícem

    😂your cheerful emphatic HELLO makes me happy❤ Love you

  • @BookishAdventuresInWellbeing

    I wouldn’t be mad at that selection. The Echoes is on my highly anticipated radar and I also loved Ordinary Human Failings. Happy booker season!

  • @SelinaAllinson
    @SelinaAllinson Před měsícem

    Even more excited to see the Longlist now, in pure anticipation of any of these being on there 😂

  • @awebofstories
    @awebofstories Před měsícem

    I have yet to watch Ben's video, but I would actually put money on your system, only because I rarely seen rhyme or reason in some of these lists!

  • @sallyking373
    @sallyking373 Před měsícem +1

    Bob the Bookerer got 5 one year.

  • @ashleylamont7687
    @ashleylamont7687 Před měsícem

    Amma by Saraid de Silva - I urge you to read this, easily a 5 * read

  • @janethansen9612
    @janethansen9612 Před měsícem

    It is a random approach but I guess the alternative is monkeys sticking pins on a list. Bring on Booker season!!

  • @nodigveg2538
    @nodigveg2538 Před měsícem

    OK. I've voted on Goodreads and just chosen ones I have read. Just as random as a random machine!

  • @lauracorsi3309
    @lauracorsi3309 Před měsícem

    Hahahaha, How exciting! It's on now.

  • @lisaedwards8505
    @lisaedwards8505 Před měsícem

    This was very fun! 😂

  • @deegrows7589
    @deegrows7589 Před měsícem

    Fun video!👍🏼👍🏼

  • @Book_Hugger
    @Book_Hugger Před měsícem

    Love this! This would be my preferred method! Hate a spreadsheet and I know nothing about Tarot Cards.
    I can’t wait to see how many you get correct 🎡

  • @NerdyNurseReads
    @NerdyNurseReads Před měsícem

    Booker meet Bingo Hall with Roro!

  • @karenmoore4430
    @karenmoore4430 Před měsícem

    I think I need the spinner for my tbr

  • @NerdyNurseReads
    @NerdyNurseReads Před měsícem

    Booker Babyyyyyyy ❤

  • @thebobsphere7553
    @thebobsphere7553 Před měsícem +1

    I managed to predict 5 on the 2022 International Booker on my blog - does that count 🤓

    • @rororeads
      @rororeads  Před měsícem +1

      @@thebobsphere7553 it counts!

  • @TKTalksBooks
    @TKTalksBooks Před měsícem

    Fun video! 😊

  • @ashleylamont7687
    @ashleylamont7687 Před měsícem

    Also, agree a fun video 😊

  • @Shelf_Improvement
    @Shelf_Improvement Před měsícem

    Can't wait to see how many books you each guess correctly 😂

  • @tabithaholmes9863
    @tabithaholmes9863 Před měsícem +1

    Have you ever considered a career as an auctioneer? I think you would be brilliant. 😂

  • @kamaal_i
    @kamaal_i Před měsícem

    pointless