Comments on: The Pulitzer fiction contest winner is….

By: Mailbox Monday Bonanza!!

Mailbox Monday Bonanza!! — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:03:07 +0000

[...] won! I won! Kevin from Canada held a contest for guessing the Pulitzer winner, and I was the only one to correctly guess Olive Kitteridge. My [...]

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:09:48 +0000

Thanks, Kerry. I’m still trying to figure out how to make the IMPAC contest more than just pick a book — and I still have four books to read on the shortlist. Do stay tuned, I’ll figure something out eventually.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:43:43 +0000

Congratulations 3m! And thank you Kevin for making the Pulitzer announcements a little more interesting.

I look forward to the IMPAC contest!

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:45:49 +0000

3m has already spent her winnings -- two copies of Alias Grace for her book club (a very nice thought), one each of Lady Oracle and Book of Negroes and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Kafka on the Shore and Varieties of Disturbance. If she got all that for $75 she is a better shopper than I am.

By: 3m

3m — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:21:23 +0000

As I read Olive Kitteridge last year, I was reminded a bit of The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields, a book I also loved that won the Pulitzer. That’s primarily why I chose it. I loved Olive, and I figured it was time for a character like her to win.

By: dovegreyreader

dovegreyreader — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:15:20 +0000

Kevin I’ll be posting my Orange shortlist hopefuls tomorrow. I also think we’re going to see Wolf Hall the new Hilary Mantel on the prizelists in the coming year.

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:12:41 +0000

Okay, what th4e two of you regard as an ill-informed guess is incredibly well-researched thoughts by most other standards, including my own. So I am not suprised that 3m won, but I have nothing but admiration for her for choosing the book.

As for the Orange (it would be wrong for a male to organize a contest on the Orange), I too am cheering for Burnt Shadows which I thought was excellent — hope it marches up the ManBooker line too. My second choice is probably The Lost Dog, but I think I am in a minority on that one.

I’m trying to think of a way to make an IMPAC contest do more than just pick the name of a book — and have a few weeks yet to figure that out. We shall see — thanks to both of you for taking part and congrats again, 3m, on taking a risk and wnning. I do bet sports occasionally and there is nothing like seeing one of these longshots canter homje (I think they even do that at Exeter, but I might be wrong.)

By: dovegreyreader

dovegreyreader — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:05:56 +0000

PS I already want Burnt Shadows for the Orange and that’s even before the shortlist is announced tomorrow, fatal to its chances really!

By: dovegreyreader

dovegreyreader — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:04:44 +0000

Congrats to 3m, I feel like fraud, it was all guesswork which gives me food for thought for this year’s Booker, why read them and choose the loser every single time when I could guess instead and perhaps not lose my £10 bet?

By: 3m

3m — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:03:40 +0000

Thank you, Trevor.

Woo hoo! I’m so excited that I guessed the winner, and even more happy for Elizabeth Strout that Olive Kitteridge won.

Thanks so much, Kevin, for the contest, and I look forward to participating in the IMPAC contest as well. (I’ll get my info to you in a bit)