October 15, 2008 – 12:16 am
Aravind Adiga becomes the third debut novelist to win the coveted prize. Aravind Adiga is tonight (Tuesday 14 October) named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 for his novel The White Tiger, published by Atlantic.
The thirty-three year old novelist was presented the prize at an awards ceremony at Guildhall, London. Adiga becomes the third debut novelist, and the second Indian debut novelist, to win the award in the forty year history of the prize. The two other debut novelists to have won the prize are DBC Pierre in 2003 for his novel Vernon God Little and Arundhati Roy in 1997 for The God of Small Things.
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October 8, 2008 – 5:42 am
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 656 pages
Publisher: The Chicken House (September 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0439866286
ISBN-13: 978-0439866286
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6 x 2.4 inches
WEll, first off I just want to say that the first book Inkheart was very good, the second book Inkspell was great and the third book Inkdeath is fantastic. Bravo Ms. Cornelia Funke! Keep on writting you rock! I always know when I see your name on a book that it’s a good book. Again, I just want to say that you go at writting books. Read More »
October 3, 2008 – 5:28 am
Hardcover: 784 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (September 20, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375826726
ISBN-13: 978-0375826726
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.9 inches
Seriously a triology was supposed to be three part book but when I heard the Inheritance triology would be longer i was disappointed. When I read Eragon and it was good enough to get me to read Eldest, I read Eldest and I really liked how the story was progressing, I just finished Brisinger and let’s just say I wish i hadn’t been so desperate to read the book. Now I’m questioning if I should even bother with the last book. The book can pretty much be summed up into a few major plot points with a TON of filler in between. The filler I can deal with though. Read More »