2004 Longlist Book Reviews

The TurboBookSnob has been busy reading her way through as many of the longlisted books as possible.  As she completes a book, she is adding a book review, selected quotes, and information about the author.  The books are listed in order of TurboBookSnob's preference. 

	Book Cover	Title and Author	Information and Review	Publisher
1		A Blade of Grass Lewis Desoto	A Blade of Grass Review	The Maia Press Limited
2		Cloud Atlas David Mitchell	Cloud Atlas Review	Sceptre
3		Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke	Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Review	Bloomsbury
4		The Island Walkers John Bemrose	The Island Walkers Review	John Murray
5		The Master Colm Toibin	Coming Soon!	McClelland & Stewart
6		Snowleg Nicholas Shakespeare	Snowleg Review	The Harvill Press
7		Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	Purple Hibiscus Review	Fourth Estate
8		Havoc, in its Third Year Ronan Bennett	Havoc, in its Third Year Review	Simon & Schuster
9		The Honeymoon Justin Haythe	The Honeymoon Review	Picador
10		The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard	Coming Soon!	Virago Press
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Note: These rankings do not attempt to predict the judges' decisions or the outcome of the shortlist, but rather show the TurboBookSnob's personal preferences based on reading each book.