{"id":955694,"date":"2026-11-02T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/955694\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:40:11","slug":"open-thread-monday-november-2-what-are-we-reading-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/955694\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread, Monday, November 2: What are we reading right now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Man Booker Prize 2011\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_8s7ip80\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gettyimages-839080700.jpg\"\/><img alt=\"Man Booker Prize 2011\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_8s7ip80\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gettyimages-839080700.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The shortlisted books for the Man Booker Prize 2011 (top to bottom) \u2018Snowdrops\u2019 by A. D. Miller, \u2018Pigeon English\u2019 by Stephen Kelman, \u2018Jamrach\u2019s Menagerie\u2019 by Carol Birch, \u2018The Sisters Brothers\u2019 by Patrick deWitt, \u2018Half Blood Blues\u2019 by Esi Edugyan and \u2018The Sense of an Ending\u2019 by Julian Barnes at a photocall in central London to announce the six-book shortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2011. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski\/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shortlisted books for the Man Booker Prize 2011 (top to bottom) \u2018Snowdrops\u2019 by A. D. 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