The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules -one entry per person, only ran books you have at least started.

The shortlist is:
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
The Trees by Percival Everett
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

League Tables

(i) Shortlist Rankings Only:


My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, The Trees by Percival Everett, 2.63, 1.77, 48, 12, 1.41
2, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2.78, 1.79, 40, 10, 1.29
3, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 2.73, 1.86, 51, 19, 1.51
4, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, 3.48, 2.58, 44, 8, 1.71
5, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner, 3.92, 3.01, 48, 6, 1.92
6, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, 4.63, 3.69, 46, 0, 2.08

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Trees by Percival Everett, 2.63, 62, 48, 12
2, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2.78, 51, 40, 10
3, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 2.73, 46, 51, 19
4, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, 3.48, -7, 44, 8
5, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner, 3.92, -51, 48, 6
6, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, 4.63, -101, 46, 0


(ii) Including longlist rankings


My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2.69, 1.72, 45, 12, 1.30
2, The Trees by Percival Everett, 2.49, 1.74, 59, 16, 1.48
3, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 2.67, 1.98, 66, 25, 1.62
4, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, 3.50, 2.64, 50, 9, 1.80
5, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner, 3.82, 3.03, 56, 7, 1.98
6, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, 4.42, 3.67, 57, 1, 2.10

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Trees by Percival Everett, 2.49, 80, 59, 16
2, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 2.69, 63, 45, 12
3, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 2.67, 43, 66, 25
4, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, 3.50, -12, 50, 9
5, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner, 3.82, -55, 56, 7
6, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, 4.42, -119, 57, 1

1 Small Things Like These
2 Glory
3 The Trees
4 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5 Treacle Walker
6 Oh William!

1. The Trees
2. Small Things Like These
3. Seven Moons
4. Treacle Walker
5. Glory
6. Oh William!

1 Small Things Like These
2 The Trees

1. The Trees
2. Treacle Walker
3. Seven Moons
4. Oh William!
5. Small Things
6. Glory

1. Treacle Walker (5*)
2. Small Things Like These (5*)
3. The Trees (4*)
4. Glory (3.5*)
5. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (3*)
6. Oh William! (Oh Booker Judges!)

So far:

Small Things Like These
The Trees
Oh! William
Treacle Walker

I still need to read Glory (my copy arrived yesterday) and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2. Treacle Walker
3. The Trees
4. Small Things Like These
5. Oh William!
6. Glory

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2. Glory
3. The Trees
4. Small Things Like These
5. Treacle Walker
6. Oh William!

1. Small Things Like These
2. Treacle Walker
3. Glory
4. The Trees
5. Oh William

**Waiting for my copy of Seven Moons

1. Treacle Walker
2. The Trees
3. Small Things Like These
4.
5.
6.

1. The Trees
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

[large enthusiasm gap]

3. Glory
4. Treacle Walker
5. Small Things Like These
6. Oh William!

1. Small Things Like These
2. The Trees
3. Oh William!
4. Glory
5. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
6. Treacle Walker

1 Treacle Walker
2 Small things like these
3
4
5 Oh William
6

1. Glory
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
3. The Trees
4. Small Things Like These

1. Small Things Like These
2. The Trees
3. Treacle Walker
4. Glory
5. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
6. Oh William!

1. Trees
2. Glory
3. Oh William
4. Small Things
5. Treacle Walker
6. ...not read yet seven moons....

1. Glory (9/10)
2. Treacle Walker (8/10)
3. Small Things Like These (8/10)
4. Seven Lives of Maali Almeida (6/10)
5. The Trees (6/10)

1. Treacle Walker
2. The Trees
3. Small Things Like These
4.
5. Oh, William
6.

Will try to read Seven Moons.

1. Small Things Like These
2. The Trees
3.
4. Treacle Walker
5.
6. Oh William!

These are literally the last six from my longlist ranking.

1. Small Things Like These (3*)
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (3*)
3. Treacle Walker (3*)
4. Glory (3*)
5. Oh William! (3*)
6. The Trees (2*)

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (5*)
2. Glory (5*)
3. The Trees (4*)
4. Small Things Like These (4*)
5. Oh William! (4*)
6. Treacle Walker (3*)

1. The Trees (5*)
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (4.5*)
3. Small Things Like These (4*)
4. Oh William! (4*)
5. Treacle Walker (3.5*)
6. Glory (3*)

1. The trees
2. Small things like these
3.The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
4. Treacle Walker
5. Oh William
6. Glory

1. The Trees
2. Small Things Like These
3. Glory
4. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5. Treacle Walker
6. Oh William!

1. Glory
2. Oh William
3. Small Things Like These
4. Treacle Walker
5. The Trees
6. Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

1 Small Things Like These - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Treacle Walker – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 The Trees - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 Glory – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6 Oh, William - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2. Oh, William
3. Treacle Walker
4. Glory
5. Small Things Like These
6. The Trees

1. Treacle Walker
2. The Trees
3. Seven Moons
4. Small Things Like These
5 Glory
6. Oh William

1. Glory
2. The Trees
3. Seven Moons
4. Small Things
5. Treacle Walker
6. Oh William

1. Small Things Like These
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
3. The Trees
4. Glory
5. Treacle Walker
6. Oh William

1 Small Things Like These
2 Glory
3 Oh William!

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2. Treacle Walker
3. Small Things Like These
4. The Trees
5. Oh William!
6. Glory

Yesterday it was and tomorrow it will be different, but I sha'n't change this list!

1. Treacle Walker
2. Oh William!
3. Glory
4. The Trees
5. Small Things Like These
6. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

1) Small Things Like These
2) The Trees
3) The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
4)
5) Treacle Walker
6) Oh William

My rankings:
1. Seven Moon
2. Small Things
3. Glory
4. Treacle
5. Oh William!
I too am very upset that The Colony wasn’t selected over either of the last two on my list.

Apologies - I completely missed one of my favorite books! Here are my complete rankings:
1. Seven Moons
2. The Trees
3. Small Things
4. Glory
5. Treacle
6. Oh William

1 The Trees
2 Oh William!
3 Glory
4 Small Things Like These
5 Treacle Walker

1- Glory
2- The Trees
3- Seven Moons
4- Small Things Like These
5- Oh William!
6- Treacle Walker

1. The Trees
2. Glory
3. Seven Moons
4. Small Things Like These
5. Oh William!
6. Treacle Walker

1. Small Things Like These
2. Oh William!
3. The Trees
4. Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5. Glory
6. Treacle Walker

1. Small Things Like These
3. Treacle Walker
5. Glory
6. Oh William!

1. The Trees
2. Seven Moons
3. Oh William!
4. Glory
5. Small Things
6. Treacle Walker

1. Small Things Like These (5*)
2. The Trees (4*)
3. Treacle Walker (4*)
4. Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (4*)
5. Glory (3*)
6. Oh William! (3*)

1. Small Things Like These
2. Treacle Walker
3. Glory
4. Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5. Oh William!
6. Trees

1. Small Things Like These
2. The Trees
3. Oh William!
4. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5. Treacle Walker
6. Glory

[Of the shortlists I've read, this has been by far my least favorite.]

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2. Small Things Like These
3. The Trees
4. Oh William!
5. Treacle Walker
6. Glory

1 Glory
2 Seven Moons
3 Treacle Walker
4 Oh William
5 Small Things Like These
6 The Trees

1. The Trees
2. Seven Moons
3. Glory
4. Small Things
5. Treacle Walker
6. Oh William!