The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules - one comment per person (use edit comment to update), only rank books you have at least started.

These are the shortlisted books:

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett
Assembly by Natasha Brown
A Shock by Keith Ridgway
This One Sky Day by Leone Ross
Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner
little scratch by Rebecca Watson

League Tables

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 1.42, 0.82, 12, 7, 0.46
2, Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, 3.13, 2.24, 8, 1, 0.72
3, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 3.09, 2.37, 11, 4, 0.97
4, This One Sky Day by Leone Ross, 3.50, 2.50, 8, 1, 0.82
5, little scratch by Rebecca Watson, 3.55, 3.09, 11, 0, 1.03
6, A Shock by Keith Ridgway, 4.90, 4.07, 10, 1, 1.29

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 1.42, 36, 12, 7
2, Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, 3.13, 5, 8, 1
3, This One Sky Day by Leone Ross, 3.50, 0, 8, 1
4, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 3.09, -2, 11, 4
5, little scratch by Rebecca Watson, 3.55, -8, 11, 0
6, A Shock by Keith Ridgway, 4.90, -31, 10, 1

1. Assembly 5*
1. Sterling Karat Gold 5*
3. little scratch 3*
4.
5.
6.

I can’t choose, so two way tie for first.

Goldsmiths Shortlist

1. Sterling Karat Gold
2. Assembly
3. little scratch
4. A Shock
5. Checkout 19

More controversy...

1. A Shock
2. Assembly
3.

(5*)
1 Checkout 19
2 Assembly
(4.5*, rounded down to 4)
3 little scratch
4 Sterling Karat Gold
(3.5*, rounded up to 4)
5 This One Sky Day
(3*)
6 A Shock

* not reviewed yet

I am struggling. Can I rank them all first? But at a forced choice

1. Sterling Karat Gold (5*+)
2. Assembly (5*+)
3. This One Sky Day (5*)
4. Checkout 19 (4.5*)
5. Little Scratch (4.5*)
6. A Shock (3*)

First 5 are in my top 10% read this year and all worthy winners. The 6th ... isn't.

1 Assembly - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 Little Scratch - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Checkout 19 - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 This One Sky Day - 3.5* (although 2.5* for the prize)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 A Shock - 2.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6 Sterling Karat Gold - 0*
(DNF twice)

1. Assembly
2. Little Scratch

1. Sterling Karat Gold

1. This One Sky Day/Popisho (5*)
2. Assembly (5*)
3. Checkout 19 (4*)
4. Little Scratch (3*)
5. Sterling Karat Gold (3*)
6. A Shock (2*)

1. Assembly (5*)
2. Sterling Karat Gold (5*)
3. Checkout 19 (4.5*)
4. A Shock (3.5*)
5. little scratch (2.5*)
6. This One Sky Day (DNF)

1. Assembly (Has ALL my votes)
2 This One Sky Day
3. Little Scratch
4. Checkout 19
5. Sterling Karat Gold (also a DNF)
6. A Shock (Can see how sone would love this - just not my kind of book)

I have read 5 and started the 6th, so my list may change

1. Assembly
2. Sterling Karat Gold
3. This One Sky Day
4.
5. Little Scratch
6. A Shock

1. Assembly
2. Checkout 19
3. One Sky Day
4. Little Scratch
5. A Shock
6. Sterling Karat Gold.