skinny latte, skinny jeans, skinny list

Earlier this month the category winners for the Costa Book Awards were announced. I was unfamiliar with most of the titles but a few of these will make my ever-growing Excel list of books.

The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O'Ferrell (novel)

Witness the Night by Kishwar Desai (first novel)

The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal (biography)

Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott (poetry)

Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace (children's)

The book of the year will be announced tomorrow on BBC Radio 4 which gives you just over a day to choose your favourite (with the additional "u" a nod to the Brits).

For those of you unfamiliar, Costa is a coffee house which appears in London as much or more than our green-labeled (now no name on the cup) friend here from the States. If you are lucky, you will get a bit of attitude served with your latte. Cheers.