The Morning News is Exciting

The Morning News is Exciting | Don Mee Choi

In case you didn‘t know and are having a hard time tracking down some of the #toblonglist #tob2024 I just found out the Harris County Public Library will issue a digital-only card (iKnow digital access card) to non-Texas residents. I can check out up to 30 ebooks and their catalog is huge! They might also have an option for non-US visitors? Worth checking, maybe.
TBH I was hoping they would have Hoopla for the #midwintersolace br but no luck… 😅

julieclair Wow! Great to know! I will sign up. Thanks for sharing. 😀 1y

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BarbaraBB

The Morning News is Exciting | Don Mee Choi

Drop all you were doing! The #ToB24 longlist has just been announced! https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/

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sarahbarnes What? Already?! 🤩💃🏽 1y

merelybookish Always an exciting day! 1y

RebelReader Oh my! My reading will be booked now through March! 1y

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Chelsea.Poole Eekk!! Thank you!! 1y

Deblovestoread I was just thinking about this last week! Thanks for the tag! 😍 1y

kwmg40 Thanks for the update! 1y

Bookwormjillk Every time I resolve to read what I own something like this happens 🤣 1y

ImperfectCJ Woohoo! The most wonderful time of the year! 1y

Suet624 @Bookwormjillk exactly what I was going to say. 1y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk #ditto! 🤣 1y

MicheleinPhilly Damn it, Barbara! I have work to do this afternoon! Eh, I guess it can wait til tomorrow. 🤫 1y

squirrelbrain LOL @MicheleinPhilly - I just threw aside my work to make a ToB spreadsheet too….just working my way through to see where I can get them all from. 1y

Suet624 @squirrelbrain didn‘t the TOB give us a spreadsheet once? Or am I imagining that? I ask because I was just about to make one too. (edited) 1y

Jas16 There goes my afternoon 1y

squirrelbrain Ooh, I don‘t know @suet624. It would have been easier, but I already did mine and now I‘m just reviewing where I can get all the books from… Scribd / Everand, the local library, BorrowBox, Audible etc etc, to see which ones I‘ll need to buy. 1y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Suet624 There is one! They refer to it in the article. I already downloaded it! 1y

BarbaraBB @MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain @jas16 Sorry not sorry 😉 (edited) 1y

squirrelbrain Ah well, Barbara! A bit of time wasted, instead of working. ☺️ I‘d still have had to add all my different columns. 🤣 1y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I know 😂 I didn‘t want to ruin it for you 😀 1y

Hooked_on_books Gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 1y

squirrelbrain Don‘t spoil my spreadsheet fun! 🤣 1y

Suet624 @squirrelbrain @Barbarabb Thanks! I ended up doing my own spreadsheet with some help from the TOB spreadsheet. I have libraries in three different towns around me and I can't believe how many of these books I can get through them. I'm just hoping I don't have a lot of competition to get them. Sadly, a lot of the books selected look kind of grim and dystopian. Not quite what I was looking for. I take that back - Red-Headed Pilgrim looks fun. (edited) 1y

BkClubCare TY for tagging me! 🥰 And how am extra pleased the Litsy is my first goto for important stuff. (How did I miss the email?!) 1y

BkClubCare And now I remember why I wanted to join a few more libraries… off to the closest outside-of-our-city-library-system town to join up (they seem to have shorter ebook waits) 1y

Suet624 @BkClubCare My email came much later in the day than Barbara's apparently. :) AND I'm only missing 11 books. The rest of the books are available at the libraries. I'm excited! (edited) 1y

Ruthiella Thank you Barbara! Very exciting. 🥳 1y

BarbaraBB @Suet624 That is awesome, your libraries having all those books! Many so sound grim indeed!! I stick to the more regular ones until the shortlist will be announced! 1y

Suet624 @BarbaraBB good idea. 1y

jlhammar Woo-hoo! I think I‘ve only read four of these so far—Cosby, Catton, McBride and Harding. I have Bad Cree, Birthday Party, Happiness Falls and Let Us Descend waiting on my shelves so wouldn‘t mind seeing any of those make the tournament. I‘m a little surprised that The Vaster Wilds, Covenant of Water, Tom Lake and North Woods are absent. Oh, and Small Mercies too. 1y

Megabooks I swore I wasn‘t going to look at it then…I looked and bought the one set in Kentucky, of course. Will do a more thorough look this weekend!

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Megabooks @jlhammar very surprised about those omissions as well. 🤔 also our camp litsy winner, Bandit Queens, and runner up Yellowface. 🤔🤔 1y

jlhammar @Megabooks Oh yes, those two as well! I suppose it‘s always a bit surprising what they choose to go with. Part of the fun, I guess. 1y

Megabooks @jlhammar I think I would be disappointed if it were all marquee authors. Finding the lesser known ones is one of the reasons I love tob time! I think that‘s something most of us fans agree on! 1y

BkClubCare @jlhammar - I personally wish that “popular” books wouldn‘t get in; skews the zombie vote, imo. Tom Lake is WAY too Best-Seller status! And I adored it - also don‘t want to hear people diss on it 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1y

batsy Something to look forward to ❤️ 1y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I knew you would, the moment I read it was set in Kentucky 🩷 1y

BarbaraBB @jlhammar @Megabooks @BkClubCare I agree! I am surprised about the omissions but looking forward to the obscure weird books we‘ll be reading again! 1y

AllDebooks This looks good 😊 1y

Readerann I‘m not having much time to read these days, but it‘s always exciting when we get into ToB season! I love adding to my list of books I hope to get to someday, somehow. 🫤😄 1y

Larkken Oh no, I've only read 9! I have some work to do 😄 1y

cariashley I‘ve read so few of them! Am probably going to wait for the short list to come out before I set any goals for this round. Looking forward to all the discussion in any case! 1y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks This is the taglist, please add Flaneurette too! 14mo

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Hooked_on_books

The Morning News is Exciting | Don Mee Choi

It‘s here! It‘s here! It‘s here! 🥳🎉🪅🎈

https://themorningnews.org/article/the-2023-tournament-of-books-shortlist-and-ju...

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Addison_Reads I was just reading the article. 💚 Overall, I'm pleased with the shortlist. 2y

Cinfhen Ugh!!!! Im not loving this shortlist but I still have several to read. Of course none that I own but a few are available on #Scribd 2y

RebelReader Thank goodness it doesn‘t start until March because I have only read 4 on the short list! 😬 2y

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sarahbarnes Wow, I‘ve hardly read any of these! Guess I better get on it! 🐓 🐓 2y

Chelsea.Poole Ooh! Thanks for posting! I‘m more interested in “My volcano” and “Notes on your sudden disappearance”. And of course several others I still need to get to! 2y

MicheleinPhilly 🤔 I was just tallying today and I own 12 longlist books that I haven‘t read yet. I think maybe 1 is on the shortlist. At least now I won‘t feel so frantic about completing them all before March. 2y

Megabooks 6 I haven‘t read (including play in) and 4 I don‘t own and haven‘t checked on access to. I like the list, but there are definitely some favorites that didn‘t make it (cyclorama, search, flight, now is not the time to panic, etc. etc.) But overall I‘m pretty happy! (edited) 2y

Megabooks Thanks for sharing Holly!! 2y

squirrelbrain Meh, I‘m not thrilled. I‘ve read 6 though, and 1 of the play-ins. I liked all of the ones that I‘ve read, but there‘s two I didn‘t want to read at all. (Babel and The Passenger) 2y

jlhammar Exciting! I've only read 4 from the shortlist (Nightcrawling, Sea of Tranquility, Seven Moons and The Violin Conspiracy). I own Mercury Pictures, Book of Goose, Babel and Tomorrow so definitely want to get to those 4. I placed holds on the audiobooks for several others so might be able to squeeze in a few more in before March. 2y

Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! So exciting. @squirrelbrain I‘m going to skip the McCarthy myself, but I‘m game to try Babel (borrow not buy)! 2y

Meshell1313 Ooh good list! Good reading goals to set by March! 2y

batsy Oh, interesting. I'm very bummed that Bennett and Wang didn't make it! And there's a bunch there that I'm not interested in 🙈 2y

BarbaraBB I read 6 and I liked them but I am not too enthusiastic about the ones I haven‘t read. Like @squirrelbrain I didn‘t want to read those two books! 2y

Cinfhen I‘ve read 9 - im definitely NOT reading passenger, I‘ll try Babel but I have a feeling it won‘t be for me. I already bailed on Seven Moons from the Booker so I won‘t try again. I picked up Manhunt today on Audible sale Notes & Goose are available on Scribd. 2y

Hooked_on_books @Addison_Reads @Megabooks @Meshell1313 There are some I‘d rather see or not see on here, but I think they came up with a pretty good mix! 2y

Hooked_on_books @RebelReader @sarahbarnes @MicheleinPhilly @jlhammar I‘m really glad they release the short list now and don‘t make us wait. There are longlist books I‘ll definitely still read, but it‘s good to have almost 3 months to prepare! 2y

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I‘m not excited about Babel, either, though I plan to try it. We‘ll see how I do. And you‘re all wise to skip The Passenger. To me it‘s like a big turd sitting on this list. 💩 2y

Hooked_on_books @Ruthiella I found that the library holds list for the print copies of Babel is way shorter at my library. I‘d rather listen to the audio, but I don‘t want to buy it, so I‘ll try the print. 2y

Hooked_on_books @batsy I agree on the Wang. I really liked that one. And I plan to read the Bennett regardless. 2y

Hooked_on_books @Chelsea.Poole I‘ve been going back and forth about Notes since it published and looks like I have my decision to read it! I‘m excited for My Volcano. It‘s one that spoke to me from the longlist. 2y

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