Let's Go Camping!

It is that time of the month! #CampLitsy25 readers please vote for your favorite book from July! It seems like many of us liked both books, so I'm curious to see which will come out on top. 🤔 Vote simply by putting the name of the book in your comment.

I hope all of you will be back for August! I think we may need to install AC first, though! (The corn sweat is killing us around here.)

@barbarabb @squirrelbrain

BarbaraBB It‘s a tough choice this month but my vote goes to

Woodworking

BarbaraBB Meg shall I tag our campers? 2w

Megabooks @BarbaraBB Whoops! I'll tag them. I'm just...brain fogging it today! It's kind of a...you mean they can't read my heat-intolerant mind just by posting? (edited) 2w

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Megabooks @Addison_Reads @AmyG @amiable @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @BookwormAHN @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM 2w

BarbaraBB @Megabooks 💝 2w

Megabooks @catgusmax @cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf 2w

Megabooks @flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ 2w

Megabooks @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK 2w

AmyG Woodworking 2w

Megabooks @karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maggie4483 @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx 2w

Megabooks @peaknit @peanutnine @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @reggie @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville 2w

Kitta My vote is for

Woodworking

Megabooks @skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @texreader @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @zuhkeeyah 2w

Megabooks @BarbaraBB My heat-intolerant body would like to take a vacation to the location of Wild Dark Shore for a few days. Even with Dom's strange behavior, it would still be preferable. LOL! 2w

mcctrish My vote

Woodworking

DGRachel Definitely Woodworking for me.

Woodworking

Deblovestoread

Woodworking

Ruthiella No question about it. Books like this are the reason I love reading.

Woodworking

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh goodness this is hard! I loved them both but I think for creativity and writing skills I have to go with

Death of the Author: A Novel

Bookwormjillk I‘m with the crowd on this one.

Woodworking

TrishB Death of the Author for me. Hard choice this one. 2w

ErikasMindfulShelf Death of the Author 2w

BookwormAHN Death of the Author 2w

rockpools Eek! I‘ve not finished, and they‘re both really good. I like Woodworking more, but I admire the scale and writing and sheer everything ness of DotA, so I think I‘m going

Death of the Author: A Novel

Susanita I will pass on voting this month since I‘ve only read one of the books so far. 2w

jenniferw88 As I'm already recommending this one, I want a physical copy & and am planning on re-reading, it has to be

Woodworking

TheKidUpstairs I like both selections this month, it's a clear winner for me. Okorafor crafted something extra special

Death of the Author: A Novel

CBee How do I choose? I loved them both so much! I‘m going to go with Woodworking, mainly because it stuck with me the most, and taught me the most. 2w

vonnie862 It was a great month of reads, but I really enjoyed Death of the Author the most. 2w

squirrelbrain Very difficult to choose, but DotA was a bit outside my usual fare, so I‘m going to go with

Woodworking

Chelsea.Poole A tough one for sure! I‘m going with

Woodworking

Meshell1313 Ooh I loved them both! I‘ll vote for

Woodworking

kspenmoll

Woodworking

(edited) 2w

ImperfectCJ Both good books, but this one's the clear winner for me.

Death of the Author: A Novel

Jas16 Great month but

Death of the Author: A Novel

Skygoddess1

Woodworking

JenReadsAlot Both were great books! Going with

Death of the Author: A Novel

Oryx Both awesome, but it's Woodworking for me.

Woodworking

Christine Thank you for leading us in such great discussions! I loved the Okorafor but LOVED

Woodworking

Lesliereadsalot Both were so good! Woodworking by a nose, it just got better and better. 2w

Hooked_on_books This one‘s easy for me, as I DNF‘d DotA at 12% and Woodworking is now on my permanent shelf, something I rarely do!

Woodworking

GatheringBooks Hello! I vote for

Death of the Author: A Novel

Texreader Death of the Author!! How I loved that book! 2w

Jess I have to go with Death of the Author. I was really surprised how much I liked it because I typically steer clear of books with robots. 2w

JamieArc I keep going back and forth but I think I will go with Death of the Author because I keep thinking about it and recommending it. 2w

Suet624 Oh boy. Such a tough choice. Kind of surprisingly (to myself) I‘m going with

Death of the Author: A Novel

DebinHawaii This is such a tough choice! I‘d be happy with either book winning but I think I have to go with Woodworking by a hair because it is a book that‘s going to stay with me a long time.

Woodworking

BarbaraJean Woodworking! Both were excellent, but Woodworking was the more enjoyable read for me. 2w

BkClubCare 🗳️

Woodworking

(edited) 2w

Maggie4483 This is such a hard decision. I‘m so grateful to #CampLitsy because I would never have read either of these on my own, and I feel like they both expanded my worldview. But I‘m going with Dea….no, Woodw…no option for a tie? No? Okay…😬😬😬:

Death of the Author: A Novel

Butterfinger Death of the Author 2w

Roary47 I didn‘t get to read Death of an author so I guess I‘m voting Woodworking. 2w

Karisa I loved them both so much! Toughest choice ever. They are both so different and beautiful but it‘s DotA for me.

Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition)

Read4life I‘m going with

Woodworking

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squirrelbrain

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Thanks for a wonderful first month at #camplitsy25! 🏕️

We‘ve had some great discussions this month and now it‘s time to vote for your favourite book - will it be Audition or Wild Dark Shore?

Let us know your choice in the comments ⬇️ and your reasons why too, if you want to do so.

Looking forward to next weekend, when Meg will host the discussion on the first part of Death of the Author.

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @AmyG @amiable @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @BookwormAHN @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM 1mo

squirrelbrain @catgusmax @cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf 1mo

squirrelbrain @flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books 1mo

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squirrelbrain @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK 1mo

squirrelbrain @karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maggie4483 @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx 1mo

squirrelbrain @peaknit @peanutnine @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @reggie @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville 1mo

squirrelbrain @skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @texreader @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @zuhkeeyah 1mo

squirrelbrain This has been a fascinating month of discussions. Everyone‘s insightful input on Audition helped me to understand and like it more. Equally, I came to understand some of the issues and challenges around WDS. However, WDS is still a long way ahead of Audition for me.

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

rockpools Oh my goodness! I‘d forgotten all about voting 😂😂 (Will finish WDS today & join the discussion - my reading glasses are in the shop, so I‘m being slow! ) 1mo

Lesliereadsalot I loved Wild Dark Shore, my favorite book of the year so far. I found the story compelling, the characters believable and the ending right on the money. By far the best of the two and probably all six! 1mo

jenniferw88 Audition, hands down. I'm still thinking about it several weeks after finishing, and I don't think that will happen with Wild Dark Shore.

Audition

1mo

Kitta Definitely WDS. Audition was interesting with all the layers to it but ultimately I didn‘t like it and was frustrated reading it. I was glad it was short. WDS was much more my style of novel, atmospheric and emotional. My vote is for

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Chelsea.Poole Great discussions this month, thanks for hosting!! Wild Dark Shore for me 1mo

Bookwormjillk This is harder than you‘d think. Wild Dark Shore was the better story and I actually understand it. However I‘m still thinking about Audition weeks later. It was a tie for me. I need to vote for the weird in this case

Audition

1mo

Zuhkeeyah This is a hard one. Both books were good. I liked reading WDS more, but I the discussion for Audition was more compelling. Final vote will be for WDS because I love a dark atmospheric read.

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Jess Wild Dark Shore gets all my votes. Loved the sense of place.

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

mcctrish

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Susanita Two novels with a limited cast of characters and a lot of internal rumination, but otherwise quite different. My vote is for

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Maggie4483 Hands down

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Megabooks Even though I rated WDS higher, I liked the discussion on Audition better, so that‘s my vote! 1mo

JenReadsAlot I liked discussion of Audition, but voting for

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

CBee WDS for me (I didn‘t finish Audition 🫣😂)! 1mo

LeeRHarry Mmmm I didn‘t read Audition so maybe my vote shouldn‘t count but voting for

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Suet624 By a mile.

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

BkClubCare I could vote for either but different reasons. I thought our Audition discussions were very engaging and not that WDS didn‘t, but I couldn‘t think of much to add. I liked reading WDS but now can‘t articulate why 🤔 I suppose I best cast my vote 🗳️ for

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Jas16 Really great discussions but for me the choice was obvious.

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

peaKnit Wild Dark Shore for me too! 1mo

Texreader Wild Dark Shore hands down. 1mo

TrishB Wild Dark Shore for me. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I know it is an unpopular opinion but I absolutely hated WDS. I think the more interesting and better book all around was

Audition

1mo

Oryx WDS 1mo

AmyG Wild Dark Shore 1mo

Reggie Audition 1mo

Ruthiella It‘s only going to be me and @ChaoticMissAdventures who vote for this one 😆

Audition

1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella 😂 😂 😂 We have a couple of others we can make a Contrarian Camp group with! @jenniferw88 and @Bookwormjillk @Reggie 1mo

Karisa 💗💗💗

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Christine I agree with @Bookwormjillk and @Zuhkeeyah - hard to choose! But I‘ll go with

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

BookwormAHN I loved

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Deblovestoread

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

TEArificbooks Wild Dark Shore 1mo

sarahbarnes I‘m with the small group of people here voting for Audition. I loved it and was a little disappointed by WDS. 1mo

Bookwormjillk @Christine haha are we the weird tent? 1mo

Hooked_on_books I didn‘t even want to read Audition (and so didn‘t) and loved WDS. So it‘s Wild Dark Shore for me! 1mo

vonnie862 Bookish, Wild Dark Shore. It was a more engaging book. Book group discussion, Audition. I didn't care for the book but i enjoyed everyone's response to the questions. 1mo

DGRachel Hands down, Wild Dark Shore. 1mo

TheKidUpstairs This is a much harder decision than I initially thought it would be, and I keep going back and forth. I loved both books in the reading, but Wild Dark Shore was just that much more engrossing for me. But the discussions definitely brought extra depth and interest to Audition, where I felt that discussing WDS brought out some of the flaws. But ultimately I think I have to go heart over head for this one:

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Christine @Bookwormjillk LOL, I hope so as I would totally embrace Weird Tent identity! 😆 1mo

BarbaraBB I loved the Audition discussion but Wild Dark Shore is among my favorites of the year so far! 1mo

CogsOfEncouragement I enjoyed both. I‘m going to go with WDS because I appreciate multiple POVs. 1mo

Roary47 I didn‘t get to read Wild Dark Shore. But… my vote is for it. 😅 1mo

Read4life Wild Dark Shores because I loved the characters and the multiple POVs. 1mo

GatheringBooks I vote for - thanks so much for hosting! Great questions, as always!!!

Wild Dark Shore

1mo

Butterfinger Definitely, Wild Dark Shore. Just finished and I have to go on a shopping spree for junk food. The evocative imagery, the love that all five had for each other. It was a book definitely out of my comfort zone, and I am so glad I read it. 1mo

KarenUK Wild dark shore, for sure! 1mo

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squirrelbrain

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Your resident camp nerd here with some facts and figures! We now have our 6 #camplitsy25 books, so Barbara, Meg and I thought you‘d like to see those that *nearly* made it.

Our top 6 received between 13 and 20 votes, with the books above getting between 6 and 12 votes. What do you think?

Also, congrats to @ChaoticMissAdventures who voted for 4 of our top 6 - the most Littenish Litten at camp! 🤪 6 Littens voted for 3 of the top 6 books. ⬇️

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain Those who chose 3 of our top 6 books… @AmyG @CBee @ImperfectCJ @Jas16 @KarenUK @TrishB 3mo

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @BookwormAHN @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Cbee 3mo

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 3mo

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squirrelbrain @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa 3mo

squirrelbrain @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @peanutnine 3mo

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 3mo

squirrelbrain @texreader @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived 3mo

Kitta I love extra stats and data about books! Very interesting. Thanks for posting. 3mo

CBee Thanks for this! Once again, me and Amy are book twinning 👯 ♥️ @AmyG (edited) 3mo

Deblovestoread I love the additional stats! Thanks ❤️ 3mo

TheBookHippie I like those choices better 🤣🤣🫣😬😅 thanks for the extra stats! 3mo

TrishB Thank you! Very interesting 😁 just brought one of these yesterday. (edited) 3mo

TrishB Thank you! Very interesting 😁 just brought one of these yesterday. 3mo

BarbaraBB Great stats Helen, I‘ll probably read these too 😇 3mo

sarahbarnes Fun! 🤩 3mo

JamieArc Love this! Thanks for posting it! 3mo

Bookwormjillk I think I will be under my covers with my flashlight reading sky daddy this summer at camp. Thanks for the stats! 3mo

GatheringBooks Thank you for sharing all these additional info re camp - makes everything sound super official. So much fun! I appreciate all your generous efforts in setting up everything and making everyone feel so welcome and so much like a part of a very bookish family - exactly what I need! 💕💕💕 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I know how to pick 'em 😉 Thanks for the tag, I voted then promptly forgot what I voted for 😂 3mo

GatheringBooks @ChaoticMissAdventures same! I couldn‘t for the life of me remember what i voted for! Lolololols 3mo

Leniverse Nice to see that a couple of my choices nearly made it 😂 3mo

Larkken @Leniverse me too! Lol. I'll read them all anyway 3mo

Ruthiella Love seems the almost rans! So little time, so many books! 😊 3mo

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk it is gloriously weird! 3mo

Megabooks Helen - my favorite camp statistician!! Always keeping us organized!! 💜💜 3mo

Megabooks I recommend all three on this graphic that I‘ve read - Tuberculosis, Sky Daddy, and Run for the Hills! All had great audio, too. 👍🏻💯 3mo

JenReadsAlot Oh 3 of the ones I picked made that list. Thanks for sharing! 3mo

Megabooks And I‘ve read Bat Eater! It was great, too! 3mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome - glad you like them! @Kitta @CBee @JamieArc @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread @sarahbarnes 3mo

squirrelbrain I‘ll be reading most of the longlist, I think! 🤪 @BarbaraBB @Leniverse @Larkken @JenReadsAlot 3mo

squirrelbrain Oooh @TrishB - which one did you buy? 3mo

squirrelbrain That‘s so nice of you to say! @GatheringBooks 😍 3mo

squirrelbrain We going to need to keep an eye on you aren‘t we?! 👀 @Bookwormjillk 🤣 3mo

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures - LOL, there were *so* many to choose from though! 3mo

squirrelbrain @Megabooks -you know me and my spreadsheets! 😜 3mo

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie - here‘s (some of!) your non-fiction….nearly but not quite! 3mo

CSeydel Thank you! I love seeing the stats, and it‘s super interesting to see the runners-up! 3mo

TheBookHippie @squirrelbrain 🤣 3mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m surprised to not see the Ocean Vuong book. I expected it to be one of our picks and his first novel didn‘t work for me, so I wasn‘t happy about it. And clearly I was way off base! I am a little surprised to see Everything is Tuberculosis here. I know many find John Green appealing, but to me he‘s not the one I would want to read about TB from. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3mo

Suet624 Thank you! I took a screenshot so I can check these out too. 3mo

Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain anyone want to sneak out? 3mo

squirrelbrain Only if it involves a trip to a library or bookshop @Bookwormjillk 🤣 Or maybe if cake is involved…. 🍰 3mo

squirrelbrain There‘s always some surprises each year @Hooked_on_books - either doing much better or worse than expected. Last year, *everyone* said they wanted to read Real Americans but no-one voted for it. 🤔 3mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @CSeydel 3mo

squirrelbrain Great idea to take a screenshot! @Suet624 3mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Thanks for the recommendations! If you liked them, I will probably too! 3mo

TrishB Heartwood 👍🏻 3mo

Megabooks @squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books yes! It was so funny last year. I think RA got like 15 noms and only 1 vote! 🤣🤣 edit: I do like that though because it means people are thinking outside of just their noms into what they think would be good camp books. We see this year after year, which is really cool! (edited) 3mo

Kitta @Hooked_on_books I voted for the Ocean Vuong, I adore his poetry but haven‘t read his first novel yet - what didn‘t you like about it? 3mo

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain @Megabooks That‘s so interesting about RA! I do think it would have been a good book to discuss and I frankly assumed people voted for their own noms, but clearly it‘s not that simple! 3mo

Hooked_on_books @Kitta I felt like it held me at arm‘s length and each time I felt I was finally connecting with it, the story would go in another direction. After it happened several times, I just bailed. 3mo

ImperfectCJ I totally forgot what I voted for as soon as I voted, but I was happy with the final 6, so I'm not surprised to learn that I voted for 3 of them. :-) There are definitely a few on this longlist that I'll be reading, too. 3mo

fredthemoose I‘ve been buried at work and didn‘t nominate or vote since I didn‘t have time to do research, but wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who did and to @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB and @Megabooks for hosting. I have time to read/listen and am looking forward to my first summer at Camp! 🏕️ 3mo

Soubhiville Thanks for posting this @squirrelbrain ! I also love seeing these extra tidbits, and I‘ll save this list as well. The conversation it‘s started makes me feel like we‘re already camping! ⛺️❤️ 3mo

GatheringBooks @Hooked_on_books i am surprised not to find eowyn ivey actually since so many people nominated that title too. Love the surprise twists in camp. 3mo

Megabooks @fredthemoose looking forward to seeing you at camp this summer!! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I love that people get inspired by other people‘s nominations. And of course you vote for six books while you nominated just four. I also expected Ocean Vuong and Eowyn Ivey to end up higher than they did @GatheringBooks 3mo

BarbaraBB @fredthemoose I‘m glad you‘ll be joining us and that work will give you some time off to do so! 3mo

Hooked_on_books @GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB Excellent point about Ivey. I remember during nominations expecting her to show up as one of the picks. 3mo

squirrelbrain Yes, I think the Ivey was this year‘s Real Americans - everyone talked about it, but only 4 votes! I think the Vuong was less of a dead cert because his first book was slightly challenging to read. @Hooked_on_books @GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB 3mo

squirrelbrain Everyone seems to have forgotten what they voted for! @ImperfectCJ but at least everyone is pretty happy with the outcome. 3mo

squirrelbrain @fredthemoose - you‘ll have to watch out for the initiation ceremony, it being your first camp! Only kidding! 🤣 Glad you‘ll have the time to join in. 3mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @Soubhiville - not long now until camp *actually* starts! 😊 3mo

Zuhkeeyah Can you please add me to the tag list? I just finished Audition and cannot wait to discuss (edited) 3mo

squirrelbrain Yes, of course! @Zuhkeeyah 🏕️ Looking forward to your contributions! 3mo

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BarbaraBB

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

We do have our six winners for #CampLitsy25! We‘ll discuss half a book each weekend in June, July and August. Details will follow. For now Meg, Helen and I hope you are as happy with the winning books and look as much forward to go camping as we do!

If you want to be tagged or removed from the taglist, let us know!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, LitsyEvents

BarbaraBB @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @Texreader @sblbooks @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape 3mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 3mo

BarbaraBB @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx 3mo

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BarbaraBB @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess 3mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cbee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey 3mo

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 3mo

CatLass007 Thank you! A couple of these already are on my wish list so I‘ll just bump them up a bit. 3mo

Kitta Ooh I‘m so excited! Not the ones I voted for but it‘ll be great to read some new authors. I love #CampLitsy! 3mo

TheKidUpstairs Love the variety! Looking forward to another year of camp! 3mo

squirrelbrain Hooray! 6 wonderful books to discuss! 3mo

Ruthiella Great mix of books. Camp‘s gonna be fun! 🤩 3mo

Deblovestoread Fantastic bunch of books! Yay for camp 🏕️ 3mo

BarbaraBB @Kitta @TheKidUpstairs @CatLass007 I am glad you‘re happy within the results. It will be a great reading summer! 3mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain Yes! Really happy with the results! Now I have to get those books and start reading! 3mo

DGRachel What a mix! Two I‘m really looking forward to reading, three that are intriguing 🤔, and one that I want to run screaming from. 🤣🤣 (edited) 3mo

Graciouswarriorprincess @BarbaraBB Please tag me! 3mo

peaKnit Ooh Tilt was on my TBR! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Graciouswarriorprincess I did didn‘t I? If not something went wrong because you are definitely on the taglist 3mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel Now I am really curious which one that is! 3mo

DGRachel @BarbaraBB LOL. I was thinking of Audition. Most of these are (as usual) out of my comfort zone. Tilt sounds like it will break me, but Audition looks like the one I am least likely to enjoy and will be the hardest to pick up. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel at least it‘s short! But you can of course skip it and arrive at camp when we start Wild Dark Shores which I already read and is so, so good! 3mo

KarenUK Great list! Looking forward to it ❤️ 3mo

Megabooks I think the campers have chosen great books this year and several genres, too, which is fantastic! Scifi, dystopian, thriller, lit fic! It‘s going to be a great summer!! (edited) 3mo

BkClubCare The WHOLE slate! 🎉 3mo

BkClubCare @DGRachel - and that is the fun? I personally am NOT looking forward to the SAC. It is so NOT my genre. 3mo

DGRachel @BkClubCare It is the reason I come to Camp! It‘s a celebration of readers and our differences. Whether I enjoy the book or not, I enjoy the conversation about it. The SAC is the one I‘m looking forward to the most. 😂 3mo

BkClubCare @DGRachel - I DNF‘d the one of his I tried 😔 It was just TOO MUCH. Is this one part of a series? (Hoping NO) 3mo

CSeydel Thank you so much for hosting! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Yes I love that it is sort of eclectic 😀 (edited) 3mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel @BkClubCare I too love that we have different tastes and some of these books might not be my first choices but I know the discussion will add so much to them! And SAC is not part of a series as far as I know! 3mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @KarenUK @CSeydel We‘ll have some good times ahead of us I think, with reading these books and discussing them! 3mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - Thank you. You are a Litsy inspiration to me. Happy (American?!) Mother Day 3mo

CSeydel @BkClubCare Yeah that‘s the way it goes with Camp Litsy, LOL! I wish we had a “semifinals” voting round so we could narrow down our choices, but in the end it‘s just for fun 🤷🏻‍♀️I might read Death of the Author and Tilt but the others, no thanks. (I do enjoy SA Cosby, his books are great thrillers but not really discussion material.) (edited) 3mo

Chelsea.Poole Looking forward to discussing these with you all. Such a nice variety! 🏕️ Thanks to the hosts for the thoughtful questions and keeping the campers in line! 3mo

BarbaraBB @BkClubCare Same ❤️❤️ 3mo

CarolynM Some interesting titles there. I probably won‘t read all of them, but will look forward to seeing all the discussions 🙂 3mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM We‘re happy to have you at camp whenever you like! 3mo

Meshell1313 Sounds like a perfect camp! 3mo

Well-ReadNeck I‘m in! Please keep me on the tag list. Excited to discuss All. The. Books!! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Meshell1313 We‘re happy to have you! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Well-ReadNeck We will, no camp without you! 3mo

BookwormAHN I'd also like to be tagged. I already have a few of these on my tbr 😺 3mo

BarbaraBB @BookwormAHN Very happy to tag you of course! @squirrelbrain @Megabooks 3mo

Amiable Add me to the list! I love following along with the discussions. 3mo

Maggie4483 I‘d love to be added to the tag list! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Amiable @maggie4483 You‘re very welcome. We gladly add you to the taglist 🤍 @Megabooks @squirrelbrain 3mo

squirrelbrain Yay! @Amiable @Maggie4483 - we‘ll add you on! 3mo

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

I am adding the final two winners to the #CampLitsy25 reads. We‘ll be reading Tilt and King of Ashes in August. We are super excited about this mix of books and we hope you are too! I‘ll post an overview of all six books next so you know what books you might want to get a hold of!
Just a few weeks to get ready for 🏕️ !

Megabooks, squirrelbrain

Bookwormjillk I am so excited for all of these books! 3mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 3mo

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BarbaraBB @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx (edited) 3mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll (edited) 3mo

BarbaraBB @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess 3mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cbee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey 3mo

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 3mo

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk I am happy you are. I was very happy with the voting too! 3mo

TrishB Yay! Great choices again! Looking forward to it. 3mo

mcctrish Can‘t wait to go camping ⛺️ 3mo

CatLass007 I missed the announcements for June and July. 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading I don‘t think I‘ll read the Cosby (I can‘t do violence like that) but I‘m excited for all the rest! Looking forward to camp!!🏕️ 3mo

CatLass007 SA Cosby became a must-read last year so I definitely will read that one. I need to read up on the others. 3mo

CBee I voted for both of these 👏🏻👏🏻 Very excited for camp!! Hoping to get to all six but I know for sure I‘ll read these plus Woodworking and WDS 👏🏻👏🏻 3mo

Suet624 Thank you so much! I‘m thrilled. 3mo

AmyG Oh NICE!!!!! Thank you! 3mo

squirrelbrain Hooray - another 2 books I‘m really looking forward to discussing with everyone! 🏕️ 3mo

BarbaraJean Like @Prairiegirl_reading I think I‘ll skip the Cosby because of the violence (the one book I skipped last year was All Fours and I don‘t regret that, so I‘m trusting my instincts here 😂) but I‘m super excited about reading the others with everyone!! 3mo

Ruthiella Fantastic! Again , these are two books I normally would not have picked up, which is what I love about these kinds of challenges. 👍 3mo

Deblovestoread So happy to see 2 of my nominees make the cut. 😍 3mo

BarbaraBB @BarbaraJean @Prairiegirl_reading I haven‘t read the Cosby yet but it might be violent indeed. Happy you‘ll be joining for the others. And I know some people who would have loved to skip All Fours last year 🤣 3mo

BarbaraBB @TrishB @mcctrish @CBee @Suet624 @AmyG @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread Glad you‘re happy with the outcomes. Most people voted for at least one of the six books fortunately! 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures YAY!! I LOVE Cosby, and Tilt is set in my home town. These should be fun reads. Cannot wait to join everyone for the discussions. 3mo

Soubhiville Thanks to all our hosts! Fun lineup of books this summer! 3mo

Hooked_on_books I was already looking forward to the Cosby and it‘ll be fun to discuss it. Tilt is very good and should prompt excellent discussions! 3mo

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books I agree! Tilt will have such good discussions I think!! 3mo

Megabooks Cosby won last year‘s Litsy ToB, but we didn‘t get a full discussion on it. I‘ll be interested to read what everyone thinks of his latest! 3mo

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures @Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I have high hopes for some good reads and great discussions 👌🏽 (edited) 3mo

Christine Yayyyyy, so into these! One I was 100% going to read (Cosby) and the other I was on the fence about but therefore (as others have noted) should be great for discussion!! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Christine Happy you‘ll join us for both reads. Tilt is supposed to be very good. And it‘s short! 3mo

Meshell1313 Ooh yay! Can‘t wait! 3mo

Well-ReadNeck 🙌🏼👏🏻👊🏼 3mo

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Once again I will be your camp counselor for July, and I am so excited to discuss these books!

I have already read Death of the Author, and I have been dying to discuss it because it is so unique. Woodworking is new to me, and I‘m so excited for us to explore it together.

I‘ll be posting page breaks later, but I hope you can join me July 5/6 and 12/13 for Author and July 19/20 and 26/27 for Woodworking! 🏕️😁 #CampLitsy25

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Cbee 3mo

Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 3mo

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Megabooks @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 3mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @Meshell1313 @Addison_Reads 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading Yay!! I‘m excited to read both! 3mo

AmyG Thank you! So excited. 3mo

Deblovestoread Oooo, great choices! Can‘t wait to read them with you. 3mo

TrishB Fabulous!! Can‘t wait. 3mo

Ruthiella Awesome! These are two books I definitely would not have picked up on my own. Excited to try them. 👍 3mo

Caroline2 Exciting! 😃 👏 3mo

BarbaraBB Super excited about both of these! 3mo

CBee Thank you!! Very excited 😊 3mo

Christine Yesssss, these are great!! I needed this nudge to read the Okorafor and I LOVED Woodworking. 3mo

TheKidUpstairs Two more great choices! It's going to be a great summer at camp! 3mo

MeganAnn Yay! Death of the Author is one I was most hoping would be chosen since it‘s already on my shelf. 🎉 I‘m looking forward to reading Woodworking too. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Yay! So excited for all the choices so far this year! 3mo

Meshell1313 Hooray! These seem great! Can‘t wait! 3mo

Oryx Sound great - neither on my radar so I'm excited for something new 3mo

Jas16 I am so excited these books were chosen! 3mo

monalyisha I‘m definitely going to try to join for Death of the Author! 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay! One I nominated! And one I also really want to read!! Shaping up to be a fantastic summer camping! 3mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m excited for Woodworking, but Death of the Author was a bail for me, so I won‘t be trying that again! 3mo

TheBookHippie I‘m in for Woodworking. Trying to see if library will have it. 3mo

squirrelbrain Two more fabulous books for camp! ❤️ 3mo

JamieArc Interesting choices! If Death of the Author is tough to get through at least we can all struggle together 😂. I‘m still looking forward to trying it. (edited) 3mo

RaeLovesToRead Excited! This will be my second Okorafor! 3mo

JenP I read and liked Death of the author. I look forward to both discussions. 3mo

BarbaraBB @JamieArc I agree! I expect to like it but if not, at least we‘re in it together! 3mo

peaKnit Oooh I‘ve read neither, yay! 3mo

Texreader I‘ve totally missed signing up. Too late? 3mo

Lesliereadsalot I know absolutely nothing about either of these two books! Can‘t wait. @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain (edited) 3mo

Megabooks @Prairiegirl_reading @amyg @deblovestoread @trishb @ruthiella @caroline2 @cbee @bookwormjillk @meshell1313 @oryx @jas16 So glad you will all be around the campfire discussing books this summer! 3mo

Megabooks @Christine I'm so glad you loved Woodworking, and I hope you will enjoy Author just as much!
3mo

Megabooks @MeganAnn I'm so glad we picked Author, too. I hope you love both! 3mo

Megabooks @monalyisha Yay! 👍 👍 3mo

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books So glad you'll join us for one! 😁 👍 3mo

Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures Great! Looking forward to seeing what you think of your nominee! 3mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie Fantastic! I hope you can find a copy! 3mo

Megabooks @JamieArc I loved it, but the structure of the plot is different, so we'll see! 3mo

Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead It was my second, too! 3mo

Megabooks @JenP Great!!! 3mo

Megabooks @peaKnit 🎉 🎉 3mo

Megabooks @Texreader Not at all! Let's get her added to the tag list @BarbaraBB and @squirrelbrain 👍 👍 3mo

Megabooks @Lesliereadsalot So glad to have you join us! 3mo

Megabooks Excited to be organizing with the two best co-counsellors! @barbaraBB @squirrelbrain 💜 💜 3mo

Texreader @Megabooks Yay!!! Thank you! 3mo

Addison_Reads I loved Death of the Author! I can't wait to discuss it. 3mo

Suet624 Yay! Thank you!! 3mo

Well-ReadNeck Oooooh! 👀 3mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks 🧡🧡 3mo

Kitta Oh wow so far only one of my choices made the list (Wild dark shore) ! Excited to be introduced to some new stuff. @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks 3mo

BkClubCare Haha LOVE the suspense you are creating!! 3mo

KarenUK Woodworking! So excited for this one! 3mo

julieclair I‘m looking forward to these! 3mo

peanutnine Can I jump in for July? Both these books are on my TBR and I'd love to discuss with others! 3mo

Megabooks @peanutnine sure! We‘d love to have you! @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 3mo

Megabooks @julieclair me too! 3mo

Megabooks @KarenUK it was one of my nominees, so I‘m very excited it was picked! 3mo

Megabooks @BkClubCare suspense over now!! 😂😂 I hope you like the picks!! 3mo

Megabooks @Kitta that is the best part of camp! 3mo

Megabooks @Kitta great! It‘s always so fun to see what‘s picked. Helen is very organized at recording the vote, and when we looked back almost all 71 voters had at least one of their six choices win, which is great! 3mo

Megabooks @Well-ReadNeck @Suet624 so excited to have you both back at camp! 3mo

Megabooks @Addison_Reads me too! I think it‘s going to be a great one to discuss! 3mo

Kitta @Megabooks oh wow that‘s great! I‘m surprised it‘s not a drop down menu or something. The free text must be difficult to score! 3mo

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Summer is here, campers! 🏕️ Thanks to all 71 of you who voted - we have our top 6 books for #camplitsy25!

In June, we‘ll start with Audition, followed by Wild Dark Shore.

I‘ll be back in a week or so with the page breaks for Audition, which we‘ll discuss over the weekends of 7th/8th and 14th/15th June.

In the meantime, keep an eye out for bears, but also for Meg and Barbara who pop up over the weekend with the remaining 4 books!

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 3mo

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @Meshell1313 @Addison_Reads 3mo

BarbaraBB Yay, that‘s quite the kick-off! I think the Littens chose very wisely 😀 I am looking forward to a new Kitamura and as I‘ve been shouting out everywhere I LOVED Wild Dark Shore so can‘t wait to discuss it around the campfire 🔥 3mo

Bookwormjillk Yay!!! Camp!!! 🏕️🐻❤️ 3mo

Lesliereadsalot Very excited! ⛺️🪵🩷 3mo

sarahbarnes Yay, so excited for these picks to kick us off! I‘m reading Audition right now and have WDS waiting! 3mo

Bookwormjillk PS anyone listened to these on audio? 3mo

CBee So glad that I waited to read Wild Dark Shore! Very excited! 3mo

TheKidUpstairs Yay! I'm excited to discuss Audition, from reviews it looks like a great one to talk through with you all! And I'm also excited to give McConaghy another chance! 3mo

Read4life Looks like a good start to camp!! 🏕️ 3mo

Ruthiella Nice! I ha Audition out now from the library-great timing. 👍 3mo

JenP 🥳 very excited! 3mo

Susanita I‘ve put holds on them! 3mo

Megabooks Yay!!! So glad camp starts soon!! 🏕️ 3mo

Caroline2 Ohhhh exciting!! 👏 3mo

mcctrish Omg I saw this post and squealed 🎉🎉camping time is here 3mo

AmyG OH BOY!!!! Thank you. 3mo

Deblovestoread Fantastic! Excited for both books and camp! 3mo

TrishB Ready on the pile! Can‘t wait 😁. Great choices. 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures OMG OMG I am so excited!!!!! 3mo

BarbaraJean 🎉🎉Now to hope and pray the library holds come in on time!! 3mo

JenReadsAlot Yay!!! 3mo

GatheringBooks Woohoo! Bought my copies! 🤞🏽📚📚📚 3mo

Hooked_on_books I predicted these two would get picked. I loved WDS and look forward to discussing it but won‘t be reading Audition. I read her last 2 and she doesn‘t work for me. 3mo

JamieArc Woohoo! Excited to see which books we are reading this summer! 3mo

ImperfectCJ I love both authors and am very excited for these! I'll be traveling in June and library holds are iffy, so I just bought the ebooks for on my Kobo (and I almost never buy ebooks, so that shows how excited I am!) 3mo

cariashley Rats, I didn‘t manage to get to vote, but I know I‘m in good hands here! Already excited about the first two picks! 3mo

Jess Nice! I already read WDS but look forward to chatting with everyone about it. I just found Audition in Spotify so will probably use my June hours to listen to that one. Can‘t wait to see what else was chosen! 3mo

MeganAnn Yay! 🎉 Looking forward to both and WDS especially since everyone seems to be raving about it. 🤞🏻My library holds will come through in time. Looks like WDS has been so popular they have added extra copies so that might help. 3mo

squirrelbrain @Bookwormjillk @Lesliereadsalot @Read4life @JenP @Caroline2 @Deblovestoread @TrishB @ChaoticMissAdventures @JenReadsAlot @GatheringBooks @JamieArc - glad you‘re all so excited. The other 4 books are just as fabulous! 3mo

squirrelbrain That‘s excellent timing! @sarahbarnes 3mo

squirrelbrain @CBee - I‘ve been hanging back on reading a lot of books from the longlist, just in case! 🤪 3mo

squirrelbrain @TheKidUpstairs - I get the feeling Audition might be a Marmite book, but certainly lots to discuss, if Chelsea.poole ‘s review is anything to go by! 😊 3mo

squirrelbrain @mcctrish @AmyG - both your posts made me 🤭 and cheered up a grumpy work afternoon! ❤️ 3mo

squirrelbrain I hope they do come in on time 🤞 @BarbaraJean 3mo

squirrelbrain Yay! @GatheringBooks - and maybe some more to buy soon too…. 3mo

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books - no worries, not every book will work for everyone. 🫤 3mo

squirrelbrain We are truly honoured @ImperfectCJ 🤪 that camp is so exciting you bought e-books! 3mo

mcctrish I have ordered both books. I am not playing this year. I wasted time I will never get back waiting for library holds to never come in 🤣🤣 3mo

squirrelbrain @cariashley - I‘m sure you‘ve got more important things to be thinking about than voting for camp! 😊 I hope you get to join in at some point over the summer! 3mo

squirrelbrain @jess - Audition is quite short so will hopefully fit within your hours! 🤞 3mo

squirrelbrain Yes @meganann - I‘m looking forward to WDS so much as well. @BarbaraBB loved it and we have very similar taste in books. 3mo

KarenUK I just bought Audition and I LOVED the other! Great choices so far! 3mo

ErikasMindfulShelf Two great books! 3mo

squirrelbrain @KarenUK @ErikasMindfulShelf - the other 4 are just as good! 😊 3mo

kspenmoll Can‘t wait for both books. I own WDS but not the other.. 3mo

BarbaraBB @mcctrish a wise decision 😃😃 3mo

CBee @squirrelbrain must know what a Marmite book means now - I feel like I should know this already 🤔 3mo

Chelsea.Poole So exciting! I‘ve been waiting to read Wild Dark Shore because I adore her other two, and I‘d like to really savor this one. Looks like I‘ll get to really dive in deep with it. And I can see Audition leading to some really interesting discussions. Let‘s goooo 🏕️ 3mo

squirrelbrain @ruthiella - perfect timing! ❤️ 3mo

squirrelbrain @Chelsea.Poole your review of Audition really intrigued me! 3mo

squirrelbrain @cbee - sorry! 🤪 Marmite is a yeast extract that we either spread on toast or make into a drink. In the UK, people either love it or hate it, hence things are ‘Marmite‘ if they are polarising. 3mo

peaKnit Held audition! I have read the other, it will be an excellent conversation! 3mo

CBee @squirrelbrain I knew what Marmite was and had a feeling that‘s what it meant 😂😂 Perfect description!! 3mo

Christine Thrilled about these! Recently read Audition and liked it a lot but have been eager to hear others‘ takes/interpretations. And I‘ve been sad about not yet getting to WDS but now I‘m glad! 3mo

kspenmoll Thanks for hosting this again! 3mo

Meshell1313 Perfect! Can‘t wait! 3mo

monalyisha If I can find the time, I‘ll dive into Wild Dark Shore with you all! 3mo

TheBookHippie I‘m in for Audition! 3mo

squirrelbrain @peaknit I‘m really looking forward to WDS - I loved the author‘s other books. 3mo

squirrelbrain @christine - yes, it sounds like there‘s a lot to talk about with Audition. 🤔 3mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome @kspenmoll - we can‘t wait! 3mo

squirrelbrain We can‘t wait either! @meshell1313 3mo

squirrelbrain Hooray @monalyisha - hopefully you can squeeze it in! 3mo

squirrelbrain Yay! 🎉@TheBookHippie - looking forward to it! 3mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome ☺️ @cbee 3mo

peaKnit @squirrelbrain I need to get her other books, I don‘t think I‘ve read anything of her before. What a treat to know there is more! 3mo

CBee @peaKnit I recommend starting with

Migrations: A Novel

3mo

Zuhkeeyah I just borrowed Audition through Libby and placed a hold on WDS. Excited for the discussion 3mo

peaKnit @CBee would you believe I own that, haven‘t read it and didn‘t connect it to this author? I‘m ready to go☺️ 3mo

CBee @peaKnit happens to me all the time 😂 I hope you enjoy it when you get to it! 3mo

Addison_Reads Great choices! 3mo

Well-ReadNeck 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3mo

squirrelbrain Yes @peaKnit I preferred Migrations to Wolves, but loved both! @CBee 3mo

squirrelbrain @Zuhkeeyah - glad you could get Audition, and hopefully WDS will come through in time. 🤞 3mo

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @Well-ReadNeck - Littens always choose great books for camp! (Well, most of the time!) 🤣 3mo

julieclair Excited! Let‘s go camping! 3mo

youneverarrived Definitely want to read Audition so will try and join in with that! 3mo

squirrelbrain Great! @youneverarrived - looking forward to it! 3mo

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Thanks to all those who have voted already for our #camplitsy25 books! We love seeing all the votes coming in. If you still wish to vote you have until next Friday 9th May to do so.

We have a possible / probable top 3 currently, although even that could change! We then have TWENTY books vying for those other 3 places, with only 4 votes separating them all!

Here‘s the longlist: http://bit.ly/42N5OCt

Here you can vote: https://bit.ly/3ENlNbz

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @Meshell1313 @BookNAround @julieclair 3mo

squirrelbrain @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 3mo

squirrelbrain @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived 3mo

mcctrish I just want to know so badly 🤣🤣 3mo

Kitta Ooo! I‘m so excited to find out. 3mo

JenReadsAlot @mcctrish Me too! 😂 3mo

TrishB Can‘t wait 😁 3mo

Laughterhp Thanks for the reminder! Just voted. 3mo

Meshell1313 Oooh a close one. Can‘t wait to see the winners! 3mo

Bookwormjillk I want to know! 😂😂😂 3mo

BkClubCare So exciting 🤩 3mo

Leniverse What do you do if there's a multi-way draw? 😱 Draw lots, or release them back to us for a second round of votes? 3mo

sarahbarnes An impossible task! Just voted. So many on here I want to read regardless - an embarrassment of riches. 😍 3mo

RaeLovesToRead *dons fake mustache to vote again* hahahaha 3mo

Lesliereadsalot Super excited about this! 3mo

squirrelbrain @mcctrish @Kitta @JenReadsAlot @TrishB @Bookwormjillk @BkClubCare @Lesliereadsalot - we‘re lucky as we get to see the votes as they come in, which is just as exciting. Not long now until we find out who‘s coming to camp this year! 😜 3mo

squirrelbrain @meshell1313 - yes, much closer than last year when James was way ahead of anything else. 3mo

Kitta @RaeLovesToRead 😂 3mo

squirrelbrain Thanks for voting @laughterhp @sarahbarnes - yes, I‘ve been ordering a fair few books over the last couple of weeks, whether they‘re going to make the final 6 or not! 3mo

squirrelbrain @raelovestoread - nah, not happening, we can spot you a mile off! 🤣 Dressed in that bear costume from last year. 3mo

Ruthiella This is as much fun as actually reading the books! I love the process and the possibilities. 😃 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading @squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead 🤣🤣🐻🐻 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve been putting off book shopping until we find out the winners. It‘s been difficult!! I‘m not really surprised it‘s close. The long list had so many interesting titles. 3mo

CSeydel Maybe we could have a second round of voting? I‘m betting a lot of books got only one vote 😅 3mo

BkClubCare @CSeydel - I would vote for a round 2 vote if we need to narrow down - but I also don‘t want to make more work for our camp leaders. ❤️ 3mo

JenReadsAlot Can we add another book and camp in September too?! 3mo

squirrelbrain @Leniverse @CSeydel @BkClubCare - it‘s never been a problem before, somehow! There have been plenty of draws, of course, certainly lower down but even within the top 6. Just not where it mattered - places 5 / 6 / 7. We‘ll cross that bridge if / when we come to it this year. 3mo

squirrelbrain We should camp all year round! @JenReadsAlot - the sun is always shining *somewhere* in the world! 😜 3mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - “We should camp all year round!” 🤣🏕️☀️ 3mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @JenReadsAlot We should camp year round indeed!! ❤️ 3mo

Hooked_on_books You‘re so cruel! Dangling tidbits but not telling us the identity of the books. Awful! 😉 3mo

Sapphire Thank you! 3mo

Sapphire @Hooked_on_books IKR 3mo

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books @Sapphire - I‘m the mean girl in camp who no-one likes! 😈 3mo

Sapphire @squirrelbrain lol! 3mo

Hooked_on_books 😂 3mo

CBee @RaeLovesToRead 😂😂😂 3mo

Chelsea.Poole I have a few guesses for the top picks I‘m TILTing towards… 3mo

Kitta @squirrelbrain how do you determine the order of the books once you have the top 6? I always feel there‘s a flow or connections between them and am impressed. Is this intentional? (edited) 3mo

squirrelbrain @Chelsea.Poole LOL! 🤐 3mo

squirrelbrain @Kitta - that‘s very kind of you to say! We do try to link the books together somehow. It depends on who is hosting which month, and we try to host at least one book each that we haven‘t read before so it can take a bit of working out! @Megabooks @BarbaraBB 3mo

Daisey Thanks for the reminder! Last year was the first time I participated, and I wasn‘t sure I would vote this year. There were enough books I had seen mentioned that I voted for those without more research. So curious to see the choices! 3mo

squirrelbrain @Daisey - thanks for voting! Not long until we find out! 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading So voting ends tomorrow and then how long until we find out? Is everything still super close? 3mo

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading - we closed the voting overnight and, keep a look out, we *might* be starting to reveal the results today! 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading @squirrelbrain YAY!!! Thank you!! 😊 3mo

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Hooked_on_books

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I am finally submitting my nominations for #CampLitsy25. I tried to pick books that haven‘t been nominated yet. I particularly think Careless People would provide a lot of conversational fodder.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Chelsea.Poole I‘m really interested in Careless People! 4mo

squirrelbrain Yay -I‘ve been waiting for your nominations - well done on finding ones not yet nominated! You‘re right about Careless People - it would make for great discussions! 4mo

Deblovestoread I‘d love to read Careless People as a group! Now to check out the others. 4mo

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Bookwormjillk Careless People is a good idea 4mo

Ruthiella Definitely adding a nonfiction entry would be great! 👍 4mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for nominating and adding these four books! All look Camp worthy! 4mo

Megabooks These are great nominations!! Careless People was excellent, and I hope you and other folks read it regardless of CL. 4mo

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JoyBlue

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Here are my nominations for #CampLitsy25. I read the first two in ARC form, and highly recommend both. The other two are on my precious Libby holds list.

The Love Haters, by Katherine Center

Head Cases (PAR Unit #1), by John McMahon

Kate & Frida, by Kim Fay

Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

@Megabooks, @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain Great choices - two I‘ve not even heard of before! 4mo

BarbaraBB Glad you‘re in again! Thanks for nominating ❤️ 4mo

JoyBlue @squirrelbrain 💙 Which two? 4mo

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JoyBlue @BarbaraBB Thanks for hosting! 💙 4mo

Kristy_K I loved Head Cases! And can‘t wait for the new TJR! 4mo

squirrelbrain Your first two nominations. 4mo

JoyBlue @Kristy_K Yay! 4mo

JoyBlue @squirrelbrain I think you're in for a treat (if you like those kinds of things)! 4mo

Megabooks These are great! I‘m really curious where TJR takes these astronauts! 4mo

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CogsOfEncouragement

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Looking forward to #CampLitsy25

All The Other Mothers Hate Me, Sarah Harman
Three Days in June, Anne Tyler
My Name is Emilia Del Valle, Isabel Allende
Happy Land, Dolen Perkins-Valdez

@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB

Ruthiella Great list! 👍I definitely want to read more Ann Tyler. 4mo

squirrelbrain I‘ve just got the Tyler on audio from the library - great choices! 4mo

Megabooks Nice choices!! I have Other Mothers out from the library now! 4mo

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Megabooks @squirrelbrain I read it on audio. Enjoyed it!! 4mo

GatheringBooks Oooh! A new Anne Tyler! Nice. 💕 4mo

MeganAnn Happy Land is on my list of must reads. 4mo

BennettBookworm I really want to read All The Other Mothers! 4mo

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Flaneurette

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Some books from my tbr that I don‘t think have been mentioned for #camplitsy25. Love seeing what everyone else has listed so far!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB A new Lacey and a new Wilson? My TBR is exploding! Thanks for nominating! 4mo

Megabooks I love Catherine Lacey, and I've signed up to see Kevin at Parnassus in May. Great nominations! Glad you're returning to Camp! 4mo

squirrelbrain Great picks! ❤️ 4mo

ErikasMindfulShelf Run for the Hills was great!! 4mo

Chelsea.Poole I almost nominated Idle Grounds. Looks good! 4mo

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Kitta

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My nominations for #camplitsy25! Always my favourite summer activity. Tags in comments!

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Kitta

The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel

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Bookwormjillk Death Takes Me is on my list too 4mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for nominating! I loved Wild Dark Shore and want to read the Vuong! 4mo

Kitta @BarbaraBB Im obsessed with Vuong, I will definitely read it either way! 4mo

Megabooks Even though I've already read WDS, I'm glad people are nominating it. It would make for good discussion! I'm with @BarbaraBB about the Vuong. I'm already on the list at the library! 4mo

Kitta @Megabooks I own a copy of WDS that I got through BOTM, so I‘ll get to it eventually even if it‘s not a pick! I want a hard copy for myself of the Vuong I think, but havent pre-ordered yet! I should get on that. I heard him speak once here in NYC and was blown away. It was when Time is a Mother had come out and I immediately bought everything available that day by him haha. 4mo

GatheringBooks I am intrigued by Death Takes Me! I also nominated the Vuong title. Yay! 4mo

Kitta @GatheringBooks yay fingers crossed it‘s a pick! 4mo

BennettBookworm I‘m loving the sirens so far!! 4mo

Kitta @BennettBookworm oh great!! I got the Barnes and Noble copy with the pretty edges. I‘ll be reading it for sure. 4mo

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DGRachel

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I usually don‘t add to the long list for Camp Litsy because the books that are chosen are almost always waaaaaay outside my comfort zone, which is part of the fun for me. But, I thought I‘d fully participate this year with a few books I‘m looking forward to (and one I read as an ARC that was one of my absolute favorites last December). So, without further ado…#CampLitsy25

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

monalyisha Which was your absolute fave? 4mo

DGRachel @monalyisha The Bane Witch. It‘s SO good. I don‘t want to say much about it because I think it‘s one where you really should get to experience how things play out but also I want to say all the things. I need people to discuss this with. 😬

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squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 4mo

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Bookwormjillk I guess I have to add Bane Witch to my summer reading list no matter what based on how much you love it! 4mo

BarbaraBB Me too, very intrigued now by Bane Witch! Thanks for nominating! 4mo

Kristy_K I have an arc of Whack Job! I‘m looking forward to reading it. 4mo

Megabooks I did not realize there was a book about axe murder out. How fascinating! One of my most memorable books years later was the fictionalized Lizzy Borden book. (Because it was good and also because of all the vomiting...)

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dabbe

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#camplitsy25
Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

For your humble consideration. 😊

squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 4mo

GatheringBooks A stephen king title!!! Nice! 💕 4mo

Bookwormjillk I forgot the Stephen King is coming 4mo

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BarbaraBB Yay! Thank you! 4mo

Suet624 Ooh, a stephen king! That would be new for camplitsy. 4mo

AmyG I also forgot about Stephen King. (edited) 4mo

peaKnit Good picks! I have that King preordered on audio, can‘t wait! 4mo

mcctrish Everything tuberculosis is on my TBR ❤️❤️ 4mo

Meshell1313 Ooh these all sound amazing! 🤩 4mo

Kitta Ooo I added the sirens too! 4mo

Deblovestoread Oooo, I bet Odyssey is fantastic! 4mo

dabbe @squirrelbrain TY! 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @GatheringBooks 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I got your back! 🤩🤣😍 4mo

dabbe @BarbaraBB YW! 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @AmyG You have stunned me to my knees. 🤩🤣😍 4mo

dabbe @peaKnit TY! 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @mcctrish #metoo 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @Meshell1313 🤩🤣😍 4mo

dabbe @Kitta #greatminds 💙💚🩵 4mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread IKR? 💙💚🩵 4mo

Megabooks I have to say after reading Tuberculosis that I like John's nonfiction more than his fiction. It was very thought-provoking. Thanks for nominating it and the others!

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dabbe @Megabooks I've seen enough on the Vlog Bros to know that it is his PASSION! 🤩 4mo

AmyG @dabbe HA! 4mo

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CBee

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My choices for #CampLitsy25 😊 Thanks again for organizing, @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain ♥️♥️

BarbaraBB I am not surprised we share 2 out of 4 nominations ❤️ 4mo

squirrelbrain So looking forward to the new Cosby! 4mo

Leniverse Oh, I didn't realise there was a new Cosby or I would have nominated it. Glad someone else did! 😂 4mo

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Suet624 Wow! These all look so good! 4mo

CBee @BarbaraBB your post reminded me about Tilt, so thank you ♥️ It looks really good! 4mo

CBee @squirrelbrain same! 4mo

CBee @Leniverse more than one person did I think - I think it‘ll have a fighting chance 🤞🏻 4mo

CBee @Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4mo

Meshell1313 Ooh nice choices!! 😍 4mo

Deblovestoread I didn‘t know Annie Hartnett had a new book! Great choices! 4mo

CBee @Deblovestoread I‘ll read anything she writes ♥️ 4mo

Megabooks I would be fascinated to see if the Cosby gets chosen since he won our Litsy ToB in 2024. His books are so good! Like @deblovestoread, I'm a big Hartnett fan, so thanks for putting that on my radar.

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ErikasMindfulShelf

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

#camplitsy25
It was hard to only pick 4!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

ErikasMindfulShelf

The Names: A Novel

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Heartwood: 'nearly impossible to put down' Jennifer Egan

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ErikasMindfulShelf

Home of the American Circus: A Novel

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Sleep

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BarbaraBB Heartwood seems so good! And that cover 🥰 4mo

squirrelbrain I started off with a list of about 30! 🤣 4mo

Kristy_K I almost nominated

The Names: A Novel

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ErikasMindfulShelf @squirrelbrain I‘m not surprised. 😂 4mo

ErikasMindfulShelf @Kristy_K I‘m really looking forward to reading it. 4mo

ErikasMindfulShelf @BarbaraBB I think I‘m reading Heartwood next. Seems great. 4mo

Megabooks Great nominations!! If Jennifer Egan blurbed Heartwood, I know I'll probably like it!

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CarolynM

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Here‘s my suggestions for #CampLitsy25

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

CarolynM

Universality: A Novel

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CarolynM

The Wardrobe Department

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TheKidUpstairs The Wardrobe Department looks so good, but it's not put in North America until September (I'm anxiously awaiting its release!) 4mo

Ruthiella Great list. I definitely want to read Natasha Brown. I haven‘t yet gotten to

Assembly

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GatheringBooks Ooh! I have perfection, too! 💕💕💕 4mo

squirrelbrain I‘ve been eyeing up the Garvey for some time…. And Universality too, of course! 4mo

BarbaraBB I enjoyed Perfection a lot, it would make for a great discussion. 4mo

Deblovestoread Great choices. 4mo

Megabooks I just checked Universality out of the library last week. Looking forward to it! Glad you'll be joining us again this year!

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Susanita

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Here are my #camplitsy25 nominations. Please add me to the list.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Susanita

Memorial Days: A Memoir

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Susanita

Black Woods, Blue Sky

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Susanita

The Lost House: A Novel

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Susanita

Murder Takes a Vacation: A Novel

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GatheringBooks Awesome titles. Been meaning to get my hands on the Eowyn Ivey title too! 4mo

GatheringBooks And a new Geraldine Brooks! 💕 4mo

BarbaraJean I'm twinsies on half your list... 🙌 4mo

BarbaraBB Happy you‘re joining in! I‘ve added you to the taglist ❤️ 4mo

squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 4mo

BarbaraBB Oh and I'd love to read a new Laura Lippman! 4mo

Megabooks @barbarabb I've meant to read her for a long time. Maybe I should start this year! Great choices!

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CSeydel

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My #camplitsy nominations (links and descriptions in the comments):

Free: My Search for Meaning, by Amanda Knox

Story of a Murder: the wives, the mistresses, and Doctor Crippen, by Hallie Rubenhold

Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor

The Heart of Winter, by Jonathan Evison

#camplitsy25

BarbaraBB

CSeydel Amanda Knox reflects on her world-famous confinement in an Italian prison and her return to “ordinary” life. Though she was exonerated, it has taken more than a decade to reclaim her identity and truly feel free.

Free: My Search for Meaning

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CSeydel “No murderer should ever be the keeper of his victims‘ stories.” In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, Rubenhold gives voice to those who have never properly been heard—the women.

Story of a Murder: A gripping, historical true crime tale from the bestselling author of The Five: The Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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CSeydel One night after her life is upended, Zelu takes the risk that will define her life—she writes a book very unlike her others. A science fiction drama about androids and AI after the extinction of humanity. What follows is a tale of love and loss and extraordinary events in one world and another, and the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur.

Death of the Author: A Novel

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CSeydel Through the years, Abe and Ruth Winter have fallen in and out of lockstep, and from their haunting losses and guarded secrets, a dependable partnership has been forged. When Ruth‘s loose tooth turns out to be something malicious, their beautiful, reliable life together comes to a crisis. Evison explores 70 years of big moments in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters‘ turbulent history with their present-day battles.

The Heart of Winter: A Novel

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Kristy_K I just got Amanda Knox‘s book and can‘t wait to read it! 4mo

TheBookHippie I‘ve got Story of a murder on my list to read at some point! 😂 4mo

Ruthiella Nice balance between fiction and nonfiction! 👍 4mo

CSeydel @Ruthiella I had to rein myself in on some of the nonfiction I‘m looking forward to this summer - because I knew nobody else would vote for it 🤣 4mo

squirrelbrain I‘ve seen good reviews for both the NF on your list! 4mo

BarbaraBB You know how to sell them! Now I want to read all of them! 4mo

CSeydel @BarbaraBB 🤩😉📚 4mo

Megabooks I'm really curious about the Amanda Knox book. I did not follow that case closely, but it so completely overtook America that you couldn't NOT know a little about it!

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Ruthiella

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I‘m excited to join in this summer with #CampLitsy25 ! These are my nominations. Whatever we end up reading, the experience and discussion are always enlightening.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

ChaoticMissAdventures I am starting Stag Dance this week and am so excited! 4mo

Meshell1313 Ooh these look great! 4mo

Deblovestoread Great choices! Loved Wild Dark Shore 4mo

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Ruthiella @ChaoticMissAdventures I adored

Detransition, Baby: A Novel

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Ruthiella @Meshell1313 As @BarbaraBB mentioned, choosing the nominees is half the fun! 4mo

Ruthiella @Deblovestoread I have heard so many great things about it! 4mo

squirrelbrain I have Stag Dance reserved at the library. 4mo

sarahbarnes Great choices!! I want to read all of these! 4mo

Ruthiella @squirrelbrain Me too! 4mo

Ruthiella @sarahbarnes I know, right? I want a deserted island and a pile of books! 😅 4mo

AmyG Stag Dance…good choice. 4mo

Ruthiella @AmyG I‘m definitely going to read it! 4mo

sarahbarnes My dream 😆 4mo

BarbaraBB Such great choices. I want to read them all! 4mo

Ruthiella @BarbaraBB I know, right! ALL THE BOOKS! 🤪 4mo

Megabooks All of these are on my TBR besides WDS, which I've already read. Fantastic choices!

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Ruthiella @Megabooks I‘m definitely going to read (or at least try ) all of them, whether they make the short list or not. 👍 4mo

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Deblovestoread

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Here we go! Audition by Kate Kitamura was at the top of my list but since @squirrelbrain nominated it I chose Penitence instead. Loving the nominations so far! So happy camp is back!

@Megabooks @BarbaraBB

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Deblovestoread

Happiness Forever

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BarbaraBB Fab choices! I want to read all four of them! 4mo

Meshell1313 Ooh good picks!! 4mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I am excited to read Tilt! It is set in my hometown. 4mo

squirrelbrain Sorry to ruin your list! 🤣 I loved Tilt. 4mo

Deblovestoread @squirrelbrain Not ruined! Opened up a slot for another nominee! Can‘t have an exploding TBR without ALL the choices. 🎆📚🎆 4mo

AmyG Oooo Tilt. Everyone has such great choices. 4mo

GatheringBooks Yay for We Do Not Part! We just discussed this in my book club last week. 💕 4mo

Megabooks Penitence is on my TBR as an audiobook. My all-time favorite narrator reads it. Glad you'll be joining us again!

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squirrelbrain

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These are my nominations for #camplitsy25. I‘m excited to see what everyone else nominates - and I‘m prepared for the #tbrexplosion!

If you‘ve not heard of #camplitsy and want to know more, head over to look at @BarbaraBB ‘s recent post or ask any questions here.

Megabooks

squirrelbrain For some reason I can‘t tag you @BarbaraBB - which could be an issue. 😬 4mo

squirrelbrain Thanks for mentioning Elegy @Oryx - I may have stolen the idea from you. ☺️ 4mo

TheKidUpstairs Audition was number five on my list 🤣 great choices! 4mo

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squirrelbrain Great minds….! @TheKidUpstairs 😊 4mo

Cathythoughts I‘m looking them up 👍🏻😁❤️ 4mo

Ruthiella Katie Kitamura‘s is going on my list too! Such an interesting writer. 4mo

BarbaraBB Oooh you‘ve shared your choices already! Super excited. I am looking forward so much to checking out all those books that people nominate! 4mo

squirrelbrain I couldn‘t help it @barbarabb - I was too excited! 🤣 4mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Luminous looks so good, all of these look so good! I like how I think ohh what is this then go to my TBR and it is already there.... :) 4mo

Deblovestoread So glad to see Audition on here! And the others look great too. 4mo

squirrelbrain I‘m really looking forward to Audition! @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread 4mo

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures - our TBR lists are just TOO big to remember! 🤣 4mo

sarahbarnes Elegy and Audition are on my TBR! 4mo

Megabooks So glad we're doing this again this year friend! Can't wait to see what is chosen!

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Centique Ooh ive heard such good things about Audition! 4mo

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squirrelbrain

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After announcing the 6 fabulous books for #camplitsy24, Meg, Barbara and I thought you might like to see the 10 books that ‘nearly‘ made the list. (In no particular order)

James was by far our runaway winner, with 4 in 10 Littens voting for it. Next were Bear and Clear, with around a quarter of you voting for each one.

The other 3 winning books gained just a few more votes than these 10, so a close-run race!

We‘d love to hear your thoughts!

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JoyBlue @julesG @julieclair @Julsmarshall @KarenUK @karisa @Karisimo @KateReadsYA @Kimberlone @Kitta @Kristy_K 1y

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squirrelbrain @peaKnit @prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Readerann @RebelReader @Roary47 @rockpools @Ruthiella @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks 1y

squirrelbrain @Soubhiville @Suet624 @Susanita @Suzze @TEArificbooks @Texreader @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs @TrishB @well-readneck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape 1y

ChaoticMissAdventures Greta and Valdin has been one of my favorites of the year, I hope this post gets more to check in out!! Thank you hosts for all your work on Camp! 1y

TheBookHippie Knife I‘m reading asap now 🙃 . 1y

RaeLovesToRead I got Warm Hands of Ghosts, The Familiar and Book of Doors on my TBR.... looking at these covers though... I need to investigate the book with the trippy blue trees! 1y

Kimberlone lol all but one of the books I voted for were on this list 1y

Susanita Three of these were on my list! 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s one of my favourites too @ChaoticMissAdventures - I wonder if it didn‘t get more votes because a lot of us have already read it? 1y

dabbe Only one of my choices made the summer list. I'm a horrible picker! 😂 1y

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie - I have a #netgalley ARC of Knife. I was saving it just in case it got nominated (along with *many* other books 🤣) so probably need to get to it now. 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s a fab cover isn‘t it?! @RaeLovesToRead 1y

squirrelbrain @Kimberlone @Susanita @dabbe - there were SO many great books, though, the votes were bound to be reasonably spread out. 1y

Leniverse I loved Greta & Valdin, but didn't vote for it since I've already read it. Two of my nominations are on that runner-up list, so I definitely have to read them! 1y

BarbaraBB Great collection of books! I couldn‘t resist purchasing

The Extinction of Irena Rey

TrishB @BarbaraBB I‘ve brought that too. And Whale Fall. 1y

Meshell1313 Ooh I‘ll def pick up a few of these to read soon. I‘m hearing fantastic things about Knife! 1y

Hooked_on_books An interesting mix! I‘m glad the Emily Henry didn‘t make our list because I have zero interest in it. And I clearly have weird tastes, as nothing I voted for (or nominated) made it on here. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 1y

youneverarrived Interesting to see what almost made it! None of these were on my list but I do want to read Greta and Valdin. 1y

JamieArc Whale Fall is one that only got on my radar because of the nominations. I‘m super intrigued by it, so I‘m sure it‘s going to make its way to my summer reading list. 1y

BarbaraJean This is so interesting to see! Several of these I thought (or hoped) would make it onto the final lineup, and several I‘m glad didn‘t 😂 Greta & Valdin is on my list to read. 1y

Roary47 Aww so close. 🥰💛 1y

Karisimo Several of these were my picks! 1y

Suet624 @Hooked_on_books I‘m with you. 1y

Suet624 Thank you for letting us see all of these. Really interesting. (edited) 1y

Ruthiella Nice! I voted for the Leigh Bardugo because I wanted a good excuse to finally try one of her books! 😂 1y

julieclair Thank you for this! And for ALL the work that goes into Camp! 1y

Larkken Very cool! I love seeing what everyone is excited about this year! 1y

Chelsea.Poole I was hoping the tagged would make the list. Really look forward to reading

Whale Fall

Caroline2 These all sound so good. I want to read all the books!! I may swap Warm Hands for Bear if it proves too difficult to order it here. There‘s a long wait on Amazon at the moment. 😬 1y

squirrelbrain @TrishB @JamieArc @chelsea.poole - I just finished Whale Fall. I liked it but not as much as I thought I would. And I‘m not sure how much discussion we would have had, as it‘s very short. 1y

squirrelbrain @leniverse @youneverarrived - Greta is so good, but I also didn‘t vote for it as I‘d read it. I think you‘ll love it too, Katie. 1y

squirrelbrain @Meshell1313 - I‘m going to read Knife soon as well. 1y

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books @suet624 - not weird tastes, just eclectic! 🤪 1y

batsy I've got Irena Rey on hold and am excited to read it! 1y

sarahbarnes Thanks for doing this! 1y

Bookbuyingaddict They‘re all great 👍 thank you for organising ☺️looking forward to reading 📖 around the camp 🏕️ fire 🔥 starting 1st June 🙂 are posting our progress ? 😀 1y

Bookbuyingaddict They‘re all great 👍 thank you for organising ☺️looking forward to reading 📖 around the camp 🏕️ fire 🔥 starting 1st June 🙂 are posting our progress ? 😀 @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @dabbe @TheAromaofBooks @TrishB @Kimberlone @Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks (edited) 1y

squirrelbrain Hi @Bookbuyingaddict - we‘ll post the schedule soon. We read 1 book over 2 weeks and the host for each book posts some questions each weekend for us all to discuss. Looking forward to getting started! 🏕️ 1y

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

I‘m thrilled to be hosting your August #camplitsy24 books!

First, we‘ll be heading off to Ireland to read about 4 gifted sisters in The Alternatives, then heading to the Pacific Northwest to read Bear, which was our second most voted for book, after James.

We‘ll confirm all of the dates for each book shortly.

That‘s all 6 books revealed now, what do you think of our final two, and of the full selection for camp? 🏕️

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @batsy @bennettBookworm @Bkclubcare @Bklover @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM 1y

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squirrelbrain @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JoyBlue @julesG @julieclair @Julsmarshall @KarenUK @karisa @Karisimo @KateReadsYA @Kimberlone @Kitta @Kristy_K 1y

squirrelbrain @kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lizpixie @mcctrish @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @MicheleinPhilly @monalyisha @Nessavamusic @Oryx 1y

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jenniferw88 I'm surprised Knife isn't on there! 1y

Soubhiville I‘m excited for these two! 1y

julesG Looking back at the longlist, I'm surprised we don't have six one word titles this year. That would have been awesome 🤣🤣 1y

Bookwormjillk Yay Bear! I‘m excited that so many of these books aren‘t on my radar, but am happy this one made it. Can‘t wait for summer reading! 1y

Hooked_on_books It‘s an interesting list! Like last year, I‘ve already read 2 (Clear and James) and the rest look promising! 1y

Bookwormjillk @julesG ha! That does seem to be the trend this year. Thank goodness it has seemed to replace “The Girl” 1y

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk 😂 ‘The Girl‘ 1y

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 Knife had many votes too. @squirrelbrain will share the runner-up‘s later this week! 1y

squirrelbrain @jenniferw88 @julesG - look out for the ‘nearly-theres‘ later this week! 1y

squirrelbrain @Bookwormjillk - it‘s great to have a mix of known and hitherto unknown books, isn‘t it?! 1y

squirrelbrain @Soubhiville - glad you‘re pleased about these two! 1y

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books - I‘ve also read James, and would have probably read Clear as well, but I had insider information about how well it was doing in the voting, so I saved it. ☺️ 1y

Caroline2 Oh intrigued by these two!! 😃 👍 1y

Meshell1313 Exciting! Can‘t wait! 1y

monalyisha I‘m thrilled! This went much better than when my book club (or ahem, my whole country) votes! 1y

kspenmoll I am thrilled to be part of this group- some books I was aware of, some not. I have not read any of them. ❤️ 1y

TrishB Brilliant ❤️ looking forward to them all. 1y

CBee Yay! 1y

JamieArc I‘m truly looking forward to reading all of these, and I believe 4 of them I either nominated or voted for. Though my own votes don‘t reflect this, I do with there were a nonfiction. Looking forward to the discussions! 1y

AmyG Yay! I am so excited. Thank you all. 1y

charl08 I have a feeling this is going to add to my wishlist... 1y

batsy Don't know much about these two and look forward to finding out! 1y

Suet624 Just broke down and ordered several books yesterday. I usually cross my fingers that a library will have the books but none of them did. I‘m very excited! 1y

jlhammar Awesome! Beyond excited for both of these. 1y

peaKnit Very excited to read some new book this summer! 1y

squirrelbrain Glad you‘re all so excited! @Caroline2 @Meshell1313 @TrishB @CBee @AmyG @jlhammar @peaKnit 1y

squirrelbrain @monalyisha - we‘re a good group here, as far as voting for the right things goes! 🤣 1y

squirrelbrain @kspenmoll - I think we had a lot more ‘new to everyone‘ books this year, whereas last year some Littens had already read a few. 1y

squirrelbrain @JamieArc - non-fiction didn‘t do so well in the voting this year. 🤷‍♀️ Only Knife ever really troubled the top 6. 1y

squirrelbrain @charl08 - my TBR always explodes at this time of year! 1y

squirrelbrain @batsy - I don‘t know much about these two either, that‘s the beauty of #camplitsy! 1y

squirrelbrain Which ones tempted you? @Suet624 1y

Suet624 Butter and All Fours 1y

Megabooks So excited for these!! 🏕️🎉 1y

squirrelbrain @Suet624 - glad you can join us for those two. Hopefully your library may get some of the others in soon. 1y

Suet624 Thanks! Somehow or other I‘ll get the others. 😊 1y

sarahbarnes These are two more great choices! I love camp this year!! 😁 1y

Ruthiella These two are completely off my radar! I‘m so happy to be discovering them! 1y

BarbaraJean These were nowhere near my radar until nominations—I‘ll be crossing my fingers for those library holds! 1y

CBee @Suet624 I can‘t find Butter either - might have to order it! 1y

Deblovestoread Ireland and the PNW 🙌🏼. Love camp!⛺️ 1y

youneverarrived They sound interesting! Besides from All Fours none were on my radar, but I‘m looking forward to reading them all ❤️ 1y

squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes - glad you‘re loving camp! ❤️ 1y

squirrelbrain @Ruthiella @BarbaraJean - these two weren‘t on my radar either until they were nominated - the beauty of camp! 1y

squirrelbrain @Deblovestoread - we‘ve got 6 fabulous books this year! 1y

squirrelbrain @youneverarrived - I‘m looking forward to all of them too! ❤️ 1y

Christine What a great bunch of books - summer can‘t come fast enough!! ❤️ 1y

squirrelbrain I know @christine - I can‘t wait either! 1y

Jess I am so excited about these selections! 4 of the 6 are either on my TBR or I was already planning on buying. The other 2 new to me picks sound great. Can‘t wait to get started! 1y

Bookbuyingaddict Haven‘t heard of either of these two always love ❤️ a surprise 😮😆happy camp 🏕️ reading 📖😀 1y

squirrelbrain It makes me happy that you‘re so excited! @jess 1y

squirrelbrain @Bookbuyingaddict - these were new to me too, before Camp! 1y

julieclair Looks like August will be Sisters Month! We really have a great selection lineup this year. None of the winners were on my radar, and that‘s what I love about camp! 1y

GatheringBooks Thank you so so much for the tag! Great picks for #CampLitsy24 already bought 4 books out of 6. 📚📚📚📚 (edited) 1y

squirrelbrain Great spot! @julieclair Glad you‘re pleased with the lineup! 1y

squirrelbrain They are all fantastic picks aren‘t they? @GatheringBooks 1y

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LitsyEvents

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Repost for #Megabooks

I am incredibly excited to be your counselor for July! We‘ll start off with the #1 vote getter, James, and if you haven‘t read Everett, be ready to leap into his backlist after this because he‘s wonderful. Then very appropriately we‘ll move on to Miranda July‘s All Fours. An artist on the edge? Yes, please! I hope you‘ll join us for one or both books! #CampLitsy24

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2728511

BarbaraBB Thanks as always 🩷🩷 1y

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LitsyEvents

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Repost for @BarbaraBB

Meg, Helen and I are so glad you are as thrilled as we are about #CampLitsy24: 74 people voted, which is a new record!
Clear will be our first June read, followed by Butter. We hope you‘re happy with these first books!
I‘ll be your host in June & will get back to you with the reading schedule.

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2728155

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Megabooks

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

I am incredibly excited to be your counselor for July! We‘ll start off with the #1 vote getter, James, and if you haven‘t read Everett, be ready to leap into his backlist after this because he‘s wonderful. Then very appropriately we‘ll move on to Miranda July‘s All Fours. An artist on the edge? Yes, please! I hope you‘ll join us for one or both books! #CampLitsy24

@squirrelbrain will announce August‘s books tomorrow!

BarbaraBB

Megabooks @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @batsy @bennettBookworm @Bkclubcare @Bklover @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM 1y

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Megabooks @peaKnit @prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Readerann @RebelReader @Roary47 @rockpools @Ruthiella @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks 1y

Megabooks @Soubhiville @Suet624 @Susanita @Suzze @TEArificbooks @Texreader @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs @TrishB @well-readneck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape 1y

Suet624 Thank you!!! 1y

jlhammar Exciting! I‘ve got James (though might be tempted to start it before July) and this will be my first experience with Miranda July. 1y

CBee Thanks Meg! 1y

sarahbarnes Yay!! Very excited for these two! 1y

TheKidUpstairs Exciting! Very much looking forward to James. I'm not a huge Miranda July fan, but what better reason to give her another try! 1y

Megabooks @Suet624 @CBee @sarahbarnes looking forward to seeing you at camp! 1y

Megabooks @jlhammar James is the only one for camp I‘ve already read, and I loved it! Even if you give into temptation, I hope you‘ll join us for discussion. 😁 1y

Megabooks @TheKidUpstairs I have her short story collection, but I haven‘t read it yet. I‘m going to try to get to it before I dive into this novel. I hope you will join us for both!

No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories

Caroline2 Ohhhh seriously intrigued about these two. 👍 1y

TrishB Thanks Meg 👍🏻 looking forward to them. 1y

mcctrish Oh yay! I so wanted James to get picked ❤️❤️ (edited) 1y

youneverarrived Happily surprised All Fours was chosen 😁 look forward to reading them both. 1y

Megabooks @TrishB @mcctrish @youneverarrived so glad you‘ll be joining us!! 1y

Megabooks @Caroline2 glad you‘re excited for camp, too! 1y

TheBookHippie I‘m in! I‘m excited for these two!! A camp Litsy first for me! 1y

BarbaraJean James was very high on my list and All Fours was very low on my list 😆 I have holds placed for James and I‘ll see if I can talk myself into the other before July! 1y

Bookwormjillk I was going to vote for James but thought a lot of other people would so I gave my vote to a different book. Happy to see my gamble paid off! 1y

batsy Fun! Need to brush up on my homework (read Huckleberry Finn 😁) 1y

Oryx Excited for both of these! 1y

Deblovestoread Looking forward to both of these! 💜🌸💜 1y

Meshell1313 Hooray! Sounds great! 1y

Ruthiella James is no surprise! 😅 I figured it would make it. Miranda July is so weird, so I can‘t wait to see what she‘s writing. 1y

Daisey I‘ve got James on audio, so I may need to keep it for this summer and follow the discussion. 1y

monalyisha Oh yay! I wasn‘t convinced All Fours would make it in. Love it! 🤩 1y

Bookbuyingaddict Hooray 🙌🏻 great picks thanks ☺️ 1y

Megabooks @TheBookHippie Awesome! 🎉 🎉 1y

Megabooks @BarbaraJean even if you just join us for James, I'll be glad to have you! 1y

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk yes! I don't remember the final number but about ⅓ of the campers voted for James. It was a very popular one! 1y

Megabooks @batsy yes, I may reread it, too. I'm not a huge Twain fan, but I am a huge Everett fan, and I loved James the first time I read it. I'm really pleased to be leading the discussion. 1y

Megabooks @Oryx @deblovestoread @meshell1313 really glad to have all of you at camp! 1y

Megabooks @Ruthiella same! I think every camp needs a slightly (or maybe very!) weird book. 1y

BarbaraBB @Daisey Please do! We would love you to join us for

James: A Novel

Megabooks @Daisey I'd love for you to join us! 1y

Megabooks @monalyisha yes! I'm very excited All Fours made it in, too! Glad you'll be joining us this summer. 1y

Megabooks @Bookbuyingaddict yay! Glad you're excited! 1y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks So glad most people love these winners and I certainly am looking forward to both of them and discussing them with you as our host 💓 1y

TheBookHippie @batsy same… pulls out old book.. 1y

Larkken @batsy same! I started with Tom Sawyer tho, so I've gotten sidetracked I fear... 1y

kspenmoll All Fours I have not heard of & sounds intriguing! 1y

BkClubCare Wowza! One I voted for (I think?) and one I am reading now. 😎 1y

Chelsea.Poole @TheKidUpstairs I‘m not a huge fan of July either but I am willing to give her a shot too…I have a feeling camp will help me appreciate her! 1y

JamieArc I‘ve been impatiently waiting all day to see this and I‘m glad I checked your page to discover you posted this hours ago! 😂😂. I‘ve been saving James, convinced it would make the cut. Glad to see it did! 1y

Megabooks @JamieArc I don‘t know why you didn‘t make it on the tag list!! I assume you want to be added?? Glad you checked and are excited about James! 1y

Megabooks @kspenmoll @BkClubCare so excited you‘re coming to camp! 1y

AmyG Awesome! Thank you!!!! 1y

Kitta Before reading James, should I read

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

(edited) 1y

JamieArc @Megabooks Yes, definitely add me to the tag list! 1y

jenniferw88 @Megabooks, I should have been tagged, too! Can you add me to your list, please?! 1y

Megabooks @JamieArc @jenniferw88 I think @squirrelbrain has added you! Glad you‘re coming to camp! 1y

ImperfectCJ I just found out that I'm leading the discussion for All Fours on the CampToB site in August. Maybe we can compare notes as discussion leaders for this one. :-) 1y

Megabooks @ImperfectCJ sounds good!! 👍🏻👍🏻 1y

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BarbaraBB

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Meg, Helen and I are so glad you are as thrilled as we are about #CampLitsy24: 74 people voted, which is a new record!
@Chelsea.Poole was it so CLEAR that Clear would be one of the selected books 🤣? You were right: it will be our first June read, followed by Butter. We hope you‘re happy with these first books!
I‘ll be your host in June & will get back to you with the reading schedule. Tomorrow check Meg‘s thread: she‘ll announce the July reads!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @batsy @bennettBookworm @Bkclubcare @Bklover @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM 1y

BarbaraBB @Catlass007 @CatMS @Cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @Cseydel @Cuilin @Cupcake12 @dabbe @DebinHawaii @Deblovestoread 1y

BarbaraBB @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JoyBlue @julesG @julieclair @Julsmarshall @KarenUK @karisa @Karisimo @KateReadsYA @Kimberlone @Kitta @Kristy_K 1y

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BarbaraBB @peaKnit @prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Readerann @RebelReader @Roary47 @rockpools @Ruthiella @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks 1y

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ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB Excited! Getting on those library lists! 1y

BarbaraBB @decalino @DGRachel @elizamarie @ErikasMindfulShelf @Flaneurette @GatheringBooks @Gissy @hes7 @Hooked_on_Books @ImperfectCJ @IndoorDame @JamieArc @jas16 @jenniferw88 1y

Prairiegirl_reading This is great! I already got Clear just because of the long list! I‘m excited to read it! Thanks for taking the time to encourage me to join! 😊 1y

BarbaraBB @Prairiegirl_reading And there‘s more to come. We‘ll be reading some great books and it will be so fun to discuss them during Camp! Glad you‘ve joined! 1y

sarahbarnes Very excited for these choices! I just learned that a friend‘s daughter was the editor for Clear so now I‘m even more excited to read it. 1y

batsy Nice! Very keen to read both 😍 1y

Leniverse Oh! Yes, super happy. I voted for both of those, and I'm especially looking forward to Clear ❤️ 1y

BarbaraBB @Leniverse Did I tag you twice again?? 1y

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @batsy @Leniverse Glad you like them! We‘re happy too! Littens do have great taste 😀 1y

RaeLovesToRead Ooh! Not surprised by Butter... not investigated Clear yet though! 💕💕 1y

Leniverse @BarbaraBB Yes, you did 😂 1y

ImperfectCJ I didn't have the bandwidth for voting this time, but I'm totally comfortable having put myself in y'all's capable hands. 😀 Quite excited to read these! 1y

TheBookHippie I‘m in for Clear. 🙃 1y

Kitta So excited for these! I voted for Clear so glad to see it up there 1y

BarbaraBB @Leniverse 🤣 I‘m sorry! 1y

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ I missed your votes but you are right, you will enjoy the books votes for! 1y

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie 👍🏽👍🏽 1y

BarbaraBB @RaeLovesToRead It‘s a short one. I read an earlier book by the author and that one was very readable! 1y

BarbaraBB @Kitta Glad you like them! 1y

Deblovestoread Excited to read both of these! 1y

BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread Yay! I thought you would! 1y

TrishB Brilliant ❤️ look forward to it. 1y

monalyisha Hooray! Thanks for all of your work! 1y

julesG This is what I like about Camp Litsy, it drags me out of my comfort zone. 😉 I had neither book on my radar; well, apart from the nominations. 1y

TheBookHippie @julesG SAME!! It‘s never a book I‘d read 😅 1y

JamieArc Woohoo 🎉 Glad for an excuse to hit the bookstore this weekend to pick them up! And looking forward to what @Megabooks has for us tomorrow! 1y

JenReadsAlot @julesG @TheBookHippie Same!! 1y

Suet624 Thank you so much!!! 1y

CBee Thank you ladies ♥️♥️ 1y

jlhammar Yay! I already have Clear and Butter sounds great. Can‘t wait! 1y

kspenmoll Thanks! 1y

Bookwormjillk Yay! 1y

Caroline2 Yay! Very happy these two got selected. Can‘t wait!! 😃 1y

AmyG Ooooooo thank you! So excited! 1y

youneverarrived Fab! Look forward to reading them ❤️ 1y

BarbaraJean So excited!! Clear was one of my top choices, but I marked Butter with an “eh” ranking 😂 I‘ve put it on hold anyway and will give it a shot if I can get it in time! 1y

Megabooks Clear just came in at the library for me!! 1y

peaKnit Got my holds placed! 1y

KateReadsYA Yayyy! I voted for Clear. I've placed my hold at the library (: 1y

Soubhiville Woohoo! Can‘t wait to read with you all! 1y

BarbaraBB @TrishB @monalyisha @julesG @TheBookHippie @JamieArc @JenReadsAlot @Suet624 @CBee @jlhammar @kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk @Caroline2 @AmyG @youneverarrived @BarbaraJean @peaKnit @KateReadsYA @Soubhiville I was out tonight, it‘s our King‘s Night, a big celebration where I live, and when I came home I read your reactions and they warm my heart! Looking forward to Camp with you all🤍 1y

TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB my annual summertime snark 😅😘🤭🤷🏻‍♀️ I‘m looking forward to reading with you all!!! 1y

Megabooks @JamieArc idk 😏🏕️🤔🤔🚣🏿‍♀️ 1y

Chelsea.Poole A CLEAR favorite! Glad to see it make camp! Pretty surprised about Butter, but very much looking forward to it as well 🧈 1y

Chelsea.Poole @TheKidUpstairs I feel like Clear is such a you-book!! 1y

TheKidUpstairs @Chelsea.Poole you're so right! I already own a copy (I had it pre-ordered). I was about to start reading it, but then I saw there was a lot of camp interest! Can't wait to read it with everyone 1y

TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraJean I had the same reaction to Butter. But that's one of the great things about camp, it paid you to try books you might pass up otherwise. Who knows, it could be a total hit! 1y

Roary47 I‘m excited to try these out with everyone. 🥰 1y

Hooked_on_books I read about Clear shortly before it came out and knew I had to read it immediately, so I did so when it showed up at my library. It‘s slim but I think there‘s a lot to talk about. I know almost nothing about Butter, so we‘ll see what I think about it when my hold comes in! 1y

Bookbuyingaddict Amazing. 🤩 I purchased clear in London yesterday and already ordered butter 🧈 from the library 📚 thank you ☺️ for organising this #camplitsy24 which do we read first ? @BarbaraBB 1y

Meshell1313 Hooray! Sounds great!! 1y

BarbaraBB @Bookbuyingaddict Such coincidence! I hope you‘ll like them. We‘ll read Clear first (edited) 1y

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Soubhiville

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I am amazed at all of the nominations for #camplitsy this year. This was a really tough decision, and there are so many more I‘m just as interested in reading. But after spending an enjoyable afternoon reading as many blurbs as I could, I wound up voting for these 6. I wonder if any of them will wind up on our camp roster. We‘ll see!

Thank you so much to our hardworking hosts!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Bookwormjillk I have high hopes for Bear! 1y

Soubhiville @Bookwormjillk me too, Disappearing Earth was just so good. 1y

Megabooks I‘m hoping to see Phillips at Parnassus in July! Nice choices. Thanks for voting! 1y

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JamieArc Bear feels likely to make the list. It got one of my votes too! 1y

BarbaraBB Great choices. I want to read Bear too. And Plaka! And A Woman of Pleasure and The Alternatives! (edited) 1y

Caroline2 Great choices! I want to read Bear too. 😃 1y

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DebinHawaii

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Well that was difficult! (I mean that in the best way!) 😆 Just picked 6 books off the long list for #CampLitsy24
So many great books to pick from & so many I wasn‘t familiar with-which is kind of the beauty of it. Can‘t wait to see what‘s picked!

Check out @BarbaraBB ‘s posts for the list & voting link if you haven‘t yet & want to get your vote in.

Thank you @BarbaraBB @Megabooks & @squirrelbrain for all of the work that goes into camp!🏕️

Megabooks You‘re welcome! So glad you loved the longlist too! 1y

Prairiegirl_reading The longlist really blew up my tbr but making my picks was fun! 1y

BarbaraBB All those books I hadn‘t heard of yet made my head spin 😀 1y

squirrelbrain Such a great longlist! 1y

SaceReads I‘m looking forward to seeing the results. If I may, I will be a lurker. 😊 1y

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JamieArc

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You know it‘s serious work when I pull out my computer for Litsy. Worked on my shortlist for #CampLitsy24 and my votes are in! It was hard to narrow down. I‘m curious what the shortlist will be!
Mad props to whoever prepared the spreadsheet - that made it much easier!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks That would be @squirrelbrain !! She‘s amazing at spreadsheets!! Glad you enjoyed pursuing it. 😁 1y

squirrelbrain You know I love a spreadsheet @Megabooks ! 🤣 Off to check out your votes now, Jamie, and add them on to my *other* spreadsheet! 1y

BarbaraBB Helen is a real spreadsheet 🧙 wizard! Thanks for joining Jamie! 1y

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Prairiegirl_reading Can I still join? I‘m not 100% clear on how it works and am reluctant to join because of that but also always regretful when it‘s actually happening. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y

JamieArc @Prairiegirl_reading After we all vote, our Camp Litsy Counselors will announce the 6 books that we will be reading together this summer. 2 books each month. They will post a schedule, and there will be questions each week for us to discuss. You can join for as many or as few as you like. If you check out @LitsyEvents you can find the list of all books submitted to choose from as well as a link to a form for your 6 top choices. 1y

JamieArc @squirrelbrain I love a good spreadsheet too 🤓. I appreciated how easy it was to copy from the master list into my own spreadsheet! 1y

squirrelbrain Of course you can still join in @Prairiegirl_reading ! As Jamie said, check out either @LitsyEvents or @BarbaraBB for the long list of books to choose from, and the voting form. Once the 6 books have been chosen, you can join in buddy reads of some or all of them - it‘s all very flexible! 1y

squirrelbrain You should see my spreadsheet that minters the voting, Jamie! I keep sharing updates with @BarbaraBB and @Megabooks - I get so excited by it! 🤪 1y

JamieArc @squirrelbrain I can only imagine 😂 1y

monalyisha I grabbed my laptop, too. 😂 1y

yourfavouritemixtape Haha, I did the same! Can‘t remember the last time I logged into Litsy via computer-browser :) 1y

youneverarrived Just done the same 😂 1y

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LitsyEvents

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Original post https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2726565

#CampLitsy24 longlist!!
Although we limited the amount of nominations to 4 this year, we still have an extensive list of over a 100 books!
List
https://docs.google.com/file/d/1iQ7oQlt8wDxGcYpALoW0aPaCQXD-SeMQ/edit?usp=docsli...
Vote
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetrJPkP9fSZSNIy-KnMrx-OhqbKlz_EJ2LVjQe...

LitsyEvents @BarbaraBB 1y

LitsyEvents @squirrelbrain @Megabooks 1y

Megabooks Thank you for sharing both links!! 1y

BarbaraBB Thank you so much 😊 1y

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JenReadsAlot

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I'm so excited to see what gets picked! @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain

BarbaraBB Me too! So many good ones!! Thank you for joining and sharing 🩵 1y

Megabooks Me too! Thank you for voting! 1y

squirrelbrain Thanks for voting! It‘s exciting watching the results coming in. 😃 1y

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Karisimo

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My #camplitsy24 nominations are:
~Murder Road by Simone St. James
~Family Family by Laurie Frankel
~Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
~The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams

@squirrelbrain @megabooks @barbarabb

squirrelbrain Thanks for nominating! 😍 1y

Lesliereadsalot Family Family is a good one! 1y

BarbaraBB Wow, they all seem so good!! 1y

Megabooks Nice choices!! 1y

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sarahbarnes

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Very excited for #CampLitsy24! Under the wire, here are my four nominations. Thank you for hosting again this year @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain !

Ruthiella I‘m definitely eyeing the new Miranda July title. I read her first novel and it was so weird but also kinda great

The First Bad Man: A Novel

sarahbarnes @ruthiella that one by her also sounds very intriguing! 1y

Megabooks Great nominations! I‘m excited about All Fours, too, Sarah and @Ruthiella ! 1y

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AmyG Oooo new Miranda July. I love seeing all the new books being released. 1y

BarbaraBB They all seem great - as expected 👯 1y

sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB I felt the same about your nominations. 😁 1y

TheKidUpstairs Great choices! I just picked up my pre-order of The Alternatives today! 1y

squirrelbrain Great choices! It‘s going to be so difficult to pick just 6. 1y

sarahbarnes @TheKidUpstairs oh fun! I‘ll be interested to hear what you think of it! And thank you! 1y

sarahbarnes @squirrelbrain I‘ve been thinking the same thing as I see everyone‘s nominations!! 1y

jlhammar I just voted for The Alternatives - sounds fantastic! 1y

sarahbarnes @jlhammar I‘m glad you think so, too! 😃 1y

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Megabooks

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ICYMI Camp Litsy is back! You still have until Sunday to nominate up to four books for #CampLitsy24. The books need to be published in 2024 but before mid-June.

In June, July, and August, we will read two books a month with discussion led by Me, @squirrelbrain or @BarbaraBB each Saturday. After we publish the longlist of nominees, we‘ll have voting by Google Doc to come up with the six books for Camp. Lmk if you‘d like to be tagged in posts!

squirrelbrain So exciting! And so many great books nominated already! 1y

BarbaraBB I can‘t wait for the longlist. And I doubt it will be shorter than last year‘s even though we decreased the nominations from 6 to 4 😀💖 1y

Chelsea.Poole Looking forward to it! 🏕️ 1y

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Bookbuyingaddict

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#campLitsy24 @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks
It‘s late ⏰😣 but if nominations still open …here we go 👆 thanks 🙏 for doing this can‘t wait to see the winners and read along … 🏕️ 📚🤓

BarbaraBB Yes they are! Welcome to camp! 1y

Megabooks So glad you‘re joining us!! 1y

TheKidUpstairs List of Suspicious Things looks so good, I wish there was a North American publishing date! 1y

squirrelbrain Some great choices! I loved The List. 1y

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MicheleinPhilly

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I‘ve spent way too much time obsessing over this!

#CampLitsy24

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

MicheleinPhilly

Caledonian Road: A Novel

Deblovestoread I almost picked Sociopath. Glad to see it nominated! 1y

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Perris, California: A Novel

squirrelbrain Perfect timing - I‘m currently embroiled in creating the mammoth spreadsheet! 🤣 I read a review of Sociopath in the paper at the weekend - definitely on my TBR list! 1y

MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain A mammoth spreadsheet. So basically it‘s like Christmas morning for you. 😉 1y

Caroline2 Ohhhhh great choices! 😃 1y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @MicheleinPhilly A mammoth spreadsheet and Christmas morning 🤣🤣🤣 1y

TrishB 😂😂 oh these look good….. 1y

monalyisha I‘m not sure I‘d read Sociopath on my own but I think I‘d be very into reading it with a group! 1y

Megabooks Another nomination for Liz Moore! I've also read great things about the memoir. My library's list is looooong! 1y

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Texreader

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Here are my nominees for #camplitsy24 @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks

Texreader

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their stories are better than the bestsellers

Texreader

The Cemetery of Untold Stories: A Novel

Texreader

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

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Texreader

The Wild Date Palm

BarbaraBB Welcome to camp Karen 🩵 1y

squirrelbrain I was eyeing up The Secret Lives in a bookshop the other day….. 1y

Megabooks Nice choices! Glad you'll be joining us! 1y

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Hooked_on_books

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I‘m seeing some great nominees for #CampLitsy24 (voting is going to be hard)! I‘d like to throw these 4 into the ring as my nominees.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Hooked_on_books

Your Utopia: Stories

Hooked_on_books

Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story

Hooked_on_books

My Friends: From the Pulitzer-prize winning author of THE RETURN

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Hooked_on_books

Smoke Kings

BarbaraBB A new Matar! To be honest all four sound great! 1y

squirrelbrain You always pick such good books! 1y

Megabooks I just bought the Chung and hate the idea of holding off reading it, lol! Thanks for the great nominations! 1y

Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I know, that‘s the hard part! 😂 1y

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Nessavamusic

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Here are my nominations for #CampLitsy24
Excited to see what gets picked!

See the post from @BarbaraBB if you‘d like to participate.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain

Nessavamusic

The Kamogawa Food Detectives: The Heartwarming Japanese Bestseller

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Nessavamusic Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron is not on Litsy yet! 1y

squirrelbrain Thanks for nominating! 🏕️ 1y

BarbaraBB That Japanese one looks great! Thanks for joining! 1y

Caroline2 Ohhh Horror movie looks fab!! 😮 1y

Megabooks Love Tremblay! Thanks for nominating! 1y

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Susanita

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Here are my nominations for #CampLitsy2024

See the post from @BarbaraBB if you‘d like to join in the fun!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain

squirrelbrain Ooh, Latinoland sounds interesting! Thanks for nominating. 1y

BarbaraBB Irena sounds right up my alley! 1y

batsy I've placed a hold on Irena. It sounds so good! 1y

Megabooks Latinoland looks fantastic! Thanks for nominating! 1y

Karisimo Irena Rey sounds very intriguing!! 1y

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Meshell1313

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I cannot wait for #CampLitsy24 ! I absolutely loved it last summer and still think about the fantastic books we read! Can‘t wait to see everyone‘s picks and see which ones win! Here‘s my four picks to add to the mix! All great new 2024 releases I‘m excited for! Thank you soo much for hosting this awesome event again camp counselors! 🏕️

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

KateReadsYA OMG the book of doors sounds seriously amazing!!!! Adding to my tbr 1y

KateReadsYA I'm convinced we have identical reading tastes haha because I've added them all to my TBR 1y

Meshell1313 @KateReadsYA Same!!!! I‘m surprised our 4 choices weren‘t exactly the same! The only reason I did t choose the familiar is that I‘m reading it right now 🤣🤣🤣 ❤️❤️❤️ 1y

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KateReadsYA @Meshell1313 Hahahah the fact that I looked for it on my Libby app after I posted it 🤭😅 it isn't available just yet! 1y

JamieArc I just got A Short Walk with my most recent BOTM box so I wouldn‘t be mad if that were chosen! 1y

kspenmoll Clear looks good! 1y

squirrelbrain Great choices - I nominated Clear too! 1y

BarbaraBB They all seem great! And James is everywhere 💕 1y

Meshell1313 @BarbaraBB yeah I bet that will be one of our reads for sure. Everyone seems into it. Soo many great choices you can‘t go wrong. We‘ll have a great list! 1y

Megabooks So excited you'll be joining us again! Thanks for nominating! 1y

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CBee

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Here are my choices! Thanks to you lovely ladies for hosting again ♥️ @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Megabooks #CampLitsy24

ChaoticMissAdventures I am glad someone nominated Greta! I wasn't sure if it qualified since the NZ pub date was in 2021 but it is so, so good and I want to read it again. 1y

squirrelbrain Greta and Valdin is SO good! 1y

BarbaraBB They‘ve all been on my radar! I want to read all of them! 1y

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Suzze I bought James recently and can‘t wait to read it! 1y

Kitta I had clear as my tentative 5th nomination. It looks good!! 1y

AmyG Great choices!!! 1y

Megabooks Glad Murder Road got a nod!! 👍🏻👍🏻 1y

Leniverse Greta&Valdin ❤️ 1y

CBee @ChaoticMissAdventures I had no idea! I was just going off of the US pub date - wonder why that took so long? I actually made a special request with my library and they‘re ordering it for me this month, can‘t wait!! 1y

CBee @Megabooks had to throw a thriller in there 😁😁 1y

CBee @squirrelbrain even if it doesn‘t get picked, I‘ll be reading it very soon! I‘ve heard nothing but good things 😊 1y

mcctrish I want to read James too ( I‘m trying to figure out this camp Litsy thing ) 1y

CBee @mcctrish did you check the post about it that @BarbaraBB has on her page? It‘s super easy and really fun. Last year was my first time participating and I loved it 😊 1y

mcctrish I did read it, besides publishing date books can be anything as long as publishing date is June? 1y

squirrelbrain @mcctrish - yes, books can be fiction or NF, as long as they‘re published in 2024, and before June. At this stage, nominate 4 books you‘d like to see on the longlist. We (your hosts) collate them all together and we all vote. We discuss 2 in June, 2 in July and 2 in August. You can join in with any or all parts of #camplitsy24. We‘d love you to join! 1y

CarolynM What @ChaoticMissAdventures said! 1y

Chelsea.Poole @Kitta I also nearly added Clear! 1y

CBee @Chelsea.Poole didn‘t you say you‘d like to read Telephone by Percival Everett? I just finished it and can send it along to you if you‘d like! 1y

Chelsea.Poole @cbee How did you like it? That‘s so kind of you to offer, but I have access to a library copy 😊 I always wonder why I haven‘t read more of Everett‘s books each time I finish one of his. I have read Trees, Erasure, and James and loved every one! 1y

CBee @Chelsea.Poole I liked it a lot! Not sure if you know about the different endings? I got the good ending apparently 😂 1y

Chelsea.Poole @CBee what?? No, I had no idea about the different endings!! 1y

CBee @Chelsea.Poole yep, three different endings 😊 1y

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squirrelbrain

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I‘m so excited that we‘ve launched #camplitsy24 - here are my 4 nominations.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else picks, and to my TBR list growing exponentially!

If #camplitsy24 is new to you, take a look at @BarbaraBB ‘s post from earlier today and make your own 4 nominations. We‘ll then all vote for 6 books from the long list and discuss them throughout the summer here on Litsy.

Megabooks

BarbaraBB I was thinking about The Sleepwalkers too! 1y

Megabooks I‘m on the list at my library for Clear! 1y

batsy Yes to The Sleepwalkers and Clear! 1y

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Bookwormjillk The Coast Road has such a good cover 1y

sarahbarnes Ohh fun picks! 1y

AmyG I almost added Clear to my list. Good list! 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s gorgeous isn‘t it? @Bookwormjillk 1y

squirrelbrain I‘m glad you all like my picks - praise indeed! @batsy @sarahbarnes @AmyG 1y

TrishB Oh look at that cover on Clear! I want to read it now and know nothing about it. 1y

Chelsea.Poole I just read about The Coast Road last week I‘m glad to see it nominated 😊 1y

JamieArc The Sleepwalkers and Clear almost made my list too. 1y

squirrelbrain Oh, I‘m glad it‘s being talked about in the US too. @Chelsea.Poole 1y

squirrelbrain There are too many great-sounding books to choose from, aren‘t there?! @JamieArc 1y

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Megabooks

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Yes, the rumors are true…Camp Litsy is back! Please check @BarbaraBB ‘s page for details!! Here are my nominees for #CampLitsy24. 😁👍🏻🏕️ We can‘t wait to see you there!

squirrelbrain

Megabooks

Real Americans

Bookwormjillk YAAYYYY 🌻🌻🌻🌻👙🍉🌞☀️😎 1y

Megabooks

Memory Piece

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Megabooks @Bookwormjillk so excited to see you there!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 1y

Megabooks

All Fours

Megabooks

Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel

BarbaraBB Great choices Meg!!! 1y

ChaoticMissAdventures I almost picked Real Americans too! These are all great choices. voting is going to be so hard. 1y

Ruthiella Oh, I would definitely vote for Rachel Khong. I loved

Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel

squirrelbrain I did pick Real Americans @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤪 as I have the ARC. I was going to swap it, but couldn‘t find anything else I wanted to read as much. 1y

sarahbarnes Oh great list!! 1y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain so glad to be hosting with y‘all again!! 1y

Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella I love that real Americans is so popular!! 1y

Megabooks @sarahbarnes thanks!! 1y

JamieArc When searching, I came across this book that looked interesting, and it made me think of you. Do you have this one on your radar?

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB: A Family Memoir

Megabooks @JamieArc No I don't, but thanks for letting me know about it!! Looks interesting. 1y

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LitsyEvents

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We are pleased to announce a new edition of Camp Litsy🏕️

We're opening nominations for the longlist now. We invite you all to suggest 4 books to read this summer. Post your choices on Litsy with #CampLitsy24 and tag @Megabooks, @squirrelbrain and @BarbaraBB The nominated books need to be published in 2024 and by 15 June so campers can procure the final choices.

Nominations are open until 21 April. Then we'll publish the longlist for voting

squirrelbrain Thanks for posting! 🙏 1y

Megabooks Thank you! 😁😁 1y

BarbaraBB Thanks for the repost 💖 1y

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Megabooks

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Time to vote on which July #CampLitsy23 book was your favorite Yellowface or Hijab Butch Blues. I really enjoyed both books and discussions!

I‘ll announce the winner Wednesday morning, so get your vote in before then. The winner will face Bandit Queens and August‘s winner for Best of Camp.

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @eraderneely @ErikasMindfulShelf @GatheringBooks @Gissy @hes7 @Hooked_on_Books @ImperfectCJ @IndoorDame 2y

Megabooks @JamieArc @JenniferP @jenniferw88 @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JulesG @julieclair @Kangaj1 @Addison_Reads @AmyG @batsy @Bkclubcare @Bklover @Kitta @Julsmarshall 2y

Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @BookNAround @Books_et_al @Bookwormjillk @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Catlass007 @CatMS @Cbee @TrishB @YourFavouriteMixTape @ChaoticMissAdventures
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Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @Cinfhen @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Kempfme @Kimberlone @Kristy_K @LaraReads @Larkken @Laughterhp @Leniverse @willaful @KarenUK 2y

Megabooks @LeticiaToraci @Lizpixie @Magpiegem @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @MicheleinPhilly @MittenGirlPeach @Oryx @Peaknit @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @youneverarrived
2y

Megabooks @RebelReader @rockpools @Ruthiella @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks @Soubhiville @Suet624 @Susanita @Tea_and_Starstuff @TEArificbooks @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs 2y

Megabooks @joyblue @beckywiththegoodbooks @e.bolhafner @sbolhafner
@monalyisha @britt_brooke @thewallflower0707 2y

TheKidUpstairs This is a tough choice. I'm glad to have read both, but I think I'm going with

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

jenniferw88 Yellowface just edges it out for me - there's .25 of a star between them! 2y

GatheringBooks Tough one. I vote for

Yellowface

Laughterhp I haven‘t finished either one yet. 🤦‍♀️ 2y

batsy Both were so-so for me for different reasons, but I'll go with HBB because it's brave and takes risks

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

TrishB Yellowface for me. Thanks for the discussions 😁 2y

JenReadsAlot Going with Yellowface! Thanks for hosting this month! 2y

rockpools I‘m doing a great job of lurking rather than joining in at the mo - sorry! I am reading along though, and I enjoyed both of these. I‘m going with HBB because it made me think! This might be a very tight vote.

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

eraderneely Really difficult choice, but Yellowface for me 2y

Meshell1313 Ooh both so good! But Yellowface wins for me. ❤️ 2y

ImperfectCJ I vote for Yellowface. 2y

DebinHawaii A tough choice, but I am going to go with Yellowface. Both books made me think & I admire Lamya‘s courage, but I had a hard time putting down Yellowface in between reading sessions which is what I want in a summer camp book.🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y

Oryx Both were so great - but voting for Yellowface 2y

CatLass007 Hands down choice for me!

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

Oryx @rockpools I feel like I've been lurking too! Reading along, but haven't managed to join in. But really enjoying all the reads. 2y

squirrelbrain So difficult to choose between these two books but I‘m going to go with this one as I‘m still thinking about it

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

SamAnne It‘s hard to choose between these two books. Apples and oranges. I liked them equally. I will flip the proverbial coin and say Hijab Butch Blues. 2y

Cinfhen Great job, Meg 💜I vote for

Yellowface

ChaoticMissAdventures Unfortunately HBB hit me at the wrong time and I wasn't in the mood for it, started it but then put it down twice. My vote is for the one that I flew through and is one of the few 5⭐ of the year

Yellowface

BkClubCare Yes to everyone‘s comments in the discussions 👏 and yikes, this is a difficult choice. I think I am going to vote for Yellowface because … fiction. But tough decision! 2y

peaKnit Yellowface for me. Thank you for being our camp counselor. 🥰 2y

Ruthiella Because I learned alot, I‘ll pick

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

BarbaraBB Although I rated Yellowface higher I keep thinking of Lamya and so will vote for

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

Deblovestoread Thanks for the great discussions! Even though I couldn‘t put down Yellowface I liked HBB more so my vote is

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

sarahbarnes I‘ve been traveling and am sad I missed the discussion the last two weeks! Thanks so much for hosting! I‘ll vote for Yellowface. 2y

dabbe YELLOWFACE for me. Thanks for hosting! 🤩🤩🤩 2y

CSeydel

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

willaful It's hard for me to choose because one is a memoir and a very brave one but for pure reading pleasure I'm voting Yellowface.

(Litsy needs a poll option!) 2y

merelybookish I only read 1/2 books so doesn't really feel fair to vote. But I am ready for August. 👍 🙂 2y

Soubhiville This is a difficult choice! For me

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

Jess

Yellowface

Hooked_on_books I liked both of these books. But I thought HBB was such a beautiful look at how someone deeply connects with their religion (a trait I do not share) and a demonstration of how to find your way in the world when you don‘t fit what others want you to be. So my vote goes to

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

jlhammar

Yellowface

Bookwormjillk @SamAnne I agree. I really liked both but for different reasons. I‘ll cancel your vote and pick

Yellowface

Chelsea.Poole

Yellowface

JamieArc Like others, while I couldn‘t put Yellowface down, my vote goes to HBB because I will be thinking about it for a while. 2y

thewallflower0707 Yellowface just felt so original and was so funny & quick to read, my vote goes to R F Kuang. She never disappoints! 2y

Christine I‘m voting too late and not sure I should because I haven‘t been able to finish HBB yet, though I enjoyed the first half! Yellowface is a fave of the year so far for me, though, so it gets my vote. 💛 (edited) 2y

Megabooks @Christine thank you for reminding me to post the winner! I did count your vote, but Yellowface was ahead already by a few. I hope you finish and enjoy HBB. (edited) 2y

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squirrelbrain

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Your camp hosts thought you‘d like to see the next 6 books for #camplitsy23 - those that nearly made it but didn‘t!

It was very close with the winners changing with almost every vote. Questions and August Blue were very close, only missing out by a single vote each. The remaining 4 books received a few votes less, but all were on the same score.

And I make no apologies for using the UK cover of Big Swiss; so much nicer than the US one! 🤣

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @CSeydel @CatLass007 2y

JenReadsAlot That cover is much better! 2y

TheBookHippie Thank god no Emily Henry 😵‍💫 2y

TheBookHippie I agree about the cover!!! 2y

Cinfhen Thanks for sharing 😁I‘m actually thrilled with the 6 we got but there were so many great outcomes 2y

julesG @TheBookHippie Agree! And I read Henry as an ARC. 2y

monalyisha @TheBookHippie Oh, pshaw! 😜 I love Emily Henry‘s books…but I agree that I don‘t need a whole community read or discussion about them. 😉 It‘s a little bittersweet to know that Questions was so close! You‘re right in thinking that some of us might want a peek into the workings behind-the-scenes, though. Interesting post! Thank you! ✨ (edited) 2y

TheBookHippie @julesG She‘s an alt right religious zealot that does harm 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 (edited) 2y

TheBookHippie @monalyisha I don‘t like her. As a person. The genre is fine. 2y

julesG @TheBookHippie Didn't know that. 2y

TheBookHippie @julesG she went to college here I can‘t separate person from book in this case 😵‍💫😅😂🤦🏻‍♀️ 2y

monalyisha @TheBookHippie Where did you see that? Before I deleted my social media accounts, I followed her on Instagram and subscribed to her newsletter and never got that impression! I‘d love to follow-up and read more about her, though, if you can direct me! (edited) 2y

TheBookHippie @monalyisha she went to college here. She was and could still be a member of Hillsong church. I don‘t follow her. One of her first books we read and her author note was what made me put the two together. I didn‘t realize they were the same person. 2y

TheBookHippie @monalyisha it all use to be in her bio on her web page -she deleted it. 2y

monalyisha @TheBookHippie Hmm. Something to keep an eye out for, I guess…but I‘m going to reserve judgment. College is a weird time. Everyone‘s still forming themselves and their own opinions, separating their individuality out from how they were raised. Maybe (hopefully) she‘s changed her stance. At the very least, it seems like it‘d be challenging to write & widely publish so much steamy sex before marriage while pursuing an evangelical Christian ideology. 2y

monalyisha @TheBookHippie But I totally get and respect your decision not to read her! 2y

sarahbarnes I voted for four of these! 😃 Thanks for posting this as well! 2y

TheBookHippie @monalyisha There‘s always that hope. I agree about college. I only know as recent as 2017 which is 5 years after.. . And a long time ago. People change -let‘s hope she has. I can‘t unsee the damage. Many books to read. I just chose not to read these. 2y

Larkken I‘m excited to read several of these! The nonfiction about the museum looks esp good and wouldn‘t have been on my radar if not for the long list. Hooray for camp Litsy already! 🥰 2y

BarbaraBB Thanks Helen for sharing and keeping track of all those votes! You‘re the best 🩵 2y

Soubhiville I so agree about the big Swiss cover! Thanks for sharing these, BS is the only one I‘ve read, so onto my TBR with the other 5, of course! 💕📚 2y

batsy Cool! One I really enjoyed (Big Swiss) and about three others on my TBR. 2y

AmyG @TheBookHippie Ha! I so enjoyed People we Meet on Vacation and bailed on Book Lovers. So I agree with you. I am very happy with the chosen books. Good job everyone. (edited) 2y

RaeLovesToRead I'm totally happy with the picks we have for camp, but there are some intriguing books here too... 😯 2y

peaKnit The UK cover is waaay better! 2y

dabbe The American cover of Big Swiss scared the ___ out of me! 🤣 2y

jlhammar Thanks for sharing. Very interesting. I agree, I just can‘t with the US cover of Big Swiss. 2y

squirrelbrain @JenReadsAlot @TheBookHippie @Soubhiville @peaknit @dabbe @jlhammar - how about the US cover of this one, which @megabooks spotted when we were pulling together the long list? We nearly disqualified it for that! 🤣

Close to Home: A Novel

squirrelbrain @Larkken - the museum one sounds fabulous doesn‘t it? 2y

TheBookHippie @squirrelbrain 😵‍💫 2y

TheBookHippie @dabbe 😵‍💫 2y

Soubhiville Huh, the close to home cover is strange, but I don‘t mind it quite as much as Big Swiss, possibly because it‘s a child? 2y

jlhammar @squirrelbrain 😂 Yikes! That one is also terrible. 2y

Caroline2 Oh interesting! Thanks for sharing!! 😀 2y

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