Audition | 
so-soThe first half really lulled me into thinking I would end up really liking this book and the second half had me mildly annoyed but still curious until the last 50 pages made me want to stomp my feet like a child I was so frustrated. Really looking forward to #camplitsy25 discussions,
Book 2 of #14books14weeks
so-soThe title is a spoiler for the “twist”. Not a difficult one to spot though, it‘s main allegory is as subtle as using a sledgehammer to knock in tacks on an Ikea wardrobe. I don‘t know if this book is pretentious or if Kitamura writes pretentious people well. The character‘s internal monologues and mental reasonings are actually satisfying to read, it‘s just the plot is thinner than Homer Simpson‘s hair. Dagnabbit, I fell for the hype on this one.
so-soI feel like my understanding of this book is just out of reach. The ending almost made sense. It was like being part of the movie Inception and you‘re not sure which door will take you back to the real world.
Really looking forward to the #camplitsy25 discussion.
#jumpstartsummer @TheSpineView
Another breakfast time and a book. Scallion pancakes with chili oil and an egg. Sneaking away before my teen wakes up (it‘s 8am so I‘m assuming I have about 4 hours left)
Weekend book thoughts!
Audition, our first #CampLitsy25 book, finished it yesterday. I‘m not sure I “liked” it, but it is going to be killer for discussion!! I can‘t wait to hear @squirrelbrain ‘s thoughts on questions!
Goddess Complex. Started it this morning doing the inevitable Saturday morning jobs (laundry, shopping, blah), and I‘m loving it. Kind of a bit millennial lost in her 30s, divorcing when everyone else is ⬇️
so-so⭐️⭐️💫 Mehhhh… ugh, yes, I get it, you wrote an *artsy* novel where nothing means anything and there is no clarity about WTF is going on. It felt like a book version of playing a game with a child where they keep making up new rules so that they always win. The writing itself was fine, but I still wish I could have those few hours back. #CampLitsy 🏕️
pickI picked this up from the library and it is due back this weekend so getting a jumpstart on #CampLitsy25 I think this is going to be an interesting discussion. Fans of Mona Awad are going to like this. I enjoyed it, especially the later half, but I really like fever dream type books, those books you have to just keep reading and have faith something will flush out, even if that something is great language, which this definitely has.
“Always to be seen, in those days it was almost an end in itself, because it was in being seen that I could say for certain that I existed, that my limbs were real as I touched them, that my being was intact as it peered out into the world. A stay against the turbulence within me—that was, perhaps, the purpose of all this.”
#CampLitsy25
“More and more often, I was surprised by the person in the mirror, it was not the lines at my mouth or the hollowness around my eyes, it was the lag in recognition that was the most troubling, the brief moment when I looked in the mirror and did not know who I was.”
I can tell this isn't going to be wildly popular, but I am loving her writing.
so-soIt took me forever to read and finish this short book. I wanted to understand what‘s happening and maybe I did, a bit, but mostly I didn‘t, probably ??♀️
I love Kitamura‘s style but I am not sure at all what to think of this book. It‘s perfect for a #CampLitsy25 discussion though, that‘ll be so enlightening. And I might make a pick from this so-so afterwards!
? Last weekend in San Sebastián, Spain
so-soSo looking forward to our first #camplitsy25 discussion. This was totally giving me All Fours vibes! Interested to see what everything thinks of our FMC. I‘m sure there are tons of theories about what is happening in this story! Can‘t wait! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well well well, look at what just came in the mail. #CampLitsy25 titles with the exception of the very last title (the SA Cosby) which I plan to buy while we are in the US next month, I do have some time. Plus, I got our #EuropaCollective title for June - and I am like, really? Three books in one month plus the last two titles of the Ember in the Ashes quartet? Really now? Lols. Well, good intentions count for something, right? Right.
so-soI thought, I start this to see whether I like it and then I just read it. I have no idea what to think of it, so I am very much looking forward to the #camplitsy discussions!
Starting my first #CampLitsy25 read at the beach in San Sebastian (Spain). Nothing more to wish for!
I talk about 8 great books in my latest video:
https://youtu.be/YQepqdaHrG4
#LGBTQ #poetry #audiobooks #comics #CanLit #AsianHeritage
repost for @BarbaraBB, @Megabooks, @squirrelbrain,
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!
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pickAnother great book by Kitamura. Her sparse, detached writing style is perfect for this story. I‘m a fan of David Lynch‘s films, and reading this felt like watching Lost Highway for the first time - I could never get my footing in the story before it shifted and blurred again. So good. Excited this will be our first book for #CampLitsy this year!
pickWhat an interesting little book… I love anything that flips a narrative partway through and tells you the same story in a different way. And this one was a very intriguing approach to that!
pickScene: dark kitchen, pitter patter of early spring rain, I finish my book
Audition is not straightforward enough for one reading in my distracted brain. I think this would be a great choice for #camplitsy25 and then you all can tell me everything I missed!
There‘s so much coffee sipping, holding, getting. It must have some deeper meaning. Can someone fill me in on what? 😅 an awakening? Anxiety?
Authentic selves vs what we present the world
pickWow is all I can say right now. I‘ll be thinking about this book for a long time.
