Litsy

Arizona Highways Camping Guide: 100 of the Best Campgrounds in Arizona | Kelly Vaughn Kramer

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be #brave & #playoutside this #julyjazz 🤗

this is an outdated camping book, but the only thing that isn‘t helpful anymore is the price range for each campground.
& the photography is STUNNING though!
#photography #art #camping #arizona #travel #outdoor

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 1d

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 21h

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GatheringBooks

Best in Tent Camping: Northern California: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate Rvs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos | Cindy Coloma

#JulyJazz Day 17: #Grateful for some time spent with nature and family - Last day of our 4-day camping at Coloma in California.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful pics ❤️ 4d

Eggs Heartwarming photos ❤️❤️ 3d

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Chelsea.Poole

Camping: A Mr. and Mrs. Green Adventure | Keith Baker

Very excited for the remainder of #camplitsy25

CBee I‘m LOVING Death of the Author! 2w

BarbaraBB They all seem so good! 2w

squirrelbrain Yay! 🎉🎉🎉 2w

Lesliereadsalot Read them all but King of the Ashes, which is on my shelf. Such good books! Enjoy! 2w

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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 3w

squirrelbrain @catgusmax @cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf 3w

squirrelbrain @flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books 3w

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squirrelbrain @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK 3w

squirrelbrain @karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maggie4483 @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx 3w

squirrelbrain @peaknit @peanutnine @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @reggie @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville 3w

squirrelbrain @skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @texreader @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @zuhkeeyah 3w

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

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! ) 3w

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! 3w

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

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

Chelsea.Poole Great discussions this month, thanks for hosting!! Wild Dark Shore for me 3w

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

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

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

Wild Dark Shore

mcctrish

Wild Dark Shore

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

Maggie4483 Hands down

Wild Dark Shore

Megabooks Even though I rated WDS higher, I liked the discussion on Audition better, so that‘s my vote! 3w

JenReadsAlot I liked discussion of Audition, but voting for

Wild Dark Shore

CBee WDS for me (I didn‘t finish Audition 🫣😂)! 3w

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

Wild Dark Shore

Suet624 By a mile.

Wild Dark Shore

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

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

Wild Dark Shore

peaKnit Wild Dark Shore for me too! 3w

Texreader Wild Dark Shore hands down. 3w

TrishB Wild Dark Shore for me. 3w

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

Oryx WDS 3w

AmyG Wild Dark Shore 3w

Reggie Audition 3w

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

Audition

ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella 😂 😂 😂 We have a couple of others we can make a Contrarian Camp group with! @jenniferw88 and @Bookwormjillk @Reggie 3w

Karisa 💗💗💗

Wild Dark Shore

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

BookwormAHN I loved

TEArificbooks Wild Dark Shore 3w

sarahbarnes I‘m with the small group of people here voting for Audition. I loved it and was a little disappointed by WDS. 3w

Bookwormjillk @Christine haha are we the weird tent? 3w

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! 3w

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. 3w

DGRachel Hands down, Wild Dark Shore. 3w

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

Christine @Bookwormjillk LOL, I hope so as I would totally embrace Weird Tent identity! 😆 3w

BarbaraBB I loved the Audition discussion but Wild Dark Shore is among my favorites of the year so far! 3w

CogsOfEncouragement I enjoyed both. I‘m going to go with WDS because I appreciate multiple POVs. 3w

Roary47 I didn‘t get to read Wild Dark Shore. But… my vote is for it. 😅 3w

Read4life Wild Dark Shores because I loved the characters and the multiple POVs. 3w

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

Wild Dark Shore

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. 3w

KarenUK Wild dark shore, for sure! 3w

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Chelsea.Poole

Camping: A Mr. and Mrs. Green Adventure | Keith Baker

A doodle because I forgot the order of events 🏕️
#CampLitsy25

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Suet624 This is so helpful. Thanks! 1mo

squirrelbrain Love this! And I notice and fully appreciate your colour-coding! 💛🧡🤎🩷💚💜 1mo

Bookwormjillk Love it! 1mo

Megabooks Fantastic doodle!! 1mo

Ruthiella Beautiful! 🤩 1mo

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Rachiiebookdragon

Grandad's Camper (A Grandad's Camper LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids in partnership with GLAAD) | Harry Woodgate

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Read to Henry

4/5

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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 2mo

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @BookwormAHN @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Cbee 2mo

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 2mo

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squirrelbrain @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa 2mo

squirrelbrain @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @peanutnine 2mo

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 2mo

squirrelbrain @texreader @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived 2mo

Kitta I love extra stats and data about books! Very interesting. Thanks for posting. 2mo

CBee Thanks for this! Once again, me and Amy are book twinning 👯 ♥️ @AmyG (edited) 2mo

Deblovestoread I love the additional stats! Thanks ❤️ 2mo

TheBookHippie I like those choices better 🤣🤣🫣😬😅 thanks for the extra stats! 2mo

TrishB Thank you! Very interesting 😁 just brought one of these yesterday. (edited) 2mo

TrishB Thank you! Very interesting 😁 just brought one of these yesterday. 2mo

BarbaraBB Great stats Helen, I‘ll probably read these too 😇 2mo

sarahbarnes Fun! 🤩 2mo

JamieArc Love this! Thanks for posting it! 2mo

Bookwormjillk I think I will be under my covers with my flashlight reading sky daddy this summer at camp. Thanks for the stats! 2mo

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! 💕💕💕 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I know how to pick 'em 😉 Thanks for the tag, I voted then promptly forgot what I voted for 😂 2mo

GatheringBooks @ChaoticMissAdventures same! I couldn‘t for the life of me remember what i voted for! Lolololols 2mo

Leniverse Nice to see that a couple of my choices nearly made it 😂 2mo

Larkken @Leniverse me too! Lol. I'll read them all anyway 2mo

Ruthiella Love seems the almost rans! So little time, so many books! 😊 2mo

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk it is gloriously weird! 2mo

Megabooks Helen - my favorite camp statistician!! Always keeping us organized!! 💜💜 2mo

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. 👍🏻💯 2mo

JenReadsAlot Oh 3 of the ones I picked made that list. Thanks for sharing! 2mo

Megabooks And I‘ve read Bat Eater! It was great, too! 2mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome - glad you like them! @Kitta @CBee @JamieArc @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread @sarahbarnes 2mo

squirrelbrain I‘ll be reading most of the longlist, I think! 🤪 @BarbaraBB @Leniverse @Larkken @JenReadsAlot 2mo

squirrelbrain Oooh @TrishB - which one did you buy? 2mo

squirrelbrain That‘s so nice of you to say! @GatheringBooks 😍 2mo

squirrelbrain We going to need to keep an eye on you aren‘t we?! 👀 @Bookwormjillk 🤣 2mo

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures - LOL, there were *so* many to choose from though! 2mo

squirrelbrain @Megabooks -you know me and my spreadsheets! 😜 2mo

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie - here‘s (some of!) your non-fiction….nearly but not quite! 2mo

CSeydel Thank you! I love seeing the stats, and it‘s super interesting to see the runners-up! 2mo

TheBookHippie @squirrelbrain 🤣 2mo

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. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2mo

Suet624 Thank you! I took a screenshot so I can check these out too. 2mo

Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain anyone want to sneak out? 2mo

squirrelbrain Only if it involves a trip to a library or bookshop @Bookwormjillk 🤣 Or maybe if cake is involved…. 🍰 2mo

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. 🤔 2mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @CSeydel 2mo

squirrelbrain Great idea to take a screenshot! @Suet624 2mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Thanks for the recommendations! If you liked them, I will probably too! 2mo

TrishB Heartwood 👍🏻 2mo

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) 2mo

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? 2mo

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! 2mo

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. 2mo

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. 2mo

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! 🏕️ 2mo

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! ⛺️❤️ 2mo

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. 2mo

Megabooks @fredthemoose looking forward to seeing you at camp this summer!! 2mo

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 2mo

BarbaraBB @fredthemoose I‘m glad you‘ll be joining us and that work will give you some time off to do so! 2mo

Hooked_on_books @GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB Excellent point about Ivey. I remember during nominations expecting her to show up as one of the picks. 2mo

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 2mo

squirrelbrain Everyone seems to have forgotten what they voted for! @ImperfectCJ but at least everyone is pretty happy with the outcome. 2mo

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. 2mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @Soubhiville - not long now until camp *actually* starts! 😊 2mo

Zuhkeeyah Can you please add me to the tag list? I just finished Audition and cannot wait to discuss (edited) 2mo

squirrelbrain Yes, of course! @Zuhkeeyah 🏕️ Looking forward to your contributions! 2mo

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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 2mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 2mo

BarbaraBB @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx 2mo

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BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll (edited) 2mo

BarbaraBB @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess 2mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cbee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey 2mo

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 2mo

CatLass007 Thank you! A couple of these already are on my wish list so I‘ll just bump them up a bit. 2mo

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! 2mo

TheKidUpstairs Love the variety! Looking forward to another year of camp! 2mo

squirrelbrain Hooray! 6 wonderful books to discuss! 2mo

Ruthiella Great mix of books. Camp‘s gonna be fun! 🤩 2mo

Deblovestoread Fantastic bunch of books! Yay for camp 🏕️ 2mo

BarbaraBB @Kitta @TheKidUpstairs @CatLass007 I am glad you‘re happy within the results. It will be a great reading summer! 2mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain Yes! Really happy with the results! Now I have to get those books and start reading! 2mo

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) 2mo

Graciouswarriorprincess @BarbaraBB Please tag me! 2mo

peaKnit Ooh Tilt was on my TBR! 2mo

BarbaraBB @Graciouswarriorprincess I did didn‘t I? If not something went wrong because you are definitely on the taglist 2mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel Now I am really curious which one that is! 2mo

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. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

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! 2mo

KarenUK Great list! Looking forward to it ❤️ 2mo

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) 2mo

BkClubCare The WHOLE slate! 🎉 2mo

BkClubCare @DGRachel - and that is the fun? I personally am NOT looking forward to the SAC. It is so NOT my genre. 2mo

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. 😂 2mo

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) 2mo

CSeydel Thank you so much for hosting! 2mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Yes I love that it is sort of eclectic 😀 (edited) 2mo

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! 2mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @KarenUK @CSeydel We‘ll have some good times ahead of us I think, with reading these books and discussing them! 2mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - Thank you. You are a Litsy inspiration to me. Happy (American?!) Mother Day 2mo

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) 2mo

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! 2mo

BarbaraBB @BkClubCare Same ❤️❤️ 2mo

CarolynM Some interesting titles there. I probably won‘t read all of them, but will look forward to seeing all the discussions 🙂 2mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM We‘re happy to have you at camp whenever you like! 2mo

Meshell1313 Sounds like a perfect camp! 2mo

Well-ReadNeck I‘m in! Please keep me on the tag list. Excited to discuss All. The. Books!! 2mo

BarbaraBB @Meshell1313 We‘re happy to have you! 2mo

BarbaraBB @Well-ReadNeck We will, no camp without you! 2mo

BookwormAHN I'd also like to be tagged. I already have a few of these on my tbr 😺 2mo

BarbaraBB @BookwormAHN Very happy to tag you of course! @squirrelbrain @Megabooks 2mo

Amiable Add me to the list! I love following along with the discussions. 2mo

Maggie4483 I‘d love to be added to the tag list! 2mo

BarbaraBB @Amiable @maggie4483 You‘re very welcome. We gladly add you to the taglist 🤍 @Megabooks @squirrelbrain 2mo

squirrelbrain Yay! @Amiable @Maggie4483 - we‘ll add you on! 2mo

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BarbaraBB

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! 2mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 2mo

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BarbaraBB @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx (edited) 2mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll (edited) 2mo

BarbaraBB @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess 2mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cbee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey 2mo

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 2mo

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk I am happy you are. I was very happy with the voting too! 2mo

TrishB Yay! Great choices again! Looking forward to it. 2mo

mcctrish Can‘t wait to go camping ⛺️ 2mo

CatLass007 I missed the announcements for June and July. 2mo

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!!🏕️ 2mo

CatLass007 SA Cosby became a must-read last year so I definitely will read that one. I need to read up on the others. 2mo

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 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

Suet624 Thank you so much! I‘m thrilled. 2mo

AmyG Oh NICE!!!!! Thank you! 2mo

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

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!! 2mo

Ruthiella Fantastic! Again , these are two books I normally would not have picked up, which is what I love about these kinds of challenges. 👍 2mo

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

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 🤣 2mo

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! 2mo

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. 2mo

Soubhiville Thanks to all our hosts! Fun lineup of books this summer! 2mo

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! 2mo

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books I agree! Tilt will have such good discussions I think!! 2mo

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! 2mo

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures @Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I have high hopes for some good reads and great discussions 👌🏽 (edited) 2mo

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!! 2mo

BarbaraBB @Christine Happy you‘ll join us for both reads. Tilt is supposed to be very good. And it‘s short! 2mo

Meshell1313 Ooh yay! Can‘t wait! 2mo

Well-ReadNeck 🙌🏼👏🏻👊🏼 2mo

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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

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Prairiegirl_reading Yay!! I‘m excited to read both! 2mo

AmyG Thank you! So excited. 2mo

Deblovestoread Oooo, great choices! Can‘t wait to read them with you. 2mo

TrishB Fabulous!! Can‘t wait. 2mo

Ruthiella Awesome! These are two books I definitely would not have picked up on my own. Excited to try them. 👍 2mo

Caroline2 Exciting! 😃 👏 2mo

BarbaraBB Super excited about both of these! 2mo

CBee Thank you!! Very excited 😊 2mo

Christine Yesssss, these are great!! I needed this nudge to read the Okorafor and I LOVED Woodworking. 2mo

TheKidUpstairs Two more great choices! It's going to be a great summer at camp! 2mo

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. 2mo

Bookwormjillk Yay! So excited for all the choices so far this year! 2mo

Meshell1313 Hooray! These seem great! Can‘t wait! 2mo

Oryx Sound great - neither on my radar so I'm excited for something new 2mo

Jas16 I am so excited these books were chosen! 2mo

monalyisha I‘m definitely going to try to join for Death of the Author! 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay! One I nominated! And one I also really want to read!! Shaping up to be a fantastic summer camping! 2mo

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! 2mo

TheBookHippie I‘m in for Woodworking. Trying to see if library will have it. 2mo

squirrelbrain Two more fabulous books for camp! ❤️ 2mo

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) 2mo

RaeLovesToRead Excited! This will be my second Okorafor! 2mo

JenP I read and liked Death of the author. I look forward to both discussions. 2mo

BarbaraBB @JamieArc I agree! I expect to like it but if not, at least we‘re in it together! 2mo

peaKnit Oooh I‘ve read neither, yay! 2mo

Texreader I‘ve totally missed signing up. Too late? 2mo

Lesliereadsalot I know absolutely nothing about either of these two books! Can‘t wait. @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain (edited) 2mo

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! 2mo

Megabooks @Christine I'm so glad you loved Woodworking, and I hope you will enjoy Author just as much!
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Megabooks @MeganAnn I'm so glad we picked Author, too. I hope you love both! 2mo

Megabooks @monalyisha Yay! 👍 👍 2mo

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books So glad you'll join us for one! 😁 👍 2mo

Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures Great! Looking forward to seeing what you think of your nominee! 2mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie Fantastic! I hope you can find a copy! 2mo

Megabooks @JamieArc I loved it, but the structure of the plot is different, so we'll see! 2mo

Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead It was my second, too! 2mo

Megabooks @JenP Great!!! 2mo

Megabooks @peaKnit 🎉 🎉 2mo

Megabooks @Texreader Not at all! Let's get her added to the tag list @BarbaraBB and @squirrelbrain 👍 👍 2mo

Megabooks @Lesliereadsalot So glad to have you join us! 2mo

Megabooks Excited to be organizing with the two best co-counsellors! @barbaraBB @squirrelbrain 💜 💜 2mo

Texreader @Megabooks Yay!!! Thank you! 2mo

Addison_Reads I loved Death of the Author! I can't wait to discuss it. 2mo

Suet624 Yay! Thank you!! 2mo

Well-ReadNeck Oooooh! 👀 2mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks 🧡🧡 2mo

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 2mo

BkClubCare Haha LOVE the suspense you are creating!! 2mo

KarenUK Woodworking! So excited for this one! 2mo

julieclair I‘m looking forward to these! 2mo

peanutnine Can I jump in for July? Both these books are on my TBR and I'd love to discuss with others! 2mo

Megabooks @peanutnine sure! We‘d love to have you! @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 2mo

Megabooks @julieclair me too! 2mo

Megabooks @KarenUK it was one of my nominees, so I‘m very excited it was picked! 2mo

Megabooks @BkClubCare suspense over now!! 😂😂 I hope you like the picks!! 2mo

Megabooks @Kitta that is the best part of camp! 2mo

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! 2mo

Megabooks @Well-ReadNeck @Suet624 so excited to have you both back at camp! 2mo

Megabooks @Addison_Reads me too! I think it‘s going to be a great one to discuss! 2mo

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! 2mo

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