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#Camplitsy24
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Megabooks
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Once again, super late posting about monthly challenges!! Luckily one on my #roll100 choices was my #bookspin! I think my #doublespin was on the #camplitsy24 longlist, and that‘s why I bought it! Hoping I can get to Turbulence as well because it‘s a favorite short story collection.

Right now I‘m reading Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett from the library, and my #botm choice Care and Feeding by Bourdain‘s assistant Laurie Woolever. ⬇️

Megabooks Laurie worked for now-disgraced celebrity chef Mario Batali before she worked for Bourdain, and he was an a-hole and pig. Groped every female employee. Seemed to get off on denigrating every employee. Glad he was exposed!!!! 5d
Bookwormjillk Ew. Such a disappointment. (Batali) (edited) 5d
Megabooks @Bookwormjillk truly. It proves (again) you never know what a celebrity is like in real life. I enjoyed his shows on Food Network, but yeah, he deserved his comeuppance! 5d
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Rissreadswithcats
Clear: A Novel | Carys Davies
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Stunning! This is a little book but it had a big impact on me. So atmospheric, I wish I could spend time reading on this island.
Aghh Mary, you are definitely a keeper! The ending was perfect. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘m so glad this was my first read for 2025.
Thanks for the gift @LeeRHarry 🤍🩵💙🩶
#LitsyAtoZ @Texreader Letter C

Texreader Excellent! Great start to the year! 2mo
LeeRHarry You‘re very welcome! 😊 2mo
Cathythoughts Brilliant book ❤️ 2mo
CarolynM The #CampLitsy24 discussions of this one were really interesting. I recommend having a look at them if you‘re in the mood to keep thinking about the book🙂 (edited) 2mo
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DebinHawaii
James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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July was a great reading month for me but I have to give my #12BooksOf2024 pick to James, read for #CampLitsy24 & one of my favorites of the year. The audiobook narration quality added to my rating of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Honorable Mentions included: The Art Thief, Stone Blind, Murder Road, Just For the Summer & A Novel Love Story (I told you it was great month!) 📚📚📚

Kitta I have a copy of the art thief in my TBR pile! 2mo
DebinHawaii @Kitta I really enjoyed it—so fascinating! 2mo
Andrew65 Some good reads in July. 2mo
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DebinHawaii
Clear: A Novel | Carys Davies
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My June #12Booksof2024 pick was our first book for #CampLitsy24 & a clear (pun intended) favorite. Very atmospheric & absorbing.

Honorable Mentions include: Run Towards the Danger, Doppelgänger & A Scatter of Light.

Andrew65 This one has a number of nominations. 2mo
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Larkken
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Happy #tob2025 longlist week! I've not read a ton of them (no surprise given my comfort genres); what I have read is primarily thanks to litsy suggestions (😘 #camplitsy24). Not much that was a surprise tho -lots of repeat authors?- and James in particular seems like an obvious choice. But it was fantastic so... 🤷🏻‍♀️
My list by enjoyment in the reading is above fwiw! Highlighting the tagged bc James gets plenty love wo my help 😜

Ruthiella I also noticed the repeat authors! But still there is always quite a few from the longlist that are completely off my radar. 4mo
Bookwormjillk I was thinking the same about James. 4mo
Larkken @Ruthiella true! It is usually my primary source for finding new fav authors outside my comfort zone, too! You're right ill have to give some love to the unread books on the list next 🤦‍♀️ 4mo
BkClubCare As bewildering as Irena Rey is - I am actually moving quite well through it. Compared to some books that I know are awesome but I can‘t seem to make any progress? So weird. I am weird. 3mo
Larkken @BkClubCare that's awesome! I keep reading reviews that make me feel like maybe I hit it at a bad mental state. It seems so weird and right up my alley that I can't believe from the blurbs that it didn't hit. Maybe I'll have to pick it back up! 3mo
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BarbaraBB
Fruit of the Dead | Rachel Lyon
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Cory is 18 and has no plans after the Summer Camp where she has been working, draws to an end. When she meets Rolo, a rich pharmaceutical CEO and father of a child she has been looking after, offers her a job as a nanny, she can‘t resist his wicked charm and the money. He takes her to his private island, where all seems to good to be true. And of course it is.
A compelling novel about what it means to finally be seen.

? Antwerp, Belgium

squirrelbrain I wish this had made the ToB list - I will still listen to it but not for some time now…. 🤣 4mo
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I am surprised it didn‘t. Same goes for many of our #CampLitsy24 choices. And for The Echoes and I Who Have Never Known Men. 4mo
Cathythoughts Stacked 👍🏻 4mo
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CarolynM Interesting! And I‘m very envious of you being in Antwerp. I am so looking forward to going back there one day! 4mo
BarbaraBB @CarolynM I remember that it‘s a favorite place of yours! I hope you‘ll return there one day, it‘s still a fabulous place! 4mo
youneverarrived Gorgeous photo! Stacking, sounds really good! 3mo
BarbaraBB @youneverarrived It is! She‘s the author of this book, that I also loved 3mo
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BarbaraBB
Tournament | David Crouch
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These are the ones that are on the #ToB25 longlist that I‘ve read. Some are this year‘s favorites. In my next post I‘ll share the ones I have on my shelves and that are now calling out to me to read them before the shortlist will be announced

Chelsea.Poole I‘m interested in several here that I have yet to read. Especially Safekeep, Book Censor and 4mo
Ruthiella Glad we were on target this summer with 4mo
BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole All three are good! (edited) 4mo
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BarbaraBB @Ruthiella Yes! It is surprising though that our other #CampLitsy24 books are not longlisted! 4mo
Suet624 Do you have a favorite on this list? 4mo
sarahbarnes You‘ve done well! 4mo
Megabooks Several I haven‘t read! I‘ll have to go back and look at your reviews. I love that cover on Hard Girls. 4mo
BarbaraBB @Megabooks But I do think you‘ll have read so many more books on the longlist! 4mo
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Not really. Except for The Safekeep, My Friends and All Fours I now realize none of them were real favorites, despite what I wrote in this post 🤦🏻‍♀️. I do have high hopes for the ones I still want to read 😀 (edited) 4mo
Megabooks I did make my list. Maybe you missed the tag? I‘ve read 27!! 👍🏻👍🏻 4mo
Megabooks @Ruthiella And James! 4mo
BarbaraBB @Megabooks On my way to your thread! 4mo
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BarbaraBB
The New Rooster | Rilla Alexander
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#TOBwaiting

In a recent post of @BkClubCare we‘ve been guessing about the ToB longlist, which will be published sometime in November. I thought why not make the most of our anticipation and share the six books we hope to see on that longlist?

It‘ll definitely give us some inspiration for books to check out - whether they make the longlist or not.

These are mine, I hope you‘ll share yours!

(Tagging the #CampLitsy24 participants for a start)

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Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! I‘ll take a crack at it! 🎶 It‘s the most wonderful time of the year 🎵 Rooster time! 🐓 4mo
Bookwormjillk I don‘t even know where to start, but I‘ll give it a try! 4mo
Hooked_on_books I like this idea, but like the others, I‘ll have to think about this a bit. I notice 5 of your books seem to have a color scheme theme. 4mo
Bookwormjillk What are the guidelines for the tournament? Is it anything published in 2024? 4mo
CatLass007 Thanks for the tag. What does #ToB stand for? Several of these books are on my wish list. 4mo
cariashley Yay, I‘ve been waiting for TOB news! I‘m hoping to get back into it this time after not being able to do it last time (life…). Will have to think about this! 4mo
Suet624 I rely solely on other Litsy recommendations and you all have never steered me wrong. 4mo
BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk Yes! Just books published in 2024. All choices are arbitrary as they say themselves! 4mo
Bookwormjillk @BarbaraBB thanks! I wasn‘t sure if they removed the books from Camp TOB but couldn‘t find anything on their website. I‘ll have to go back to my #CampLitsy lists to see what I missed. 4mo
BarbaraBB @cariashley I hope you‘ll be there again, we‘ve missed you! 4mo
AmyG Thanks for the tag! I need to think about this. 4mo
Susanita I‘ll have to think about it too… 4mo
squirrelbrain Exciting! I‘ll post mine later (or tomorrow…. Or the weekend!) ❤️ 4mo
Cathythoughts These all look good. I must investigate 👍🏻♥️ 4mo
Larkken Ooh, fun! I‘ll have a snoop… 4mo
sarahbarnes Fun list and fun idea! 😃 Mina‘s Matchbox is definitely on my list of books I‘m excited to read. I tried reading If Only recently and couldn‘t get into it, but I think it was just me at the time because I loved her other book. 4mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Wow, you did try If Only already! I just discovered its existence 🤩. But I loved her other book too so I have high hopes. I hope it just wasn‘t the moment to start it for you 🤞🏽 4mo
sarahbarnes Honestly I think I had a book hangover from Intermezzo when I tried to start it. I‘ll likely try again. 4mo
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! Will give it some thought! 💜 4mo
CatLass007 Thank you for the link! 4mo
Meshell1313 Ooh fun! I think James for sure will make the cut! 4mo
Chelsea.Poole Very exciting! This will be fun! 4mo
Chelsea.Poole Also, great guesses! I really want to read Liars. I‘m on hold for the audio. 4mo
dabbe Thanks for the inspiration! 🤩😀🤗 4mo
Caroline2 Ohhh exciting!! 😃 4mo
BkClubCare Oh MY!! 👏😆🎉 4mo
CarolynM All the books on the ToB list are usually new to me. I‘ll have a look at these that you have chosen🙂 4mo
Megabooks Liars made me so angry!! I think you‘re right on target with Fruit, and I enjoyed it. I checked out Mina‘s again today. Hopefully I‘ll get to it this time!! 4mo
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kspenmoll
James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Yay! James by P. Everett was one of the winners in the National Book Award Fiction category! #camplitsy24

Megabooks And All Fours, but I‘m really excited about Martyr, too. I loved all three! 5mo
Avanders Hiya! Checking in to see if you‘ve had a chance to open your #fffs package yet? ☺️🍁🍎🍂 @Chrissyreadit 5mo
kspenmoll @Avanders Apologies! I did; will post later. 5mo
Avanders Ok awesome - thanks! 5mo
Suet624 @Megabooks same!!! 5mo
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