Prep for #camplitsy24 hosted by @barbarabb @megabooks and @squirrelbrain Let them know if you are interested in joining in!
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Exactly a month from now we‘ll go camping! In #CampLitsy24 we‘ll kick off with Clear, our first June read. As always we‘ll discuss the books over two weekends, even when it‘s as thin as this one!
On June 8 we‘ll discuss chapter 1 to 23, on June 15 chapter 24 to the end.
I‘ll be your host for the June reads and will post some questions to discuss sometime during these days.
We are looking forward to a summer of reading and chatting with you!
I was worried I wasn‘t going to get this in time for #camplitsy24 but my library purchased 7 additional copies!! I should get it in time now. 😅
Who else is excited for summer camp? ⛺️
pickNot enough “wows” for this one - absolutely brilliant!! Read to familiarize myself with her work because Bear is a #CampLitsy24 choice - and @BarbaraBB loved it so I thought I might too ♥️ Beautifully written, and each story came together seamlessly. Learned a lot about a place I know nothing about. Best part was the ending, just incredible!
pickThis is an interesting novel. My spouse asked me about it, and I described it as "quiet." When asked to elaborate, I explained that the story unfolds quietly, slowly, haltingly. There are delays, but even in those delays, things happen. It's introspective but is very efficient with the words used to describe that introspection. The tone of the story is paralleled by the feeling of the setting---isolated, remote, cold, foggy. Definitely a mood.
I went to the local bookstore for book club for Clear, but apparently this group is one that periodically just decides not to meet, so I chatted with the bookseller a bit then bought another #camplitsy24 selection. I almost bought Whale Fall, too, before I remembered I'd preordered it from bookshop.org already. That was a near miss!
Next month's selection is The Guest by Emma Cline, so I might try to make it to that one.
Just a small shout out to everyone who nominated books for #camplitsy24 - the books above were my top choices among those that did not make it onto the official camp roster. They immediately went onto my tbr anyway! I would not have had them on my radar if it was not for the longlist, and that would have been a shame. The library hold on the tagged is only 2 weeks out and I'm looking forward to the hilarity promised #blamelitsy
Waaaait, not yet!! I need this for June, not May!! #CampLitsy24 #LibraryProblems
The irises in our backyard are just gorgeous right now! On the left, #CampLitsy24 June picks and some from the longlist. It was an embarrassment of riches as always!
In the center, the two I picked up on #IndependentBookstoreDay. One Japanese in translation plus a short story collection (of course). Have you read the Japanese one @BarbaraBB ?
On the right, some additional library finds!
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