Litsy

Here are my plans for this #JanuaryBluesReadathon : Continue reading “Vera Wong‘s Guide to Snooping by Jesse Q. Sutanto - hoping to finish it soon; Continue with hopes of finishing The Favorites by Layne Fargo. It is very appropriate for the Olympic Season! I also want to start another when I finish one of the above.

CBee, TheAromaofBooks, LiseWorks

LiseWorks This is a great plan 2d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1d

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GinaKButler

Spinning | Tillie Walden

January 2026 #bookspin list!

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks I appreciate it so much!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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MemoirsForMe

Spinning | Tillie Walden

For the Jan 2026 #BookSpin, I am tackling this list of the oldest memoirs and bios on my Kindle.

Happy Reading and Happy New Year! 🤗❤️🥂
@TheAromaofBooks

mrp27 Happy New Year! 🥂 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Happy New Year!! 💕 2w

MemoirsForMe @TheAromaofBooks Looking forward to another year of #BookSpin! Thanks for all you do. 🤗🥂 2w

MemoirsForMe @mrp27 Happy New Year Michelle! 🤗🎆 2w

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julieclair

Spinning | Tillie Walden

My January #BookSpin list! 🎉🎊🎉
Thanks for hosting this fun challenge again for 2026, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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LaraReads

Spinning | Tillie Walden

My first #bookspin in quite some time. Can‘t wait for 2026 to begin!

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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Susanita

Spinning | Tillie Walden

I was a little late to the #bookspin game this year until I stumbled on a way to do it that wouldn‘t make me lose my mind managing it. 🤪

I just pick ten books, and for 2026 I will roll over to the next month whatever I don‘t read. It‘s a mix of library books and ones from my own shelf.

TheAromaofBooks

dabbe Smart idea, m'dear! 🩵🤍🩶 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w

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squirrelbrain

Winter Fun | Rita Schlachter

Hello, fellow #wintercamplitsy campers! We know you like to see some of the ‘nearly-made it‘ books when it comes to camp voting!

The above 9 books are in order of voting, with The Road to Tender Hearts being the closest to making our top 3.

Interestingly, The Antidote was in the top 3 for the first half of voting, but fell away later on, whereas Good Dirt did the opposite.

What do you think of these - any you‘ve read or plan to read anyway?

Hooked_on_books, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @Amiable @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger 3w

squirrelbrain @BookwormAHN @Caroline2 @Catlass007 @CatGusMax @CarolynM @CBee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @AllDebooks 3w

squirrelbrain @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @DavidDiamond @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 3w

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squirrelbrain @Gatheringbooks @Gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @KLyn1 @Megabooks @KT1432 3w

squirrelbrain @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maggie4483 3w

CatLass007 I‘ve got The Road to Tender Hearts on hold at my library but the wait is several months. 3w

squirrelbrain @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Oryx @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn 3w

squirrelbrain @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @Reggie @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Texreader @sblbooks 3w

squirrelbrain @Thekidupstairs @TheBookDream @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape @zukeeyah 3w

squirrelbrain I‘ve read 6 of these and will start The Garden (and probably the Vuong) today. I also hope to start The Road to Tender Hearts over Christmas. 3w

Ruthiella I‘m definitely going to read Flashlight at some point! 🤞I think I will put it on my #Roll100 list for 2026. 3w

mcctrish I bought myself The Road to Tender Heart when I was Christmas shopping (1 for them and 1 for me) and I have The Dream Hotel coming up on an audio hold from the library soon 3w

TrishB I‘ve read 4. Have 2 on the pile. Will await your review of The Garden to see if I‘m tempted and The Road to Tender Hearts doesn‘t look like it‘s for me! 3w

kspenmoll Thank you! I have only read Good Dirt but own a few others! 3w

kspenmoll @Ruthiella I have Flashlight! 3w

Prairiegirl_reading The Road to Tender Hearts is my favourite book of the year! As I‘m checking out top 10/favourite lists I‘m more interested in The Antidote, flashlight, and mothers and sons. And I voted for Dream Hotel which I think sounds interesting. 3w

AmyG I want to read Road to Tender Hearts and Sonia and Sunny. 3w

Leniverse I loved The Emperor of Gladness. Been meaning to read the Dream Hotel and Flashlight for months. The Antidote is on my "maybe" list, which means I probably won't get around to it unless it lands in my lap ? 3w

Suet624 Dream Hotel still haunts me. 3w

Kitta Dying to read the Emperor of Gladness. Huge fan of ocean Vuong. 3w

BarbaraJean I‘m definitely planning to read Flashlight and Sonia & Sunny… although I doubt I‘ll get to them right away! Road to Tender Hearts and Dream Hotel are also up there on the TBR. 3w

LeeRHarry The Garden intrigues me and I will be reading The Antidote for my irl bookclub next year. 😊 3w

squirrelbrain Good job it didn‘t get chosen, then! 😜 @CatLass007 3w

squirrelbrain I think you‘ll really like Flashlight! @Ruthiella @kspenmoll 3w

squirrelbrain The perfect way to do Christmas shopping! 😝 @mcctrish 3w

squirrelbrain @TrishB - I didn‘t think The Road to Tender Hearts would be for me either (too fluffy?!) but Holly @Hooked_on_books says it‘s not, so we‘ll see! 3w

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading - good to hear that about Tender Hearts. Dream Hotel is very good, but sinister and haunting, as @Suet624 says. 3w

squirrelbrain I really liked Sonia and Sunny @AmyG @barbarajean although it is a chunkster so probably a good thing it didn‘t make the top 3! (edited) 3w

squirrelbrain @Leniverse @leerharry - I think you‘d really appreciate The Antidote - there‘s a LOT to think about. (edited) 3w

squirrelbrain Yes, I‘m looking forward to Emperor too @Kitta - I have a signed indie bookshop special edition! 3w

TrishB I‘ll await your review on the sugar level 😉 3w

Hooked_on_books @TrishB I don‘t like saccharine books at all and despite the title suggesting it would be, it‘s not! I‘ve read all of Hartnett‘s books and she puts enough melancholy in them to balance the emotions well. I endorse it! (But of course you can still wait for Helen‘s review! 😉) 3w

Caroline2 I still want to read The Antidote and Dream hotel. Maybe some of the others too…? 3w

Kitta @squirrelbrain I have a signed copy too! 3w

willaful I voted for the Road to Tender Hearts. Not sure I'm interested in any of the others. 3w

BarbaraBB I am reading The Garden now and interested in Mothers and Sons, Sonia and Sunny and Flashlight. Personally I didn‘t like Dream Hotel and Emperor of Gladness much. 3w

BarbaraJean @squirrelbrain I hadn‘t realized how long it was until I looked it up for wintercamp voting… and the page count *almost* lost it my vote! You‘re absolutely right—it‘s all for the best it didn‘t win! 3w

TrishB @Hooked_on_books I loved Rabbit Cake, then didn‘t like Unlikely Animals so I I‘m a bit on the fence really. And it‘s really expensive here so I‘d have to be very convinced! 3w

Chelsea.Poole I‘ve read 4 of these and currently reading The Garden which I am very invested in, anxious to see how this all ends up! Also, I‘m likely going to give Mother and Sons a try as well as Tender Hearts and Good Dirt. 3w

Leniverse @squirrelbrain Well in that case... 🤔 Checked the library and they have two copies of the Antidote just sitting there, so I guess I will read it! 3w

Leniverse It seems I have Mothers and Sons marked as want to read on Goodreads, but I have no recollection of doing that. Even worse, I don't remember ever having read the blurb although I must have done so for the winter camp vote, if not before. Pre-xmas brain is not braining! 🤯😵‍💫 3w

squirrelbrain Yes, The Garden is very intriguing isn‘t it?! @Chelsea.Poole 3w

squirrelbrain That‘s what I like to hear @Leniverse - my book-enabling skills are still strong! 😜 3w

CarolynM Thank you for the lovely Christmas card, Helen. And I love your Christmas donation - what a great cause to support 💖💖💖 3w

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @CarolynM Thank you for your card too and have a lovely Christmas! 🎄 3w

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Hooked_on_books

Winter Fun | Rita Schlachter

Hello winter campers! As a reminder, voting is open to determine the 3 books we will be reading and discussing at winter camp! There‘s a tight race at the top, so if you haven‘t voted yet, your vote will definitely count! Voting is open until Wednesday. Here‘s the link:

https://bit.ly/3MB5rGz

And the list of books to choose from:

https://bit.ly/4oQvaZ8

#wintercamplitsy #camplitsy25

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Hooked_on_books @Addison_Reads @Amiable @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger 4w

Hooked_on_books @BookwormAHN @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 @CatGusMax @CarolynM @CBee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine 4w

Hooked_on_books @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @DavidDiamond @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 4w

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Hooked_on_books @Gatheringbooks @Gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @KLyn1 @Megabooks @AllDebooks 4w

Hooked_on_books @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maggie4483 4w

DGRachel I can‘t wait to see what‘s picked! 4w

Hooked_on_books @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn 4w

Hooked_on_books @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @Reggie @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Texreader @sblbooks 4w

Jess Can‘t wait! 4w

Hooked_on_books @Thekidupstairs @TheBookDream @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape @zukeeyah 4w

Hooked_on_books @DGRachel It‘s been very exciting to be on the inside this time and watch what happens as votes roll in! 🫢 4w

GatheringBooks Thanks for the tag! I voted! 😍 4w

rockpools Thanks for the reminder. I knew there was something I needed to do this weekend. 4w

Hooked_on_books @Jess Me too! 4w

Hooked_on_books @GatheringBooks @rockpools You‘re welcome! We‘re all looking forward to seeing what books we‘ll be discussing! 4w

Chelsea.Poole I‘m curious about the books that are neck and neck. I‘m guessing The Correspondent might make the cut! 4w

Hooked_on_books @Chelsea.Poole Interesting guess! We‘ll find out soon! 🤐 4w

squirrelbrain Looking forward to updating my spreadsheet! 😜 4w

Caroline2 So exciting! I can‘t wait. Will we get to see the top ten?? 👀 4w

Hooked_on_books @Caroline2 Helen is the guardian of the spreadsheet, so I‘ll let her answer this one! @squirrelbrain 4w

squirrelbrain You may well do! 😉 @caroline2 4w

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squirrelbrain

Winter Fun | Rita Schlachter

It‘s time! Following publication of the ToB shortlist yesterday, here‘s your voting form for our very own #wintercamplitsy!

https://bit.ly/3MB5rGz

And here is our list to choose from. We also took out those books that we already read at #camplitsy25 in the summer plus a couple more that aren‘t available outside the US yet, but you still have 43 to choose from!

https://bit.ly/4oQvaZ8

Voting deadline is next Weds 17th December. ENJOY!

Hooked_on_books, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @Amiable @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger 1mo

squirrelbrain @BookwormAHN @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 @CatGusMax @CarolynM @CBee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine 1mo

squirrelbrain @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @DavidDiamond @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 1mo

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squirrelbrain @Gatheringbooks @Gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @KLyn1 @Megabooks 1mo

squirrelbrain @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maggie4483 1mo

Chelsea.Poole Eeekk! Thank you! 1mo

squirrelbrain @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn 1mo

squirrelbrain @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @Reggie @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @Texreader @sblbooks 1mo

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @TheBookDream @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape @zukeeyah 1mo

Susanita This is a bridge too far for me, but have fun! 1mo

Jess Voted. Thanks so much! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Between this and #FoodAndLit this is going to be a very fun Friday filled with book research. 1mo

BarbaraBB Cant wait to see what we‘re going to read! Off to vote now 🤍 @Hooked_on_books 1mo

AllDebooks Oooh, please add me. I always mean to join in and then forget! 🫣 1mo

BarbaraBB @AllDebooks You‘re very welcome! Just vote for the six books you‘d want to read and we keep you tagged when we share the winning books that we‘re going to read 💕 1mo

Kitta Thank you!!! I am so excited. 1mo

mcctrish Voted 1mo

squirrelbrain Welcome to camp! @AllDebooks - thanks for voting and we‘ll make sure to tag you going forward. 1mo

squirrelbrain Looking forward to seeing your picks! @Chelsea.Poole 1mo

squirrelbrain @Susanita -what, you don‘t like camping in the freezing cold?! 🥶 1mo

squirrelbrain Enjoy! @bookwormjillk - nothing better on a Friday! 1mo

squirrelbrain Thanks for voting! @jess @Kitta @mcctrish 1mo

TheBookHippie You can remove me 🙃 none look good to me. 🤫🤐 1mo

Ruthiella Thank you, I voted! ✔️ 1mo

AmyG I voted. Very excited! Thank you! 1mo

Megabooks I voted! (Such a weird experience!) Thank you, @barbarabb, and @hooked_on_books for putting this on. 💜💜 I'm really looking forward to it! 1mo

ImperfectCJ Voted! Thank you for hosting! 1mo

BkClubCare Ooops - if any of my nom-6 aren't available outside US, I'll forfeit those to the consensus. 🗳️ (edited) 1mo

squirrelbrain Will do! @TheBookHippie 1mo

squirrelbrain Thank you! 🤩 @Ruthiella @AmyG @ImperfectCJ 1mo

squirrelbrain Don‘t worry @BkClubCare - we already took those out so anything on the list is fair game 😊 - thanks for voting! 1mo

squirrelbrain It must have been odd to ‘just‘ be voting! @Megabooks 1mo

kwmg40 Although there are a number of books that I'd like to read, I'm going to skip winter camp, mainly because it'll be challenging enough for me to read through the shortlist in time! 😅 1mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - I didn't look 👀 at your list; I went off the ToB list so just throw out, no big deal. Me = not following instructions 🥴 1mo

squirrelbrain No problem! @kwmg40 1mo

squirrelbrain @BkClubCare - well, all 6 you picked were on our list! 😜 1mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain whew! Because I can't open your list on my phone!! 😬🥸😆 1mo

BarbaraBB Missing you Meg! @Megabooks 1mo

Lesliereadsalot I voted! 1mo

squirrelbrain Thank you! ☺️ @Lesliereadsalot 1mo

squirrelbrain @JamieArc - your voting went a little bit awry, with books from last year‘s list! Not sure how that happened - we‘ve deleted your votes so the system should allow you to vote again, if you‘d like to. 1mo

Meshell1313 Just voted! Can‘t wait! Soo many good choices! 1mo

DebinHawaii Just voted. Thank you! 🤗 1mo

KT1432 Oh dear. I want to read so many it‘s hard to choose even 6 lol! 1mo

JamieArc @squirrelbrain That‘s so strange! I was thinking that the choices seems old but thought I was misremembering 😂 (edited) 1mo

BookwormAHN Done 😺 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Voted!! So excited! 1mo

Soubhiville Yay! Thanks to the councilors! 1mo

Megabooks @squirrelbrain it was!! I‘m enjoying the suspense though!! Miss you, too @BarbaraBB 😘 1mo

Larkken Awesome! Voted, thank you! 1mo

Gissy Voted😃 1mo

vonnie862 Voted! 1mo

squirrelbrain So many good books! @Meshell1313 @KT1432 1mo

squirrelbrain Thanks for voting! @DebinHawaii @BookwormAHN @ChaoticMissAdventures @Larkken @Gissy @vonnie862 1mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @Soubhiville - we love doing it! 1mo

Deblovestoread Hard to narrow down to 6 but my vote is in. Can‘t wait to see what we are reading. ❄️🏕️❄️ 1mo

squirrelbrain Thanks for your votes! @Deblovestoread 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading @BkClubCare oh damn! I didn‘t think of this! I know some of the ones I voted for are available but I did not consider this at all. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading I meant to take a picture of the sun dogs in Winnipeg today! It‘s suuuuper cold here and I wanted to share for winter camp. It‘s such a cool and creepy phenomenon. Anyway, I‘ll be pushing my literary bounds with this list and I shall do my best to bust this slump I‘m in so I can participate. Step one is to vote which I did today! 1mo

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading - thanks for voting and looking forward to seeing your sun dog pics if you manage to capture any! 1mo

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