Litsy

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: A Novel | David Mitchell

Here's my roundup of the books read from my #14booksin14weeks list. James is as good as everyone says it is. North Woods is my favourite fiction read of the year, so far.

I'm moving on to the tagged for a long weekend read.

@Liz_M

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charl08

Murder at Mount Fuji | Shizuko Natsuki

Through the windshield of the car they could see the forests of bare trees dusted lightly with snow, and towering above them, the gloriously white peak of Mt. Fuji. Miraculously, the peak was not hidden by clouds and the entire mountain was visible. As the car approached Lake Yamanaka, they looked directly at the eastern slope of Mt. Fuji; viewed from here.... the whole mountain seemed dignified and resolute

charl08 Image via Unsplash 18h

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julesG

Strange Pictures | Uketsu

#BuddyRead

I'm proposing to start on July 1st.

We all have different reading speeds. Not bragging, I think I'll finish first. So how about I create a discussion post for every chapter and hide it with a spoiler tag?

Your thoughts, @sarahbarnes @thegirlwiththelibrarybag.

BarbaraBB This will be my next read too! 16h

sarahbarnes Love it! Thanks for coordinating and for the invite! @BarbaraBB you should join us! 😁 16h

julesG @BarbaraBB Your bookshop tip is the reason I got the book. You should join us. 😁 6h

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BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @julesG I‘d love to join! Thank you! 3h

BarbaraBB How was your trip and the concert?? 3h

julesG @BarbaraBB Trip was good. We went to Zandvoort before we checked into our hotel. Had fun in town, bought bags, books and boots (alliteration 🎉🎉🎉), and rubber duckies. The concert was good there were cosplaying attendees, people handing out handmade little gifts, lots of people with light sticks. People from as far as Poland were there, and also people from our own neighbourhood. 3h

BarbaraBB Show us the books! 3h

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GatheringBooks

A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel | Ruth Ozeki

#JuneSpecials Day 24: #Canada is one of the countries featured in the #ReadTheWorld2025 challenge with @PaperbackPirate ‘s review of tagged book. I have actually posted a half yearly progress round up of participants‘ sharing on GatheringBooks here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-rsI - tagging @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K - everyone is welcome to join us - we still have (barely) half a year left to read more of the world. Let‘s do it! 📚📚📚🌍✈️🚢🚞

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

PaperbackPirate Thank you for sharing! I need to update my challenge because I‘ve added a few more countries! 📚 2d

Eggs Well done! I see that the tagged book is on my stack to read… 2d

BarbaraBB Love your update and that I‘ve been able to contribute! I‘ll share another two months update soon too! 2d

Kristy_K I love the update! Thank you for sharing! 6h

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rachaich

Diary of a Void: A Novel | Emi Yagi

pick

Weird!
I was attracted to the premise of a pretend pregnancy to avoid the sexism at work but what unfolded was bizarre and I'm unsure if she fooled herself too.
Very readable and compelling though!

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charl08

Murder at Mt. Fuji | Shizuko Natsuki

Everyone loves Chiyo, thought Jane, and yet, I wonder if she isn't the loneliest one of all.

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CBee

Haiku: Asian Arts and Crafts for Creative Kids | Patricia Donegan

Humidity, anyone? Anyone? Bueller? I hate summer right now 🥵😂 #haikuhive #haikuaday

CBee @dabbe @Kristy_K @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @bellabella @JenlovesJT47 @TheSpineView @lil1inblue @julieclair @Reggie @Eggs @AnnCrystal @BooksandCoffee4Me @vivastory @jdiehr @mimi28 @itchyfeetreader @Jari-chan 5d

JenlovesJT47 Ugh right there with you in Florida! It‘s midnight and it is still so ridiculously hot and humid 🥵 5d

dabbe Dare I say that after seeing 93% humidity right now in Alabama that I just MIGHT be okay with 116 degrees here? Might. W🥵WZA for your words and weather! 🖤🐝🖤 5d

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dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Ugh! #isympathize 🥵 5d

Blueberry One thing I love about California is the lack of humidity. 5d

AnnCrystal Oh my! 🙏🏼🐝💝. 5d

Itchyfeetreader Gosh I can‘t imagine that stickiness ! 5d

CBee @dabbe I‘d rather the dry heat any day! Honestly though, I just wish I lived somewhere more temperate. This is bonkers 🥵🫣😂 5d

CBee @JenlovesJT47 you know what I‘m saying then! So gross 🥵🤪 5d

CBee @Blueberry I worked in Yosemite for a summer years and years ago. The heat was totally bearable compared to here! 5d

Eggs I concur, y‘all on the humid heat- it gunks up my lungs, makes me short of breath, headaches! Beautiful haiku!! 5d

dabbe @CBee 🎯🩵🎯 5d

JenlovesJT47 I‘ve lived in central Florida my whole life, minus 2 years I went to college in California. We were near LA out in the desert. 30 mph winds every day. Would get in the 100s. Dry heat but still. As far as I‘m concerned, hot is hot is hot! But the humidity just adds a little extra blech to it 😆 5d

CBee @JenlovesJT47 oh yeah, hot is definitely hot and I‘m not fond, but humidity can kiss my grits 😂🥵 4d

CBee @Eggs same!! And thank you ♥️ (edited) 4d

lil1inblue I feel this one. Oof! 💙 2d

DebinHawaii Yep—I can totally relate. Not a humidity fan at all. 😓 2d

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