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For many of us these are not the best of times so we are excited to offer some distraction by announcing #CampLitsy25 🏕️ 📚
Nominations for the longlist are open now. We invite you all to suggest 4 books to read this summer. The books need to be published in 2025 and by mid June so we all can procure the final choices.
Post your choices with #CampLitsy25 and tag @Megabooks, @squirrelbrain & me.
Nominations are open until 26 April ⬇️⬇️

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BarbaraBB Nominations are open until 26 April. Shortly after we‘ll publish the longlist for voting. You can vote for 6 longlisted books and the 6 books with the most votes will be our contenders. We'll read 2 books each month in June, July and August. Each weekend one of the counsellors will post discussion questions about that week's book. ⬇️⬇️ (edited) 1d

BarbaraBB Campers choose their favorite book each month and the monthly winners will face off to find the Camp Litsy favorite. Everyone is welcome to nominate and join us on Camp.

Tagged are campers from earlier years and #LitsyToB participants. If you want to be added to or removed from the taglist please let us know below. (edited) 1d

Kitta Oh yay!! My favourite time of year. 1d

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BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @Amiable @AmyG @AnneCecilie @batsy @bennettBookworm @Bkclubcare @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger 1d

BarbaraBB @BookWrym @cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Catlass007 @CatMS @Cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @CSeydel 1d

BarbaraBB @Cuilin @Cupcake12 @dabbe @DebinHawaii @Deblovestoread @decalino @DGRachel @elizamarie @ErikasMindfulShelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @GatheringBooks @Gissy 1d

BarbaraBB @hes7 @Hooked_on_Books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @jas16 @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JoyBlue @julesG 1d

BarbaraBB @Julsmarshall @KarenUK @karisa @Karisimo @KateReadsYA @Kimberlone @Kitta @Kristy_K @kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot 1d

BarbaraBB @Lizpixie @maggie4483 @mcctrish @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @MicheleinPhilly @monalyisha @Nessavamusic @Oryx @peaKnit @prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper 1d

BarbaraBB @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @RebelReader @Roary47 @Ruthiella @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks 1d

mcctrish Yay!!!!! Best kind of camping there is (edited) 1d

BarbaraBB @Soubhiville @Suet624 @Soscha @TEArificbooks @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs @TrishB @well-readneck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape @Zuhkeeyah 1d

DGRachel Ooh! I‘m so excited. I was just thinking about this the other day. It always gets me way outside of my comfort zone and I don‘t always like the books but I love the conversations they generate! 1d

squirrelbrain Hooray! It‘s #tbrexplosion time again! I‘m so excited to see the nominations, and my spreadsheets are primed and ready for action! 🤪 1d

BarbaraBB @Kitta @mcctrish @DGRachel So glad you are just as excited about it as we are to read and discuss some great books together! Looking forward to your nominations! 1d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I can‘t wait for your spreadsheet. The best spreadsheet of the year! 1d

TheKidUpstairs Amazing! I was just thinking about my nominations the other day. Can't wait to see everyone's choices! 1d

Suet624 Thank you all so much for doing this. I need a lot of comfort and distraction. 1d

squirrelbrain @kitta @mcctrish @DGRachel - I‘m excited that you‘re all so excited! 😆 1d

squirrelbrain @TheKidUpstairs - I can‘t wait to see what you come up with! 1d

squirrelbrain @Suet624 -it‘s great that we can distract ourselves by thinking about and talking about books, isn‘t it? 1d

Suet624 @squirrelbrain It is. Thank you for your attempts to help all of us by hosting this. 1d

AmyG Camp!!! I love camp! 🙌🏻🎉❤️ 1d

sarahbarnes Echoing all the sentiments shared here - thank you so much for this bright light right now. ♥️ 1d

JenReadsAlot Yay!! 1d

Leniverse Camp! 😱 I need to make a list. 😅 1d

cariashley Cautiously excited about this - I‘ll have a newborn this summer so no idea what‘s in store for me, but I hear you can get lots of Kindle reading done while nursing, so hopefully I‘ll be able to participate!! 1d

Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉🏕️⛺️❤️🎆🧨🌞🌻🕶️🧴 1d

julesG @Leniverse 🤣🤣 1d

CBee Yay camp!!! 1d

Meshell1313 Yesss! My favorite time of year! 🏕️ 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures I have been waiting with bated breath! 🎉🎉. The most wonderful time of the year⛺⛺ 1d

squirrelbrain @amyg @JenReadsAlot @Bookwormjillk @CBee - we love camp too! ❤️ 1d

squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes @meshell1313 @chaoticmissadventures - it‘s giving me a warm fuzzy feeling already, seeing everyone‘s excitement! 1d

squirrelbrain @Leniverse - looking forward to seeing your choices! 1d

squirrelbrain @cariashley - babies go camping too! 👶 But seriously, you know there‘s no pressure so you can join in as much or as little as you wish. 1d

BarbaraBB @cariashley And you can nominate, which is at least as much fun as reading the books themselves 😉 1d

Larkken 🎉🎉🎉 1d

Deblovestoread Yay! So happy camp is back! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1d

Prairiegirl_reading I was also just thinking about this yesterday! I‘m excited! 1d

GatheringBooks This is a welcome distraction indeed. Do we post our nominations here or on our site and tag #CampLitsy25? 1d

Ruthiella Awesome. Thanks so much @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain for making this happen. ❤️ 1d

PuddleJumper Such a great way to get book recs! 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I am going to nominate books that should have been on the WP list 😂 1d

MeganAnn I very much would like to join in this year! Off the research some nominations. 😊 1d

Chelsea.Poole Yes, the times are tough. Very excited about this! Looking forward to seeing everyone‘s lists 😊 1d

DebinHawaii Yay! Looking forward to camp & will start thinking about books to add to the list! 🏕️ 💚 1d

BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks Just make a new post with your 4 nominations and use the hashtag #CampLitsy25 so other people can find all nominations by scrolling the tag! 1d

Karisa Wow! Looking through the nominations that have come in so far and there are so many good books! This is going to be fun! Thank you! 🥰 1d

BarbaraBB @MeganAnn You‘re very welcome!! I‘ll add you to to the taglist and look forward to your nominations! 1d

Read4life Looking forward to camp!!🏕️ 1d

Caroline2 Wooo hooo! Love camp litsy! 👏 1d

Hooked_on_books Wow, is it that time already? I‘m not sure whether to bother nominating or not, as I‘m pretty sure none of my nominations even got any votes last year. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 1d

peaKnit Yay!!! ⛺️ 1d

Roary47 So excited! 😍 24h

BarbaraBB @Larkken @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Ruthiella @PuddleJumper @Chelsea.Poole @DebinHawaii @Karisa @Read4life @Caroline2 @Hooked_on_books @peaKnit @Roary47 Very happy to have you join camping again! 23h

Lesliereadsalot How fun is this! Something to look forward to 🩷 23h

CarolynM Just posted my suggestions 😊 Thanks for doing this again. 19h

fredthemoose Yessssss! Excited to join Camp this summer, and super excited to read through everyone‘s nominations! 18h

kspenmoll Will look into some books- 17h

BarbaraJean Yaaaaay! Will have to start my research. Please tag me! 16h

BooksandCoffee4Me Please tag me. I‘m new but want to join! 15h

BarbaraBB @BooksandCoffee4Me We‘re happy to have you! I‘ll add you to the taglist and you can share your 4 nominations (see explanation above)! Please use the hashtag #CampLitsy25 in your post and tag @squirrelbrain @Megabooks and me! 14h

BarbaraBB @BarbaraJean Will do!! Happy to have you ❤️ 13h

BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot @CarolynM @fredthemoose @kspenmoll glad you‘re in ❤️ 13h

Butterfinger I would love to participate, but my concern is I rarely read newly published books. May I nominate books that I have on my tbr such as Nnedi Okorafor's newest? 11h

BarbaraBB @Butterfinger You can nominate all books as long as they‘re published between January and June 2025. I am not sure the one you‘re referring to is? I understand your point, if you don‘t read newly published books ❤️ (edited) 11h

Sace Do you have to nominate in order to participate? I don‘t really keep up with what‘s being published, but I‘d be interested in participating. 8h

JenP I‘d love to participate! 6h

BarbaraBB @Sace There‘s no need to nominate! We‘ll keep you tagged so you can follow along, maybe vote when the longlist is published or just wait until the six books we‘re going to read will be announced! 5h

BarbaraBB @JenP We‘re happy to have you! You can nominate four books published between January and mid June 25, use the hashtag and tag @Megabooks @squirrelbrain & me! 5h

Daisey I won‘t be nominating as I don‘t stay up to date on newly published books, but I loved reading the books I could last summer. Please add me to the tag list. 4h

BooksandCoffee4Me @BarbaraBB 👍💛 4h

Sace Awesome! Thanks for adding me to the tag list! 4h

BkClubCare @Bookwormjillk - my reaction exactly 🏕️ 🌟 3h

BarbaraBB @Daisey We will, glad you‘re joining in whenever you want! 3h

jhod I'm in, excited! Should we be checking UK and US (and where else?) publication dates for between Jan - June? Thank you for organising us once again!! 2h

BarbaraBB @jhod Hi Jessie, glad you‘re in! Please check publication dates indeed if you can. If not we‘ll check them for you! 1h

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books We need your nominations of course ❤️❤️ 1h

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Deblovestoread

Joyfully Together: The Art of Building a Harmonious Community | Thich Nhat Hanh

#5JoysFriday

1) Daffodils, sunshine & fresh air
2) Seeing the most spectacular double rainbow of my life. I wish my pic was better.
3) The distraction of #LitsyTOB
4) Mammogram done, last Pap Smear of my life done! Measles antibody test done. All good news!
5) Pippin. Thankfull for goofy puppy play & evening snuggles.

Folks, I am TIRED! For whatever reason, exacerbated by lack of sleep, I‘m feeling the weight of it all today. Your joys help! 🩵

Lesliereadsalot Your joys help too Deb! 1mo

Suet624 💕💕 1mo

Jari-chan 💖💖💖 1mo

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LiseWorks My daffodils are still under 2 feet of snow ❄️ 🙃 1mo

Susanita I saw some daffodil shoots a few days ago! 1mo

dabbe “And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.“ 💛🌼💛 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼💝💝💝💝💝. 1mo

mcctrish I think I need a measles antibody test - on my list this week to talk to my dr about whether I need a booster #whataworld daffodils are joyous 1mo

kspenmoll Daffodils!!!! 1mo

DebinHawaii Double 🌈 🌈 & daffodils 🌼 are two of the most joyous things out there! All of our joys help each other-thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 💛💛💛 1mo

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kwmg40

Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar

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This is among my favourites of the #ToB25 books I've read so far. The writing is beautiful, there were interesting and unexpected twists, and I spent some time mulling over the ending. Looking forward to the #LitsyToB discussion.

#gottacatchemall (Emolga: yellow cover) @PuddleJumper

Butterfinger I started it today. I think it will also be one of my favorites. 2mo

BarbaraBB I liked this one too and think it stands out on the #ToB shortlist. 2mo

squirrelbrain I agree with @BarbaraBB ! 2mo

Suet624 I liked this one so much. 2mo

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BkClubCare

Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino

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Definitely a top book for the year ALREADY! 😆 Also a possible contender for #PieinLit Award nominee 🥇🥧 #OatmealPie #PieCharts #Jan2025 Book1 #ReadICT category: #StrongWoman

I would love to discuss this one. #LitsyToB? 😊

squirrelbrain Not got it yet. 🫤 It comes out here on 14th Jan and I have it on pre-order. 3mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - hopefully I will remember my question! 3mo

BarbaraBB Yes! Do remember it and we can discuss is when it‘s its turn in the #ToB25! 3mo

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Megabooks

James: A Novel | Percival Everett

Unsurprisingly given our mixed reactions to All Fours, which still got 11 votes, James is our July winner!! It will go on to face Clear and August‘s winner for Best of Camp.

James was also the top vote-getter for all books nominated, so I‘m glad many of you liked it as much as you hoped you would! #CampLitsy24

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @batsy @bennettBookworm @Bkclubcare @Bklover @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @BookWrym @cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Catlass007 @CatMS @Cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures 8mo

Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Cupcake12 @dabbe @daisey @DebinHawaii @Deblovestoread
@decalino @DGRachel @elizamarie @ErikasMindfulShelf
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Megabooks @Flaneurette @GatheringBooks @Gissy @Graciouswarriorprincess @hes7 8mo

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Megabooks @Hooked_on_Books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @jas16 @jenniferw88 8mo

Megabooks @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JoyBlue @julesG @julieclair @Julsmarshall @KarenUK @karisa @Karisimo @KateReadsYA @Kimberlone @Kitta @Kristy_K
@kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry
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Megabooks @Leniverse @Lizpixie @maggie4483 @mcctrish @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @MicheleinPhilly @monalyisha
@Nessavamusic @Oryx @peaKnit @prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Readerann @RebelReader @Roary47 @rockpools @Ruthiella
8mo

Megabooks @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks
@Soubhiville @Suet624 @Susanita @TEArificbooks @Texreader @TheAromaofBooks
8mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs @TrishB @well-readneck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape
@zuhkeeyah @amiable
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Ruthiella I predict James to take the summer camp tournament! But I could be wrong ! 😃 8mo

Megabooks @Ruthiella I think part of the excitement is not being totally sure. Just this spring Cosby came back as a zombie to win the Turkey in the #LitsyToB! 😁😁

All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel

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JamieArc Will we have 3 single-word title finalists? I‘m thinking so… 8mo

Bookwormjillk I have really high hopes for Bear too! 8mo

Suet624 Just want to say thank you for hosting this month. Greatly appreciated. 8mo

Meshell1313 Awesome!!!!! 8mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for hosting Meg! It‘s been a great month at 🏕️ 8mo

squirrelbrain Hooray! 🎉🎉🎉 8mo

squirrelbrain Good thinking! 🤔@JamieArc 8mo

Jess Thanks Meg! 8mo

AmyG Nice! 8mo

dabbe Thanks for hosting, Meg! 🩶🖤🩶 8mo

DebinHawaii Awesome! Thank you for hosting @Megabooks 🤗 8mo

TrishB Thank you! 8mo

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Bookwormjillk

Happiness Falls: A Novel | Angie Kim

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I‘ve been trying to figure out all day what to say about this. I ended up with this is a good book so long as you‘re okay with it being about something other than you thought it was supposed to be about.

Curious now to go back and see how it did in the #LitsyTOB

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I liked this one more than I expected based on reviews here and #LitsyToB probably added to that! 11mo

Megabooks I was not wild about this one. I found the daughter really annoying! 😬😬 11mo

Bookwormjillk @Megabooks yes she was! But for some reason that was part of the charm for me. 11mo

squirrelbrain I had mixed feelings about this - I enjoyed parts of it, but felt it dragged in places. 11mo

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Kitta

Idlewild | James Frankie Thomas

so-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Interesting debut by a trans author!

Centred on an intense friendship in a New York City high school that begins on 9/11, this novel kinda slightly missed the mark for me.

I was interested in the fate of the characters but the chapters using AIM chat and livejournal blog posts were off putting to me.

Something about Nell and Fays blog really made me uncomfortable? I don‘t know how to articulate it.

#lgbtq2024 #lgbtqbookbingo @Kenyazero

Kitta Also a late read for #litsyToB #LitsyToB24 13mo

Ruthiella I think the journals were meant to be awkward and off putting. Teenagers are figuring things out. I can‘t read my diaries from my younger years. I cringe. 😬 (edited) 13mo

squirrelbrain Great review, although I loved this one! 13mo

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Kitta @Ruthiella that makes sense then, it was definitely awkward reading them! I stopped keeping a diary after my sister started writing responses to what I wrote in mine! I never thought anyone would read it never mind write their thoughts back! 😱 13mo

Kitta @squirrelbrain I don‘t usually read anything about teenagers because I‘m just not interested but I wanted to make an exception for this one! I think the second half was better than the first and most people seemed to enjoy it! I think I‘m the odd one out. It wasn‘t bad, just not for me. 13mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 13mo

Kenyazero Sounds like an interesting concept, at the very least! Always disappointing when a book misses the mark. 13mo

Kitta @Kenyazero a lot of others really loved it! But at least I can check off disappointing read on my bingo card haha 13mo

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Kitta

Idlewild | James Frankie Thomas

But late for this one for #litsyToB24 but I‘m going to start it today!

New happy lamp that looks like the moon 🌕 perfect for this rainy day.

#litsyToB #lgbtqbookbingo #lgbtq2024

BarbaraBB Love the 💡 and the book 🤍 13mo

squirrelbrain Enjoy the book! I love your light too. 13mo

Kitta @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain thanks! I am enjoying the book so far but only read about 2 hours yesterday so more to read today!! 13mo

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Deblovestoread

The Librarianist: A Novel | Patrick DeWitt

#LitsyTOB

I get the real TOB emails and decided to see what happened in today‘s round with my morning coffee. I have to say I don‘t know anything about the judge Rufi Thorpe but her breakdown to choosing her favorite of the three was a hoot. And now I‘m off to check out her books. Even if you aren‘t into the TOB I think you‘ll get a kick out of this review. Here‘s the link:

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/2024/play-in-match

ImperfectCJ Thanks for sharing! I get the emails, too, but I was saving it to read later. Your post (and link) got me reading it earlier, and I very much enjoyed it. I haven't read any of these yet, but now I'm looking forward to them (or at least to The Librarianist...the mention of an extended stream-of-consciousness section in The Bee Sting made me leery as I am working my way through Ducks, Newburyport and might never want to read SoC again). 13mo

Deblovestoread @ImperfectCJ I am going to give The Bee Sting a pass but will read the tagged at some point. The Auburn Conference was an enjoyable listen. 13mo

squirrelbrain So funny! 🤣 I loved ‘weenie-ish ways‘….and a lot of the other comments too. 13mo

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BarbaraBB Such a great judgement! I now really want to read The Librarianist! (edited) 13mo

jlhammar I so enjoyed her judgement! Fun and funny. Happy that I have The Librarianist waiting on my shelves. 13mo

Hooked_on_books I get the emails as well and just loved this judgement—it was a delight to read! (Though I would have gone with The Bee Stint.) 13mo

Chelsea.Poole LOVE Rufi Thorpe. I‘ll have to read her judgement. Thanks! 13mo

Caryl It was a wonderful piece! I want to read the winner and a Rufi Thorpe title now. 💖 13mo

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