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Tournament | Matthew Reilly

I have read 7; currently listening 🎧 to The Wedding People and eBooking Irena Rey. I have The Safekeep ready for next audiobook and am on hold SOON for eB Beautyland. Intermezzo is #55 🤣 , Orbital #3, Ministry of Time #32, Blue Sisters #13, Colored Television #9, Bury Your Gays #6

#ToBLongList #ToB2025_LongList

Yeehaw! 🤠 Here we go with the mad scramble!

Ruthiella Love it! 😁 4h

squirrelbrain So exciting! (I think I‘m 27 now for Intermezzo but I‘ve been on the list for quite a few weeks already!) 4h

BarbaraBB It‘s all so exciting that I have hardly been reading 🤣 59m

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB 😆 47m

Hooked_on_books I just did my initial rapid scroll through the list and I love that there‘s always a number of things on there I‘ve never even heard of. I‘ve read 27 already but I‘ll be honest, there are books on there I do not want to read! 44m

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squirrelbrain

Tournament | David Crouch

Taking my cue from @BarbaraBB these are the ToB longlisted books that I‘ve read, in some kind of order of favourites first.

I also bailed on Glorious Exploits and hibernated Intermezzo as it wasn‘t working on audio. I‘m not going to buy it and I‘m currently on a VERY long waiting list at the library so not sure when I‘ll get to finish it.

Next I‘ll post the books that I want to read…

Sorry if I‘ve forgotten to tag anyone!

BkClubCare, Flaneurette, Megabooks, Suet624, Bookwormjillk, Chelsea.Poole

BkClubCare I am using #ToB2025_LongList but as I type that I wonder if I have the right year… ugh. Will fix if not right? (Maybe just #ToB_LongList or even w/o the hard to find underscore space 🙄 #ToBLongList ?) Tagging is always a challenge 🏷️ 8h

squirrelbrain @BkClubCare - they definitely call it 2025 so you‘re OK there! But #ToBlonglist is just fine I think - the shorter the better! 8h

squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes - forgot to tag you - sorry! 😔 8h

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sarahbarnes Thank you! I‘m interested in a few on your finished list that I‘m in line at the library for, too. 😊 7h

Megabooks Man, I looked yesterday, and it wasn‘t there! I‘ll have to look through it today. Great graphic, Helen! 7h

Megabooks Can you drop the link here? I can‘t find it. 7h

BkClubCare @Megabooks https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2024 6h

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - yep, adding to my posts… 😊 6h

Megabooks @BkClubCare Thank you! I eventually got on my laptop and found it. 6h

Ruthiella I am most interested in your number one

The Safekeep

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Bookwormjillk

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Spent my lunch going through the #TOBLonglist

Added just a few to my TBR 😂

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂😂 1d

Suet624 Did the longlist just come out? 1d

AmyG @Suet624 Yes. 1d

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squirrelbrain I *may* have ordered 8 books today….sshhhh! 🤪 1d

BarbaraBB Wow. I want to read so much just to catch up with this longlist! 23h

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 🤩🤩🤩you‘re incredible! 23h

Chelsea.Poole Exciting!! 22h

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BkClubCare

The Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft

It made it! And so did Wild Horses! And Poor Deer! And many I don‘t recognize but many I do. Link in comments - I wouldn‘t have found it if weren‘t for the gr group site… #ToB2025_LongList #toblonglist

BkClubCare https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2024 2d

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella @sarahbarnes 2d

BkClubCare I‘ve read 7. 😐 2d

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sarahbarnes Woohoo! So excited this is out. I did an initial scroll and there are definitely some I haven‘t heard of. 2d

Deblovestoread Yay! Ive read 8 and DNF‘d 1. A few on my shelves and some I‘ve never heard of. 2d

Ruthiella Yahoo! I‘ve read five. Nice that Claire did make it this year! 😃

Poor Deer: A Novel

Bookwormjillk Nice! Just in time for the weekend! I‘ve only read 3 and never heard of most. The thing I love about this event is that I spend the entire year reading and following the book world and then there‘s this list of dozens of books not on my radar at all. (edited) 2d

squirrelbrain Like you @sarahbarnes I‘ve just done an initial scroll and there a fair few I haven‘t heard of. I shall be making a spreadsheet shortly…. 🤪 2d

BarbaraBB Thanks! I didn‘t find it either. I read 17 and have another 10 on my shelves, so lots to read! Super excited about another ToB! 2d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 😂🩷 2d

willaful I've read only two and both of them I heard about on Litsy. 😁 And I think the ones on my TBR are also from Litsy! 2d

BkClubCare Yay! So fun to wake up to this response 😆 Looking for my next audiobook NOW. . . . Going with The Wedding People (edited) 1d

Liz_M @Suet624 1d

Suet624 @Liz_M thank you! I can‘t believe it‘s so hard to find the information. And despite giving them money every year I always feel like I‘m the last to know. 😂 1d

BkClubCare @Liz_M @Suet624 - sorry I missed tagging 🏷️ you! And many Litsians. I was a bit manic when I found it 🤪 (edited) 1d

BkClubCare @Suet624 - i‘ve been sustaining Member for years and I still never get the discount applied when I buy ToB merch 🙄 1d

Suet624 @BkClubCare I keep trying to remember it‘s just a couple of guys running it so I don‘t get annoyed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 22h

Larkken Thanks for posting the link! It wasn‘t coming up in my google search 🔍👀 20h

BkClubCare @Larkken - yay! Glad you saw my post. (I have been searching the various hashtag options; and I got the scoop!? 😆) 8h

BkClubCare @Suet624 - yes, and they really are helpful when you reach out. I heard that they are more active on Discord but who can remember all these options… 8h

sarahbarnes Extinction is definitely one I want to read on the list ASAP. 7h

BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - it‘s. . . unsettling, methinks 6h

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Bookwormjillk

The New Rooster | Rilla Alexander

Here‘s my hopes for the #TOBlonglist @BarbaraBB
#TOBWaiting

Ruthiella Ooh. The Unmothers sounds quite creepy and good. 😱😃 3w

squirrelbrain I‘ve just read Entitlement but the rest are all new to me. 3w

BarbaraBB You‘re having Mina‘s Matchbox too. So excited for that one. As for the others, I can‘t wait to check them out! 3w

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Bookwormjillk @BarbaraBB yes I loved

Memory Police

BarbaraBB Me too and especially

The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel

BkClubCare Yay! I so appreciate everyone‘s lists. Getting a jump on the possibles - woo hoo! 3w

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - LOVED that one. No wonder that author name jumped out at me. 3w

BkClubCare @Ruthiella - it so does! Creepy, for sure. 3w

Bookwormjillk @BarbaraBB haven‘t read that one yet! 3w

Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain I really want to love that one despite the reviews so it made my list. 3w

Megabooks I definitely think Entitlement and The Unmothers have a great shot. Unmothers sounds wonderfully f‘ed up! 3w

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Larkken

The Rachel Incident: A novel | Caroline O'Donoghue

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Today brings you a tale of 2 #toblonglist titles because for both I found the MC to be extremely relatable… but for the tagged, this meant the 20-something self-involvedness & resulting life implosion was cringe but i rooted for her; & yet the American Mermaid mc is making me want to hide in shared shame and bail... Weird how that shared characteristic is affecting me so differently. Does AM get more fun, all yall who've read it for #tob2024?

Larkken Otherwise, this looks like a clear case of #litsytob2024 supremacy over the official Tob list😅 9mo

BarbaraBB @Larkken 🙌🏽 9mo

squirrelbrain Hooray - #litsytob2024 for the win! I haven‘t read AM, but loved The Rachel Incident. 9mo

Larkken @squirrelbrain i thought RI did as well as anything I‘ve read depicting the complicated feelings over an unwanted pregnancy and its loss and then I loved that it ended on a sweet note, so def a win for me ☺️ 9mo

BkClubCare Same!! I gave RI a 5⭐️ but just couldn‘t seem to get into AM and yet… yet! It seemed like one I would like! My reading mojo is super confused anymore. 9mo

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Readerann

Voyager: Constellations of Memory | Nona Fern�ndez

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I found this gem on the #ToBLonglist and it‘s right up my alley. I‘m quoting a blurb from the GR description because it‘s perfect:
“Fernandez braids astronomy and astrology, neuroscience and memory, family history and national history into this brief but intensely imagined autobiographical essay.”

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Larkken

The Morning News is Exciting | Don Mee Choi

In case you didn‘t know and are having a hard time tracking down some of the #toblonglist #tob2024 I just found out the Harris County Public Library will issue a digital-only card (iKnow digital access card) to non-Texas residents. I can check out up to 30 ebooks and their catalog is huge! They might also have an option for non-US visitors? Worth checking, maybe.
TBH I was hoping they would have Hoopla for the #midwintersolace br but no luck… 😅

julieclair Wow! Great to know! I will sign up. Thanks for sharing. 😀 12mo

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Megabooks

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library | Michiko Aoyama

Such great illustration in the American version of this #toblonglist choice! I already had it out from the library, so it‘s on tap today. 👍🏻📚

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain I just checked my copy and I have the same illustrations! 12mo

BarbaraBB I just bought a copy too - with illustrations! 12mo

sarahbarnes I loved this one and agree on the illustrations! Hope you enjoy it! 12mo

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