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The Guest: A Novel | Emma Cline

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I want my money back.

Julsmarshall This was the worst. 11mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m so glad I got this one from the library. I thought it was awful. 11mo

ncsufoxes I tried this one over audio. Lasted for about an hour & just couldn‘t get into it or understand the point of the book 11mo

BkClubCare @ncsufoxes SAME 11mo

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Dayswork: A Novel | Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel

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Immediately intense, provocative. Exquisite and daring! I really did enjoy this odd ODD list of stuff about Melville and other literary darlings, all somehow intoxicated with Melvillocity, in some way or another. Got a tad wearying, perhaps in the same way as some Melville scholar yapping too much, but that isn‘t right. Like bafflement and then awe and then,… what?! I learned a lot, I laughed quite a bit, and I am glad that I‘ve read Moby Dick.👇

BkClubCare (If you know “enough about” Moby Dick, should be sufficient.) 11mo

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BkClubCare I am trying to tag everyone but I can‘t get the copy/paste to work?! This/thus we need hashtags… #TobFOLLOWERs (edited) 11mo

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BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - I can‘t seem to tag or copy/paste all the at-sign Litsians who might want to see this. How do you do it? 11mo

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Megabooks Hey! I‘m just now listening to this, and as someone who has not read Moby Dick, I‘m not as enamored as you, but the writing is very good! 11mo

BkClubCare I heard that audio is NOT the best way to go with this - UNLESS, as the book is so evident— you want to share the interesting tidbits. Good luck. It‘s enough to know that Moby Dick is about chasing the whale and how much SO MANY (so many) people give it the GAN label. (GAN = Great American Novel) (edited) 11mo

Suet624 I always have trouble tagging these TOB postings. 11mo

Hooked_on_books This is one of a handful on the longlist that just didn‘t appeal to me at all. I‘ll give it a try if it makes the shortlist, but otherwise I don‘t plan to read it. It‘s great that it worked for you! 11mo

squirrelbrain I‘ve never read Moby Dick, and this is a difficult one to get hold of over here, so I may wait until the shortlist. 11mo

squirrelbrain I‘ve not add an issue with tagging anyone recently, although I know Litsy can be glitchy some (a lot!) of the time. Are you trying to tag on your main post - that‘s how I do it? Although when we do #camplitsy there are so many Littens to tag, we have a crib sheet and just copy and paste into the comments section. 11mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain TY, I am sure it is me 🤪 Thinking it should be easier makes it take twice as long. LOL 11mo

BkClubCare @Suet624 - soul sisters! 👯‍♀️ 11mo

BkClubCare @Hooked_on_books - 🥹 I didn‘t even look at what it was about. Nothin. If I get my hands on it, I try it. Crazy, huh? Tho, Bachelder as author gave me pause because I didn‘t really care for The Throwback Special, on the other hand, Haber is a poet so that intrigued me. ☺️ (edited) 11mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - between the two of us, we might get them all sampled. (Probably not, I don‘t read that fast! But I was shocked to be the first to review this. 11mo

Hooked_on_books Quite frankly, I think that‘s a great way to be! 11mo

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Dayswork: A Novel | Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel

Starting now #ToBLongList2024 and it‘s a snow day! ⛄️

Kimzey Hope you stay warm and cozy! ❄️📚 11mo

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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano

Library hold arrived, I only have 7 days - thank goodness I am ❤️ing this!! Oh, the sins of the father (and mother) will be visited upon the children! These kids are just replaying the mistakes of their parents! Talk to people!! Oh, this book is on a path to make me ugly cry (and I am here for it). There are some great things in this - Julia‘s first “real” kiss was spot on! 💖

AmyG Just might be my moat favorite of this year. Beautiful book. 11mo

BkClubCare @AmyG - 😎 What strikes me is how often everyone says, “I‘m fine.” Which is a total lie. That to show any distress is a weakness rather than a cry for help. And how often, this is encouraged because when someone else shows distress, we don‘t know how to help. We are so messed up 😩 11mo

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American Mermaid: A Novel | Julia Langbein

The only book available from #tob23longlist on my library‘s eBook system (Libby) that I found so far (many on hold, which is fine.) I was looking fewest pages to most.

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White Cat, Black Dog: Stories | Kelly Link