More books I finished before Christmas! #catchup
I was not a fan of last year‘s #tob23 choice The Book of Goose, but I wanted to give Li another shot. I‘m glad I did because I was quite impressed by these stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker. (I love New Yorker collections because the stories are such a consistent length!) Based on this, I think I just hit the wrong book first, so I‘m interested in her backlist now. Any recs?
pickI really liked the voice of Olga in this book, and I thought the portrayal of a mom “without the mothering gene” was really valuable, and something that rings true. I liked hearing about how the Acevedo siblings‘ came to grips with their heritage, whether it wanted them or not.
(Yep, still working my way through #tob23! 😉😅💀)
Anyone else a bit surprised by the Olga casting for the Hulu show? I mean, I love Aubrey Plaza, but…
pickMy library hold finally came it. I taced through this book. It was an easy listen, and even with some of the dark events, this was a sweet read for me. 3 🌟
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Wow, the Goose has taken the Rooster in the #ToB23!
In our #LitsyToB23 we‘ve had another close call for our winner. But in the end, Tomorrow x3 won against The Rabbit Hutch and is our winner! I think we can all agree that it‘s a worthy winner🥇
Thank you all for joining!! I hope to see you all back when we go camping again this summer! @Megabooks @squirrelbrain and I will get back to you next month for your nominations for #CampLitsy 🏕️ 🔥 📚
We are approaching the final match of the #ToB23 (Goose vs Babel) and of the #LitsyToB23. I love that we‘re ending with two different books again. In our tournament it is Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow against The Rabbit Hutch.
For the final time I‘m asking you to vote. Please vote for your winner in the comments below!
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Wow, in the #ToB23 Babel makes a comeback as a zombie and beats Sea of Tranquility!! What a surprise!
Babel is our Zombie too but with Rabbit Hutch as its opponent. Our votes were clear though: Rabbit is out second finalist!
Wow, a judge and his kid who don‘t care for Sam and Sadie of Tomorrow x3! The result is The Goose marches on, on its way to become a Rooster?!
In our Zombie round, Tomorrow x3 does win however. With a difference of three Zombie votes it beats Dinosaurs.
So one animal wins, another loses.
I can‘t wait to so see where the rest of both the #ToB23 and the #LitsyToB23 will take us 🐓
This was a close call! Before the start of our #LitsyToB 6 people voted for Sea as their favorite, 5 chose Rabbit. Now these 2 met and it is surprising that Rabbit is the winner, meeting Babel in the zombie round!
It feels like today‘s judge in the #ToB23 also had a hard time choosing between the two but her final arguments really resonate with me. Sea advances!
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In the #ToB23 The Book of Goose was up against Notes on your sudden disappearance, in ours against Tomorrow x3.
The Goose wins in the ToB, based on the thought of the judge (and maybe we all) having their own Fabienne. In the #LitsyToB23 however, a majority voted for Tomorrow. Maybe we feel more connected to Sam and Sadie than Agnès and Fabienne.
Anyhow, Tomorrow advances in our tournament. Later today I‘ll share our zombies. Stay tuned!
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