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The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang

#authoramonth. @Soubhiville

dabbe #truth 16h

Soubhiville That‘s a really good quote. 8h

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Caterina

Yellowface | R F Kuang

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This is a GREAT beach read, fast-paced and easy to read. I hated the entitled, self-centered unreliable narrator and enjoyed rooting for her downfall. The critiques of the racist, toxic publishing industry and online book world (Twitter, etc.) added something deeper to the book, although part of me wishes the book were far more complex - maybe with multiple versions of the narrative like Hernan Diaz's Trust. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #AuthorAMonth #AAM @Soubhiville

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Soubhiville

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

Welcome to July #AuthorAMonth readers! Time to pull out our R.F. Kuang books. I‘m excited to see some of you already dived in! What are you planning to read?

#AuthorAMonth is a no-pressure, no-commitment Litsy challenge. The goal is to celebrate the works of a particular author each month. Authors were chosen through polls by Litsy participants. Read as many as you like, skip months when needed, it's entirely up to you! ⬇️

Soubhiville There will be some prizes sent at the end of the year:

-There will be ONE prize book box for "MOST READ." In order to qualify, books must be FINISHED in the appropriate month. (Bails will not be counted.) It is up to you to keep track by editing your Google form. (this prize can only be won once, there will be a different winner every year.) ⬇️ 24h

Soubhiville -There will be one prize randomly chosen from the "EVERY MONTH CLUB". To qualify for this prize you must read one or more book every month for the qualifying author. For this category BAILS COUNT. The winners will be chosen randomly from the participants that qualify for the club.

-There will also be one or more random prizes sent to any randomly drawn participant who has FINISHED at least one qualifying book during the year. ⬇️ 24h

Soubhiville Once you start your Google form you will get an email confirmation. Hold on to that email, it gives you access to edit the form. You should also be able to access it through your Google Drive. I can not access it for you though, and if you can‘t get to the form you started my link will make you start a new form. It is up to you if you track monthly with the form or just fill it out at the end of the year. ⬇️ 24h

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Soubhiville I won‘t be looking at it until January of 2025.

Only Listy members who are still active in the Listy community at the time of drawings will qualify.

Here is the link to the Google form:

https://forms.gle/r6EydHX3GmrfYenA8

As always, let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list. 🙂📚. Happy Reading! 24h

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Soubhiville @tpixie @fredthemoose @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @throwmeabook @CBee @Andrew65 @Yenya1954 @Read-y_Picker @AmandaBlaze @Sace 23h

Soubhiville I am about halfway through this, and it‘s very good though maybe dragging a bit at the moment

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution

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AllDebooks I loved Babel and Yellowface. I'm going to start The Poppy Wars trilogy

The Poppy War

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Texreader I‘m reading both Babel and Poppy Wars right now. 23h

Laughterhp I‘m currently 30% into Babel! 23h

CatLass007 The Poppy War Trilogy is available on Audible as a collection. I‘m going to finish at least the first one and hope to listen to the entire trilogy this month. 23h

Jas16 Planning to read

Yellowface

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Bookwormjillk I got Babel on audio. Looking forward to it. 22h

vlwelser Babel has been lingering on my bookshelf. This is an excellent reason to pull it out and tackle the giant beast. 21h

TheSpineView Plan to read

The Poppy War

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Megabooks I started The Poppy War today. And I almost typed The Poopy War, which sounds much more like a children's book! 20h

Yenya1954 I read Yellowface. This was the only one my library had. 20h

vonnie862 Waiting on Babel! 20h

Soubhiville @Megabooks 🤣🤣 18h

Karisimo I loved Babel; didn‘t love Yellowface, so we‘ll see how The Poppy War fares. I‘m a few chapters in and like so far! 17h

gossamerchild @Megabooks I like this version :-D 15h

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Melismatic

Yellowface | R F Kuang

June‘s descent is swift & brutal. Her narcissism is so petty but also so achingly common? The 1-star on GR debate is a nuanced thing but authors getting territorial about it? A whole new level of kill your darlings & power tripping. #AuthorAMonth

LibrarianRyan I probably already know about the 1 star debate and just not realizing it. I liked this book. Hated the main character, but I thought the messaging was there. And I felt like I new people like this. 1d

Melismatic @LibrarianRyan 100% know people like this who are sadly acting this way unironically. The delusion is so real. 1d

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Megabooks

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Finally had time to make a collage! My up-next shelf is bursting, so it makes total sense that I bought five more book club books. 🫣 However, my #bookspin is Where You End, an #aardvark pick I‘ll finally get to. I think I‘m on a three-year streak with #authoramonth, so I‘m happy that I can knock two challenges out with one stone with my #doublespin!

Soubhiville, TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2d

Soubhiville I‘m interest in your thoughts on the Kuang trilogy 📚🙂 2d

Megabooks @Soubhiville I started it today, so far so good. I'm not a fan of fantasy in general, but I loved Babel, so I'm hopeful! 20h

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Karisimo

The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) | R.F. Kuang

My #bookspin is also my #authoramonth pick that I started last night!

My #doublespin is one I've been on hold for a long time through my library consortium, I may have to break down and buy it!

Thanks for hosting @thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 2d

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Texreader

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution | R. F. Kuang

I‘m listening to this audiobook now for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

dabbe LOVED this one! 🤩 3d

Texreader @dabbe I hope I will too. I‘m enjoying it so far. 3d

marleed Oh I liked this! 3d

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Texreader

Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki

June was a good reading month, probably because I only had one chunkster over 500 pages, Independent People. Butter was easily my favorite with Razorblade Tears very closely behind. I read five books about #Iceland for #foodandlit (although Clear felt like it was in Iceland), two for #CampLitsy24, and two for #authoramonth. @Catsandbooks @Soubhiville @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain

BarbaraBB Great month. Independent People is so good (edited) 4d

squirrelbrain Razorblade Tears is the Cosby that I haven‘t read, although I do own it on Kindle. 4d

Megabooks Fantastic month! @BarbaraBB Ann Patchett wanted to name Parnassus Independent People after the book, but her partner wanted Parnassus. Their motto though is “A bookstore for independent people.” She loves that book! 3d

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Soubhiville Great month! 3d

BarbaraBB @Megabooks that is a great story! Love their motto! I guess you should read the book too 😀 3d

Texreader @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @Soubhiville Thanks! Many good reads!! 3d

Texreader @squirrelbrain It was so good. It didn‘t sound like one I‘d be interested in, but I read it because of #authoramonth. So glad I did. I really like Cosby 3d

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Karisimo

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

This was a good reading month considering I took a grad summer school class as well! @thearomaofbooks

2 BINGOs
19 Total
1 DNF
8 Audiobooks
9 Middle grade
1 Graphic novel
4 Nonfiction
#camplitsy24
#bookspin
#doublespin
#AuthorAMonth
#ShardlakeBR
#LitsySciFiBookClub

kspenmoll Outstanding!!!!🎉🎉 4d

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3d

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