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Very excited about the #InternationalBooker longlist. So many I want to read! Recommendations are very welcome!

TheBookHippie 😂 I already picked two 😂 I‘m preparing myself for CampLitsy 😂 1w

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie #CampLitsy is the ultimate feeder for my TBR. And the WP longlist will be announced soon too 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB I hope to be here for summer camp 😵‍💫😫. But yes. Things are bat shit crazy. 1w

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Lesliereadsalot Can‘t wait for your picks! 1w

Deblovestoread Read the short blurb for them all. Fascinating list of books 🩷 1w

charl08 Very tempting! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures I have not read any, which is why I love this prize. I am trying to grab a couple from my library but they don't even have many of them 1w

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie Camp sounds so far away and yes, things are crazy. I try to forget about it by drowning myself in books and lists but it‘s a mess I know. 1w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB I kinda put myself in the fire so 🤷🏻‍♀️😵‍💫✊🏼 1w

BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie 🩷 1w

TheKidUpstairs It's a very exciting list! I love that it's (mostly) shorter fiction, and that the authors are all first time nominees. 1w

sarahbarnes I am so excited by this list! I put most of them on hold at the library yesterday. One of the things bringing me joy these days. 1w

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes yes, me too! 1w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Women's Prize For Fiction | Women\'s Prize For Fiction

My predications / hopefuls for the #WP25 long list! I have such a huge list going of things I would love to see on this. my TBR has exploded! I even have a couple I am storing away to add to #CampLitsy hopefuls.

ChaoticMissAdventures Shy Creatures - Clair Chambers
Passiontide - Monique Roffey
This Motherless Land - Nikki May
There Are Rivers In The Sky - Elif Shafak
Whale Fall - Elizabeth O'Connor
The Lost Love Song of Boysie Singh -Ingrid Persaud
Behind You Is The Sea - Susan Muaddi Darraj
Rapture - Emily McGuire
The City Changes It‘s Face - Eimear McBride
Contanza - Rachel Blackmore
Allow Me To Introduce Myself -Onyi Nwabineli
Salutation Road - Salma Ibrahim
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ChaoticMissAdventures Luminous - Silvia Park
Mouthing - Orla Mackey
Summer Heat - Defne Suman
The Lotus Shoes - Jane Yang
The Echoes - Evie Wyld

Chambers and Shafak would be repeat authors on the list, and maybe a couple of others, I have lost track! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures Some books I have stumbled on that have excellent titles that I have added to my TBR:
So Thrilled For You - Holly Bourne
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh - Brown
Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking - Han Smith
Backups that I think probably will not make it but I would love to see
Fertile Earth - Roa
Old Soul - Barker
Disappoint Me - Dinan
Even Beyond Death - Fiona Melrose
We Were Girls Once - Aiwanose Odafen
A Little Trickerie - Pike 1w

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BarbaraBB This is so awesome. I have to check out all of these! Thank you 🩷 1w

LeeRHarry Great list - stoked that This Motherless Land made it on there! 😊 1w

kspenmoll Oh Thank you!!!! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures @LeeRHarry I think it has a shot, I saw it on one other person's prediction list too. Have you read it? I haven't gotten to it yet. 1w

Chelsea.Poole Ooh! Nice list! I just checked out this one so I‘d be happy to see that make the cut

The Echoes: A novel

ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole this is one of the 2 I have read in my list! I didn't love The Echoes, but she does some interesting things with the ghost aspect and I know this prize loves some childhood trauma so I think it is a strong contender! 1w

Chelsea.Poole Which other have you read? I‘ve only read Whale Fall on your list but interested in several others.

Whale Fall

ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole I just read Shy Creatures and plan on reading Passiontide this week. Whale Fall sounds really good, something about the synopsis reminds me of

Clear: A Novel

Chelsea.Poole Yes, very much like Clear. And another one I loved

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AnneCecilie I would be very happy to see several of these on the list, like Shy Creatures, There are Rivers in the Sky, The Echoes and The Lost Love Song of Boysie Singh (edited) 1w

squirrelbrain I‘m keeping a spreadsheet of Booktubers‘ predictions so I‘ve added you to it, hope you don‘t mind! I can send it to you if you wish? 🤪 Great list, by the way! A fair few are in the top 16 on the s/s but a couple I hadn‘t even heard of. 1w

squirrelbrain Oh, and I‘m reading the ARC of We Pretty Pieces of Flesh right now. I‘m loving it. It‘s *very* Northern (British) though - even I struggled with the vernacular style at the start, and I‘m Northern, 🤪which is why it could make the list. 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain oh how interesting! Would love to see. So curious if the ones that keep popping up are ones picked. Each year I get 2-3 correct guesses which I feel pretty good about! 1w

squirrelbrain Let me have your email address and I‘ll send it to you. ☺️ 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain ShawnaMatthews@proton.me. Thank so much!! 1w

squirrelbrain There‘s at least another 3 Booktubers to add onto the list so I‘ll do that tomorrow and send it over to you then….bedtime here now. 🤪 😴 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I really only follow 2 booktubers who are into the WP and very rude of me they are both men - Simon Savage and Erik Karl Anderson. So a lot of these will be a surprise for me! 1w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Women's Prize For Fiction | Women\'s Prize For Fiction

#WP25

Women's Prize for Fiction getting together my wishlist. There are so many amazing books, I am hoping to also get some ideas for #CampLitsy25

kspenmoll Cannot wait for your lists! 1w

BarbaraBB Looking forward to your list and the real one - and #CampLitsy! 1w

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Christine

Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips

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I was so bummed to not finish this in time during #CampLitsy and therefore was thrilled to see it on @monalyisha‘s #AuldLangSpine list; will now have to go back and read the discussion that I missed! I found this very emotionally engaging, and the writing had me vividly picturing characters, setting, and scenes throughout. Have the film rights to this been purchased? 🤔 Would be great on screen.

Christine And no, this doesn‘t take place in California. I just love my state. 1mo

Suet624 I live in Vermont but love your state too. Have spent lovely sections of time there. 1mo

monalyisha Disappearing Earth bowled me over. I was so excited/nervous for Bear — and so happy when I wasn‘t disappointed! 1mo

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BarbaraBB Glad you‘re reading it, it was my favorite #CampLitsy read. 1mo

Christine @Suet624 We‘re both lucky to live in such beautiful places. 🩵 1mo

Christine @monalyisha I‘ve had DE on my TBR forever!! Must make time for it soon. 1mo

Christine @BarbaraBB So good! Second only to James for me. 1mo

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Daisey

My Year in Books: A Guided Book Review Journal | Book Nerd Printing Press

My official reading stats for 2024

As of today, these 12 books are the ones I continue to think about the most. The top row includes #1001books, #LitsyBookClub reads, a #CampLitsy read, and 1 reread for a #ShardlakeBR. I tend to focus on first time reads for my year end list, but rereading the Shardlake series must be included. The bottom row are all fantastic middle grade reads.

#ReadingStats #2024Stats #DaiseysReadingSummary

Ruthiella Nice stats! 👍 2mo

Liz_M I loved the nesting stories technique of Cloud Atlas! 2mo

Daisey @Liz_M It took a while for me to get into, but by the end, I also loved how it was set up. 2mo

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tpixie Yes on The Postcard & Cloud Atlas. I checked out clear at the library, but had to return it before I read it. I can‘t remember how I learned about it, but maybe I need to get back to it since it made an impression on you. 1mo

Daisey @tpixie It was a #CampLitsy read so there were lots of posts about it last summer. It‘s a slim novel, but pretty powerful, although just a warning that the end is somewhat abrupt. 1mo

tpixie @Daisey thanks for the heads up 🩶 1mo

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mcctrish

Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips

Finally my library hold came in and I can finish #camplitsy 🤣🤣🤣

ChaoticMissAdventures Get on it before the next one! 😂 2mo

mcctrish @ChaoticMissAdventures actually my thoughts when I picked this up and why I may buy all the camp Litsy books next time 2mo

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Deblovestoread

Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips

#12DaysofChristmas

Read during #CampLitsy which added to the enjoyment of this book that didn‘t quite make my #Top24in24.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks good. 2mo

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Bookwormjillk

Untitled | Untitled

My 2024 reading. Highlights for me were doing some deep dives for #FoodAndLit, reading all of the Station Eleven books in a row over a couples of weeks for #AuthorAMonth, reading around the world for #ReadingAfrica #ReadingAsia #ReadingTheAmericas and #ReadingOceania (none of which I have completed so I‘ll still be going in 2025), the hilarity of #HashtagBrigade, #CampLitsy, and numerous other challenges that have made my reading life so rich.

Megabooks, Soubhiville, BarkingMadRead, Texreader, Librarybelle, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, Catsandbooks

Librarybelle Excellent reading stats! 2mo

BarbaraBB Looking forward to another year of this with you (edited) 2mo

Megabooks Glad you enjoyed CL! Already excited for 2025! 2mo

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Ruthiella Fantastic stats! 👍 2mo

squirrelbrain Glad you had fun at #camplitsy! ❤️ 2mo

AnnCrystal 📚👏🥳👍💝. 2mo

bthegood 🥳🥳 2mo

Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🎉👏🏼 2mo

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