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TheKidUpstairs
Blessings | Chukwuebuka Ibeh
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Pickpick

Heart wrenching and emotional, with moments of beauty, joy, and love. It's a wonderful debut, engaging crafted, filled with genuinely human characters at their best and worst.

Be prepared, there is no real resolution in the ending. Personally, I loved that, but I know that doesn't work for everyone! I found that lack of finality echoed the balance of heartbreak with just the slightest light of hope that Ibeh walks so beautifully.

#ARC

squirrelbrain The ending didn‘t work for me, but I really dislike non-endings. 😬 2d
TheKidUpstairs @squirrelbrain I totally get that. I think I'm in the minority for how much I like non-endings! 🤣 I'm excited to see what Ibeh writes next - he's SO young! 2d
squirrelbrain Hi Megan, I saw on one of the #camplitsy posts that you wanted to read this one but it didn‘t have a release date over there. It‘s a bargain on Amazon right now so I‘ve ordered you a copy and will send it on in the next few days. I hope you like it - I loved the ARC and I think you will too but it‘s very ‘of my era‘ and set in Yorkshire as well. (edited) 1d
TheKidUpstairs @squirrelbrain thank you so much!!! 1d
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BarbaraBB
The Wild Laughter | Caoilinn Hughes
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It might be the excitement around the nominations for #CampLitsy but I can't get invested in this book and am putting it aside for now. The language, the fact that nothing much happens in the first 100 pages.. I call it quits for now.

#ATY24 - Sound related word in title

JenReadsAlot All the posts are exciting and distracting!! 2d
squirrelbrain I can‘t concentrate either… 🤣🤪 2d
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Bookwormjillk
Untitled | Untitled
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My 4 picks for #CampLitsy

I am so excited for summer reading!

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AmyG Oooo Long Island. 3d
Megabooks @AmyG I‘m excited about that one too! Nice picks! 3d
LeeRHarry I‘m excited about Goddess of the River as I loved Kaikeyi. 😊 3d
squirrelbrain Ooh, yes, definitely excited for Long Island! 3d
BarbaraBB A new Toibin! Thanks for joining! 3d
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Kitta
Gone Camping: A Novel in Verse | Tamera Will Wissinger
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Here‘s my nominations for this year‘s #CampLitsy!

Excited to be a camper again and interested in what we will be reading!!

Went for a nonfiction as the first one, it‘s about a woman with psychosis and sounds fascinating. I doubt it‘ll be for everyone (I love a mental health memoir but they are really tough to read sometimes) but I‘ll just read it anyway if it doesn‘t get picked.

Links below

#CampLitsy24

@BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks

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Megabooks I just picked up Salt from @AardvarkBookClub 👍🏻👍🏻 3d
Kitta Oh great @megabooks!! 3d
BarbaraBB Wonderful choices! 3d
squirrelbrain Great picks! ❤️ 3d
Soubhiville I love the title 3d
Kitta @Soubhiville it‘s good isn‘t it 😂 3d
Chelsea.Poole Your NF selection sounds interesting—I‘ve never heard of it. 3d
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BarbaraBB
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We have our #LitsyToB24 winner! All the Sinners Bleed takes ways the turkey 🥇 🏆
Thank you all for participating in our very own tournament of books, thanks to you we‘ve read a bunch of very good books!!

Meg, Helen and I hope to see you all again at #CampLitsy2024 in a few months time!

Abailliekaras Loved that book 3w
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merelybookish Thanks for hosting and all the work you put into it!! @squirrelbrain @Megbooks 3w
CatLass007 This probably was my favorite of all the books I was able to read before the voting began. Thanks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain and @Megabooks I appreciate you all so very much. 3w
Suet624 Yippee!!!! Thank you all so much for doing this. While I didn‘t read all of the books, it was a wonderful opportunity to read ones I might otherwise have missed. 3w
KarenUK Thanks for hosting! Some really great books! @Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB 💕 3w
kwmg40 Great to see this as the winner. Thank you @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain and @Megabooks for hosting! 3w
AmyG Hooray! I am so happy it‘s a book I not only read, but loved. Thank you all….this was so fun. 3w
CatMS Kudos to S.A. Cosby, well deserved. 3w
sarahbarnes Thank you all for a fun tournament! 🦃 3w
MicheleinPhilly Thrilled with this result! Thanks for the fun Helen, Meg, and Barbara! 3w
Bookwormjillk Thank you all. This was fun. I‘m looking forward to #CampLitsy this summer and to going back and reading all of the books I missed from LitsyTOB. 3w
Deblovestoread Yay for ATSB! I didn‘t end up reading all the books but read some great ones that I might not have read otherwise. Always fun to read along! 3w
Jas16 Thank you all for doing this! This was so much better than the actual TOB this year ( and not just because the book I was pulling for won😉). 3w
Ruthiella Thank you to @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain for organizing and running this! I It‘s great fun for the rest of us and I read some great books as a result! 👏👏👏 3w
Hooked_on_books I would have loved to see Idlewild take it, but Cosby is a worthy winner and I‘m glad he‘s our turkey! (I‘m sure he would be proud. 😬) Thank you to our hosts! 3w
Kitta Thanks for hosting!! I missed reading this one but it‘s definitely on my TBR now! 3w
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BarbaraBB
Funky Turkeys | Benjamin Zephaniah
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Okay, there we go! Which book are you rooting for in the #LitsyToB24 finals and should take away the Turkey 🦃? Bring it on below! We can‘t wait to see your votes!!

BkClubCare My vote 🗳️ goes to 3w
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kwmg40 I did like Idlewild a lot but my vote goes to 3w
fredthemoose I‘m a there a poll or are we voting@on comments? 3w
fredthemoose Also, thank you, @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain and @Megabooks for running the #LitsyToB24! This has been fun! But now I‘m having trouble deciding what to read without having a list to work through! 3w
AmyG All the Sinners Bleed 3w
sarahbarnes A vote for 3w
Decalino All the Sinners Bleed 3w
BarbaraBB @fredthemoose In the comments please! 3w
BarbaraBB My vote goes to 3w
squirrelbrain @fredthemoose - not long until #camplitsy! In the meantime, how about joining those of us who are reading the #womensprize list(s)?! And no poll this time, just put your choice in the comments. 3w
squirrelbrain My vote goes to 3w
Suet624 Sinners has an unfair advantage in my mind because I never found time to read Idlewild. But I have really liked all of Cosby's work so I'm going for All the Sinners. 3w
Bookwormjillk This was fun, thanks hosts. I vote for 3w
Megabooks While I enjoyed both my vote is 3w
Ruthiella I liked ATSB but I loved and will vote for 3w
Deblovestoread I liked Idlewild but my vote goes to 3w
Deblovestoread Also, I want to say a huge thank you to @Megabooks @squirrelbrain and @BarbaraBB for giving us the Litsy Tournament of Books. With so many having a meh response to the real TOB you stepped in and gave us a yay! response. Appreciate you three and all you do! 3w
squirrelbrain Aw, that‘s so kind of you to say @Deblovestoread - we love hosting! ❤️ 3w
fredthemoose Ooof—tough choice. These are such different books, and my preference isn‘t strong, but I‘m going with 3w
Megabooks @fredthemoose @Deblovestoread you‘re so welcome!! As Helen said, we enjoy hosting! 3w
Chelsea.Poole Hmm…I could go either way here, as I enjoyed both. Very different books! I‘ll say Idlewild, as it seems more of an under the radar pick 😊 3w
Bookpearl Cosby still has my vote! 3w
Hooked_on_books I liked both of these, but barely remember the Cosby even though I love him. And Idlewild was one of my best reads of 2023, so it gets my vote! 3w
Jas16 Enjoyed both but did like one more 3w
merelybookish Abstaining since I haven't read either one. 🙈 3w
Readerann I haven‘t read either (abstaining from the vote), but just got ATSB from the library so am really looking forward to it! I‘ve enjoyed reading all your comments even if I only got to a few of the books. 📚😙 3w
BarbaraBB I am closing the vote now, thank you all 🙏 3w
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Itchyfeetreader
Yellowface | R F Kuang
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Bought this in an airport last year but didn‘t get to it until my #auldlangspine recs from @DebinHawaii I LOVED it. June, the narrator tries to justify stealing her dead friends manuscript & passing it off as her own. We see her narcissism, her ‘i‘m not racist but in first person which makes her awfulness also kind of captivating. A satire of sorts about publishing, social media & cancel culture. Compelling

DebinHawaii I read this for #CampLitsy over the summer & really enjoyed it for the reasons you mentioned. Compelling is a great word to describe it! 3mo
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jenniferw88
Yellowface | R F Kuang
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July brings the two #camplitsy reads for the month to the fiction and nonfiction choices for #12booksof2023 @Andrew65 .

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jenniferw88
Chess Story | Stefan Zweig
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RaeLovesToRead Ooh, thanks! I'll have a think... 4mo
BarbaraBB So many good ones among this list, love it! 4mo
squirrelbrain I see a few #camplitsy reads on there! 4mo
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MicheleinPhilly I‘m going to wait until year end to do mine as I‘m hoping to get a good chunk of reading done next week. Will tag you when I post though! 😘 4mo
Caroline2 Oh great looking list! 😮 4mo
TrishB Thank you 😘 starting to decide on mine. Great list. 4mo
rockpools Ooh, that *is* a good looking list. I‘ll have a think when I‘m off next week - the last month has just been chaos. I‘m not sure I‘ll make 23 this year though… 4mo
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Megabooks
Funky Turkeys | Benjamin Zephaniah
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Since many of us are dissatisfied with the “real” #tob24 shortlist, your #CampLitsy counselors present #LitsyToB24! We‘ll use the longlist from the real tournament, but you will decide which 16 books go into the brackets. We‘ll provide more info about how judging and awarding the Turkey will work soon. For now, use this Google doc link to choose the books you‘d like to enter the tournament by 11 December! https://forms.gle/uKQCk4G5XU7qhErx8

Megabooks Thank you for the inspiration @Ruthiella ! One of us will be tagging people interested in previous ToB incarnations shortly, but as always, please let us know if you‘d like to be added to or removed from the tag list! 4mo
Ruthiella 🦃 instead of 🐓 ? I love it! Thanks so much to you and @squirrelbrain and @BarbaraBB for organizing! 4mo
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squirrelbrain I hope you all realise I‘ll be voting for Brainwyrms! 🤣 4mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain lolololol noooooo!! 4mo
Megabooks @Ruthiella Helen came up with that because the folks who picked the real shortlist picked a bunch of turkeys! 😂😂 (edited) 4mo
Jas16 Very fun! 4mo
kwmg40 Thank you for setting this up! I love the Turkey. 4mo
Chelsea.Poole Thanks for organizing! 🦃 4mo
jlhammar The Turkey 😆 - love it! This is an awesome idea! Just voted. I went for the 16 I haven't yet read that I'd most like to try. Can't wait to see what we end up with! 4mo
MicheleinPhilly HALLELUJAH!!! 4mo
Deblovestoread You all rock! Thanks so much for organizing. Yay books! Yay Litsy! 🦃. @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain (edited) 4mo
sarahbarnes Yay, the Turkey! 🦃 Thank you! 4mo
Suet624 You all are the best. 4mo
Hooked_on_books Hooray! So glad we‘re going this route considering their…interesting…longlist! 4mo
Addison_Reads Woohoo! I'm off to vote. 4mo
BkClubCare Wowza 🤩🌟🤗 4mo
BkClubCare Okay, I selected ✅🦃🤷🏻‍♀️😉👏🎉 4mo
cariashley Yay!!!! 4mo
Ruthiella I voted! ✔️ 4mo
Jess Can I be added to the party? Thanks! Just voted. 4mo
BarbaraBB Just voted too for the books I want to read and some translated I already read but I think deserve a place on the list to balance out all English novels. Can‘t wait for the results! @squirrelbrain (edited) 4mo
squirrelbrain Of course @jess - we‘ll add you to the tag list! Welcome! 4mo
Well-ReadNeck Yaaaaaasssssss! 🦃🦃🦃🦃 4mo
Avanders I love this! 4mo
Megabooks @Avanders would you like to be added to the tag list? 😁🦃 4mo
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