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Hello campers! I‘m your main discussion leader for July. We‘ll start the month with the overall top vote-getter, Yellowface, and finish it with our first nonfiction title, the memoir Hijab Butch Blues. Very excited! 😁🏕️ #CampLitsy23

Important housekeeping note‼️‼️ We will be taking the first weekend off (July 1-2). July has 5 weekends, and many Americans travel then for the national holiday later that week.

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @eraderneely @ErikasMindfulShelf @Gissy @hes7 @Hooked_on_Books @ImperfectCJ @IndoorDame @JamieArc @jenniferw88 @JenReadsAlot @Jess @jhod @jlhammar @JulesG @julieclair 12mo

Megabooks @Addison_Reads @AmyG @batsy @Bkclubcare @Bklover @BookBosomed1 @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Caroline2 @CarolynM @CatMS @Cbee @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @Cinfhen @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe 12mo

Megabooks @KarenUK @Kempfme @Kimberlone @Kristy_K @LaraReads @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @LeticiaToraci @Lizpixie @Magpiegem @Meshell1313 @MicheleinPhilly @monalyisha @Oryx @Peaknit @quietjenn @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life 12mo

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Megabooks @RebelReader @rockpools @Ruthiella @SamAnne @Sapphire @sarahbarnes @sblbooks @Soubhiville @Susanita @TEArificbooks @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs @TrishB @willaful @youneverarrived 12mo

Megabooks Please join us for as many books as you‘d like this summer, and let us know if you‘d like to be added to or removed from the tag list! 12mo

jlhammar Fantastic! Thank you! 12mo

youneverarrived Fab! Glad to have a non-fiction read 😁 12mo

Bookwormjillk I didn‘t realize a NF book won. That‘s great! 12mo

squirrelbrain Exciting - I‘m really looking forward to both of these! 12mo

Cinfhen Wonderful ♥️ 12mo

Caroline2 Can‘t wait for Yellowface!! 😁 12mo

AmyG Wonderful. Thank you! 🙌🏻 12mo

Magpiegem I‘m so excited to read all of the picks! Everyone going to this camp has excellent taste 😎 12mo

Ruthiella Thanks counselor Meg! 😃 12mo

Larkken Wait… did I say the June books were my favs from the short list? I may have misspoke. I might be more excited for Hijab Butch Blues! 12mo

Megabooks @Larkken awesome!! I gave it 5⭐️ earlier this year, so I‘m super excited to read it again with everyone! 12mo

Megabooks @Ruthiella excited to have you at camp! 😁 12mo

Megabooks @Magpiegem I couldn‘t be happier with the vote winners! 👍🏻🏕️ 12mo

Megabooks @AmyG yay! 😁🏕️ glad to have you at camp! (edited) 12mo

Megabooks @Caroline2 me too! It‘s one of my most anticipated books this year! 👍🏻 12mo

Megabooks @Cinfhen excited to have you at camp again! 💜🏕️ 12mo

Megabooks @squirrelbrain it‘s going to be a great summer!! 🏕️ 12mo

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk @youneverarrived I‘m excited to have a NF pick as well, especially one this good! 12mo

Megabooks @jlhammar looking forward to having you at camp! 😁🏕️ 12mo

BarbaraBB @merelybookish @CatLass007 And another tag (I forgot to add you both to the list I shared with Meg and @squirrelbrain ) 12mo

Chelsea.Poole Thanks @Megabooks !! Hijab Butch Blues was on my radar thanks to you! I‘m excited to read it for camp and discuss with everyone! 12mo

BarbaraBB So looking forward to both of them, and hosted by you 🩵 12mo

Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole yay! I‘m really excited to discuss this memoir with you! #MemoirConnoisseur 😁😁 12mo

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I‘m looking forward to your and @squirrelbrain ‘s months as well!! 👍🏻💜🏕️ 12mo

batsy Thank you! Looking forward to both! 12mo

dabbe Do we have exact date for July as to where we should be with both books? Thanks for organizing this and being such wonderful hostesses, @megabooks, @squirrelbrain, and @barbarabb! 🤗 12mo

Megabooks @dabbe no, I don‘t have the exact page numbers, but the first half of Yellowface will be July 8 and the full book will be July 15. The first half of HBB will be July 22, and the full book will be July 29. I will release exact page numbers closer to time as I don‘t have both books yet. 12mo

Megabooks @dabbe thanks for being so enthusiastic about camp!! 😁😁🏕️ 12mo

dabbe @Megabooks Thank you! 🤗💙😊 12mo

Megabooks @batsy so happy to have you back at camp! 😁🏕️ 12mo

Soubhiville Yay! Thank you, can‘t wait! 12mo

TrishB Thank you 12mo

BarbaraBB Here you go @Suet624 two more books for #CampLitsy23 ❣️ 12mo

sarahbarnes Yay, excited for both of these! 12mo

Meshell1313 This sounds perfect! Excited for these!! 12mo

Suet624 Thank you so much, Barbara! And thank you Meg! (edited) 12mo

TheBookStacker I can‘t wait for yellowface! I preordered it! 12mo

Megabooks @TheBookStacker I‘m excited to get my hands on it too! 12mo

Megabooks @Suet624 looking forward to you joining in some of the discussions! 12mo

Megabooks @Meshell1313 @sarahbarnes me too! I think they‘ll be interesting to discuss. Glad to have you both at camp! 12mo

Megabooks @TrishB 😁🏕️💜 happy to have you back this year! (edited) 12mo

Megabooks @Soubhiville we‘re excited too! Glad you‘ll be joining us! 12mo

CSeydel OMG my hold on Hijab Butch Blues already came in 😳 11mo

Cinfhen My preorder arrived today!!!! 11mo

Megabooks @Cinfhen yay!! 11mo

Megabooks @CSeydel last year some people read early then joined in the discussion later! 11mo

Cinfhen I‘ve started and it‘s EXCELLENT!!!! Will make good discussion 🤓 11mo

Megabooks @Cinfhen you‘re not waiting for camp?!? Haha! #MoodReaderProblems! I‘m glad to hear that because it was the #1 choice as far as number of votes! 11mo

Cinfhen Nope!! I couldn‘t wait but I‘ll join in for discussions 11mo

Megabooks I looked back at your post and I had it backwards, and here‘s where I gave my schedule. Weird that we got each other‘s reversed! I‘ve just requested BQ be ready at the library, but I just read it last month so it should be pretty fresh! Good thing because my procedure at Vandy is right in the middle of it. 💜 @BarbaraBB 11mo

BarbaraBB Nothing‘s more important than that appointment! I‘ll read BQ next week and wil reach out to @squirrelbrain and you about the questions for the first half. I hope you don‘t mind that. If it‘s too much for you right now, I am sure Helen and I will be able yo work something out! 🩵 11mo

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I‘m planning to read it next week too! I‘ve got 2 books to read before it so I‘ll likely start Tu/W. I should be fine for the first week, but the appointment is between the two BQ weekends (June 5). If everything goes normally, it shouldn‘t affect CL at all! 11mo

BarbaraBB 🤞🏽👌🏽 11mo

squirrelbrain I need to get BQ from the library when I get back…. Hopefully! I didn‘t reserve it so you can guarantee someone else will have borrowed it now. @BarbaraBB @Megabooks 11mo

Megabooks Hey @GatheringBooks , here are the books for July and note we‘re taking the first weekend off since there are 5 in July. Excited to have you join us!! 👍🏻🏕️ 11mo

GatheringBooks @Megabooks perfect! Thank you! 💕💕📚📚📚💕💕 11mo

JamieArc @Kitta 10mo

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CBee

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

I don‘t think this has ever happened before 🙌🏻 A.J. was my #bookspin for April and now it‘s my #doublespin for May 😂 Plus, it‘s my #titlesandtunes book! I think the universe is telling me to read it pronto 👏🏻 Woot! @TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 12mo

Cinfhen You‘re being smacked in the face 😂😂😂It‘s SUCH a GREAT book! 12mo

Cinfhen And Demon, too!!! 12mo

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CBee @Cinfhen I know, I‘ll finally be reading Demon! Months later 😂😂 #moodreaderproblems 12mo

CoffeeAndABook Perfect choice all around 🙌🏼 by chance I found out there‘s a movie based on this book. I saw it on a recent flight and really enjoyed it, great actors and cinematography. 😃 12mo

CBee @CoffeeAndABook oh wow! Had no idea. I‘ll look for it after I read the book for sure 😊 12mo

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CBee

Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading List Journal for Teens | Rachelle Rogers Knight

Thought I‘d try this - I don‘t do well with challenges and this seems like an easier one 😊 SO! Litten friends, I need 12 recommendations of books you think I should read this year. One recommendation per person, please.
Just no nonfiction, I don‘t have the bandwidth for it 😂 Not a huge sci-fi fan either but I don‘t rule anything out! Thanks! #12bookschallenge

Susanita Have you read

Station Eleven: A novel

kaysworld1 This is one of my favourite books

The Hourglass Factory

Amiable This was one of my favorite reads in 2021:

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CBee @Susanita yes, and really loved it. I‘m watching the HBO series now 😊 (edited) 2y

CBee @Amiable that looks great! Thanks for the rec ♥️ 2y

CBee @kaysworld1 looks great! Thank you! 2y

readordierachel Have you read this one?

Girl, Woman, Other

CBee @readordierachel I haven‘t!! But it‘s been on my TBR for ages! 2y

BooksNBowls Have you read

The Silent Patient

CBee @BooksNBowls yes! It was soooo good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y

RaeLovesToRead How about...

One Day

BooksNBowls Hmm… How about

Home Before Dark

CBee @RaeLovesToRead you know, I think I have that somewhere around here and never read it. I‘ll have to check! 2y

CBee @BooksNBowls 😂😂😂 I‘ve read that one too, loved it 2y

Bklover How about this one! Looked through your reads and I think you‘ll like it. I did!

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

RaeLovesToRead If you haven't read One Day, it's one of my favourite books of all time 💕 2y

CBee @Bklover I checked that one out from Libby and never read it 😂😂 I‘ll give it another try! #moodreaderproblems 2y

CBee @RaeLovesToRead I‘m going to look for it! And if I get tired of searching I‘ll just check it out from the library 😂😂 2y

BooksNBowls Damn woman 🤣

Miracle Creek

CBee @BooksNBowls please don‘t kill me, but I‘ve read and loved that one too 😂😂😂 I appreciate your persistence!! ♥️ 2y

BooksNBowls This is the problem with recommending books to bookworms. I‘m determined to find one you haven‘t read yet 🤣 let me consult my read list 2y

CBee @BooksNBowls you are so right!! And you can do it - I promise there are plenty of books I haven‘t read 😂😂 2y

Bklover This is my all time favorite (and I‘m 62 and that‘s a long time😉)!

Lonesome Dove (Anniversary)

CBee @Bklover I would love to read that one day, I think I have a copy somewhere. And 62 is young, stop it ♥️ 2y

RainyDayReading Not sure if you‘ve read it yet or not, but you might like

The Passengers

CBee @RainyDayReading ooooo I think I would! I also need to read

The One

RainyDayReading @CBee It reads really fast! I was so hooked I read it in one sitting. I haven‘t read The One yet though but I‘ve heard good things! 2y

CBee @RainyDayReading I love those kinds of books!! I just finished The Push and it was like that - I recommend it!! 2y

Reggie This is one of my top 5 favorite books ever. How about the tagged?

Peel My Love Like an Onion: A Novel

CBee @Reggie that looks great! Thanks for the rec 😊😊 2y

ncsufoxes I just read this one & loved it, so beautiful

The Seed Keeper

CBee @ncsufoxes thank you! Funny because I was going to add that to my chart anyway based on a ton of other recs, it gets a lot of love on Litsy! 2y

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CBee

A Ladder to the Sky | John Boyne

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I finally finished my #doublespin pick for May, and it was EXCELLENT. This is my first book by Boyne, but it won‘t be my last. His character development is incredible and his writing sublime. Highly recommend ⭐️
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 4y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Loved this book - John Boyne is incredible! I think The Absolutist and The Heart‘s Invisible Furies were just as good

Absolutist

CBee @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I started The Heart‘s Invisible Furies months ago and was enjoying it! Then I stopped reading it for some reason..... #moodreaderproblems 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage If you liked this, I‘m guessing you will love

The Heart's Invisible Furies

CBee @BarbaraTheBibliophage I started that one months ago - just need to finish it. Really liked what I read. 🙂 4y

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lukulamppu

The Martian | Weir, Andy

“I won‘t start any new books before I finish at least one that I was already reading.” Oh Past Me how dumb you were😂 #moodreaderproblems #whoops #reread

HannaPolkadots Such a pretty bookmark! Did you make it? 4y

lukulamppu @HannaPolkadots Thanks! I did! 4y

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Cinfhen

Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story | Douglas J Preston

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This true account of Douglas Preston‘s spectacular quest into the Honduran rain forest has a crazy Indiana Jones feel to it, yet this was a serious scientific expedition. The lure of an ancient treasure & curse only adds to the adventure, proving there are still places on Earth that are uncharted and contain multitudes of history waiting to be unearthed. And it‘s a super fascinating story🐲🌴🐒 Highly recommend

Megabooks, GlassAsDiamonds

catiewithac The best part 🦠🧫 5y

Wife This one has caught my eye a few times. 5y

Bklover I want to read this one!!! 5y

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AnneFindsJoy Great review! Yes totally an Indiana Jones feel! I loved this book too! 5y

Cinfhen This book is so good @Wife @Bklover @AnneFindsJoy and I agree @catiewithac I loved the ending❤️ 5y

Megabooks Glad you enjoyed it!! I haven‘t finished yet, but I‘ll get there. 😁🐒😁 #moodreaderproblems Love your review, btw. Thanks for not giving too much away!! (edited) 5y

Cinfhen I tried to keep it all spoiler free @Megabooks can‘t wait to read your review!! What else u reading??? And how was the party??? 5y

Megabooks @Cinfhen It was fun!! 🎊🎂 I just checked out American Like Me about the children of immigrants, and it‘s turning into a right-book-right-time thing. I want to buy a copy for my 1st generation American bff, especially since it has Indian-American people our age, which you don‘t see as much.

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures

GlassAsDiamonds @Megabooks me either!!! (I blame the toddlers, they can take one for the team!!). @Cinfhen my thanks as well for the delightfully vague and yet on point review - I‘m desperate to keep going but between the toddlers, the cats and some yelling at movers, my brain took a walk sometime on Sunday and hasn‘t quite returned! 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂 5y

Cinfhen I keep using up my Hoopla requests @Megabooks so I need to wait but that tag book sounds great!!!! 5y

Megabooks @Cinfhen It will be a new month in less than a week!! 🎊🎊🎊 What do you recommend on hoopla in nonfiction? I have 6 checkouts left this month. I‘d give some to you if I could!! Oh and I just checked out The Trauma Cleaner from my library!! 5y

Cinfhen This month I was only allowed 5 requests total 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️and you have 6 remaining! What‘s wrong with that math @Megabooks I‘ll look over my books and get back to you with suggestions. I think you‘ve read more NF than I have, though! I heard this was good but haven‘t gotten to it yet

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute

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Megabooks @Cinfhen Somehow I missed this reply!! I think it varies library to library. I‘m lucky. I get 10 a month! I‘ve seen others on here with 7. I‘ll need to check out the beanie babies one. My cousin had so many of those!! 5y

Cinfhen My mom was literally insane over Beanie Babies @Megabooks she collected them with such zeal 😜I‘m bringing the book to Florida when I see her next week. @L_auren reviewed it and actually ranked it amongst her favorite reads of 2018!!!! 5y

Megabooks Really?! @L_auren and I usually agree, so I‘ll have to check it out! Have a great trip to Florida 😊🌴 5y

Cinfhen Yup!!! Your girl @L_auren that‘s why I suggested it for you!!! I remember that #BOTM reading challenge, you two were very much in sync 👯‍♀️ @Megabooks (edited) 5y

L_auren @Cinfhen you‘re the best!!! Good memory on all counts And yes @Megabooks and I have our bond ❤️ Meg I highly recommend it and the audio was great too! 5y

Megabooks @L_auren i am in awe of Cindy‘s memory! 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Unfortunately my library doesn‘t have the book. I‘m going to look into snagging it with an Audible credit. Thanks for chiming in 😁 5y

Cinfhen 😘😘😘 @L_auren @Megabooks and i might have to use an Audible credit for

Parkland

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