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Missing! | Roderick Hunt

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monalyisha

Eye Spy: Wild Ways Animals See the World | Guillaume Duprat

Our tree is under the employ of Santa.

Naughty? Nice? Tree‘ll be the judge of that…

And, to make it Litsy-related:
“BooOooOok!!!” 📕👁️🔮🎄

AnnCrystal 🤩👁️🌳💝💝💝. 4mo

MallenNC Eye definitely see it. 4mo

dabbe As Sting would sing, “I'll be watching you.“ 😱 4mo

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BarbaraBB

The New Rooster | Rilla Alexander

Way too soon to my taste the #ToB25 shortlist has been published!

I am a bit disappointed by the predictability of the chosen books. Many are quite popular and well known, many are too “light” to my taste. And I‘ve read almost all of them, while I hoped for some obscure ones.

Never mind, it‘s TOB so it will be fun!

BkClubCare, Megabooks, Hooked_on_books, Suet624, Bookwormjillk, Chelsea.Poole, squirrelbrain, Ruthiella, sarahbarnes

Bookwormjillk I was thinking the same. I am not supposed to have read any of these 😂 4mo

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk Exactly that! 4mo

sarahbarnes Why do they publish it so soon?!! And agreed - I want the shortlist to be more obscure. Oh well, I guess we still have the long list! 📚 4mo

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BkClubCare Thanks for the 🏷️ 🌟 💖 📚 4mo

squirrelbrain Yes, I agree with everyone else. A. It‘s too soon. B. I wanted it to be different books, not the ones that are everywhere already. @Bookwormjillk @sarahbarnes @BkClubCare 4mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m disappointed at the inclusion of All Fours since it was one of their camp books and I hated it. There‘s still a few left for me to read (though I likely won‘t bother with the Link), but yes, I‘ve already read most. 4mo

Megabooks Yeah, I‘ve already read most of these. Like @Hooked_on_books I won‘t bother with the Link. I tried when it came out and HATED the first several pages. Every other one I‘ll try to read or have read. Too bad wolf at the table didn‘t make it — I‘m really enjoying it!!! (edited) 4mo

Megabooks It is too soon. I agree. I‘m still enjoying the longlist!! 4mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books I don‘t feel like discussing All Fours (or James for that matter) again, they already feel old! 4mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Me too, I have a lot I still want to read. And that includes George now, I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️😉 4mo

Chelsea.Poole I agree, I had two more coming up for the longlist to read that didn‘t make the cut. Current read is Godwin and wanted to get to My Friends. 4mo

Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole My Friends is on my definitely want to read list, too! 4mo

Megabooks @ImperfectCJ had a whole different take on George than I did! Hopefully you‘ll love it. 4mo

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole Is Godwin good? 4mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks I hope so too. My Friends is very good! 4mo

BkClubCare Well, I for one, am glad the Creation Lake and Wandering Stars is off the table. Sad about a few I was looking forward to, but many of these are still new to me. (Tho, am in total agreement that James feels old and everywhere! And I won‘t retry All Fours) 4mo

Suet624 I‘m just happy The History of Sound made it on the shortlist. I guess I‘m in the minority because for once, I‘m happy that I‘ve read so many of them. That means I don‘t have to go running all over creation trying to find the obscure books. Maybe they‘re trying to be more main stream this year? 4mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 I am reading that one right now and am enjoying it very much! As expected! 4mo

Larkken Lol. Only one out of my current top three from the longlist 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4mo

Larkken @Suet624 lol, it is nice knowing I have a chance to find and read them all before judging time for sure 4mo

Larkken It looks like they picked books off of existing best of lists tbh. 4mo

BarbaraBB @Larkken I agree, it seems a collection of the best of lists unfortunately! Which ones are your top three? 4mo

Larkken @BarbaraBB I've resonated most with You Dreamed of Empires, Glorious Exploits, and James ( but that last feels obvious! Lol). I wonder if my top three will change as I finish the short list? 4mo

BarbaraBB @Larkken Interesting! I have read only James of those. Will check out both others! 4mo

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JulietteReadsALot

A gaggle of geese: the collective names of the animal kingdom | Philippa-Alys Browne

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Bought this book today at my library book sale, just read it, and I just LOVE it. Perfect gift for one of my friend's kid!
Why?
Love the illustration style
Fun way to learn about the collective names of animals. As a non-native English speaker, I learned a lot (I'm sure other adult native speakers would learn a lot too).
At the end of the book, there are short explanations of the origins of these collective names

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Megabooks

The New Rooster | Rilla Alexander

Here‘s my guesses for the 2024 ToB longlist. I can‘t see it without some major releases like Rooney‘s Intermezzo, Powers‘ Playground, and Everett‘s James. Ones that are interesting that may be too contemporary are Thorpe‘s Margo‘s Got Money Troubles or Lombardo‘s Same As It Ever Was. One could make a case for Camp Litsy‘s Bear, too. I think one about AI robots will make it in: the Gatwood above, Annie Bot or maybe Hey, Zoey. #tobwaiting

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks Thanks for coming up with this idea, B!! 5mo

Bookwormjillk My TBR is getting so long! I can‘t wait to see the list. 5mo

squirrelbrain Great choices! I really want to read the Senna but it‘s not easily available over here yet. 5mo

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BarbaraBB Thanks for sharing yours Meg! I think your analysis is spot on and i can‘t wait to see if the TOB agrees. Also I love your choices; I read two of course for #CampLitsy24 and an super interested in the others. 5mo

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk I am so excited about it!! 5mo

Megabooks @squirrelbrain oh boo!! I hope you‘re able to read it at some point. Maybe a kindle deal in the future?? 5mo

Megabooks @BarbaraBB thanks! I‘m really excited to see which new wonderfully weird books they‘ll have! 5mo

Meshell1313 Good guesses!!! I can totally see that! 5mo

Megabooks @Meshell1313 thanks! I can‘t wait to see what they come up with. 5mo

Ruthiella I almost picked Whoever You Are Honey for my list. I‘ve not read it yet but want to based on your review on Litsy. 5mo

Suet624 Great picks. I hope you‘re right because I‘ve already read a bunch of them and it would save me a bunch of time to not have to read as many! 5mo

Megabooks @Ruthiella it was a surprise hit! I liked Hey, Zoey, too, but it wasn‘t quite as good as the Gatwood. I found Annie Bot too stressful and bailed. I can‘t deal with abusive relationships in books sometimes.

Hey, Zoey

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Megabooks @Ruthiella I am reading this domestic abuse memoir, but I‘m unsure whether I‘ll finish.

A Survivor's Education: Women, Violence, and the Stories We Don't Tell

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Megabooks @Suet624 yes! I‘ve read all but The Night Guest, and that‘s on my TBR for this month. Pink Slime I didn‘t care for, but it‘s on the NBA translation longlist, so I think it has a shot. Plus they always pick it least one dystopian. 5mo

Chelsea.Poole @Ruthiella I also had Whoever You Are Honey on my list before changing it out. 5mo

Chelsea.Poole This is a great list and I agree with your choices. I think Martyr will make an appearance. 5mo

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Hooked_on_books

The New Rooster | Rilla Alexander

Ok, here‘s my “I hope they‘re on the TOB longlist cuz I want to read them and haven‘t yet” picks. 😬 Tagging those who have already posted theirs.

#TOBwaiting

Bookwormjillk, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, Ruthiella

Ruthiella Great group of books. I‘ve read the Khong title and I‘ve read other books from Abby Geni and Julia Armfield, but the rest are completely new and sound really incredible. 5mo

Bookwormjillk I almost added Misinterpretation to my list too. I‘m going to read it for sure. 5mo

squirrelbrain My TBR is getting longer…. I‘ve read the Armfield and own the Khong but the rest are all new to me. 5mo

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Chelsea.Poole Nice picks! I am interested in

Private Rites

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BarbaraBB I have read none of these and am interested in them all 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 (edited) 5mo

sarahbarnes I didn‘t know Armfield had a new one out - very exciting! 5mo

BkClubCare Yay! Thank you 😊 5mo

Megabooks I did not realize Armfeld had a new one! Thanks for sharing. And I did read The Unshrinking and loved it. Thanks for your kind recs as always!! 5mo

Hooked_on_books @Megabooks That‘s great about Unshrinking. Really good book. And the Armfield is out in December. I can‘t wait! @sarahbarnes (edited) 5mo

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