Litsy

so-so

#TOB
Well. That is a book.
I do not believe this is a book to tackle on audio. There is a monotone to the narrator, mixed with a stream of consciousness that makes it hard to digest. This is going to be a book I have no memory reading even though this very short read took me three days - I turned it off each time my mind started to wonder
Not for me

@squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk @Chelsea.Poole @sarahbarnes

sarahbarnes I‘m reading it right now in hard copy and I do love it, but I love all of her books and can see why it might not be for everyone. 1d

Chelsea.Poole I agree. 1d

Bookwormjillk Good to know about the audio 1d

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ChaoticMissAdventures @sarahbarnes I think I would have enjoyed it more in physical form. I like her at the sentence level and there have been moments that I wanted to think about more but the audio (I think she reads it) just took something away for me. 1d

sarahbarnes I can definitely see how this one would be really not great in audio form. 1d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the audio tip. 1d

BarbaraBB Thanks for tagging! I won‘t be in a hurry to read this! 17h

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Chelsea.Poole

Help Wanted | Adelle Waldman

so-so

Help Wanted landed on last years‘ (this year?? 2025) #ToB long list. I read it earlier this year and I was not impressed. Follows a group of employees at a big box store teaming up and forming alliances to help corporate decide who should get promoted to manager. The characters were interchangeable, all just there to make a point about low-wage jobs and how employees are set up to fail.
Anyhoo, I‘m excited to get started on the new 2026 list.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place | Kate Summerscale

#10BeforeTheEnd Week 5

How is everyone doing??

I am glad I put enough nonfiction on here to get me through Nonfiction November! All the NF is ticked off (finishing Peepshow today) I now have some chunksters while I also look at #ToB

Anyone else feel like they are running out of steam??

Ruthiella I‘m on track at 50%. 👍 And at least two of the remaining will double up for other challenges. Dunno if I will manage all ten but at least eight. 2d

willaful Pretty much on track - DNFing one book helped. 😂 2d

sarahbarnes I‘m reading my fourth…I‘m now getting distracted by library holds and the TOB longlist! 📚 📚 📚 2d

Dilara I'm on track: I've finished 7 of the books on my list because some were unexpectedly short and/or quick reads, but also running out of steam in that my motivation has waned for 2 of the books still to be read 😚 2d

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Cursed Daughters | Oyinkan Braithwaite

The 4 #ToB books I have already on my shelves to be read.

I have read 11 off the list. 70 is far too many for me to think on so I am going to read the ones already on my TBR and read through the list and see if anything catches my fancy. Many of them have very low reader ratings and I just don't want to waste my time.

BarbaraBB I am interested in all four of these. I am looking forward to all reviews the coming months! 4d

squirrelbrain I loved the Desai but bailed on Katabasis. I have the other two on my shelves (well, 1 on my shelf, 1 on my Kindle!) 4d

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BarbaraBB

The Morning News is Exciting | Don Mee Choi

#ToB26

One of my most anticipated moments each year: the #ToB longlist. I‘ve been deep diving almost all day and I have read 11, I own 12 to be read on my shelves and am about to buy another load… please help me prevent this and tell me what book or books I should absolutely get and what books I can skip 😀

squirrelbrain I think we may be too late already! 😝 5d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 🤫 lol 5d

rebcamuse Hats off to you! I can only handle the shortlist! I‘m excited to see a bunch of wish list reads on the LL though—so I‘m hoping they‘ll make it to the SL. Currently slogging through Headshot from #ToB25 SL 5d

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BarbaraBB @rebcamuse I get that. It will take me months if not years to finish them all but I always love their choices; so many books I‘ve never heard of and many of them better than the ones shortlisted. As Headshot for example, which I didn‘t really like. 5d

sarahbarnes I see some books on the list I‘m very intrigued by as well, and hadn‘t heard of yet! 5d

Chelsea.Poole I finally had a chance to sit down with the longlist today. I am surprised at what is missing. I had guessed Heart the Lover and Language of Limbs (which I just finished!) would make an appearance. Plenty to dig into! 4d

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole I was surprised about Heart the Lover too. Maybe it‘s a bit too straightforward for the ToB. Same goes for Language of Limbs - and Slanting Towards the Sea, that I loved. 4d

Suet624 I‘m so happy that we‘ve already read some of the books because of our summer camp Litsy adventures 4d

Chelsea.Poole What will you start with from the list? I had The Correspondent queued up already, as my next read. 4d

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole That one is sooo good. You‘ll love it. I am thinking of

Swallows

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Me too! 4d

Sparklemn I have never heard of the Tournament of Books until now. I checked out the 2026 list. Amazing! Added several titles to my wish list. Thanks for sharing! 2d

BarbaraBB @Sparklemn Their longlist is always such an inspiration to me! They‘ll shortly announce the shortlist of 16 books and these will compete against each other in March during the tournament. It‘s fun! 2d

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Larkken

Rosemarys baby | Ira Levin

Hah! I had no idea ToB did a Horror Popup mini tournament this October. Did anyone follow along? It could be fun to pit these against each other, and I cringe to admit I‘ve never even read the tagged. Maybe they‘ll do it again next year! 🎃
Am I here for #ToB side quests? Yes!

KT1432 Ugh omg I would have loved this lol!! 3w

Larkken @KT1432 I know! I have so much fomo and still I mo 😆 3w

KT1432 🤣🤣🤣🤣 story of my life! 3w

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BarbaraBB

The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You To Read (with DVD) | Jim Trombetta

The #ToB crew is hosting a horror pop-up in which 16 classic horror novels will be set up against one another in the usual way.

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/welcome-to-the-horror-popup

I don‘t think I‘ll participate (too many books too little time) but I do love that tob is alive and kicking and can‘t wait for them to follow up with the #ToB26 longlist!

Ruthiella I did see this and thought it was pretty cool that it is all older titles-classics even! I probably won‘t participate either but I‘ll try to check out the commentary! 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Ohh that sounds fun!! 2mo

Suet624 I thought of you immediately when I saw their notice about this event. I appreciate their efforts. I‘m not someone who tends to like horror stories so I probably won‘t participate, but I‘m happy they‘re trying. 2mo

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BarbaraBB

I Spy | Claire Kendal

I added all my unread books to the #ISpy overview in Storygraph. In the bingo you see the ones that fit a March prompt of which I actually read just one 🤦🏻‍♀️ I hope and expect to tick off some more books during the year!

TheAromaofBooks

Ruthiella We Ride Upon Sticks was fun. 8mo

BarbaraBB @Ruthiella I didn‘t read it when it was in the #ToB but one day I will! 8mo

Suet624 Again, I have no idea what you‘re doing here with the ISpy prompt but I applaud you on your many prompt-attempts. 😊 8mo

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Bookish_Thoughts Ditto what @Ruthiella 🙂 8mo

BarbaraBB @Cheryl_Russell good to know! 8mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 🤣🤣 8mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!!! 8mo

TheAromaofBooks @Suet624 - If you're interested in the challenge at all, you can check out all the boards on Canva, or the challenge prompts/explanation on SG!! 😁 If not, no worries!!

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75... 8mo

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thecheckoutstack

The Book of George: A Novel | Kate Greathead

so-so

In the end I‘m glad I read it but it wasn‘t a home run for me.

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thecheckoutstack

The Book of George: A Novel | Kate Greathead

Ok I probably posted that last blurb about 50 pages too early. I related to and had empathy for George in his late teens early 20s. George in his late 20s early 30s is much harder to stomach 🙄

thecheckoutstack @BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ @squirrelbrain 8mo

squirrelbrain He did turn into a bit of a d***, didn‘t he?! 8mo

BarbaraBB I get you 😀 8mo

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