It‘s finally here! I like this list much more than last year #ToB2025

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2024

Anyone else get the new #kindle colorsoft? I kind of love it 🥰 . Really liking all these books too

Probably the last beach trip for my old kindle oasis, battery barely holding a charge

Some puzzling omissions on this list but these always spur some good discussions! now to take a look at my tbr and figure out what to prioritize-out of the 34 I want to read-I always want to read the latest buzzy titles tho.

It‘s finally here! Preorder came early yesterday!!

Reading at the track meet. This book is sooo cringy 😣

Low pick, a little sentimental for my taste but I‘m not mad I read it. Like others have mentioned it doesn‘t seem like a #tob24 pick

I‘m still processing this graphic novel but it is the story of an abandoned child and how she makes sense of this through the whole arc of her life. I am a gen x‘er child of a teen mother so some of this resonated with my experience of the 70s. These are some panels that grabbed me but note they are not in order

Campy, over the top and not subtle. It‘s fine but unmemorable, definite borrow not buy- glad my library had it.
#tob24

Guys, I kind of hate this shortlist. Talk me out of it!
#TOB
#tob24

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2024-shortlist

#TLT

1. I LOVE the nyt games app and use it every day, my favorites are: spelling bee, Wordle ,connections and the crossword.
2. Birding and nature walks that I hopefully get decent photos to post on iNaturalist and eBird. Super chill and stress relieving hobby that also feeds into my love of making lists!
3. Wingspan digital game- actual board game is fun too.

Thanks for the tag @dabbe !

#TLT
@dabbe

1. Waffle stand- Brussels
2. plants/earth in Great Smoky National Park
3. roasting chestnuts- Munich street vendor

Tell you how old I am without telling you how old I am- new #audiopuzzle edition. Well, some of these cartoons are before my time but Saturday morning cartoons in the 70‘s were definitely a big part of my childhood. The book is apt as it addresses existential angst induced by the passing of time.

I am LOVING this audiobook! Such a great story and the narrator(Vikas Adam) is so so great- he has made these characters come alive. I am so glad I decided to do audio after I saw some posts here on Litsy extolling it‘s virtues. The puzzle I‘m not so sure about #audiopuzzling

My youngest starting a new book tonight #immersionreading

Books and Reading are two different hobbies
https://bookriot.com/books-vs-reading/

I am guilty of spending more time curating my tbr and searching for exciting new releases than actually, you know, reading. Once I acquire a new book, either purchased or borrowed from the library, my interest kinda wanes. Anyone else relate?? #bookriot #readerproblems

I‘ll jump in for #two4tuesday
1. Usually just audiobooks on my phone
2. I‘m a huge technophile when it comes to ebooks and I use these in rough order of preference: iPad mini 6, iPad Air 4,kindle oasis 3, and Kobo forma. Also have various other ereaders ie paperwhites,voyage, and nook. I have approximately 2000 print books in my house so I try to limit the number of new ones I buy to avoid a hoarder situation

Finally finished after starting in September! This is well written but literary romance is just not my thing I‘ve realized. Rooney herself seems to understand there is more to life than romantic angst but she can‘t seem convince herself. She‘s an interesting writer and I will be curious to see what she has to say with maturity. I do like this more than Conversations w Friends bc of Rooneys evolving self awareness #tob2022

Reading by the fire on vacation in Montana where I saw this handsome dude yesterday

Omg this book is wrecking me! 😭😭😩

#tobshortlist #tob2022 I really liked this surreal dreamlike novel. I‘m not sure I “got” all the metaphors but I really don‘t think I was supposed to. I think you just need to go with the dream logic and see where you end up. If you liked Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin you may like this. I have so many questions about what happened I can‘t wait to see the discussion on the TOB.

I have so many problems w this book. 1. no sense of place, where does it take place?2.lazy stereotypes abound: lots of hobos, junkies and hookers. One of said “hobo‘s”has a ridiculous Slavic accent written out phonetically. Of course there is a Manic Pixie Dreamgirl too. 3. Pseudo mystical orientalist bs 4. A book is the omniscient narrator 🙄can you get more precious? 5. A character is repeatedly described as fat and sloppy, totally unnecessary

#tob2022 My homegirl Louse Erdrich got put in the play-in round for tob so I think this is going to have to be my zombie pick although The Trees by Everett is amazing so far. I wasn‘t sure about the tone she struck at first with the silly crime caper and the irritating ghost but I think it was the right choice. There is some really heavy shit addressed: covid,BLM protests, and cultural appropriation. Nobody wants to relive that,we‘re still in it⬇️

Does anyone else get annoyed when you can‘t figure out where a novel is set? Is this one New York, San Francisco, or Vancouver maybe?? I guess it is a lack of imagination on my part but I need a place to anchor my mind even if it‘s make believe. For the most part this is a realistic novel so where the heck does it take place? Sorry for the rant

“Maybe memories are not to be forgotten but also not exactly to be remembered…Maybe it‘s memory, which is the exit wound of joy”. This book is a series of letters to people that cannot reply bc they are dead, incapacitated or lost to time. Interspersed are scrapbook/poems about authors immigrant parents.Beautiful, melancholy meditation on time and memory that will likely spark your own ruminations on the past

I‘ve stalled out at 60% on Sally Rooney‘s latest but I‘m flying through this one! Such perceptive observations on mature relationships vs young adult angst is resonating more w me right now

Not ghost stories per se but quirky hauntings with melancholy epiphanies. These micro fiction stories may be too precious for some (and not scary at all) but are just my kind of thing. Loved it and not so patiently waiting for Brockmeier to come out with another novel.

Omg! When is my library gonna buy some more copies??

Found a good indie bookstore on my travels and bought more books including this one

Hey all you experts! I want to cancel my audible subscription because I can find pretty much everything at my awesome library but I have 2 credits left. I have wandering mind syndrome when it comes to audio so I don‘t listen very often. Are there any books on audio that add something over and above the print version? Some audiobooks I have enjoyed are The Anthropocene Reviewed, Milkman, and The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Thank you!

Reading about mushrooms at the beach

What in the actual heck is going on in this book? It‘s like someone narrating their crazy ass dream to you and it‘s hard to really concentrate on it because what is the point?

#netgalley
Do you like libraries, librarians, books and precocious children? Who am I kidding, of course you do! You will love this book- it checks all the boxes. Intricate plotting with big themes incl the importance of literature on a personal and cultural scale,climate change, nature & coming of age. Short chapters w alternating POV move the narrative along briskly. Moves from the fall of Constantinople to the future. ⬇️

Oh dear, I shouldn‘t be allowed in the bookstore.My 12 yr old has a reasonable stack of only 2 books

At first I thought “ oh no another white dude creative type in NYC” book but it actually pokes fun of millennial angst and addresses how difficult it is to connect with other humans in this ironic late capitalist world. Gorgeous artwork

Same McGinley, same

#Indiespensable showed up yesterday. I‘m loving the extras this time!

Today was the first time I visited my library since the pandemic started, it was so nice to finally be there in person! Also went to Barnes & Noble for the first time in ages and bought the tagged book. Two of my kids also got or renewed their own library cards because they are fully vaccinated as of last Saturday. Lots of good bookish stuff today. #bookhaul

Is it possible to feel nostalgic for something you‘ve never experienced? Case in point: internet photo of pojangmacha (tent bar street food in South Korea). I loved this memoir and now I want ALLL the Korean food! Highly recommended

Well I finally got my #bookspinbingo card done. #bookspin is Second Place and #doublespin is the tagged book. Hopefully I will do better than last month.

I liked this book but it took me forever to finish, I just never felt compelled to pick it up but I did love all the food talk and seeing a different representation of Japanese society than I typically do. Also got to genius on the Nyt spelling bee without looking up hints! Maybe I‘ll go for queen bee today

1. I recently read the tagged book along with the audio because I was on a long car ride and it was so noisy I couldn‘t concentrate on the book otherwise. My noise canceling earbuds don‘t work very well to filter out talking or music unfortunately. First time #immersionreading for me, it did help but had to speed up audio.
2. I really don‘t do well with audio but I wish I did- any tips appreciated!
#two4tuesday

Maybe this will give me the kick in the pants to get through some of my tbr. I don‘t really know what I‘m doing but here is my #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

Big update to #libby today! Finally syncs with overdrive wishlist

The fact that Ferrante is likely a man bothers me more than I care to admit. I feel the impetus to finish the Neapolitan series just draining away...

https://lithub.com/have-italian-scholars-figured-out-the-identity-of-elena-ferra...

Starting a new book on the porch

I really liked this one- despite my massive reading slump. Ostensibly a murder mystery but in actuality a psychological study of what happens when a woman reaches the end of her life and realizes she never lived. Her mind plays all kinds of tricks to tamp the loneliness and anger down and not face this fact but it all comes out in the end. 4.5/5 stars deducting .5 for a willfully oblique ending

👋hello everyone! I‘ve not been on Litsy lately as I‘ve been in a horrible reading slump. I need to stop the doom scrolling and spend more time here I think. I‘m liking this book so far but wtf is going on?? Does anybody want to be friends w me on Goodreads, if so see my link in bio. [photo:Grand Marais MN]

We stopped at an indie bookstore on vacation in Montana and I bought a couple Xmas presents to me. Hope everyone is having a lovely holiday.

I read 200 pages of this and skimmed to the end, it was just waay too long and repetitive. There are some good nuggets in here but I just got way too pissed off about some things like: why does a grown ass woman w kids of her own keep mentioning Mommy and Daddy, why “crazee”, and why tf does the author think she can waste my time like this?? Gratuitous pic of my kids at the library, they found interesting books about mummies 😆