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Jas16

Joined April 2016

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Endling | Maria Reva
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Yes! A #bookerlonglist title that I loved! It starts off focusing on three women in the Ukraine, a scientist trying desperately to save rare snails from extinction and two sisters taking part in tours that match foreign men with potential Ukrainian brides. As the three characters become entangled in a scheme Russia invades and everything changes. I don‘t want to spoil anything but this book has so much to say and is so smart and darkly funny.

Jas16 https://youtu.be/6UCZ6tJgIE4?si=2L0JdS1Pw_WBa__4 I really enjoyed this interview with the author but I am also glad I watched it after having finished the book 18h
Suet624 Thank you for the video. I hadn't seen it. I really, really liked this book. Once again, we are in agreement. :) 14h
BarbaraBB Looking forward to it. Great review 10h
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Pale Shadows | Dominique Fortier
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I loved this! After the death of Emily Dickenson the women in her life grieve the loss of her as they also decide what to do with all the poetry she left behind. This was so beautifully done. Gorgeously written, without a wasted word I think this is a book I will want to revisit.

merelybookish I read a few months ago and loved! 2d
Jas16 @merelybookish I really want to read paper Houses now. Have you read it? (edited) 2d
merelybookish @Jas16 I got it from the library but had to return it before I got around to reading it. But still want to read it! 2d
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The South | Tash Aw
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A Chinese family in Malaysia spends the summer at their small family farm. There is a lot of tension about the farm and within the family. Amidst all of this two teenage boys forge a relationship. This is one of my favorites from the #bookerlonglist so far but the fact that it is the first in a four part series makes sense to me because it felt like it was building towards something that it never became.

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This is probably my least favorite of Hartnett‘s books. She is still a must read author for me but I spent too much time annoyed with pretty much every single character before it all clicked into place for me. A light pick.

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Love Forms | Claire Adam
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I went into this book about a Trinidadian woman who gave up her daughter for adoption when she was 16 expecting to really like it, even with all the middling reviews. But instead, after a solid opening, I found the book tedious. Not sure how this made the #bookerlonglist

squirrelbrain I agree - poorly written. 6d
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All the Little Bird-Hearts | Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
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Well I will be looking for something light hearted on my shelves to read next because this was just so hard on my heart. An autistic mother with a teenaged daughter when new neighbors move in next door and insert themselves into their lives. It drags a bit in the middle but I was still ready to jump into the pages and fight everyone for being so cruel and dismissive of Sunday.

Jas16 Thank you @Butterfinger for the lovely bookmark. I love it! 1w
Suet624 This book. 💕💕💕 1w
BarbaraBB I loved this book 1w
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Graywacke This has hung around. Wonderful little book. And I completely understand your reaction. I was devastated for her. 1w
squirrelbrain I adored this book, but it was tough. 1w
Butterfinger You are welcome, @Jas16 7d
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Rest of Our Lives | Benjamin Markovits
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Tom drops his daughter off at college and rather than driving home and facing his marriage, his health, or his career he just keeps driving stopping off to visit old friends on the way. He is not an especially likable character but even with my adamantly disagreeing with almost all of his views there were moments in his thoughts that resonated with me. I really enjoyed reading this but it didn‘t feel very Bookery to me. #bookerlonglist

squirrelbrain Yes, I agree -it‘s not a Booker book. 🤷‍♀️ 1w
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Wounded: A Novel | Percival Everett
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John is a black man who trains horses on his ranch outside of a small town in Wyoming. When a gay man is murdered in the town the event vibrates through out his life in unexpected ways including bringing the son of his college roommate to stay. Percival Everett is in a league of his own and my only complaint about this book is that it is so short. The ending was so abrupt, I wanted another 150 pages.

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Monk and Robot | Becky Chambers
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I read this collection of both novellas featuring Dex and Mosscap in bite sized snippets after work all week. I have been feeling pretty burned out much like Dex so the quiet comfort of these pages was very welcome .
#14books14weeka. Book 14

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An Academic Affair | Jodi McAlister
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A marriage of convenience between two academic rivals who argue and test each other but also show each other such care, respect, and support. I was here for it all- from the literary discussions and campus politics to the family dynamics and simple act of bringing your parter coffee every morning. This book was funny, sad, and unbelievably sweet all at once. Out on 11/11/25

CarolynM Sounds good. Stacked🙂 3w
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Universality: A Novel | Natasha Brown
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Quick on audio but ultimately not for me. This was a look at class, wealth, journalism, and politics. Brown deftly gets you into the minds of her characters but even spending time in the thoughts of those with entirely different t perspectives from my own did not make me feel any more enlightened.

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King of Ashes | S. A. Cosby
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Somehow I thought I was going to stop at the halfway mark but there was no way. Cosby has somehow become a must read author for me although I don‘t really read high octane, violent thrillers. I still get drawn into the stories and care about the characters, including all of the Carruthers siblings in this book as older brother Roman tried to save them all. Once he made his first move, I could not look away. And what an ending! #camplitsy25

BarbaraBB That ending indeed 😳 3w
squirrelbrain Yes, impossible to stop! 3w
Reggie Lolololol I love that you love this! We‘ll make you a horror reader yet. He‘s just a stop on the way to scary reading. 🖤🖤🖤 3w
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Jas16 @Reggie I had not thought of that- could be but it still feels like a big leap. 3w
Megabooks I'm usually not a fan of such violent books either, but I've read all but one of his books! 2w
Ozbradster I may just have to get this next! 6d
Jas16 @Ozbradster He has definitely become an auto buy author for me. 6d
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Empire of the Vampire | JAY. KRISTOFF
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And now for something completely different…. I started this as a buddy read with a coworker while I was in a slump and had to focus it on it this weekend like it was my job. Over 700 pages and jn the beginning I was feeling every one of them- suddenly though it all clicked and I was there for it all the epic adventures, the violence, the vulgar insults, the friendships and betrayals. It was quite a ride.

AmyG Ha! I was surprised you read this. Not your usual kind of book. 1mo
CBee @AmyG I was thinking the same thing 😂 4w
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Misinterpretation | Ledia Xhoga
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The first of my #bookerlonglist library holds to come in and not an especially auspicious start. In the beginning I was hooked but then things went off the rails. There was too much going on and.then nothing was resolved leaving me wondering what I was going to take away from it all.

BarbaraBB I‘m in no hurry to read this one - unless it makes the shortlist! 4w
squirrelbrain Pretty much my thoughts too! 4w
Reggie I just got this on Libby. Not too excited now. lol 4w
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sarahbarnes This seems to be the overall feeling on this one. Too bad. 4w
Jas16 @sarahbarnes @squirrelbrain @Reggie @BarbaraBB I am disappointed because this sounded that something I would like. Ah well, onto the next. 4w
Chelsea.Poole I just finished this and feel exactly the same as you. 2w
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Tilt | Emma Pattee
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I started this coming off of a minor slump and was so relieved that it was so propulsive. A nine months pregnant woman trying to make it across Portland on foot after a major earthquake, cue the tension and anxiety. The pages almost turned themselves and yet I didn‘t looove this as much as everyone else at #camplitsy seems to. It was like a good action movie- thrilling in the moment but not overly impactful. Still a pick. #14books14weeks Book 13

squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Exactly! 1mo
BarbaraBB I agree! 4w
Suet624 I‘m with you. 4w
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I avoided this one when the buzz started but all of the Litsy reviews wore me down and I am glad they did. Such a wonderfully unusual book that sort of makes space in your brain and won‘t let you stop thinking about jr. A girl raised in a bunker with 39 other women. Why are they there? What was her life before? How does this impact every aspect of her being? You don‘t get all the answers you want but you do get a lot to mull over.

lil1inblue I still think about this one... 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Still think about this one too. 1mo
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Deep Cuts | Holly Brickley
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Every once in awhile you read a book that feels like it was written for you. This book brought me back to twenties self in such a powerful way. Long passionate talks about music while trying to figure out everything else.. I can see how many people might find this a basic love story but for me it felt like revisiting my younger heart.

Reggie Awwwww😍😍😍 1mo
BarbaraBB Exactly this ❤️❤️ 1mo
AmyG That is so sweet. 1mo
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The Girls Who Grew Big | Leila Mottley
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No sophomore slump for Mottley, this book was every bit as good as her debut with perhaps an added layer of polish. A group of unwed, teenage mothers band together in small town Florida and provide each other the support that is denied them my their families and the community overall. They are still so young and making all the errors in judgement teenage girls do while trying to be the mothers their children need.

kspenmoll Stacked! 1mo
squirrelbrain Loved this one! ❤️ 1mo
ncsufoxes I just got a signed copy of this book when I was in Charleston. It‘s on the pile but excited to know it‘s gotten good reviews. 1mo
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Our Fathers | Rebecca Wait
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A man kills his wife and two of his three children, shocking the small island community where he lives. Twenty years his surviving son returns to the island forcing everyone to face their complicated feelings about what happened and what it means. This was so good. The emotions in this book escalated as layers to the story were uncovered until I was turning pages with my heart firmly lodged in my throat.
#14book14weeks book 12

Leftcoastzen 😻 1mo
BarbaraBB I loved this one so much! 1mo
squirrelbrain So good! 1mo
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AmyG I love your model. ❤️ 1mo
Lesliereadsalot I loved this one too! 1mo
sarahbarnes I loved this one too! Great review. 1mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads To a book lover, Litsy provides the discovery of precious gems. Wow! 2d
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A missing hiker and those looking for her, a case of overly high expectations I think thwarted my experience with this one. It was still a good book, better than average even, but I went into it thinking I was starting what was destined to be one of my top reads of the year and it just wasn‘t.

BarbaraBB I felt like you 1mo
squirrelbrain Yes, I think this suffered from being over-hyped. It was good but not *that* good! 🤷‍♀️ 1mo
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Woodworking | Emily St James
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Another great #camplitsy25 selection and an important read about trans lives and experiences and how vital it is to be seen and accepted for you truly are. I didn‘t expect this to be such a hard to put down, page turner but I had to know how things were going to turn out for these wholly vibrant, imperfectly perfect characters. #14books14weeks book 11

squirrelbrain Great review! 1mo
Reggie Awww great review. I loved this book, too. 1mo
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Grief, regret, and longing. Ivona divorced her the love of her life, Vlaho, years ago but their lives remain entangled. He has remarried and has children but nothing about Ivona‘s life has turned out the way she wanted. When she meets a man their relationship upsets the balance she and Vlaho have obtained and bitter truths are revealed. Ivona makes decisions that I never would but I couldn‘t help but worry and read on.

Cathythoughts Stacking 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
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Three best friends growing up together in northern England in the 90s - the squabbles, insecurities ,and devotion of girlhood friends alongside the difficulties of growing up and figuring out how to exist in the world as a girl. This was a raw story that doesn‘t pull its punches. It took me a few pages to be able to read the dialect but once I got into the swing of it I was worried about Shaz, Rach, and Kel and what would become of them.

squirrelbrain Glad you enjoyed it! The dialect was tough to start with, and I‘m Yorkshire born and bred! 2mo
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My coworker is moving and gave me first dibs on the books she is weeding out and I chose this one. A short but effective read about a Korean woman as she experiences sexism in every stage of her life from the favoritism her brother receives as the only son to the inequalities faced when having a child both at home and in the workplace. This was the perfect length- the writing was direct and rules my emotions up to the last maddening sentence.

youneverarrived I loved this. 2mo
Reggie This was so good but so infuriating. 2mo
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Well shoot,I really liked Wilson‘s previous books and loved the idea of half siblings were complete strangers embarking on a a road trip to find the father who abandoned them all. The problem is that there seemed to be only the idea of a story here. The characters were one dimensional, the journey itself was kind of boring, and the ending was so unsatisfying. Happy others seem to be enjoying it but I didn‘t like this one at all.

AmyG It seems alot of people didn‘t like this one. 2mo
BarbaraBB Well said. I felt the same about this book, so disappointing. 2mo
Jas16 @AmyG I made the mistake of looking at Goodreads before Litsy. 2mo
Jas16 @BarbaraBB Thanks. hopefully his next book is better. 2mo
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Chopin didn‘t run & hide!
Steven‘s father disappeared from his life when he 12. For decades Steven let his hurt and anger rule and never looked for him. Now that his own life is in disarray he is searching for answers. Steven talks to people who knew his father and dissects his own memories trying to understand what he couldn‘t s a child. The writing was crisp and at times I forgot this wasn‘t a memoir. Steven felt so real to me.

Leftcoastzen Beautiful kitty !🐈‍⬛ 2mo
squirrelbrain I‘m looking forward to this one! 2mo
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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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Cushla is tying to juggle so much from her alcoholic mother,to assisting the family of a student when his father is severely beaten while living near Belfast during the Troubles. Adding an affair with an older, married man creates even more stress. The affair is more icky than romantic and I‘d have preferred it have less of a focus but I felt such a sense of dread wondering which of the balls she was juggling would drop first. #14books14weeks 10

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As soon I could today, I sat down and finished this book after today‘s #camplitsy discussion. I loved this. It surprised me at every turn from beginning to end. A book within a book that is half sci fi tale about robots but always supremely human, it covers a lot but it to me it all distilled down to the power of shared stories to bring us together as well as the courage to write our own stories. So lolling forward to next week‘s conversation.

BarbaraBB Your take on the first half of the book were very valuable to me. Can‘t wait for next week. 2mo
squirrelbrain Great review! 2mo
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Jas16 @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain Thank you both. I am really excited to hear everyone‘s thoughts next week. 2mo
Suet624 Just finished this one and I‘m so happy with the ending. 2mo
Jas16 @Suet624 wasn‘t it incredible?! 2mo
Suet624 It was so impressive. 2mo
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A Language of Limbs | Dylin Hardcastle
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I could not have loved this book more. Two teenage girls in the 1970s experiencing their first loves, with other girls. They both choose different paths, one embracing her sexuality and the other trying to deny it. This book was devastating and beautiful and just gorgeously written. I will be spending the rest of the year trying to force everyone I know to read it, starting with all of you. All the stars.

BarbaraBB Stacking of course! 2mo
LapReader Also has another couple of books as Sophie Hardcastle. 2mo
Jas16 @LapReader Oh thank you! Is there one that you would recommend? 2mo
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Jas16 @BarbaraBB I have already started texting my friends to try to get them to stop what they are doing and read this. I hope you love it too. 2mo
LapReader Below Deck 2mo
BarbaraBB I ordered a copy 🤦🏻‍♀️😀 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Ordered this one pronto! 2mo
Jas16 @BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot please let me know what you think- even if you end up hating it. 2mo
Jas16 @LapReader buying a copy mow. Thanks. 2mo
BarbaraBB Will do! 2mo
TrishB I have just finished it. Loved it ❤️ 2mo
Jas16 @TrishB I may have just exclaimed , “oh, yay!” at my desk. Luckily my colleagues are used to my yelling at my computer 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Well…this book is simply amazing. About 1/3 of the way and it‘s blowing me away. Believe me, @BarbaraBB will love this book as much as you and me. 2mo
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot I already purchased a copy! 🥰 2mo
Jas16 @Lesliereadsalot This makes me so happy! 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Truly magnificent. 2mo
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Medicine Walk | Richard Wagamese
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Frank is summoned by the alcoholic father he has met only a few times in his 16 years, and who managed to disappoint him every time. He learns that his father is dying and wants Frank to take him to his final resting place. During their days together Frank learns who his father is and gains an understanding of his own life. It seemed like a simple, straightforward story until I grasped the torrent of the emotions pouring out of me. Loved it.

Jas16 #14books14weeks Book 8 (edited) 2mo
BookNAround Wagamese is an amazing author. 2mo
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Atmosphere: A Love Story | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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I started this book concerned when I wasn‘t immediately drawn in. I ended the book with tears streaming down my face. Taylor Jenkins Reid got me again.

AmyG I‘m listening to this one. Good so far. No crying yet. 2mo
Jas16 @AmyG I‘ll be waiting to see if you succumb to tears too. But it is another good one. 2mo
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The Change: A Novel | Kirsten Miller
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Three menopausal women coming into powers that use to help solve crimes perpetrated against other women- this was the story of female anger I was looking for. Heavy handed at times but still just deliciously fun. Allso please meet Sergei. I am fostering him and his brother for a bit. Sergei is mostly ok with being a book model. His brother will have none of it.

Chelsea.Poole Good book and sweet model! 2mo
AmyG What a sweet cat! I so enjoyed this book.it would make a wonderful movie. 2mo
RaeLovesToRead Sergei the camera loves you 🥰 2mo
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Jas16 @Chelsea.Poole @AmyG @RaeLovesToRead Sergei appreciates the kind words although he wishes I would read less and pet more 2mo
Reggie What is the brother‘s name? 2mo
Jas16 @Reggie Chopin. Their original owner was a big classical music fan. 2mo
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When Women Were Dragons | Kelly Barnhill
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This wasn‘t the book I wanted it to be. I wanted more about the anger that ignited women, driving them to become fire breathing creatures. What I got was a sad and confused young narrator and a story involving dragons that managed to be kind of boring and repetitive. I had really been looking forward to this one.
#14books14weeks. Book 7

Pruzy The title is fire though! 2mo
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When the local community center becomes in jeopardy of closing an eccentric cast of characters come together to help each other and to help save the place that is so vital to them and their neighborhood. Funny and light but this book still managed to rig on my heart strings. Clare Pooley is very adept at hitting that sweet spot.

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Telephone | Percival Everett
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A father who loves his daughter more than anything and has to deal with his own helplessness in the face of that love looks towards the mystery of messages found in the pockets of items of clothing he recently purchased on line. Everett‘s books are all so different outside of all being well written and deeply smart. This book was all of that and also sharply moving with its main character who is lost and looking for something he can control.

ChaoticMissAdventures Which version do you have? I think everyone loves it no matter which one they got but I am always curious. 2mo
Jas16 @ChaoticMissAdventures the ISBN ends in b on my edition. I still need to discover the other endings. 2mo
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Amiable @Jas16 How did version B end? I read C and @BarbaraJean read A —you can fill in the missing gap! (With a spoiler tag, of course. 😀) 2mo
BarbaraJean Yes, I'd love to hear what the ending was like in your version! 2mo
Rissreadswithcats You have re peaked my interest in this. I‘d love to pick it for book club but only if I could make sure all the different endings were represented! Not an easy thing to do. I did think about trying to buy everyone a copy to make sure this was accomplished! 2mo
Jas16 @BarbaraJean @Amiable My version ends with his attempting to halfheartedly mercy kill his daughter but being stopped by a nurse. He then goes back to rescue the women and is able to get them safely to Mexico. The last page is about him sitting with his daughter and still watching for a bear or a lion 2mo
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I went into this book knowing very little about its plot. I am really happy about that because following where the pages took me and how they unfolded Vivek‘s story was such an emotional journey and I was better able to focus on each moment and revelation. Yes, this book was about Vivek‘s death but more importantly it was about the life and love surrounding that death. #14books14weeks book 5

lil1inblue I really liked this one! 😍 3mo
Butterfinger I really liked this. The cousin's grief. I won't forget this one. 3mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Loved this one. Their new in is on my list for this month, but nothing has beaten Vivik for me with their books. 3mo
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Shiner | Amy Jo Burns
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15 year old Wren lives in the West Virginia mountains. She is cut off from the world by her snake handling preacher father. Her mother‘s true soul mate is her best friend who has pledged to always stay close and protect her. As a series of tragedies occur Wren starts to unravel all of the secrets of her family and emerge from her seclusion. I really liked this. Vivid characters and the story unwound in ways that surprised me. #14books14weeks book4

sarahbarnes 👏👏👏 3mo
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While I could‘ve done without the unrelenting pop culture references, this look at the current Supreme Court and their polarizing decisions made for a fascinating listen. I am not a regular listener of the Strict Scrutiny podcast but I will be now.

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My Friends | Fredrik Backman
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I wanted to love this as much as everyone else seems to but Backman is a bit hit or miss for me. While this contained lovely messages about friendship and art I could feel Backman pulling the strings trying to wrestle my emotions where he wanted them.

Deblovestoread This does not bode well for me. I‘ve only read one other Backman (Ove) and held the unpopular opinion. Put this in my BOTM box to take a second chance. I really detest feeling manipulated in my reading. 3mo
Jas16 @Deblovestoread Ove was actually one that I liked so many our feelings about this one will differ too. Everyone else seems to love it so I hope you do too. 3mo
BennettBookworm Totally agree that this one felt a little too heavy handed and repetitive to me, but I‘m glad to have read it. 1mo
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Artist and the Feast | Lucy Steeds
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Why didn‘t this book make the #wpf25 shortlist?!Joseph is a young journalist just starting out in the 1920s. He thinks that he has gotten the chance of a lifetime when his favorite, notoriously reclusive, artist invites him to stay. When Joseph arrives he learns the invitation actually came from his niece and she convinces her uncle to allow him to stay. All three are passionate about art but their time together will have lasting impact. So good!

squirrelbrain I loved this one! ❤️ 3mo
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The story of two teens who find the friendship they desperately need in high school and how a dramatic occurrence and also the passing of time both changes that relationship and doesn‘t. Bunny and Michael were such well crafted characters that the plot seemed secondary to me. I just felt like I knew these kids and worried about them. #14books14weeks book 3

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Set in 1926 Australia, Tom and Isabel live on a remote island where he is the lighthouse keeper. Isabel has suffered multiple miscarriages when a boat arrives carrying a dead man and a living baby girl. When Tom goes to report the incident Isabel convinces him to say nothing so that they can raise the child as their own. I was so irritated with them both as I read this but couldn‘t deny that I was emotionally invested in seeing what was to come.

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Can't Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan
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Hendrix is independent and driven. She is focused on her career and her mother whose Alzheimer‘s is progressing. Getting involved with Maverick could both impact her career and her independence but she might have finally found someone who is actually worth compromising for. As always I am thankful for Kennedy Ryan and the complex, amazing characters she creates and her stories that are full of emotion but still make me swoon.

jdiehr I'm excited for this one! 3mo
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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The first half really lulled me into thinking I would end up really liking this book and the second half had me mildly annoyed but still curious until the last 50 pages made me want to stomp my feet like a child I was so frustrated. Really looking forward to #camplitsy25 discussions,
Book 2 of #14books14weeks

AmyG Same. 3mo
ChaoticMissAdventures This is why I love these discussions. The first section had me bored, the second confused then the third fascinated 😂 3mo
squirrelbrain Hopefully the discussions will help all of us, Jas! 😝 @AmyG @ChaoticMissAdventures 3mo
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AmyG I look forward to THIS discussion. I have many opinions! 🤣 3mo
Suet624 I‘m starting this soon and I can‘t wait. I‘m so intrigued. 3mo
fredthemoose 💯 3mo
Reggie I did not care for Hana. Or see the purpose in her. I Tamas was gonna cheat I wanted it to be a stranger or a man. Just for shock value. His pandering to the kids kinda weirded me out. 3mo
Jas16 @Reggie I so agree with you. It would have been more interesting to me if it hadn‘t felt like it went so far off the rails with that but I also could be missing something. 3mo
Megabooks @Reggie honestly I felt like Hana in the second half and Anne in the first half were vehicles to introduce conflict between Xavier and the MC rather than fully developed characters. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔 @Jas16 3mo
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A Man and His Cat 1 | Umi Sakurai
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I was across the country visiting family for a few days and when I returned I was exhausted but wanted to start on #14books14weeks so I picked this one off of my stack. I have never read manga before and heard such great things about this title. It was definitely cute but I won‘t be reading the rest of the series. Light pick.

Jas16 @bette My copy is a little battered but I would be happy to send it to you if you would like. 3mo
Bette You are so kind. Thank you for the offer but a friend gifted it to me. I completely agreed with your review: it was fine, but I won‘t be continuing the series. Thanks again. 😊 3mo
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I understand the disappointment some are expressing about this book. When you pick up a new Emily Henry you expect top tier romance and this is barely a romance at all. And the romance that is there- not even close to top tier. All the Taylor Jenkins Reid comparisons are justified too. However, I cannot deny that I enjoyed every minute of reading this book.

Suet624 I‘m glad you enjoyed it. I haven‘t read any of Henry‘s work and keep thinking I ought to try at least one of them. 3mo
ncsufoxes I just started this one. Abby Jimenez‘s new book was the same way. Still a good, sweet story but not as much romance or heat as her other stories. 3mo
Jas16 @Suet624 I like her but I also read a lot of romance which I don‘t believe is a genre you typically read. It would definitely give you a break between more depressing reads but I am not sure if you would be a fan. 3mo
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Jas16 @ncsufoxes Some other romance authors I like have started writing thrillers as well. I can understand wanting to try new things and looking for new audiences. I will be interested in what you think. 3mo
Suet624 I appreciate your thoughts. I do need some breaks in between some of the books I read. 3mo
ncsufoxes @Jas16 I‘m almost done & I totally get the comparison to Taylor Jenkins Reid. I also think the big difference is she usually does the perspective from the 2 main characters & this doesn‘t have it (Hayden vs Alice). 3mo
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Hai is floundering. At his lowest point he meets Grazina who is suffering from dementia and offers him a place to stay in exchange for caregiving and friendship. He gets a job at a food joint and finds coworkers who are all equally lost but see and support Hai with acceptance that he desperately needs. Found family and life on the fringes of the American dream combined with Vuong‘s poetic writing and characters who have earned a place in my heart.

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Small Boat | Vincent Delecroix
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A small, inflatable boat capsizes between France and England resulting in the deaths of 27 people. The French woman who took their distress calls is being interrogated after recordings of those conversations were found severely lacking. However she struggles with whether she is more to blame than anyone else for causing them to get in the boat in the first place., This is one of those books I will be thinking about for a really long time.

BarbaraBB Great review! 3mo
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I have gone back and forth about #14books14weeks both about participating and about what books to choose. I am trying to fit almost every mood, clear space on my shelves, get to books that have I have been wanting to read but just not picking up etc etc etc. Adding Camp Litsy titles both seemed smart but a little like cheating on those goals but this morning I decided to do it. I am posting this picture so that I cannot change my mind again.

squirrelbrain Definitely not cheating to include camp books…I did too! I loved Trespasses and Our Fathers. 4mo
BarbaraBB Our Fathers and Telephone were both so good! Great stack! 4mo
Ruthiella Not cheating! Great stack! 😃 4mo
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Lesliereadsalot You are so ready for camp! 4mo
Liz_M I definitely added challenge books to my stack. The Death of VO made me cry so hard. 3mo
Prairiegirl_reading Great stack! I love Richard Wagamese. I‘m really looking forward to camp! 🏕️ 3mo
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We Are the Brennans | Tracey Lange
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Sunday returns home after a car accident and has to face her family and the fiancé she left behind as well as all of the secrets they are keeping from each other. I love a messy family story and this one was easy to read during a hectic week. Did it change my life? No. In fact I doubt I will remember much about it in a few months but it was an enjoyable and quick read and just what I needed.

AmyG Same 4mo
Aims42 I call these reads “Potato Chip reads” lol They aren‘t meaty and ones that will stick with you, but they‘re good, satisfying and entertaining 😁🙌 4mo
Jas16 @Aims42 I love that! 4mo
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