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I had this on my kindle from ages ago, full disclosure I just got my first kindle a month ago. So I bought this at some point for some reason? I did have the kindle app on my iPad which died a few years ago so maybe it was for that. This was okay. It‘s YA and it feels like all the girl stories didn‘t come together, we got then and now, but not why and how or maybe I missed it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Reading at the private beach today #thisisthelife

The close of summer seemed like a good time to finally pick this up. What a treat, and not at all what I‘d envisioned. Fu‘s a poet, so her prose is lyrical and erudite.

The overarching theme was how traumatic events in our formative years can reverberate throughout the rest of our lives. I loved the way Fu structured the novel to highlight that point.

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There is some very beautiful writing in this, but I felt like it was a tumble to the end and somehow did not round out some of the more awkward corners 3 1/2 ⭐️s.

There is some very beautiful writing in this, but I felt like it was a tumble to the end and somehow did not round out some of the more awkward corners 3 1/2 ⭐️s.

Five girls at a sleepaway camp go on an overnight camping trip where something goes very wrong. We are given this story one bit at a time while character studies of each girl as she grows into womanhood is interspersed. Despite the weak ending, I thought this was really good. (Goodreads calls this YA, but it definitely is not.)

This novel is a series of intimate portraits of several very different women who shared a traumatic experience as girls. Each woman's story was compelling but there is a lot of sadness and realism and no neat conclusions. I recommend if you enjoy character-driven stories.

Here‘s my #BookSpinBingo board🧡 I‘ve just finished The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, and I kind of wish I had bailed on it. The flashback scenes were intriguing, but the character follow ups were bland.

Number 7 ✅

@TheAromaofBooks

I really liked this book and went into it hesitant. I didn‘t know if a traumatic story about kids getting lost in the woods would captivate me but the format of this book was drastically different than that. Enthralling and what a beautiful writer Kim Fu is.

This is a gripping and deeply felt novel about a group of young girls at a remote camp--and the night that changes everything and will shape their lives for decades to come.
#forever
#jamminjune

Only read 3 chapters and I‘m bailing. A real disappointment.

A group of girls find themselves suddenly stranded during a night spent in a remote, primitive area of the Pacific Northwest, with no way to get help

#camping
#spooktober
@Eggs

I haven't posted in awhile and recently treated myself to these lovelies so no time like the present! 😁 Now which should I read first???

#talesfromthecrypt #edwardgorey

First one that came to mind. Teen age girls camping alone on a remote island....and how it affected them as adults

#camping #letstravelaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

It's summer time and there's nothing I liked better when the weather is hot than a camp novel! I'm not big on thrillers, but set yours at a summer Camp and I am THERE. Some of my favorite (or most anticipated to read) camp novels. Or, in the case of Truly Devious, boarding school novels that feel like camp novels.

#SummerReading #Thrillers #Top6List #LibraryBooks #RA

I think the author forgot to write the ending.

I honestly don‘t think we needed the camp aspect in here. This was five different stories of girls and their journeys to womanhood. Each just happens to have had a linking incident at camp. Each story is filled with uncertainty, disillusionment, and the swallowed articulations of what could make their lives better. Even though I felt cheated on the last girl‘s story this was a compelling pick overall.

A compelling account of the coming-of-age of five young women whose lives intersect during a traumatic event. The structure and pacing made each section build upon the last. Also, I love the cover!

I really enjoyed this contemplative book about the impact a childhood trauma or incident can have on a person‘s entire life. Full review on my blog now!
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https://lifewithallthebooks.com/2019/02/18/the-lost-girls-of-camp-forevermore-bl...

I enjoyed the writing style and the characters but the focus was different than I thought. I thought this was going to be about the girls' experience at camp but that wasn't entirely the focus.

Started reading this last night. Had to put it down at 2 AM with 59% read. I‘m a zombie today, and the only reason I‘m not reading it right now is because I‘m too tired to focus on the words! The narrative style is a bit jumpy, but you get used to it quickly, and it works!

This review is for Fu‘s short story “In This Fantasy”. The narrator is a woman with fantasies: she is a landlady watching a young woman have an affair and kill her abusive husband; she is in a cabin encountering a wolf outside; she is a princess on the morning of a revolution- feeling something for the first time; she is in her own life with children and fantasies of divorce, affairs, child abandonment- with love, freedom and regret.

I‘ve injured my foot - not seriously - and so I have a few weeks #audiowalk free. Waiting for the #audiobus I still notice how beautiful the world is tonight.

So this is 5pm?!? #daylightsavings

What did others make of the fact that Andee‘s chapter focuses on her sister?

Kayla and Andi 💔

Sometimes your weekday just begs for weekend treatment #audioeats

Thank you so much @Regi_C for this book. I have been wanting to read it for a while and I can't wait to dive into it! #justabookswap thanks @TheBookKeepers for putting together this swap!

I really enjoyed this book! Five girls are stranded on an Island in a scary, tragic camping situation. The novel alternates between telling the story of the camping trip gone wrong and following the girls through their lives after the trip. It is really well written and the characters are super compelling. Great read!

Cottage reading

Next up!

It's not what I expected and good so...i really enjoyed writing and I cared about characters enough, to follow up on their lifes after. I think, the description and reviews were off putting and I'm glad I picked this book up.

"He noted the passage of time with such quiet wonder that Isabel felt it slipping away. She felt herself age, she felt the regrets she didn't yet have." Kim Fu will be at #emwf18 to read from The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, which explores the way a traumatic experience impacts and shapes the lives of five girls throughout their teen and adult years. bit.ly/2tC47XK #canlit

The reviews of this book almost turned me off reading it, but I'm glad I picked it up. Good read for sure.

I do have to say that Kim Fu is a wonderful writer. Yet, I just didn‘t enjoy 65% of this book. It centers around 5 girls that are abandoned on a camp trip after their leader dies, resulting in them being lost in the woods in a “Lord of the Flies” type way. THAT part was good. The rest of the book was short stories about the girls‘ lives, that were hardly even connected to the “event”. One wasn‘t even about the girl from the camp, but her sister.

#authorswhoarenewtoyou #julyinbooks18 @bookisglee
Ron Koertge, Ashley Hope Perez, Kim Fu, Abby Ellin

Five campers are stranded on an island; their adult guide is dead, the kayaks floated away, they have very little food and no communication devices.

I am giving this a “pick” because it was very compelling but it could have been a lot better. I know some people don‘t like the non-linear structure but I liked that. I just think the author could have delved deeper into each character and the ending was very abrupt. It felt unfinished to me. I still enjoyed it more than a so-so. #summerreading

Perfect hot summer weather reading. I loved the approach of each girl‘s past and future being fully told in turn with the big event at Camp Forevermore anchoring everyone. I think a few things could have been flushed out a little more, especially since it was under 250 pages but still a very satisfying book.

5/13 for #13books13weeks

To avoid the heat, we went to Chapters. It wasn't that cool in there or else I probably would have ended up leaving with more. Picked up one Canadian author just to keep things balanced. 😊

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finished this after work this evening. Meh. I feel like the chapters concerning what happened to the girls at camp and what their lives were like after were too disjointed. It seems like something like what they went through together would have bigger, more long-lasting impacts on them. And the ending didn‘t make much sense to me. It was alright, nothing great.

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Not sure what to make of this ending, it feels as if there's something missing.. Or maybe because it was a shorter chapter? Idk overall it wasn't bad, the back and forth of the chapters depicting the girls in different stages of life were written well but i just didn't connect to them.
#blameitonlitsyread

I‘ve seen mixed reviews for this book, but I enjoyed it! It explores the way in which a traumatic experience at Camp Forevermore impacts and shapes the lives of five young girls. I found some of their stories more interesting than others, but overall, it‘s a pick from me! #canlit #emwf18

Littens! 🤗🤗🤗 Hello! I have returned to the interwebz! It's been too long & I missed you & your bookish updates!

My social media haitus was refreshing. I was able to get a lot of good writing done! I still have a lot to do but I've got my momentum back & feel ready to dabble online again.

Here are 9 books I read and loved during my break.

Now please, tell me all the gossip! What's new? What have you been reading? What should *I* be reading?

I went to the library to return books and these babies followed me home.
The top 4 are a total #blameitonlitsy moment.

This is the first book I have finished for #deweysreadathon. I loved it but I have to wonder@if their lives would have been the same if they had not had the tragedy of what occurred at the camp.

I could not be happier to finally be done with this book, to be perfectly frank. It sounded so good in the jacket description, but then...it just didn‘t live up to it, for me. Disjointed and even sort of bland, it didn‘t feel finished. I might be in the minority in not liking this, but such is life. #thelostgirlsofcampforevermore #kimfu

Aiming to finally finish this book since I finished “I Was Anastasia” a few minutes before lunch. (And in honor of my pledge to eat better, I have a bowl of kale and veggies that tastes like a taco.) #thelostgirlsofcampforevermore #kimfu