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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Pickpick

That pesky Ellimist is back! And “not interfering” in what could be interpreted as quite an interfering way…

This is a Tobias book and we *finally* see him offered something of a pathway back to being a real boy.

Really enjoyed getting to meet two Yerk free Hork-Bajir and how it challenged all of the Animorphs previous assumptions about them being violent (like, them eating bark and using their blades primarily as tools rather than weapons).

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MaleficentBookDragon
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My #bookspin is also the #LSFBC pick this month. I love it when a plan comes together. 😹
My #doublespin was recommended by a knitting/book YouTuber I follow and it just came off hold at the library.
#LitsySciFiBookclub

TheSpineView Enjoy!❤️📖🚀 7d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 7d
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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Chipping away at this one while I enjoy a giant pistachio croissant and honey oat milk latte

Happy Thursday!

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ChaoticMissAdventures
Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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Lunch break

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
The Andalite Chronicles | K. A. Applegate
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Pickpick

CRAZY work making me care about Elfangor - the andalite warrior prince who DIES DRAMATICALLY in book one after giving the “Animorphs” the power to morph AND for making it EVEN MORE TRAGIC in retrospect for the already most tragic of the Animorphs kids.

I‘m feeling totally normal and fine about it
🫨🫨🫨😭🫨🫨🫨

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LitsyEvents
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repost for @TheSpineView:

The votes are in and the June selection for #LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC is The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei. The US price on Amzon is $14.99. My library doesn't have a digital or audio copy. I hope they have the physical book. I haven't checked other sites for the book. Hopefully, it will be less other places.

#BuddyRead

TheSpineView Thanks! 1w
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TheSpineView
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The votes are in and the June selection for #LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC is The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei. The US price on Amzon is $14.99. My library doesn't have a digital or audio copy. I hope they have the physical book. I haven't checked other sites for the book. Hopefully, it will be less other places.

@Larkken @bnp @Johanna414 @BookmarkTavern @julesG @BookBelle84 @Readergrrl @CSeydel @Roary47 @Lizpixie @PaperbackPirate @PageShifter

BookmarkTavern I just read this a few months ago, so I look forward to seeing everyone‘s thoughts! 1w
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CSeydel My library has it! Just put in my hold 1w
julesG I read it last year. Will skim to refresh my memory. 1w
TheSpineView @julesG I've not read yet. Hope my library has a physical copy because they don't have a digital one. 1w
julesG Wish I could lend you my ebook copy 1w
TheSpineView @julesG No worries! I went online at my County library's website. While the library in my town doesn't have it. The town just north of us does. So a 15 minute drive to get it on Saturday and I'll be set. 1w
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Bookwormjillk
Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1) Beautyland (tagged) was amazing. Felt like a hug in book form.
2) Hard Times by Dickens. Just couldn‘t do it.

Eggs Haven‘t read either one ☝️ 3w
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heyitsMacall
Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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Pickpick

I loved this because I‘m a weird alien girl as well. I appreciated the end where she deals with loss, I cried.

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BarbaraBB
Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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This is interesting. In today‘s bracket Martyr! beats Beautyland in the #ToB25 while in the #LitsyToB25 Beautyland advances. The book is this year's favorite for five of us, while Martyr! is just two people's favorite: Sue and Anne Cecilie‘s Zombies are approaching quickly so we'll soon know if Martyr! wil be able to return from the grave!

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Suet624 Yeah, I actually didn‘t imagine Martyr would advance on our litsyTOB. I liked both books and I just always like to give props to Martyr whenever I can. 😊 2mo
Bookwormjillk I haven't read Martyr yet, but I loved Beautyland so much it would be hard to top. At least when one advances in our bracket and one advances in the TOB everyone can be happy. 2mo
Deblovestoread I fully intend to read Martyr one day and always feel a bit guilty voting for a book when I haven‘t read the other. I did love Beautyland. 2mo
BkClubCare Happy happy! 👏 2mo
Hooked_on_books I am baffled by the TOB judge today. So much time spent on explaining her criteria (that needed some serious editing), only to discount the book I found far more surprising! I don‘t get it. Martyr‘s MC is a classic addict and therefore highly predictable and the whole premise of Beautyland is wholly unique. I‘m just boggled. I think we made the better choice. 2mo
squirrelbrain I did like Martyr!, but it wasn‘t an ‘enjoyable‘ read, so I voted for Beautyland. I‘m glad Martyr! made it through as well though. 2mo
ImperfectCJ @Hooked_on_books The decision today was definitely confusing. There was very little about why the judge actually picked Martyr over Beautyland, and while I agree that the scene she describes is excellent, it comes at the very beginning of the novel and we don't get many more of those moments. I like Martyr and find the writing beautiful, but I agree that Beautyland was the more surprising book and the one that got to me more. 2mo
Jas16 It was an interesting judgement today. I think I love Beautyland so much in part of how surprising it was to me. So glad it is moving on in our tournament and hoping it returns as a zombie in the other tournament. 2mo
cariashley I was really scratching my head about the whole “surprising” angle. Genuinely wasn‘t sure which one she thought was vs wasn‘t and it was weird that she was so binary about it. Made me think I was missing something with both books. I liked Martyr! more, for what it‘s worth! (edited) 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Beautyland was so imaginative and well written and kept me wondering where it was going. I love those things in a book! 2mo
BarbaraBB @cariashley I totally agree, in fact I was underwhelmed by Beautyland. 2mo
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