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squirrelbrain
Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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I‘m thrilled to be hosting your August #camplitsy24 books!

First, we‘ll be heading off to Ireland to read about 4 gifted sisters in The Alternatives, then heading to the Pacific Northwest to read Bear, which was our second most voted for book, after James.

We‘ll confirm all of the dates for each book shortly.

That‘s all 6 books revealed now, what do you think of our final two, and of the full selection for camp? 🏕️

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jenniferw88 I'm surprised Knife isn't on there! 10h
Soubhiville I‘m excited for these two! 10h
julesG Looking back at the longlist, I'm surprised we don't have six one word titles this year. That would have been awesome 🤣🤣 10h
Bookwormjillk Yay Bear! I‘m excited that so many of these books aren‘t on my radar, but am happy this one made it. Can‘t wait for summer reading! 10h
Hooked_on_books It‘s an interesting list! Like last year, I‘ve already read 2 (Clear and James) and the rest look promising! 10h
Bookwormjillk @julesG ha! That does seem to be the trend this year. Thank goodness it has seemed to replace “The Girl” 10h
BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk 😂 ‘The Girl‘ 10h
BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 Knife had many votes too. @squirrelbrain will share the runner-up‘s later this week! 10h
squirrelbrain @jenniferw88 @julesG - look out for the ‘nearly-theres‘ later this week! 10h
squirrelbrain @Bookwormjillk - it‘s great to have a mix of known and hitherto unknown books, isn‘t it?! 10h
squirrelbrain @Soubhiville - glad you‘re pleased about these two! 10h
squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books - I‘ve also read James, and would have probably read Clear as well, but I had insider information about how well it was doing in the voting, so I saved it. ☺️ 10h
Caroline2 Oh intrigued by these two!! 😃 👍 9h
Meshell1313 Exciting! Can‘t wait! 9h
monalyisha I‘m thrilled! This went much better than when my book club (or ahem, my whole country) votes! 9h
kspenmoll I am thrilled to be part of this group- some books I was aware of, some not. I have not read any of them. ❤️ 9h
TrishB Brilliant ❤️ looking forward to them all. 9h
CBee Yay! 9h
JamieArc I‘m truly looking forward to reading all of these, and I believe 4 of them I either nominated or voted for. Though my own votes don‘t reflect this, I do with there were a nonfiction. Looking forward to the discussions! 9h
AmyG Yay! I am so excited. Thank you all. 8h
charl08 I have a feeling this is going to add to my wishlist... 8h
batsy Don't know much about these two and look forward to finding out! 8h
Suet624 Just broke down and ordered several books yesterday. I usually cross my fingers that a library will have the books but none of them did. I‘m very excited! 8h
jlhammar Awesome! Beyond excited for both of these. 8h
peaKnit Very excited to read some new book this summer! 7h
squirrelbrain @monalyisha - we‘re a good group here, as far as voting for the right things goes! 🤣 7h
squirrelbrain @kspenmoll - I think we had a lot more ‘new to everyone‘ books this year, whereas last year some Littens had already read a few. 7h
squirrelbrain @JamieArc - non-fiction didn‘t do so well in the voting this year. 🤷‍♀️ Only Knife ever really troubled the top 6. 7h
squirrelbrain @charl08 - my TBR always explodes at this time of year! 7h
squirrelbrain @batsy - I don‘t know much about these two either, that‘s the beauty of #camplitsy! 7h
squirrelbrain Which ones tempted you? @Suet624 7h
Suet624 Butter and All Fours 7h
Megabooks So excited for these!! 🏕️🎉 7h
squirrelbrain @Suet624 - glad you can join us for those two. Hopefully your library may get some of the others in soon. 7h
Suet624 Thanks! Somehow or other I‘ll get the others. 😊 6h
sarahbarnes These are two more great choices! I love camp this year!! 😁 6h
Ruthiella These two are completely off my radar! I‘m so happy to be discovering them! 6h
BarbaraJean These were nowhere near my radar until nominations—I‘ll be crossing my fingers for those library holds! 5h
CBee @Suet624 I can‘t find Butter either - might have to order it! 5h
Deblovestoread Ireland and the PNW 🙌🏼. Love camp!⛺️ 4h
youneverarrived They sound interesting! Besides from All Fours none were on my radar, but I‘m looking forward to reading them all ❤️ 4h
squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes - glad you‘re loving camp! ❤️ 4h
squirrelbrain @Ruthiella @BarbaraJean - these two weren‘t on my radar either until they were nominated - the beauty of camp! 4h
squirrelbrain @Deblovestoread - we‘ve got 6 fabulous books this year! 4h
squirrelbrain @youneverarrived - I‘m looking forward to all of them too! ❤️ 4h
Christine What a great bunch of books - summer can‘t come fast enough!! ❤️ 3h
squirrelbrain I know @christine - I can‘t wait either! 2h
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BarbaraBB
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#BookReport 18/24

I loved the tagged one and bailed on both others. I feel so restless. Excited about the #CampLitsy love and also anxious about the state of the world.

TheKidUpstairs The Future is definitely one that needs full focus. It would be so hard to get into it if you're focus is all over the place! I've had a number of bails recently, too. Many that I'm sure would be great reads at another time. 23h
BarbaraBB @TheKidUpstairs Your review of it made me want to read it and I am sure I‘d loved it if I would have been more focused! 15h
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JenReadsAlot
Brotherless Night: A Novel | V. V. Ganeshananthan
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#independentbookstoreday with @KLyn1
Had to get a couple for #camplitsy24 of course!

squirrelbrain Brotherless Night is so good. (As well as the #camplitsy books, of course! 😃) 11h
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TEArificbooks
Untitled | Anonymous
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Sorry honey. I don‘t know what happened. I was running errands all day, was headed home, and realized I needed to go to the bathroom and there was just happened to be Barnes and noble so I ran in to go to the bathroom and I thought I would pick up the #camplitsy books for June and something happened. I think I blacked out, maybe I got sucked into the vortex. Now we have 7 books, a tea towel and a puzzle. In my defense it was also raining.

jlhammar 😂 2d
Ruthiella Well, if it was raining…then this is logically the only possible outcome. 😂 2d
squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 2d
MaureenMc 😂👍 1d
marleed Look at you supporting authors as the original owner of their book. If I can type for Littens everywhere: We are so proud of you👏👏👏 21h
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BarbaraJean
The Book of Joy | Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
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#5JoysFriday
🎷My husband‘s jazz combo concert on Sunday: big turnout, gorgeous weather, fantastic music!
💍 My husband and I ordered rings for our 10th anniversary in March, and mine finally arrived
🍻 Had a great lunch with former coworkers on Wednesday
✍🏻 Made progress on a writing project, so I had something to share at writing group
🏕️ The #CampLitsy24 buzz is bringing me joy—can‘t wait for the reveal of the July/August titles!

TheBookHippie 💛💛💛💛💛 2d
squirrelbrain The fact that everyone is loving #camplitsy makes us feel good too! 2d
DebinHawaii The ring is gorgeous! What a great joy list! 💛💛💛 The #CampLitsy excitement is real! Can‘t wait for the rest of the reveals! Thanks for joining in & sharing the joy.🤗 2d
Sace Gorgeous ring! Beautiful weather and jazz sounds like the perfect combination! 2d
Amiable Beautiful ring! 2d
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Soubhiville
Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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I am amazed at all of the nominations for #camplitsy this year. This was a really tough decision, and there are so many more I‘m just as interested in reading. But after spending an enjoyable afternoon reading as many blurbs as I could, I wound up voting for these 6. I wonder if any of them will wind up on our camp roster. We‘ll see!

Thank you so much to our hardworking hosts!

Bookwormjillk I have high hopes for Bear! 5d
Soubhiville @Bookwormjillk me too, Disappearing Earth was just so good. 5d
Megabooks I‘m hoping to see Phillips at Parnassus in July! Nice choices. Thanks for voting! 5d
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JamieArc Bear feels likely to make the list. It got one of my votes too! 5d
BarbaraBB Great choices. I want to read Bear too. And Plaka! And A Woman of Pleasure and The Alternatives! (edited) 5d
Caroline2 Great choices! I want to read Bear too. 😃 4d
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Bookwormjillk
Funny Story | Emily Henry
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😍😍😍
I didn‘t vote for this one for #CampLitsy because I don‘t want to wait until June! For me summer starts when I get the new Emily Henry.

BarbaraBB So fun. Enjoy! 5d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙💙💙 5d
JenReadsAlot I got mine today as well! 5d
Larkken haha, I had a bunch of books on that list that just went straight into my tbr and will not be pausing for camplitsy too 😄 4d
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Deblovestoread
Untitled | Unknown
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Back from taking hubby to the airport. A great day for peace and quiet to peruse the #CampLitsy longlist.

@BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain

BarbaraBB Enjoy! I have spend hours with it, only to still have 28 books I can‘t choose between 🤣🤣 1w
squirrelbrain Enjoy! ❤️ That‘s exactly the number I started with! @BarbaraBB 1w
BarbaraBB I know @squirrelbrain it is spooky again! But I am really stuck now, I do eant to read them all 😀 1w
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squirrelbrain Maybe we should have #autumncamp and #wintercamp too! 🤣 @BarbaraBB 1w
Megabooks I'm still going through the choices! I hope you have as much fun as I'm having! 7d
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monalyisha
Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips
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Well, #CampLitsy, I've only gotten through the B's on the longlist & there are already 5 books I want to vote for. This is going to be a *process.* 😅

I'm so excited about the tagged, though, which I didn't nominate and which I am ABSOLUTELY selecting. I loved Disappearing Earth so much and I didn't realize she had a new book coming! Thanks to the nominator!

Bookwormjillk I think that‘s a must for me too! 1w
jlhammar I also loved Disappearing Earth so can‘t wait for Bear. This is going to be impossible! 1w
squirrelbrain It‘s so difficult to choose isn‘t it?! I ended up with 28 books on my first round of highlighting. 1w
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ChaoticMissAdventures I am planning on taking allllll week to the very last day to vote. There are so many options! 1w
monalyisha @ChaoticMissAdventures That sounds like a healthy and reasonable plan! I'll probably just hyperfixate all morning while drinking endless cups of coffee. 😉 1w
squirrelbrain So funny that you have entirely opposite approaches to this! @monalyisha @ChaoticMissAdventures 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain monalyisha I easily get “Overwhelmed paralysis“ or what I wlike to call, “This is too much I am taking a nap Syndrome“ LOL I took one look at the list and went and took a walk 😂 😂 I am so cuper excited though! My TBR is already growing. 1w
monalyisha @ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain What was it that Tolstoy said? “All obsessive readers are obsessive in their own way“? 1w
BarbaraBB I love this! I was super hyped too! I am still in the midst of narrowing it down! But Bear will definitely get my vote (I was one of the people norminating it!) 1w
BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures I love your approach too and how in real life I know no one who would react to a longlist like we do, in all our different ways. And that is what I love about Litsy 🩵 @squirrelbrain 1w
monalyisha @squirrelbrain After making my way through the whole list, I've got 24. I wondered how near my number would be to yours! I'm going to pause for a little road trip but I'm both looking forward to and dreading narrowing it down later. 😊 1w
Megabooks I'm so excited for Bear as well. I've signed up to see her on book tour at Parnassus! 🎉 🎉 🎉 Glad you're enjoying the longlist. 1w
squirrelbrain It‘s the difficult bit next Alyisha… 🫤🤪🤣 1w
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