Litsy

Many thanks to @BarbaraBB for sharing the link to the #ToB25 longlist...I'm supposed to be on their mailing list, but the longlist was surprisingly challenging to locate.

I've interacted with 8 of the longlist titles (finished 6, DNFed 2). There are several I'm excited about, but mostly I feel like, didn't we JUST do #ToB24???

Bookwormjillk It was so hard to find! 3mo

ImperfectCJ @Bookwormjillk No kidding! Even knowing where it is, I can't get to it from the ToB homepage. I have to use the direct link. Weird that they hide it like that! 3mo

BarbaraBB I learned the link thanks to @BkClubCare and still can‘t find it without getting back to her post! 3mo

Megabooks I agree! It was really hard to find this year! 3mo

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BarbaraBB

The Husbands | Holly Gramazio

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This was much more fun than expected.
Each time Lauren‘s husband enters the attic, there returns a new one. An seemingly endless supply of husbands is at hand for Lauren. She takes her time to ask herself what she wants from marriage, a man, and herself.
Holly Gramazio has written a very original story that made me laugh and think. #ToB24

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mcctrish I was just surprised she didn‘t have one to start but now I get that she‘s in the market for one 🤣🤣 6mo

BarbaraBB @mcctrish That was quite surprising indeed, and she didn‘t even want one! 6mo

Suet624 What a great concept. 6mo

AlaMich I liked this too, and I thought she did the ending well, also. 6mo

robinb I really want to read this one! It sounds fun and thought provoking. 😊 Hope you‘re doing well! 🤗 6mo

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Jas16

The Librarianist: A Novel | Patrick DeWitt

so-so

A #tob24 title that I was really looking forward to bur I found the lack of cohesion in the story off putting. Some sections I liked, one section I skimmed, and it just never came together for me and overall I was disappointed.

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BkClubCare

Open Throat: A Novel | Henry Hoke

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Well, THIS has to be the shortest fastest ToB read I have ever experienced! I wish I would have known it would only take me one sitting; I would have devoured it at a bookshop and returned it to the shelf. LOL maybe not… #ToB24 #novella #LibraryBook [Book 15 of 2024] ⛰️🦁

Soft pick, entertaining in a way that fits my mood today.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 11mo

AvidReader25 I just read this one too. I don‘t know why, but I‘ve read a string of books narrated by animals recently, but I didn‘t plan it that way. 🤣 11mo

BkClubCare @AvidReader25 - it‘s kind of fun when books have linked coinky-dinks… 11mo

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Hooked_on_books

The Librarianist: A Novel | Patrick DeWitt

so-so

I‘m a bit flummoxed by this one. I enjoyed it immensely but I also feel like it really doesn‘t hold together as a whole. Almost a third of the book is dedicated to a childhood story of the main character, Bob, and it‘s completely enchanting, but it doesn‘t fit into the rest of the book and even carry a consistent characterization of Bob. So I can‘t quite give it a pick. But it would be a great book club book and I want a whole book about Linus.

Hooked_on_books #tob24 12mo

catiewithac I'm liking this for the dog 😍 12mo

Librariana It's lovely when we have those feelings about side characters... that they could've gotten their own book. Sounds like Linus was a well-rounded one! I always appreciate the way you share your opinions of a book 😊 12mo

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 12mo

squirrelbrain This didn‘t quite connect for me either - stories that could almost have been separate books. 12mo

Hooked_on_books @catiewithac I‘ll be honest—there are some posts that I struggle to read at all because I can‘t take my eyes off the dog! So, I get it. And appreciate it! 12mo

Hooked_on_books @Librariana Aw, thanks! I appreciate honesty in reviews from others so I can assess a book well, so that‘s what I try to do. Linus is an old guy in a wheelchair with absolutely no filter who will blaze right over the top of anyone if he lets them. He‘s a hoot! 12mo

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain That‘s it exactly! Great writing, great stories, but not a novel. It just felt like 2 different ideas smashed together that really didn‘t have anything to do with one another. 12mo

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BkClubCare

Blackouts: A Novel | Justin Torres

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Call me impressed. Dazed, feeling melancholy. This is imaginative and creative without any sense of arrogance. Imho

#ToB24 #HardCover #Purchased Book 10 of 2024

SamAnne Can‘t wait to get to this one. 12mo

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Hooked_on_books

Study for Obedience: A novel | Sarah Bernstein

pan

I feel like there‘s a really excellent, moody, disturbing short story buried in this book. But as a novel, even a short one, it‘s a meandering mess. And yet it‘s a prize winner! Baffling. #tob24 longlist

BarbaraBB Agree!! 12mo

squirrelbrain Completely agree! 😬 12mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🖤🩶🖤 12mo

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BkClubCare

The Auburn Conference | Tom Piazza

Started this one yesterday #LitsyTob24 right? NOPE: #ToB24

BarbaraBB No it‘s not! It‘s a play-in book in the real #ToB24. I‘ll add a link to our shortlist! 12mo

BarbaraBB https://litsy.com/p/QTBubHpubHlS 12mo

squirrelbrain I listened to this - it‘s interesting but not overly exciting. 12mo

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BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - ack! I can‘t ever find the lists! 😫 especially mid-post. 🫤 12mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - I search the hashtag but it is pages and pages- how do you save the link for reference? I took a photo but that, too, is pages to track through… I have it printed “somewhere” 12mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - at least, the audio is short. It is tough pressure to want to be a completist. I am working on it. 12mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - thank you! 12mo

BarbaraBB Did you find it by clicking on the url I sent above it do you have to scroll a lot then too? Wait, I‘ll tag you in that post again! That should do the trick! 12mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB -yes! Went right to the brackets!! And, I have discovered a new way to org my open tabs for Safari on my phone. I‘m good. 👍 🎉 12mo

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BkClubCare

Blackouts: A Novel | Justin Torres

Starting this one. #ToB24

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Hooked_on_books

America Fantastica | Tim O'Brien

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I‘m glad the #tob24 longlist got me to read this one, because it‘s a wild, hilarious, madcap caper starting with a bank robbery and carrying unending ridiculousness forward. There‘s lots of skewering of the political right and conspiracy theorists, which I enjoyed. I‘ll definitely be looking for this author again.

Deblovestoread Sounds fun! Stacked 12mo

BarbaraBB I loved earlier works by him but this one sounds completely different. That‘s why I‘ve been holding it off. Your reviews sounds good though. 12mo

Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB That‘s really interesting to hear. I‘ve never read him before and thought other books might be similar. But of course that‘s not necessarily the case with any author. I like wacky books, so this one was fun for me. 12mo

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BarbaraBB He wrote about the Vietnam war, so I guess much more serious. I loved

The Things They Carried

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BarbaraBB And especially

In the Lake of the Woods

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BarbaraBB I remember now that he wrote a funny book too but I didn‘t like ghat much.

Tomcat in Love

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Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Wow, those all seem wildly different from this book! If you do give it a try, I‘ll be curious to see what you think of it. 12mo

JenP I did like his book about Vietnam and the aftermath/toll the war had on those who served. I work with Veterans (I‘m a psychologist) and that book was brilliant in how it really captured “the things they carried”. This sounds very different 12mo

Hooked_on_books @JenP My husband has PTSD from Afghanistan, so I definitely need to read that one. 12mo

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