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The Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft

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Between a so-so and a pick because I never felt bored though I was often confused and bewildered. I enjoyed the questioning of how and what translators DO, I was intrigued by the devotion of the translators to their Dear Author, I found the animosity between English and Spanish amusing in its presentation. One word I read in a review somewhere calling this “delirium” - it fits! I have no doubt that a “discussion” would find me liking it more.

BkClubCare Maybe a ToB discussion - - NOT my bookclub. They‘d hate it. 2d

BkClubCare #Nov2024 Book109 #ToBLongList #climatechange #fungi #forests 2d

Megabooks I'll have to take a picture of this in our Norfolk Pine when I read it! 2d

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BkClubCare @Megabooks Yes! 😆 2d

squirrelbrain I‘ve got another 2 hours to go on audio - so far I agree with your review. 2d

Karisimo Your description fits how I felt about this book very well! 2d

Susanita This should have been right up my alley, but it was so confusing! I think she was trying to do too much with one book. 2d

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - I can‘t promise anything more as you approach the conclusion. 😉 2d

BkClubCare @Susanita - maybe it needed MORE footnotes?!? More annotation! 2d

BkClubCare @Karisimo - 😎 thank you ☺️ 2d

BarbaraBB I agree with your review! So confusing 2d

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - too many questions to keep up with. 2d

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BkClubCare

The Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft

It made it! And so did Wild Horses! And Poor Deer! And many I don‘t recognize but many I do. Link in comments - I wouldn‘t have found it if weren‘t for the gr group site… #ToB2025_LongList #toblonglist

BkClubCare https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2024 2w

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella @sarahbarnes 2w

BkClubCare I‘ve read 7. 😐 2w

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sarahbarnes Woohoo! So excited this is out. I did an initial scroll and there are definitely some I haven‘t heard of. 2w

Deblovestoread Yay! Ive read 8 and DNF‘d 1. A few on my shelves and some I‘ve never heard of. 2w

Ruthiella Yahoo! I‘ve read five. Nice that Claire did make it this year! 😃

Poor Deer: A Novel

Bookwormjillk Nice! Just in time for the weekend! I‘ve only read 3 and never heard of most. The thing I love about this event is that I spend the entire year reading and following the book world and then there‘s this list of dozens of books not on my radar at all. (edited) 2w

squirrelbrain Like you @sarahbarnes I‘ve just done an initial scroll and there a fair few I haven‘t heard of. I shall be making a spreadsheet shortly…. 🤪 2w

BarbaraBB Thanks! I didn‘t find it either. I read 17 and have another 10 on my shelves, so lots to read! Super excited about another ToB! 2w

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 😂🩷 2w

willaful I've read only two and both of them I heard about on Litsy. 😁 And I think the ones on my TBR are also from Litsy! 2w

BkClubCare Yay! So fun to wake up to this response 😆 Looking for my next audiobook NOW. . . . Going with The Wedding People (edited) 2w

Liz_M @Suet624 2w

Suet624 @Liz_M thank you! I can‘t believe it‘s so hard to find the information. And despite giving them money every year I always feel like I‘m the last to know. 😂 2w

BkClubCare @Liz_M @Suet624 - sorry I missed tagging 🏷️ you! And many Litsians. I was a bit manic when I found it 🤪 (edited) 2w

BkClubCare @Suet624 - i‘ve been sustaining Member for years and I still never get the discount applied when I buy ToB merch 🙄 2w

Suet624 @BkClubCare I keep trying to remember it‘s just a couple of guys running it so I don‘t get annoyed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

Larkken Thanks for posting the link! It wasn‘t coming up in my google search 🔍👀 2w

BkClubCare @Larkken - yay! Glad you saw my post. (I have been searching the various hashtag options; and I got the scoop!? 😆) 1w

BkClubCare @Suet624 - yes, and they really are helpful when you reach out. I heard that they are more active on Discord but who can remember all these options… 1w

sarahbarnes Extinction is definitely one I want to read on the list ASAP. 1w

BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - it‘s. . . unsettling, methinks 1w

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julesG

Gogmagog: The First Chronicle of Ludwich | Jeff Noon, Steve Beard

Weird day. No idea why. Couldn't concentrate on one book.

Better luck tomorrow. 😉

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BkClubCare

The Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft

Starting next because might be on #ToB2025 Long List? #Hurryupalready

(Pic from a concert in 2015 that I don‘t remember… but thought might make a good backdrop for this cover 🤷🏻‍♀️)

squirrelbrain I know! Getting very impatient now…. And all these books that I‘m reading that *might* be on the long list, probably won‘t be! 2w

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - this was the first one I found that my library didn‘t have any holds 🤣 2w

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AshleyHoss820

Mostly Void, Partially Stars: Welcome to Night Vale Episodes | Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

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This volume collects the scripts from season one of the absurdly brilliant Welcome to Night Vale podcast plus behind-the-scenes introductions to each episode. This is my brand of weird and I feel no shame about that. Actually, I feel no shame or really any other emotion…I am suspended in a jar of jelly that isn‘t really jelly, just the consistency of what you know to be jelly. Send help. Or don‘t. It‘s whatever.

ChaoticMissAdventures I used to love this pod! It was so creative. The faceless old woman always gave me the creeps 😂 3w

AshleyHoss820 @ChaoticMissAdventures I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it until I picked this up! I forgot all about Hiram, the 5-headed dragon. The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home! So skin-tinglingly weird! ☺️ 3w

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BarbaraJean

Winterset Hollow | Jonathan Edward Durham

Yep. 😆

I turned in my ballot a couple of weeks ago, and today, I'm seeking peace and hope in the midst of uncertainty. Even though I'm in the middle of too many “required“ reads right now, I'll be setting aside time tonight for the #ComfortReadathon... maybe I can sneak in a quick graphic novel!

BookwormAHN 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 4w

JamieArc This was my day today 😂 4w

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Therewillbebooks

The Twenty Days of Turin: A Novel | Giorgio De Maria

Some potential late October spooky reads.

snapsnarlgrowl Thornyhold is an affectionate parody of the gothic romance, from one of the genre‘s best. It certainly wasn‘t what I was expecting going in, but it was fun! 1mo

Therewillbebooks @snapsnarlgrowl Thanks! I've been wanting to read it for a while 1mo

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bookishbitch

Winterset Hollow | Jonathan Edward Durham

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For much of the story, you have no idea about the why. Which I think adds to the suspense. This felt a lot like being on a rollercoaster blindfolded. The fear of not knowing what might happen next is delicious. And it really unfolds brilliantly. It covered so many themes I wasn't expecting! Which gave it great depth. Even at the end, it just kept giving me more things to ponder. I would love to know some specific backstory. I really enjoyed this.

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Luke-XVX

The House on the Borderland | William Hope Hodgson

Another new pickup!

Bookwomble 😍 One of my favourite books - I have it in three editions already, so I've already told myself I don't need a fourth! Gotta stay strong 💪😒📖 1mo

Luke-XVX @Bookwomble ashamed to say I‘ve never read it! I believe it‘s part of Appendix N so I figured with this new edition I should rectify that! I picked up The King In Yellow in this new series edition yesterday too 1mo

Bookwomble @Luke-XVX The King in Yellow is also marvellous: a different feel to Hodgson, and probably a bit more literary, but I love them both. The 5 books in the Penguin Weird Fiction series have great covers, but Claimed! by Bennett is the only one I'd need for my library, and I'll add it at some point. The anthology edition, Weird Fiction, weirdly has few stories in it I'd class as belonging to the Weird genre, though they're good horror/ghost stories. 1mo

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Luke-XVX I already have a HC of Algernon Blackwood stories I picked up last year so I‘ll get into that before I commit to the whole set. Those covers though…! 1mo

Luke-XVX I‘d be interested in doing a deep delve into these titles- I can imagine there‘s some great pulpy covers @Bookwomble 1mo

Bookwomble I realised I was writing you an essay! Suffice to say, there are some fantastic examples of artwork on past editions of these books 😊 1mo

Bookwomble PS. In case you're not familiar with it, the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a great resource which holds images of cover art for most editions falling inside the genre 😊 Link, and I'll stop now! 😄 https://www.isfdb.org/ 1mo

Luke-XVX @Bookwomble haha it‘s all good. I‘ll definitely check that out. Thank you. There‘s a few podcasts I listen to that will probably have referenced these books so I won‘t feel too out of my depth haha 1mo

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Emilymdxn

The Weird and the Eerie | Mark Fisher

For day 14 of the #hauntedshelf book cover hunt we've got one of my very favourite grey books I've read recently! And it's a spooky one too.

#skeletoncrew

PuddleJumper 🧡🖤🧡 2mo

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