Well, #sdbookcrawl is over, and I didn't collect any prizes, but I did get a second book for #CampLitsy24 today! And I found out that my local indie bookstore is having a book club about this one in May...quite tempting!
Well, #sdbookcrawl is over, and I didn't collect any prizes, but I did get a second book for #CampLitsy24 today! And I found out that my local indie bookstore is having a book club about this one in May...quite tempting!
I liked this but didn‘t love it as much as I wanted to. It was sold as a novel of food & murder but it‘s really about journalist Rika navigating work, friendships and society‘s expectations of women in Japan. I enjoyed the vivid descriptions of food & her life in Tokyo & the unexpected turns the characters take. But it became repetitive & was more a coming of age than a suspenseful mystery. Authentic & thought-provoking but too long.
Two books given to me by a friend / neighbour. Stone Yard is brand new - she loved it but ‘never keeps books‘. Great for me! 😃
That inspired her to get the other book, which she found rather depressing and didn‘t enjoy as much, but it‘s a free book, so….
(We did just give them our barely-used travel crate for their new puppy so a fair exchange I think! ☺️)
Bought this on Saturday morning at The Stripey Badger bookshop in the Yorkshire Dales but couldn‘t post about it until now, for two reasons:
1. To celebrate #camplitsy24 launch weekend, we actually went camping and had no phone or Wi-Fi signal.
2. Can you imagine if I (as a camp host!) had actually posted this longlisted book yesterday before most of the camp books were revealed?! There would have been rioting in bookshops around the world! 🤣🤣
I‘m so excited for #CampLitsy24 after really enjoying some new books last year. Thanks @Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB I‘ll just put this right here so it‘s handy when I‘m out and about, just in case. 😜
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? 🏕️
One bookstore, one book for #CampLitsy24! It's the closest to my house and the farthest from all the others. We'll see if I can visit some more tomorrow and Monday. Maybe I can rope my home-from-college kid into going with me. At least one of these is near a cupcake shop, which will perhaps sweeten the deal. 🧁