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Joined February 2016

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A Cartography of Peace by Jean L. Connor
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Merry Christmas Eve EVE! While contemplating my year end summary stats, I noticed that the last 3 books I read all have colorful covers. 💖🌟 and I just wanted to post something here to all my Litsy friends a wish for hearty Happy Holidays and fun end-of-year book list posts!

Karisimo So pretty! That‘s the kind of thing I like to share too! My irl people wouldn‘t care😂 12h
BkClubCare @Karisimo ABSOLUTELY 💯 Book People are the BEST 11h
sarahbarnes Happy Holidays to you!! ❄️📚 8h
BarbaraBB Happy holidays 💝 7h
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The Book Censor's Library | Bothayna Al-Essa
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Reading my next #ToBshortlist 📚 🐇

Photo is the latest full moon that shown like a huge spotlight.

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Get outside and be with nature! How to review a book that is outside “my” experience? Yet quite relatable what with career goal challenges, sense of self against expectations of culture, marriage + family dynamic balance quests? I was often in-wrestle with the turmoil going on and hoping for a win for Jane, mother and author, hoping to achieve her dreams. I appreciate the ending and give this a strong pick; a #notfittingin book.
#Dec2024 Book116

BkClubCare Those orange Treasure Flowers keep blooming! The purple ones, too. In Dec?! Winter!! (edited) 2d
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#Top24of24 + 1!
I love deep thoughts of contemporary lit, and I love interesting themes given wit and care. Make me laugh, make me cry, be silly, #FoundFamily #ExquisiteWriting, daring and considerate treatment of the human condition.

Suet624 Great list!! 4d
BarbaraBB Many five ⭐️ reads and so many great ones. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration for my tbr! I have to get my hands on (edited) 4d
Readerann I loved the ones on your list I‘ve read. 👍 3d
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Prelude to my Top 24 (or 25) post, I actually managed to finish a photo bracket and continue to agree with my choices. BUT! The real question is… will any of my current reads knock off Make Envy Disco 🪩?! I doubt it.
BIG THANK YOU to @Catsandbooks for the bracket template.

AmyG Such a fabulous book. 4d
Chelsea.Poole Your best book is next up for me, glad to see it get so much love! 2d
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My library copy of the book set in front of the color television 📺! Starting now, plane ✈️ take off is 7am so early to sleep and up at 🕓 4 a.m.

BarbaraBB Safe travels! 7d
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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Lovely, just lovely. Don‘t expect high drama and fast plot; the writing is quietly powerful. It‘s a good idea to know what this book *is* before reading. #ToBShortList #Dec2024 Book115

Roadtrip to KCMO to catch a flight to New England. I woke up with the bother of a cold; going anyway. I‘ll keep my distance from people, I promise.

Suet624 Have fun in my neck of the woods! 1w
Ruthiella Back to your old stomping grounds? 7d
BkClubCare @Ruthiella @Suet624 - almost made it; woke at 2am and this cold/crud crap has my head imploding and I am canceling the trip 😢 So now I am emotionally miserable to go with the physical 😩 7d
Suet624 Oh no! I‘m so sorry. 7d
Ruthiella So sorry to hear that! ❤️🤒 Hope you feel better soon. 7d
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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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🎄#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii 🎄

Just a few joys that topped my mind these few minutes as I get pretty toes and before I resume reading the tagged book.

AmyG #2….I so get the joy in that. 2w
dabbe Keeping my fingers crossed for #5! 💙❄️💙 1w
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I am looking forward to this the more I hear that people didn‘t like it. Not sure why 🤷🏻‍♀️ Hope this approach works in my favor: Tempered Affinity? #ToBShortList

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
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Headshot: A Novel | Rita Bullwinkel
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Posing Copper with the🎄has been a challenge this season! Or maybe he only cooperates when I tell him it is for Litsy?! 😂

Audio 🎧 was a good way to experience this and I give kudos to the narrator Cassandra Campbell 🌟 Her voice was perfect for the present tense and the repetition. We get such interesting insight into a broad view of the female psyche; how diverse our wants and needs might be. We are fighters all.

BkClubCare #Dec2024 Book114 #ToBShortList (edited) 2w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
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Headshot: A Novel | Rita Bullwinkel
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“Her head feels like it is filled with undercooked pie”

#LitPie #PieinBooks #iLovePie #CaresPieShow #ToBShortList #ChocPearPie 🥧

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The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden
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This one was a surprise and yet, I find myself wondering about my preference to know little about plot or theme when I begin a book. I admit, I was getting irritated- extremely irritated- with Isabelle. I still don‘t ‘get‘ her, but then she didn‘t really ‘get‘ herself. Many thoughts, thoughts that aren‘t landing. 🛬
Making a Chocolate 🍫 Pear 🍐 Pie today. #Dec2024 Book113

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This. Is. GOOD.
I hope it finds more readers. Our MC has basically run away from home in NYC to have a “work meeting” in Berlin post 911 (Pres. Bush era) and wanders around lost yet encountering interesting people. More dialogue-heavy than I usually read but IT WORKS! I fell for everyone ❤️
I probably didn‘t sell this well so read the synopsis and get your hands on it and let me know if you love it, too. #Dec2024 Book112

Ruthiella Stacked and added to my Want to Read on Goodreads! You have me intrigued . 🤨 2w
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - I really fell into it; maybe because different from what I have been reading? And it has some comic moments 😊 ENJOY 2w
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“The cherries 🍒 in the neighbor‘s garden always taste a bit sweeter”

FRIENDS!! This book deserves more readers! More awareness, more market exposure!!! I am very much enjoying and will soon give a glowing review. Stack it

Bookwormjillk Ok, sold! 2w
BkClubCare @Bookwormjillk THAT! is what I‘m talking about! 👏 2w
sarahbarnes Stacking. 😁 2w
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Mrs. Nash's Ashes | Sarah Adler
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Loved this! Such a fun #roadtrip book with wit and heart. And LOTS of pie! 🥧 Possible contender for #LitPie of the year 😁 #iLovePie #Dec2024 Book111

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Mrs. Nash's Ashes | Sarah Adler
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Yeah, I realize and readily admit a couple of things re: this post.

No, (1) the purple trees likely have nothing to do with this book but I have been saving it for a Litsy post (yay!), and
(2) this title is not on the ToB long list. Oh well!

A friend that I highly respect offered this title to me and now, 25% in, I am loving it. Witty banter, woman with a big heart, on a mission to fulfill a promise made to her nonagenarian BFF? YAAAS - all in.

BkClubCare (Already forgot what these purple trees are but um 💜💜💜🌳💜💜💜!!!) 3w
Ruthiella Jacaranda maybe? 🤔 3w
BkClubCare @Ruthiella YES! I think. If Jacaranda are purple, then yes. It might even be a mention in Irena Rey. So pretty! 3w
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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. 3w
Megabooks I'll have to take a picture of this in our Norfolk Pine when I read it! 3w
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BkClubCare @Megabooks Yes! 😆 3w
squirrelbrain I‘ve got another 2 hours to go on audio - so far I agree with your review. 3w
Karisimo Your description fits how I felt about this book very well! 3w
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. 3w
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - I can‘t promise anything more as you approach the conclusion. 😉 3w
BkClubCare @Susanita - maybe it needed MORE footnotes?!? More annotation! 3w
BkClubCare @Karisimo - 😎 thank you ☺️ 3w
BarbaraBB I agree with your review! So confusing 3w
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - too many questions to keep up with. 3w
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#Nov2024 recap: 11 books (yeah, only 10 showing) 3284 pages read, 38.6 hours listened.
5🌟 The Wedding People, Poor Deer, Sandwich, Anthropocene, How to Read a Book
4🌟 Time War, Engr Wife, Wild Houses, Whiteness
3🌟 Irena Rey, Great Bridge (skimmed😏)

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BkClubCare 1 poetry, only 2 nonfiction?! 😣 3w
Megabooks The Wedding People was so surprisingly good! 3w
BkClubCare @Megabooks - I like Espach. I wasn‘t too surprised 😊 Was it the cover?! (edited) 3w
Megabooks No, it's because I've never read her before! 3w
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Who told me to get this book? 😂 So… I ordered it. I guess someone somewhere said it is a must read. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ruthiella IKR? I wish I kept a better record of where my recommendations came from. 😂 3w
Jari-chan Same here 🙋 3w
BkClubCare @Ruthiella @Jari-chan - it had to have been on a gr ToB thread, right?! I added it to my tbr there on Nov 5 🤨 3w
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The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden
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Starting now. #ToBlongList 🎧🍐

sarahbarnes Loved this one! 3w
squirrelbrain One of my favourites of the year so far! 3w
BarbaraBB Mine too 3w
BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - immediately TENSE 😬 3w
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A Cartography of Peace | Jean L. Connor
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#iLovePie #LitPie #June9isStrawberryRhubarbPieDay

Absolutely loving this collection. And now I encounter pie. I declare it a 5 slicer already. 🥧🤩💖

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Loved it 🌟 and despite my last quote post, the narration is fine 🤗

#Nov2024 Book108 #ToB2025 #ToBLongList

Suet624 I just wish the cover was better. 4w
BkClubCare @Suet624 - had to go check her prior novel cover art to see if “they” were trying for consistent look, but no? Not really? Anyway, I agree, it seems not quite “right”. (edited) 3w
Megabooks This is one of my favorites this year!! 3w
BkClubCare @Megabooks - mine, too! 3w
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This book is set in Newport RI and I am an avowed Newportophile. So when the narrator mispronounces a street name it is jarring! I have been jarred. 🤣
(FYI - Thames Street is not said like one says in London… it‘s (probably) sadly Americanized? The locals say the TH sound and it rhymes with “names”)

Pic of the view from the rooftop bar of the Vanderbilt Grace Hotel, and if you ever go, you‘ll love the elevator 📚

tpixie I went to Newport- my first visit to RI- the 1st weekend in November, for a Team W book weekend to celebrate their 5th book collaboration . It was a great event and what a lovely town! 4w
BkClubCare @tpixie - it‘s one of my happy places 4w
marleed Oh, I while back I listened to an audiobook and Spokane WA was referenced often throughout the story and the narrator pronounced the city as if the ‘e‘ gave the ‘a‘ a long sound to rhyme with Maine rather that rhyming with ‘man‘. Drove me crazy! 4w
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Larkken I was supposed toto be there this thanksgiving for family until work got crazy! I had no idea this book was set there. And I get it about the pronunciation. For me, the state of Nevada will always be triggering 😆 4w
tpixie @BkClubCare I can see why!!! 4w
tpixie Team W‘s 4th book was set in Newport 4w
BkClubCare @Larkken - uh oh. How is Nevada supposed to be pronounced? I cringe often when I hear people incorrectly say Missouri. (It is NOT Miz-OR-ee!! 😡) 3w
BkClubCare @marleed - even me as a Kansas girl knows how to say Spokane! 😃 3w
BkClubCare @tpixie - added to my mile high tbr 3w
Larkken @BkClubCare oh man. People say it like that?!? For me, Nevada the state should never be pronounced like the Spanish word ? the second vowel in the state should rhyme with "bad" instead 3w
BkClubCare @Larkken - 🤨 Now that I think about it… the town of Nevada MO pronounces it WRONG! Don‘t visit, is my advice. Same with town Versailles MO 😂 (ver-sales) 3w
tpixie @BkClubCare 🏔️ TBR 3w
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Tournament | Matthew Reilly
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I have read 7; currently listening 🎧 to The Wedding People and eBooking Irena Rey. I have The Safekeep ready for next audiobook and am on hold SOON for eB Beautyland. Intermezzo is #55 🤣 , Orbital #3, Ministry of Time #32, Blue Sisters #13, Colored Television #9, Bury Your Gays #6

#ToBLongList #ToB2025_LongList

Yeehaw! 🤠 Here we go with the mad scramble!

Ruthiella Love it! 😁 1mo
squirrelbrain So exciting! (I think I‘m 27 now for Intermezzo but I‘ve been on the list for quite a few weeks already!) 1mo
BarbaraBB It‘s all so exciting that I have hardly been reading 🤣 1mo
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Hooked_on_books I just did my initial rapid scroll through the list and I love that there‘s always a number of things on there I‘ve never even heard of. I‘ve read 27 already but I‘ll be honest, there are books on there I do not want to read! 1mo
Readerann @Hooked_on_books 27!!! 👏👏👏 I‘m with @BarbaraBB. It‘s so much fun reading all the ToB “stuff”, I can‘t seem to get to the books. 😁 1mo
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A Cartography of Peace | Jean L. Connor
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Next up for my #PoemAday
In researching the poet, I find she was a retired librarian in Vermont; started writing poems well into her 80s. Her tribute from the publisher at her death at the age of 102 was so lovely- I am excited to read this and am already contemplating buying her second collection. 💖

Pic with my only “map art” -3 dimensional Narragansett Bay RI.

kspenmoll New poet to me. Thank you! 1mo
Suet624 I used to work in the retirement home she lived in. Never knew she wrote poetry. A very unassuming woman whose twin brother lived in the same place. 1mo
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Way of Whiteness | Wendy Barker
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The whiteness sought is of flowers.

#poetrymatters #Nov2024 Book107

IuliaC Great photo! 1mo
BkClubCare @IuliaC - aw, thanks! ☺️ (I was trying to find a white background and keep my hands out of the pic 😂) 1mo
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So the other day, I was anticipating The Repeat Room would be on the long list and so I used 1 credit and then I found out it‘s not on the list so I was able to return it. Yay! (I find Jesse Ball a little bit perplexing.)
#ToB2025_LongList #Audiobook

sarahbarnes I agree with you on Jesse Ball. 1mo
squirrelbrain Great when you can send them back…they wouldn‘t let me with the last one I tried with - must have returned too many. 😬 (edited) 1mo
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - Yes, I was relieved. It has been a long time since I have attempted to return one. Is it so many per year? 🤷🏻‍♀️ (edited) 1mo
squirrelbrain I‘m not sure - I rarely return but had sent a couple back recently. The one I tried but failed was Glorious Exploits - I just couldn‘t get on with it. I might try again as I‘m a completist so I suppose that‘s a positive of not being able to return it. 🤣 1mo
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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 I‘ve read 7. 😐 1mo
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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. 1mo
Deblovestoread Yay! Ive read 8 and DNF‘d 1. A few on my shelves and some I‘ve never heard of. 1mo
Ruthiella Yahoo! I‘ve read five. Nice that Claire did make it this year! 😃 1mo
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) 1mo
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…. 🤪 1mo
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! 1mo
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! 1mo
BkClubCare Yay! So fun to wake up to this response 😆 Looking for my next audiobook NOW. . . . Going with The Wedding People (edited) 1mo
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. 😂 1mo
BkClubCare @Liz_M @Suet624 - sorry I missed tagging 🏷️ you! And many Litsians. I was a bit manic when I found it 🤪 (edited) 1mo
BkClubCare @Suet624 - i‘ve been sustaining Member for years and I still never get the discount applied when I buy ToB merch 🙄 1mo
Suet624 @BkClubCare I keep trying to remember it‘s just a couple of guys running it so I don‘t get annoyed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
Larkken Thanks for posting the link! It wasn‘t coming up in my google search 🔍👀 1mo
BkClubCare @Larkken - yay! Glad you saw my post. (I have been searching the various hashtag options; and I got the scoop!? 😆) 1mo
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… 1mo
sarahbarnes Extinction is definitely one I want to read on the list ASAP. 1mo
BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - it‘s. . . unsettling, methinks 1mo
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Wild Houses: A Novel | Colin Barrett
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Solid pick. Rural Ireland crime drama with believable flawed characters; great writing.

#Nov2024 Book107 #audiobook #DogsofLitsy #CopperBopper #whpg #Autumn #MyStreet

dabbe Copper blends in wonderfully with the changing leaves. 🤎🐾🤎 1mo
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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! 1mo
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - this was the first one I found that my library didn‘t have any holds 🤣 1mo
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Love the early evening sun on this adorable cat and I very much enjoyed this book. Made me laugh, made me cry a tear or two, or maybe a few of those taken-by-surprise hit to the chest teariness, ya know? Poor decisions have consequences and sometimes overcoming fears have fabulous results. Found-family stories are my jam.

#Nov2024 Book106

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Am loving this book! Enjoyed T‘s birthday party last night ( band was 🔥) and TODAY is International Day of Tolerance… Reading along when this book has the word TOLERANCE so I made this collage. #PettyCash Roadtripping back home now.

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Road trip! (Maybe I should have waited til I could photosnap a bridge… ) #Wichita2DightonKS

BkClubCare #NonFicNov, pick (but I truly didn‘t give this its due. Read only a few interesting bits/ skimmed) Book110 #Nov2024 (edited) 3w
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Next up eBook style. Mini Lemon Chess Pies for a 🥳 birthday party tonight. #RoadTrip #iLovePie #CaresPieShow #LitPie

Suet624 Wow. They look yummy. I wish I cooked/baked. 1mo
BkClubCare @Suet624 - I can be your pie coach! 🤣🤩 I support starting easy: use the rollout pie dough first until you are ready to try your own pastry dough… 😊💪 1mo
BkClubCare Pie quote alert PAGE 232 “Nothing but a gravelly munching from Charlotte and the cowboys, and faint sweetie-pie sounds from the hippie girl” 1mo
Suet624 I‘d have to move the books and Lyme support supplements out of my oven before I did anything. That feels daunting. 1mo
Tamra Beautiful! 1mo
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#Nov2024 Book104 #NonficNovember

Green has a self-deprecating and nerdy love of learning that I adore. He is vulnerable, big-hearted, fascinating; I am here for it. I took down the names of many authors to add to my tbr and admittedly felt a bit smug when he mentions authors I *have* read (Akbar, Rosenthal…. Of course Vonnegut.)

(photo of book on mantel with autumny cards)

thebluestocking Love this one. If you haven‘t already, you should listen to the podcast. 1mo
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The Engineer's Wife | Tracey Enerson Wood
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Time for another #DogsofLitsy post featuring #CopperBopper 🐶 Finished this in time for tomorrow‘s bookclub. I enjoyed it. I spent a lot of time researching what was true vs. fiction, current photos of where they lived in NY and NJ, if Emily has any descendants still around (none that I could find, but her grandson was a distinguished engineer 👍) Now off to go find Ken Burns doc 🎥 on the bridge. McCullough‘s NF read ready to pick up from library

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Liz_M I loved The Great Bridge 1mo
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BkClubCare @Liz_M - NonFic November WOOOO! On my bucket list to walk it. 🌉 1mo
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Sandwich: A Novel | Catherine Newman
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I laughed. I could relate. It was a quick read and one that made me only want to read read read! Love books that I can‘t put down, that suck me in, that have characters who are enraging and enraged, inconsistent and witty. This book is not about sandwiches the food - though a few are described. This is not all about the Cape Cod town of Sandwich Mass - though it provides the setting. This is about a menopausal woman navigating life between👇

BkClubCare her adult children and her aging parents. #Nov2024 Book102 (edited) 1mo
mcctrish I loved this book 1mo
BkClubCare @mcctrish - Rocky was on 🔥 1mo
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Sandwich: A Novel | Catherine Newman
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Starting this one because it just came off a many week library hold; comes highly recommended.

Reuben Sandwiches are my favorite with balanced and generous proportions of melty Swiss, sauerkraut, and sauce. MUST be on marbled rye. You?

And, yes, I have stood on this pier of Sandwich MA though I doubt it was at sunset time. But this matches my other post for today. My favorite place on Cape Cod is Pocasset. No real reason other than 👇

BkClubCare I worked there, and could thus get free parking for the beach. 2mo
TheBookHippie Yummmmmmm. 2mo
Deblovestoread My favorite! 2mo
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I cannot tell if the day
is ending, or the world, or if
the secrets of secrets is inside me again.

By Anna Akhmatova, written in the face of a beautiful sunset; so says Green in his chapter on Sunsets 🌅

Is the secret HOPE? Is it LOVE 💖 Does it need to be a secret? Just some questions on how I will navigate this future with new resolve…

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I loved reading this book (I went the audiobook with John Green narrating and it was beautiful) 2mo
BkClubCare @thegirlwiththelibrarybag - Turtles 🐢 is the only book of his I‘ve yet to read. I will put it on my TBL (hoping he narrates, better check) TY 2mo
TheBookHippie I love her poetry. 2mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BkClubCare, I‘ve only read this one - but have watched his vlogbrothers videos on and off for years. 2mo
BkClubCare @TheBookHippie - good to know 🎩🫡 1mo
BkClubCare @thegirlwiththelibrarybag - just recommended this to a friend who was asking for audiobook recs. Ty 1mo
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#NonfictionNovember

We not only set up the tree after re-arranging the furniture, but we decided to light it in hopes for a brighter tomorrow. 🌟 Go Chiefs 🏈

KadaGul It's looking 👀 Cozy. 📣📣Go Chiefs 🏈🏈 2mo
dabbe 🧡🍁🤎 2mo
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This is such an intriguing book! I only knew it involved time ⏰ 🧳 and I am loving the epistolary back & forth. My only to-dos today, besides walk the CopperBop, is to finish this book and write ✍️ a few letters 💌📬

#Nov2024 Book101

I am going to include these quotes; the first one to my friend in MS and the erosion one to my brother, the geologist. The third one made me laugh.

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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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Five star read, exquisitely told, characters to cheer for, totally unique! And it has pie 🌟 Narration by Sophie Amoss is excellent.

#Nov2024 Book100 🎉

Deblovestoread I‘m hoping to see this one on The Tournament of Books longlist 2mo
squirrelbrain I wish this was easier together hold of here! I can get it on Amazon (not cheap!) but there‘s no audio version to be had anywhere.🤷‍♀️ (edited) 2mo
sarahbarnes Even more excited for this one now! 2mo
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BkClubCare @squirrelbrain DARN! 🫤 2mo
BkClubCare @Deblovestoread - full of good discussionables. 2mo
BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - it is so clever! 2mo
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October results, finished the #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge, favorite is the tagged and secures Pooley‘s spot on my favorite author list.

(Bette Davis as Mildred; no Of Human Bondage cover found when making my pic collage.)

#Oct2024 ~44k Litfluence

Aims42 Clare Pooley‘s books are all delightful, but this one was my favorite 🤩🥰 2mo
BkClubCare @Aims42 - I can‘t argue with you 😄 I probably would vote for Iona Iverson due to it being my first of hers I read. 💖 I will read her next and I hope it will be soon. 2mo
Aims42 @BkClubCare Awww, I really enjoyed Iona Iverson too ☺️👍 I hope Clare has another book soon!! 2mo
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Wild Houses: A Novel | Colin Barrett
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#ToBwaiting These are a few titles being talked about for possible inclusion for next March‘s Tournament of Books. We should see the Long List in a couple of weeks.

I do hope Poor Deer is selected- I am enjoying the audiobook. Wild Houses was offered as an Audible freebie (or discount - can‘t recall) so I have it up for a listen soon.

squirrelbrain I‘ve read 3 of these, heard of 2 of them as rumours for the ToB, but Short War is completely new to me. Great choices! 2mo
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - it‘s too much fun! 🤩 2mo
BarbaraBB Great choices and very plausible indeed for TOB 2mo
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Ruthiella Wow! I have only heard of the David Nichols book! It would be nice to see Claire Oshetsky at least in the longlist due to her long participation in the comments section. 2mo
Chelsea.Poole I keep meaning to get around to Wild Houses. Maybe if it makes the list I‘ll finally read it. 2mo
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - honest, so weird! That I feel like I know her?! I don‘t, but it does color my respect and awe for her books. Am I the weirdo? 2mo
Bookwormjillk Great list! 2mo
Megabooks The only one of these I know is Rejection. Off to look them up!! 2mo
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Current read (which was referenced by The Seven Year Slip author Ashley Poston) and I happened to have on my shelf.

Ruthiella This has been on my TBR for ages. I‘m a little worried it will be too YA for me. 2mo
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - I am only 20 pages in and it is mental. Doesn‘t feel like any YA I‘ve ever read. But 🤷🏻‍♀️ hey - it‘s short! Get from the library and just try it 😏 2mo
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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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The narrator for the audiobook of Poor Deer is knockin‘ it out of the park! Especially with, “It moved the kindhearted teacher, … and she remembered why she had become a teacher in the first place. It wasn‘t just because no one wanted to marry her. It was also because she had felt a calling.” 😆🤣 Deadpan delivery. Oshetsky is a damn good writer, too. #HappyHalloween #FlyingMonkey (pic from 2009)

sarahbarnes 😂😂😂 2mo
BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - oh good! I laughed out loud but then… like always! - I question my sense of humor. 2mo
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Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
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Finished this book yesterday… and today, I couldn‘t remember finishing it. Am I stressed?! After working 12 hours today and my hub out of town, needing to walk the dog in the dark, we came upon a neighbor who has lit their house in Red White and Blue. 🇺🇸

Silly me, trying to read only romance to hide from election stress and I pick this! Not sure if 5⭐️ or if I am feeling generous- it did make me laugh.

#Oct24 Book99 #LitPie #ILovePie

Suet624 😳 this election 😳 2mo
BkClubCare @Suet624 - it‘s heart-hurting for sure. {{{hugs}} 2mo
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Of Human Bondage | W. Somerset Maugham
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What an interesting book, truly. Ah yes, a classic. But I honestly was so annoyed at the MC and his … predicament? That‘s not the right word. 🧐 Anyway, I didn‘t listen to this straight through; very happy I had the Cliffs Notes (ahem, written in 1963!!!) and almost maybe wish this could be a college level course exploring the author, this dang book AND the films 🎥 of which I hope to see someday. Might be a tough sell to Hub. 💖
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BkClubCare AND Book98 (why yes, I *am* counting the Cliffs Notes) #OfHumanBondageReadalong 2mo
BkClubCare And no, the squirrel 🐿️ doesn‘t have anything to do with the book. 2mo
plemmdog I loved it, but yes, you want to shake the narrator. I saw an amazing stage production of this in Canada a few years ago, and even the audience groaned each time Philip caves in to Mildred. 2mo
BkClubCare @plemmdog - well, he redeems himself in the end, it‘s just a tortuous HEA 2mo
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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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Starting this now. Hoping it will be on the #ToB2025_LongList

sarahbarnes Stacking! 2mo
BarbaraBB Me too! Can‘t wait for that longlist! 2mo
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes - any books you recommend might be LL‘d? I want to be ahead of it, which -of course- is foolish to think I could ever 😂 2mo
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BarbaraBB I think Annie Bot or Beautyland are possible contenders. I liked the first one, was underwhelmed by the second. But I am really not good in this guessing. You should ask @squirrelbrain 😀 2mo
squirrelbrain I‘m not good at guessing the ToB books either - there‘s always so many (good) surprises! I think it‘s because it‘s a US-focused list. @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I can‘t wait for the list, to start the search for where I can get them from. Poor Deer is quite difficult to get hold of here but I do think it has a high chance of being on the list…. 🙄 (edited) 2mo
squirrelbrain Others that I‘ve reserved in anticipation include: Irena Rey, I Cheerfully Refuse, Lesser Ruins, Blue Ruin, Sipsworth, Fruit of the Dead. I‘ve recently read Behind You Is The Sea and I‘m listening to Our London Lives, which could be possibles. 2mo
BarbaraBB Thank you @squirrelbrain this is super inspiring! 2mo
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - OH! I am super excited to see Sipsworth! SO interesting (and happy) that this book is so well loved. I have met the author - his books are quite good. 2mo
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB TY - I love a good list. 2mo
squirrelbrain That‘s a great list! @BarbaraBB This one is on there and I‘ve seen a LOT of hype about it so it could be on ToB. (Another one I can‘t get, of course) 2mo
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I‘ve read that one. It‘s a short story collection and although some are great, it didn‘t live up@to the hype imo 2mo
sarahbarnes Thanks for all the tips @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB! I do know TOB tends to be pretty US-focused. I‘m hoping for a better shortlist this year!! The long list is always such a treasure hunt though. 📚 2mo
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes The longlist is a yearly highlight for me 😀! And I almost forgot but indeed, last year‘s shortlist was a bummer! 2mo
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The Book of Joy | Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
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KadaGul @BkClubCare Love ❤️ your Shirt 👚 and Try/Me meme 🤣🤣 2mo
Bookwormjillk Try/Me 😂😂😂 2mo
DogMomIrene 🤣 Try/Me is too accurate! 2mo
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