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This was between a soft pick and so-so for me. It started slow for me and I almost bailed a few times. I stuck with it, found part‘s interesting and I‘ve enjoyed seeing what others have thought.
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I loved this book! It deals with so many dark, sad topics, but manages to do so with humor. The author injects levity at some of the oddest moments… but it works. What really comes through is the power of women‘s friendships, even when the women are flawed, or oppressed, or sometimes not even very nice. This would make a great movie!
Great choice to kick off #CampLitsy23 . Can‘t wait for part 2 of our discussion.

This is my first outstanding read since January. I *loved* it. The nuance and complexity, the humor in the midst of heavy situations, the fantastic dialogue. As a non-violent Quaker, I feel a little sheepish at adoring a book so full of violence. I also really appreciated the author‘s commentary on things like motherhood, gender, and caste. I‘m not sure I would have read this if not for #CampLitsy23. Looking forward to our next discussion.

Despite being one of the few to dislike Babel, I wanted to read this anyway, and I‘m glad I did. This could have been a polemic of the publishing industry and an easy good vs evil narrative, but it‘s much more nuanced than that. (It also takes a nice swipe at Twitter.) There‘s so much to chew on here—I look forward to our #campLitsy23 discussion next month!

#RecentAcquisitions I was lucky enough to go to Parnassus yesterday while I was in Nashville for some medical tests. I picked up Southernmost and Pomegranate there. (Neither were on my radar, but they sounded good!)

August and Covenant are from Amazon. How could I not preorder August when both my co-counselors nominated it for #CampLitsy23?! My #botm box showed up, too! The Audrain is up first!

I loved this powerful, ultimately encouraging book. I hope the author will be favoring us with more books in the future. I don‘t think I would have listened to this book if it hadn‘t been chosen for #CampLitsy23 My thanks to @BarbaraBB for hosting the June selections.

My library hold came in early for this book. And I could not stop listening to this book! I was finding tasks to do just to keep reading. I have it in print too, so I can reference back for #camplitsy23

Great pick. Did not realize how much covid was going to play into this book. Won‘t say much more since we won‘t be discussing until August.

I‘m moonlighting from #camplitsy23, to read some of the books from that imposter, CampToB! 🤣

This is a very short book, only 1.5 hours on audio and is a love story told partly in verse and partly in a series of vignettes. Set in Brooklyn, the MC breaks up with her boyfriend to embark upon her first gay relationship.

It‘s funny in places, sexy in places, and sad in places.

Not sure who else is reading Camp ToB books? @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

My enjoyment of the first 3/4 was marred by expectations. I‘d hoped for something light like Finlay Donovan. This tackles heavy themes and so much of it is bleak. I didn‘t “get” the black humor early on. Nothing felt funny, just sad. I cared about the characters, so their suffering made me angry and sad. Then, in the midst of a terrible situation, the whole tone changed and I laughed so hard, I had tears running down my face. Well done.

So good! Glad this was a pick for #camplitsy23 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain