Litsy

so-so

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.

BarbaraBB Oooh that‘s disappointing. We‘re going to read this for #CampLitsy24 and my expectations are high - just like yours. We‘ll see! 10h

sarahbarnes What @BarbaraBB said - I‘ve been looking forward to this one, too; disappointed to see it didn‘t meet your expectations. 4h

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RaeLovesToRead

Untitled | Unknown

So excited for #camplitsy24

@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 1d

BarbaraBB 😂😂 1d

Megabooks Love this!! 😂😂 24h

Soubhiville Fun! I want to run around the tent and campfire too! 20h

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squirrelbrain

Stone Yard Devotional | CHARLOTTE. WOOD

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! ☺️)

Tamra Lucky you! I‘d really like to read Stone Yard. 1d

jlhammar An author I‘ve been meaning to try. I really like that Stone Yard cover. 1d

charl08 Stone Yard's on my list too - waiting for the library hold! 1d

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squirrelbrain @Tamra @jlhammar @charl08 - it was first on my radar as a possible for the #womensprize and then I *nearly* nominated it for #camplitsy24. 1d

LeeRHarry I‘m seeing Charlotte Wood at the Melbourne Writers Festival next month - I have really enjoyed her earlier books. Looking forward to Stoneyard Devotional.

The Children

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BarbaraBB I read The Natural Way and have another of her books on my shelves

The Weekend

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squirrelbrain These will be the first I‘ve read by this author @LeeRHarry - enjoy the Festival! 7h

Oryx Stone Yard Devotional high on on my mental tbr list - looking forward to hearing what you think of it. 4h

squirrelbrain I‘m hoping to get to it soon @Oryx …story of my life though so maybe next year sometime….! 🤪 2h

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You Are Here: A Novel | David Nicholls

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! 🤣🤣

RaeLovesToRead 🤣 1d

RaeLovesToRead I vote this as the Camp WILD CARD haha 💃💃 1d

MicheleinPhilly Another one I had in my Waterstones cart! They lost a pretty penny from me. 1d

squirrelbrain Haha! 😜 @RaeLovesToRead 1d

squirrelbrain Bad Waterstones! @MicheleinPhilly 1d

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peaKnit

The Summer of Songbirds | Kristy Woodson Harvey

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. 😜

squirrelbrain Great idea! Just in case…we understand completely! 🤣 1d

Megabooks Yes we do!! 😁😁😁 1d

BarbaraBB That‘s smart thinking 😀 1d

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squirrelbrain

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

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? 🏕️

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @JamieArc @Jas16 @jenniferw88 1d

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jenniferw88 I'm surprised Knife isn't on there! 1d

Soubhiville I‘m excited for these two! 1d

julesG Looking back at the longlist, I'm surprised we don't have six one word titles this year. That would have been awesome 🤣🤣 1d

Bookwormjillk Yay Bear! I‘m excited that so many of these books aren‘t on my radar, but am happy this one made it. Can‘t wait for summer reading! 1d

Hooked_on_books It‘s an interesting list! Like last year, I‘ve already read 2 (Clear and James) and the rest look promising! 1d

Bookwormjillk @julesG ha! That does seem to be the trend this year. Thank goodness it has seemed to replace “The Girl” 1d

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk 😂 ‘The Girl‘ 1d

BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 Knife had many votes too. @squirrelbrain will share the runner-up‘s later this week! 1d

squirrelbrain @jenniferw88 @julesG - look out for the ‘nearly-theres‘ later this week! 1d

squirrelbrain @Bookwormjillk - it‘s great to have a mix of known and hitherto unknown books, isn‘t it?! 1d

squirrelbrain @Soubhiville - glad you‘re pleased about these two! 1d

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books - I‘ve also read James, and would have probably read Clear as well, but I had insider information about how well it was doing in the voting, so I saved it. ☺️ 1d

Caroline2 Oh intrigued by these two!! 😃 👍 1d

Meshell1313 Exciting! Can‘t wait! 1d

monalyisha I‘m thrilled! This went much better than when my book club (or ahem, my whole country) votes! 1d

kspenmoll I am thrilled to be part of this group- some books I was aware of, some not. I have not read any of them. ❤️ 1d

TrishB Brilliant ❤️ looking forward to them all. 1d

CBee Yay! 1d

JamieArc I‘m truly looking forward to reading all of these, and I believe 4 of them I either nominated or voted for. Though my own votes don‘t reflect this, I do with there were a nonfiction. Looking forward to the discussions! 1d

AmyG Yay! I am so excited. Thank you all. 1d

charl08 I have a feeling this is going to add to my wishlist... 1d

batsy Don't know much about these two and look forward to finding out! 1d

Suet624 Just broke down and ordered several books yesterday. I usually cross my fingers that a library will have the books but none of them did. I‘m very excited! 1d

jlhammar Awesome! Beyond excited for both of these. 1d

peaKnit Very excited to read some new book this summer! 1d

squirrelbrain Glad you‘re all so excited! @Caroline2 @Meshell1313 @TrishB @CBee @AmyG @jlhammar @peaKnit 1d

squirrelbrain @monalyisha - we‘re a good group here, as far as voting for the right things goes! 🤣 1d

squirrelbrain @kspenmoll - I think we had a lot more ‘new to everyone‘ books this year, whereas last year some Littens had already read a few. 1d

squirrelbrain @JamieArc - non-fiction didn‘t do so well in the voting this year. 🤷‍♀️ Only Knife ever really troubled the top 6. 1d

squirrelbrain @charl08 - my TBR always explodes at this time of year! 1d

squirrelbrain @batsy - I don‘t know much about these two either, that‘s the beauty of #camplitsy! 1d

squirrelbrain Which ones tempted you? @Suet624 1d

Suet624 Butter and All Fours 1d

Megabooks So excited for these!! 🏕️🎉 1d

squirrelbrain @Suet624 - glad you can join us for those two. Hopefully your library may get some of the others in soon. 1d

Suet624 Thanks! Somehow or other I‘ll get the others. 😊 1d

sarahbarnes These are two more great choices! I love camp this year!! 😁 1d

Ruthiella These two are completely off my radar! I‘m so happy to be discovering them! 1d

BarbaraJean These were nowhere near my radar until nominations—I‘ll be crossing my fingers for those library holds! 1d

CBee @Suet624 I can‘t find Butter either - might have to order it! 1d

Deblovestoread Ireland and the PNW 🙌🏼. Love camp!⛺️ 1d

youneverarrived They sound interesting! Besides from All Fours none were on my radar, but I‘m looking forward to reading them all ❤️ 1d

squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes - glad you‘re loving camp! ❤️ 1d

squirrelbrain @Ruthiella @BarbaraJean - these two weren‘t on my radar either until they were nominated - the beauty of camp! 1d

squirrelbrain @Deblovestoread - we‘ve got 6 fabulous books this year! 1d

squirrelbrain @youneverarrived - I‘m looking forward to all of them too! ❤️ 1d

Christine What a great bunch of books - summer can‘t come fast enough!! ❤️ 24h

squirrelbrain I know @christine - I can‘t wait either! 22h

Jess I am so excited about these selections! 4 of the 6 are either on my TBR or I was already planning on buying. The other 2 new to me picks sound great. Can‘t wait to get started! 19h

Bookbuyingaddict Haven‘t heard of either of these two always love ❤️ a surprise 😮😆happy camp 🏕️ reading 📖😀 11h

squirrelbrain It makes me happy that you‘re so excited! @jess 7h

squirrelbrain @Bookbuyingaddict - these were new to me too, before Camp! 7h

julieclair Looks like August will be Sisters Month! We really have a great selection lineup this year. None of the winners were on my radar, and that‘s what I love about camp! 4h

GatheringBooks Thank you so so much for the tag! Great picks for #CampLitsy24 already bought 4 books out of 6. 📚📚📚📚 (edited) 2h

squirrelbrain Great spot! @julieclair Glad you‘re pleased with the lineup! 2h

squirrelbrain They are all fantastic picks aren‘t they? @GatheringBooks 2h

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ImperfectCJ

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Del Mar | San Diego, CA (Bookstore)

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. 🧁

ImperfectCJ I already own

James: A Novel

BarbaraBB Beautiful edition! 1d

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