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squirrelbrain

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Your resident camp nerd here with some facts and figures! We now have our 6 #camplitsy25 books, so Barbara, Meg and I thought you‘d like to see those that *nearly* made it.

Our top 6 received between 13 and 20 votes, with the books above getting between 6 and 12 votes. What do you think?

Also, congrats to @ChaoticMissAdventures who voted for 4 of our top 6 - the most Littenish Litten at camp! 🤪 6 Littens voted for 3 of the top 6 books. ⬇️

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain Those who chose 3 of our top 6 books… @AmyG @CBee @ImperfectCJ @Jas16 @KarenUK @TrishB 4w

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @BookwormAHN @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Cbee 4w

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose 4w

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squirrelbrain @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa 4w

squirrelbrain @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @peanutnine 4w

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 4w

squirrelbrain @texreader @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived 4w

Kitta I love extra stats and data about books! Very interesting. Thanks for posting. 4w

CBee Thanks for this! Once again, me and Amy are book twinning 👯 ♥️ @AmyG (edited) 4w

Deblovestoread I love the additional stats! Thanks ❤️ 4w

TheBookHippie I like those choices better 🤣🤣🫣😬😅 thanks for the extra stats! 4w

TrishB Thank you! Very interesting 😁 just brought one of these yesterday. (edited) 4w

TrishB Thank you! Very interesting 😁 just brought one of these yesterday. 4w

BarbaraBB Great stats Helen, I‘ll probably read these too 😇 4w

sarahbarnes Fun! 🤩 4w

JamieArc Love this! Thanks for posting it! 4w

Bookwormjillk I think I will be under my covers with my flashlight reading sky daddy this summer at camp. Thanks for the stats! 4w

GatheringBooks Thank you for sharing all these additional info re camp - makes everything sound super official. So much fun! I appreciate all your generous efforts in setting up everything and making everyone feel so welcome and so much like a part of a very bookish family - exactly what I need! 💕💕💕 4w

ChaoticMissAdventures I know how to pick 'em 😉 Thanks for the tag, I voted then promptly forgot what I voted for 😂 4w

GatheringBooks @ChaoticMissAdventures same! I couldn‘t for the life of me remember what i voted for! Lolololols 4w

Leniverse Nice to see that a couple of my choices nearly made it 😂 4w

Larkken @Leniverse me too! Lol. I'll read them all anyway 4w

Ruthiella Love seems the almost rans! So little time, so many books! 😊 4w

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk it is gloriously weird! 4w

Megabooks Helen - my favorite camp statistician!! Always keeping us organized!! 💜💜 4w

Megabooks I recommend all three on this graphic that I‘ve read - Tuberculosis, Sky Daddy, and Run for the Hills! All had great audio, too. 👍🏻💯 4w

JenReadsAlot Oh 3 of the ones I picked made that list. Thanks for sharing! 4w

Megabooks And I‘ve read Bat Eater! It was great, too! 4w

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome - glad you like them! @Kitta @CBee @JamieArc @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread @sarahbarnes 4w

squirrelbrain I‘ll be reading most of the longlist, I think! 🤪 @BarbaraBB @Leniverse @Larkken @JenReadsAlot 4w

squirrelbrain Oooh @TrishB - which one did you buy? 4w

squirrelbrain That‘s so nice of you to say! @GatheringBooks 😍 4w

squirrelbrain We going to need to keep an eye on you aren‘t we?! 👀 @Bookwormjillk 🤣 4w

squirrelbrain @ChaoticMissAdventures - LOL, there were *so* many to choose from though! 4w

squirrelbrain @Megabooks -you know me and my spreadsheets! 😜 4w

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie - here‘s (some of!) your non-fiction….nearly but not quite! 4w

CSeydel Thank you! I love seeing the stats, and it‘s super interesting to see the runners-up! 4w

TheBookHippie @squirrelbrain 🤣 4w

Hooked_on_books I‘m surprised to not see the Ocean Vuong book. I expected it to be one of our picks and his first novel didn‘t work for me, so I wasn‘t happy about it. And clearly I was way off base! I am a little surprised to see Everything is Tuberculosis here. I know many find John Green appealing, but to me he‘s not the one I would want to read about TB from. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4w

Suet624 Thank you! I took a screenshot so I can check these out too. 4w

Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain anyone want to sneak out? 4w

squirrelbrain Only if it involves a trip to a library or bookshop @Bookwormjillk 🤣 Or maybe if cake is involved…. 🍰 4w

squirrelbrain There‘s always some surprises each year @Hooked_on_books - either doing much better or worse than expected. Last year, *everyone* said they wanted to read Real Americans but no-one voted for it. 🤔 4w

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @CSeydel 4w

squirrelbrain Great idea to take a screenshot! @Suet624 4w

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Thanks for the recommendations! If you liked them, I will probably too! 4w

TrishB Heartwood 👍🏻 4w

Megabooks @squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books yes! It was so funny last year. I think RA got like 15 noms and only 1 vote! 🤣🤣 edit: I do like that though because it means people are thinking outside of just their noms into what they think would be good camp books. We see this year after year, which is really cool! (edited) 4w

Kitta @Hooked_on_books I voted for the Ocean Vuong, I adore his poetry but haven‘t read his first novel yet - what didn‘t you like about it? 4w

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain @Megabooks That‘s so interesting about RA! I do think it would have been a good book to discuss and I frankly assumed people voted for their own noms, but clearly it‘s not that simple! 4w

Hooked_on_books @Kitta I felt like it held me at arm‘s length and each time I felt I was finally connecting with it, the story would go in another direction. After it happened several times, I just bailed. 4w

ImperfectCJ I totally forgot what I voted for as soon as I voted, but I was happy with the final 6, so I'm not surprised to learn that I voted for 3 of them. :-) There are definitely a few on this longlist that I'll be reading, too. 4w

fredthemoose I‘ve been buried at work and didn‘t nominate or vote since I didn‘t have time to do research, but wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who did and to @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB and @Megabooks for hosting. I have time to read/listen and am looking forward to my first summer at Camp! 🏕️ 4w

Soubhiville Thanks for posting this @squirrelbrain ! I also love seeing these extra tidbits, and I‘ll save this list as well. The conversation it‘s started makes me feel like we‘re already camping! ⛺️❤️ 4w

GatheringBooks @Hooked_on_books i am surprised not to find eowyn ivey actually since so many people nominated that title too. Love the surprise twists in camp. 4w

Megabooks @fredthemoose looking forward to seeing you at camp this summer!! 4w

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I love that people get inspired by other people‘s nominations. And of course you vote for six books while you nominated just four. I also expected Ocean Vuong and Eowyn Ivey to end up higher than they did @GatheringBooks 4w

BarbaraBB @fredthemoose I‘m glad you‘ll be joining us and that work will give you some time off to do so! 4w

Hooked_on_books @GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB Excellent point about Ivey. I remember during nominations expecting her to show up as one of the picks. 4w

squirrelbrain Yes, I think the Ivey was this year‘s Real Americans - everyone talked about it, but only 4 votes! I think the Vuong was less of a dead cert because his first book was slightly challenging to read. @Hooked_on_books @GatheringBooks @BarbaraBB 4w

squirrelbrain Everyone seems to have forgotten what they voted for! @ImperfectCJ but at least everyone is pretty happy with the outcome. 4w

squirrelbrain @fredthemoose - you‘ll have to watch out for the initiation ceremony, it being your first camp! Only kidding! 🤣 Glad you‘ll have the time to join in. 4w

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @Soubhiville - not long now until camp *actually* starts! 😊 4w

Zuhkeeyah Can you please add me to the tag list? I just finished Audition and cannot wait to discuss (edited) 3w

squirrelbrain Yes, of course! @Zuhkeeyah 🏕️ Looking forward to your contributions! 3w

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BarbaraBB

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

We do have our six winners for #CampLitsy25! We‘ll discuss half a book each weekend in June, July and August. Details will follow. For now Meg, Helen and I hope you are as happy with the winning books and look as much forward to go camping as we do!

If you want to be tagged or removed from the taglist, let us know!

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, LitsyEvents

BarbaraBB @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @Texreader @sblbooks @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @yourfavouritemixtape 1mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 1mo

BarbaraBB @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx 1mo

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BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll (edited) 1mo

BarbaraBB @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess 1mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cbee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey 1mo

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 1mo

CatLass007 Thank you! A couple of these already are on my wish list so I‘ll just bump them up a bit. 1mo

Kitta Ooh I‘m so excited! Not the ones I voted for but it‘ll be great to read some new authors. I love #CampLitsy! 1mo

TheKidUpstairs Love the variety! Looking forward to another year of camp! 1mo

squirrelbrain Hooray! 6 wonderful books to discuss! 1mo

Ruthiella Great mix of books. Camp‘s gonna be fun! 🤩 1mo

Deblovestoread Fantastic bunch of books! Yay for camp 🏕️ 1mo

BarbaraBB @Kitta @TheKidUpstairs @CatLass007 I am glad you‘re happy within the results. It will be a great reading summer! 1mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain Yes! Really happy with the results! Now I have to get those books and start reading! 1mo

DGRachel What a mix! Two I‘m really looking forward to reading, three that are intriguing 🤔, and one that I want to run screaming from. 🤣🤣 (edited) 1mo

Graciouswarriorprincess @BarbaraBB Please tag me! 1mo

peaKnit Ooh Tilt was on my TBR! 1mo

BarbaraBB @Graciouswarriorprincess I did didn‘t I? If not something went wrong because you are definitely on the taglist 1mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel Now I am really curious which one that is! 1mo

DGRachel @BarbaraBB LOL. I was thinking of Audition. Most of these are (as usual) out of my comfort zone. Tilt sounds like it will break me, but Audition looks like the one I am least likely to enjoy and will be the hardest to pick up. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel at least it‘s short! But you can of course skip it and arrive at camp when we start Wild Dark Shores which I already read and is so, so good! 1mo

KarenUK Great list! Looking forward to it ❤️ 1mo

Megabooks I think the campers have chosen great books this year and several genres, too, which is fantastic! Scifi, dystopian, thriller, lit fic! It‘s going to be a great summer!! (edited) 1mo

BkClubCare The WHOLE slate! 🎉 1mo

BkClubCare @DGRachel - and that is the fun? I personally am NOT looking forward to the SAC. It is so NOT my genre. 1mo

DGRachel @BkClubCare It is the reason I come to Camp! It‘s a celebration of readers and our differences. Whether I enjoy the book or not, I enjoy the conversation about it. The SAC is the one I‘m looking forward to the most. 😂 1mo

BkClubCare @DGRachel - I DNF‘d the one of his I tried 😔 It was just TOO MUCH. Is this one part of a series? (Hoping NO) 1mo

CSeydel Thank you so much for hosting! 1mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Yes I love that it is sort of eclectic 😀 (edited) 1mo

BarbaraBB @DGRachel @BkClubCare I too love that we have different tastes and some of these books might not be my first choices but I know the discussion will add so much to them! And SAC is not part of a series as far as I know! 1mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @KarenUK @CSeydel We‘ll have some good times ahead of us I think, with reading these books and discussing them! 1mo

BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - Thank you. You are a Litsy inspiration to me. Happy (American?!) Mother Day 1mo

CSeydel @BkClubCare Yeah that‘s the way it goes with Camp Litsy, LOL! I wish we had a “semifinals” voting round so we could narrow down our choices, but in the end it‘s just for fun 🤷🏻‍♀️I might read Death of the Author and Tilt but the others, no thanks. (I do enjoy SA Cosby, his books are great thrillers but not really discussion material.) (edited) 1mo

Chelsea.Poole Looking forward to discussing these with you all. Such a nice variety! 🏕️ Thanks to the hosts for the thoughtful questions and keeping the campers in line! 1mo

BarbaraBB @BkClubCare Same ❤️❤️ 1mo

CarolynM Some interesting titles there. I probably won‘t read all of them, but will look forward to seeing all the discussions 🙂 1mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM We‘re happy to have you at camp whenever you like! 1mo

Meshell1313 Sounds like a perfect camp! 1mo

Well-ReadNeck I‘m in! Please keep me on the tag list. Excited to discuss All. The. Books!! 1mo

BarbaraBB @Meshell1313 We‘re happy to have you! 1mo

BarbaraBB @Well-ReadNeck We will, no camp without you! 1mo

BookwormAHN I'd also like to be tagged. I already have a few of these on my tbr 😺 1mo

BarbaraBB @BookwormAHN Very happy to tag you of course! @squirrelbrain @Megabooks 1mo

Amiable Add me to the list! I love following along with the discussions. 4w

Maggie4483 I‘d love to be added to the tag list! 3w

BarbaraBB @Amiable @maggie4483 You‘re very welcome. We gladly add you to the taglist 🤍 @Megabooks @squirrelbrain 3w

squirrelbrain Yay! @Amiable @Maggie4483 - we‘ll add you on! 3w

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BarbaraBB

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

I am adding the final two winners to the #CampLitsy25 reads. We‘ll be reading Tilt and King of Ashes in August. We are super excited about this mix of books and we hope you are too! I‘ll post an overview of all six books next so you know what books you might want to get a hold of!
Just a few weeks to get ready for 🏕️ !

Megabooks, squirrelbrain

Bookwormjillk I am so excited for all of these books! 1mo

BarbaraBB @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 1mo

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BarbaraBB @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @Mcctrish @maich @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @MicheleinPhilly @Meshell1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx (edited) 1mo

BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa @Kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll (edited) 1mo

BarbaraBB @Debinhawaii @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @ErikasMindfulshelf @Flaneurette @fredthemoose @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess 1mo

BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cbee @CatMS @ChaoticMissAdventures @Chelsea.Poole @Christine @CogsOfEncouragement @Cseydel @Cuilin @Dabbe @Daisey 1mo

BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @BookNAround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @Catlass007 1mo

BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk I am happy you are. I was very happy with the voting too! 1mo

TrishB Yay! Great choices again! Looking forward to it. 1mo

mcctrish Can‘t wait to go camping ⛺️ 1mo

CatLass007 I missed the announcements for June and July. 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading I don‘t think I‘ll read the Cosby (I can‘t do violence like that) but I‘m excited for all the rest! Looking forward to camp!!🏕️ 1mo

CatLass007 SA Cosby became a must-read last year so I definitely will read that one. I need to read up on the others. 1mo

CBee I voted for both of these 👏🏻👏🏻 Very excited for camp!! Hoping to get to all six but I know for sure I‘ll read these plus Woodworking and WDS 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

Suet624 Thank you so much! I‘m thrilled. 1mo

AmyG Oh NICE!!!!! Thank you! 1mo

squirrelbrain Hooray - another 2 books I‘m really looking forward to discussing with everyone! 🏕️ 1mo

BarbaraJean Like @Prairiegirl_reading I think I‘ll skip the Cosby because of the violence (the one book I skipped last year was All Fours and I don‘t regret that, so I‘m trusting my instincts here 😂) but I‘m super excited about reading the others with everyone!! 1mo

Ruthiella Fantastic! Again , these are two books I normally would not have picked up, which is what I love about these kinds of challenges. 👍 1mo

Deblovestoread So happy to see 2 of my nominees make the cut. 😍 1mo

BarbaraBB @BarbaraJean @Prairiegirl_reading I haven‘t read the Cosby yet but it might be violent indeed. Happy you‘ll be joining for the others. And I know some people who would have loved to skip All Fours last year 🤣 1mo

BarbaraBB @TrishB @mcctrish @CBee @Suet624 @AmyG @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread Glad you‘re happy with the outcomes. Most people voted for at least one of the six books fortunately! 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures YAY!! I LOVE Cosby, and Tilt is set in my home town. These should be fun reads. Cannot wait to join everyone for the discussions. 1mo

Soubhiville Thanks to all our hosts! Fun lineup of books this summer! 1mo

Hooked_on_books I was already looking forward to the Cosby and it‘ll be fun to discuss it. Tilt is very good and should prompt excellent discussions! 1mo

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books I agree! Tilt will have such good discussions I think!! 1mo

Megabooks Cosby won last year‘s Litsy ToB, but we didn‘t get a full discussion on it. I‘ll be interested to read what everyone thinks of his latest! 1mo

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures @Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books @Megabooks I have high hopes for some good reads and great discussions 👌🏽 (edited) 1mo

Christine Yayyyyy, so into these! One I was 100% going to read (Cosby) and the other I was on the fence about but therefore (as others have noted) should be great for discussion!! 1mo

BarbaraBB @Christine Happy you‘ll join us for both reads. Tilt is supposed to be very good. And it‘s short! 1mo

Meshell1313 Ooh yay! Can‘t wait! 1mo

Well-ReadNeck 🙌🏼👏🏻👊🏼 1mo

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Megabooks

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Once again I will be your camp counselor for July, and I am so excited to discuss these books!

I have already read Death of the Author, and I have been dying to discuss it because it is so unique. Woodworking is new to me, and I‘m so excited for us to explore it together.

I‘ll be posting page breaks later, but I hope you can join me July 5/6 and 12/13 for Author and July 19/20 and 26/27 for Woodworking! 🏕️😁 #CampLitsy25

squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Megabooks @Addison_Reads @AmyG @BarbaraJean @Bkclubcare @BooksandCoffee4me @Bookbuyingaddict @booknaround @Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger @Cariashley @Caroline2 @CarolynM @Cbee 1mo

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Megabooks @Gatheringbooks @Graciouswarriorprincess @Hooked_on_books @ImperfectCJ @JamieArc @Jas16 @Jenniferw88 @JenP @Jenreadsalot @Jess @Jhod @JoyBlue @JulesG @julieclair @KarenUK @Karisa 1mo

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Megabooks @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 1mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @Meshell1313 @Addison_Reads 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading Yay!! I‘m excited to read both! 1mo

AmyG Thank you! So excited. 1mo

Deblovestoread Oooo, great choices! Can‘t wait to read them with you. 1mo

TrishB Fabulous!! Can‘t wait. 1mo

Ruthiella Awesome! These are two books I definitely would not have picked up on my own. Excited to try them. 👍 1mo

Caroline2 Exciting! 😃 👏 1mo

BarbaraBB Super excited about both of these! 1mo

CBee Thank you!! Very excited 😊 1mo

Christine Yesssss, these are great!! I needed this nudge to read the Okorafor and I LOVED Woodworking. 1mo

TheKidUpstairs Two more great choices! It's going to be a great summer at camp! 1mo

MeganAnn Yay! Death of the Author is one I was most hoping would be chosen since it‘s already on my shelf. 🎉 I‘m looking forward to reading Woodworking too. 1mo

Bookwormjillk Yay! So excited for all the choices so far this year! 1mo

Meshell1313 Hooray! These seem great! Can‘t wait! 1mo

Oryx Sound great - neither on my radar so I'm excited for something new 1mo

Jas16 I am so excited these books were chosen! 1mo

monalyisha I‘m definitely going to try to join for Death of the Author! 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay! One I nominated! And one I also really want to read!! Shaping up to be a fantastic summer camping! 1mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m excited for Woodworking, but Death of the Author was a bail for me, so I won‘t be trying that again! 1mo

TheBookHippie I‘m in for Woodworking. Trying to see if library will have it. 1mo

squirrelbrain Two more fabulous books for camp! ❤️ 1mo

JamieArc Interesting choices! If Death of the Author is tough to get through at least we can all struggle together 😂. I‘m still looking forward to trying it. (edited) 1mo

RaeLovesToRead Excited! This will be my second Okorafor! 1mo

JenP I read and liked Death of the author. I look forward to both discussions. 1mo

BarbaraBB @JamieArc I agree! I expect to like it but if not, at least we‘re in it together! 1mo

peaKnit Oooh I‘ve read neither, yay! 1mo

Texreader I‘ve totally missed signing up. Too late? 1mo

Lesliereadsalot I know absolutely nothing about either of these two books! Can‘t wait. @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain (edited) 1mo

Megabooks @Prairiegirl_reading @amyg @deblovestoread @trishb @ruthiella @caroline2 @cbee @bookwormjillk @meshell1313 @oryx @jas16 So glad you will all be around the campfire discussing books this summer! 1mo

Megabooks @Christine I'm so glad you loved Woodworking, and I hope you will enjoy Author just as much!
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Megabooks @MeganAnn I'm so glad we picked Author, too. I hope you love both! 1mo

Megabooks @monalyisha Yay! 👍 👍 1mo

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books So glad you'll join us for one! 😁 👍 1mo

Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures Great! Looking forward to seeing what you think of your nominee! 1mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie Fantastic! I hope you can find a copy! 1mo

Megabooks @JamieArc I loved it, but the structure of the plot is different, so we'll see! 1mo

Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead It was my second, too! 1mo

Megabooks @JenP Great!!! 1mo

Megabooks @peaKnit 🎉 🎉 1mo

Megabooks @Texreader Not at all! Let's get her added to the tag list @BarbaraBB and @squirrelbrain 👍 👍 1mo

Megabooks @Lesliereadsalot So glad to have you join us! 1mo

Megabooks Excited to be organizing with the two best co-counsellors! @barbaraBB @squirrelbrain 💜 💜 1mo

Texreader @Megabooks Yay!!! Thank you! 1mo

Addison_Reads I loved Death of the Author! I can't wait to discuss it. 1mo

Suet624 Yay! Thank you!! 1mo

Well-ReadNeck Oooooh! 👀 1mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks 🧡🧡 1mo

Kitta Oh wow so far only one of my choices made the list (Wild dark shore) ! Excited to be introduced to some new stuff. @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks 1mo

BkClubCare Haha LOVE the suspense you are creating!! 1mo

KarenUK Woodworking! So excited for this one! 1mo

julieclair I‘m looking forward to these! 1mo

peanutnine Can I jump in for July? Both these books are on my TBR and I'd love to discuss with others! 1mo

Megabooks @peanutnine sure! We‘d love to have you! @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 1mo

Megabooks @julieclair me too! 1mo

Megabooks @KarenUK it was one of my nominees, so I‘m very excited it was picked! 1mo

Megabooks @BkClubCare suspense over now!! 😂😂 I hope you like the picks!! 1mo

Megabooks @Kitta that is the best part of camp! 1mo

Megabooks @Kitta great! It‘s always so fun to see what‘s picked. Helen is very organized at recording the vote, and when we looked back almost all 71 voters had at least one of their six choices win, which is great! 1mo

Megabooks @Well-ReadNeck @Suet624 so excited to have you both back at camp! 1mo

Megabooks @Addison_Reads me too! I think it‘s going to be a great one to discuss! 1mo

Kitta @Megabooks oh wow that‘s great! I‘m surprised it‘s not a drop down menu or something. The free text must be difficult to score! 1mo

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Summer is here, campers! 🏕️ Thanks to all 71 of you who voted - we have our top 6 books for #camplitsy25!

In June, we‘ll start with Audition, followed by Wild Dark Shore.

I‘ll be back in a week or so with the page breaks for Audition, which we‘ll discuss over the weekends of 7th/8th and 14th/15th June.

In the meantime, keep an eye out for bears, but also for Meg and Barbara who pop up over the weekend with the remaining 4 books!

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @kitta @Kristy-K @Kspenmoll @kwmg40 @Larkken @Laughterhp @LeeRHarry @Leniverse @Lesliereadsalot @maich @Mcctrish @MeganAnn @Merelybookish @Meshell 1313 @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit 1mo

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita 1mo

squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived @Meshell1313 @Addison_Reads 1mo

BarbaraBB Yay, that‘s quite the kick-off! I think the Littens chose very wisely 😀 I am looking forward to a new Kitamura and as I‘ve been shouting out everywhere I LOVED Wild Dark Shore so can‘t wait to discuss it around the campfire 🔥 1mo

Bookwormjillk Yay!!! Camp!!! 🏕️🐻❤️ 1mo

Lesliereadsalot Very excited! ⛺️🪵🩷 1mo

sarahbarnes Yay, so excited for these picks to kick us off! I‘m reading Audition right now and have WDS waiting! 1mo

Bookwormjillk PS anyone listened to these on audio? 1mo

CBee So glad that I waited to read Wild Dark Shore! Very excited! 1mo

TheKidUpstairs Yay! I'm excited to discuss Audition, from reviews it looks like a great one to talk through with you all! And I'm also excited to give McConaghy another chance! 1mo

Read4life Looks like a good start to camp!! 🏕️ 1mo

Ruthiella Nice! I ha Audition out now from the library-great timing. 👍 1mo

JenP 🥳 very excited! 1mo

Susanita I‘ve put holds on them! 1mo

Megabooks Yay!!! So glad camp starts soon!! 🏕️ 1mo

Caroline2 Ohhhh exciting!! 👏 1mo

mcctrish Omg I saw this post and squealed 🎉🎉camping time is here 1mo

AmyG OH BOY!!!! Thank you. 1mo

Deblovestoread Fantastic! Excited for both books and camp! 1mo

TrishB Ready on the pile! Can‘t wait 😁. Great choices. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures OMG OMG I am so excited!!!!! 1mo

BarbaraJean 🎉🎉Now to hope and pray the library holds come in on time!! 1mo

JenReadsAlot Yay!!! 1mo

GatheringBooks Woohoo! Bought my copies! 🤞🏽📚📚📚 1mo

Hooked_on_books I predicted these two would get picked. I loved WDS and look forward to discussing it but won‘t be reading Audition. I read her last 2 and she doesn‘t work for me. 1mo

JamieArc Woohoo! Excited to see which books we are reading this summer! 1mo

ImperfectCJ I love both authors and am very excited for these! I'll be traveling in June and library holds are iffy, so I just bought the ebooks for on my Kobo (and I almost never buy ebooks, so that shows how excited I am!) 1mo

cariashley Rats, I didn‘t manage to get to vote, but I know I‘m in good hands here! Already excited about the first two picks! 1mo

Jess Nice! I already read WDS but look forward to chatting with everyone about it. I just found Audition in Spotify so will probably use my June hours to listen to that one. Can‘t wait to see what else was chosen! 1mo

MeganAnn Yay! 🎉 Looking forward to both and WDS especially since everyone seems to be raving about it. 🤞🏻My library holds will come through in time. Looks like WDS has been so popular they have added extra copies so that might help. 1mo

squirrelbrain @Bookwormjillk @Lesliereadsalot @Read4life @JenP @Caroline2 @Deblovestoread @TrishB @ChaoticMissAdventures @JenReadsAlot @GatheringBooks @JamieArc - glad you‘re all so excited. The other 4 books are just as fabulous! 1mo

squirrelbrain That‘s excellent timing! @sarahbarnes 1mo

squirrelbrain @CBee - I‘ve been hanging back on reading a lot of books from the longlist, just in case! 🤪 1mo

squirrelbrain @TheKidUpstairs - I get the feeling Audition might be a Marmite book, but certainly lots to discuss, if Chelsea.poole ‘s review is anything to go by! 😊 1mo

squirrelbrain @mcctrish @AmyG - both your posts made me 🤭 and cheered up a grumpy work afternoon! ❤️ 1mo

squirrelbrain I hope they do come in on time 🤞 @BarbaraJean 1mo

squirrelbrain Yay! @GatheringBooks - and maybe some more to buy soon too…. 1mo

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books - no worries, not every book will work for everyone. 🫤 1mo

squirrelbrain We are truly honoured @ImperfectCJ 🤪 that camp is so exciting you bought e-books! 1mo

mcctrish I have ordered both books. I am not playing this year. I wasted time I will never get back waiting for library holds to never come in 🤣🤣 1mo

squirrelbrain @cariashley - I‘m sure you‘ve got more important things to be thinking about than voting for camp! 😊 I hope you get to join in at some point over the summer! 1mo

squirrelbrain @jess - Audition is quite short so will hopefully fit within your hours! 🤞 1mo

squirrelbrain Yes @meganann - I‘m looking forward to WDS so much as well. @BarbaraBB loved it and we have very similar taste in books. 1mo

KarenUK I just bought Audition and I LOVED the other! Great choices so far! 1mo

ErikasMindfulShelf Two great books! 1mo

squirrelbrain @KarenUK @ErikasMindfulShelf - the other 4 are just as good! 😊 1mo

kspenmoll Can‘t wait for both books. I own WDS but not the other.. 1mo

BarbaraBB @mcctrish a wise decision 😃😃 1mo

CBee @squirrelbrain must know what a Marmite book means now - I feel like I should know this already 🤔 1mo

Chelsea.Poole So exciting! I‘ve been waiting to read Wild Dark Shore because I adore her other two, and I‘d like to really savor this one. Looks like I‘ll get to really dive in deep with it. And I can see Audition leading to some really interesting discussions. Let‘s goooo 🏕️ 1mo

squirrelbrain @ruthiella - perfect timing! ❤️ 1mo

squirrelbrain @Chelsea.Poole your review of Audition really intrigued me! 1mo

squirrelbrain @cbee - sorry! 🤪 Marmite is a yeast extract that we either spread on toast or make into a drink. In the UK, people either love it or hate it, hence things are ‘Marmite‘ if they are polarising. 1mo

peaKnit Held audition! I have read the other, it will be an excellent conversation! 1mo

CBee @squirrelbrain I knew what Marmite was and had a feeling that‘s what it meant 😂😂 Perfect description!! 1mo

Christine Thrilled about these! Recently read Audition and liked it a lot but have been eager to hear others‘ takes/interpretations. And I‘ve been sad about not yet getting to WDS but now I‘m glad! 1mo

kspenmoll Thanks for hosting this again! 1mo

Meshell1313 Perfect! Can‘t wait! 1mo

monalyisha If I can find the time, I‘ll dive into Wild Dark Shore with you all! 1mo

TheBookHippie I‘m in for Audition! 1mo

squirrelbrain @peaknit I‘m really looking forward to WDS - I loved the author‘s other books. 1mo

squirrelbrain @christine - yes, it sounds like there‘s a lot to talk about with Audition. 🤔 1mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome @kspenmoll - we can‘t wait! 1mo

squirrelbrain We can‘t wait either! @meshell1313 1mo

squirrelbrain Hooray @monalyisha - hopefully you can squeeze it in! 1mo

squirrelbrain Yay! 🎉@TheBookHippie - looking forward to it! 1mo

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome ☺️ @cbee 1mo

peaKnit @squirrelbrain I need to get her other books, I don‘t think I‘ve read anything of her before. What a treat to know there is more! 1mo

CBee @peaKnit I recommend starting with

Migrations: A Novel

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Zuhkeeyah I just borrowed Audition through Libby and placed a hold on WDS. Excited for the discussion 1mo

peaKnit @CBee would you believe I own that, haven‘t read it and didn‘t connect it to this author? I‘m ready to go☺️ 1mo

CBee @peaKnit happens to me all the time 😂 I hope you enjoy it when you get to it! 1mo

Addison_Reads Great choices! 1mo

Well-ReadNeck 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

squirrelbrain Yes @peaKnit I preferred Migrations to Wolves, but loved both! @CBee 1mo

squirrelbrain @Zuhkeeyah - glad you could get Audition, and hopefully WDS will come through in time. 🤞 1mo

squirrelbrain @Addison_Reads @Well-ReadNeck - Littens always choose great books for camp! (Well, most of the time!) 🤣 1mo

julieclair Excited! Let‘s go camping! 1mo

youneverarrived Definitely want to read Audition so will try and join in with that! 1mo

squirrelbrain Great! @youneverarrived - looking forward to it! 1mo

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

Thanks to all those who have voted already for our #camplitsy25 books! We love seeing all the votes coming in. If you still wish to vote you have until next Friday 9th May to do so.

We have a possible / probable top 3 currently, although even that could change! We then have TWENTY books vying for those other 3 places, with only 4 votes separating them all!

Here‘s the longlist: http://bit.ly/42N5OCt

Here you can vote: https://bit.ly/3ENlNbz

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain @Meshell1313 @BookNAround @julieclair 1mo

squirrelbrain @Monalyisha @Oryx @peaKnit @Prairiegirl_reading @PuddleJumper @quietjenn @Read4Life @RaeLovesToRead @rockpools @Roary47 @Ruthiella @Sace @Sapphire @Sarahbarnes 1mo

squirrelbrain @Soubhiville @Skygoddess1 @Suet624 @Susanita @TheBookHippie @Thekidupstairs @Triplem80 @TrishB @Vonnie862 @Well-ReadNeck @willaful @youneverarrived 1mo

mcctrish I just want to know so badly 🤣🤣 1mo

Kitta Ooo! I‘m so excited to find out. 1mo

JenReadsAlot @mcctrish Me too! 😂 1mo

TrishB Can‘t wait 😁 1mo

Laughterhp Thanks for the reminder! Just voted. 1mo

Meshell1313 Oooh a close one. Can‘t wait to see the winners! 1mo

Bookwormjillk I want to know! 😂😂😂 1mo

BkClubCare So exciting 🤩 1mo

Leniverse What do you do if there's a multi-way draw? 😱 Draw lots, or release them back to us for a second round of votes? 1mo

sarahbarnes An impossible task! Just voted. So many on here I want to read regardless - an embarrassment of riches. 😍 1mo

RaeLovesToRead *dons fake mustache to vote again* hahahaha 1mo

Lesliereadsalot Super excited about this! 1mo

squirrelbrain @mcctrish @Kitta @JenReadsAlot @TrishB @Bookwormjillk @BkClubCare @Lesliereadsalot - we‘re lucky as we get to see the votes as they come in, which is just as exciting. Not long now until we find out who‘s coming to camp this year! 😜 1mo

squirrelbrain @meshell1313 - yes, much closer than last year when James was way ahead of anything else. 1mo

Kitta @RaeLovesToRead 😂 1mo

squirrelbrain Thanks for voting @laughterhp @sarahbarnes - yes, I‘ve been ordering a fair few books over the last couple of weeks, whether they‘re going to make the final 6 or not! 1mo

squirrelbrain @raelovestoread - nah, not happening, we can spot you a mile off! 🤣 Dressed in that bear costume from last year. 1mo

Ruthiella This is as much fun as actually reading the books! I love the process and the possibilities. 😃 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading @squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead 🤣🤣🐻🐻 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve been putting off book shopping until we find out the winners. It‘s been difficult!! I‘m not really surprised it‘s close. The long list had so many interesting titles. 1mo

CSeydel Maybe we could have a second round of voting? I‘m betting a lot of books got only one vote 😅 1mo

BkClubCare @CSeydel - I would vote for a round 2 vote if we need to narrow down - but I also don‘t want to make more work for our camp leaders. ❤️ 1mo

JenReadsAlot Can we add another book and camp in September too?! 1mo

squirrelbrain @Leniverse @CSeydel @BkClubCare - it‘s never been a problem before, somehow! There have been plenty of draws, of course, certainly lower down but even within the top 6. Just not where it mattered - places 5 / 6 / 7. We‘ll cross that bridge if / when we come to it this year. 1mo

squirrelbrain We should camp all year round! @JenReadsAlot - the sun is always shining *somewhere* in the world! 😜 1mo

BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - “We should camp all year round!” 🤣🏕️☀️ 1mo

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @JenReadsAlot We should camp year round indeed!! ❤️ 1mo

Hooked_on_books You‘re so cruel! Dangling tidbits but not telling us the identity of the books. Awful! 😉 1mo

Sapphire Thank you! 1mo

Sapphire @Hooked_on_books IKR 1mo

squirrelbrain @Hooked_on_books @Sapphire - I‘m the mean girl in camp who no-one likes! 😈 1mo

Sapphire @squirrelbrain lol! 1mo

Hooked_on_books 😂 1mo

CBee @RaeLovesToRead 😂😂😂 1mo

Chelsea.Poole I have a few guesses for the top picks I‘m TILTing towards… 1mo

Kitta @squirrelbrain how do you determine the order of the books once you have the top 6? I always feel there‘s a flow or connections between them and am impressed. Is this intentional? (edited) 1mo

squirrelbrain @Chelsea.Poole LOL! 🤐 1mo

squirrelbrain @Kitta - that‘s very kind of you to say! We do try to link the books together somehow. It depends on who is hosting which month, and we try to host at least one book each that we haven‘t read before so it can take a bit of working out! @Megabooks @BarbaraBB 1mo

Daisey Thanks for the reminder! Last year was the first time I participated, and I wasn‘t sure I would vote this year. There were enough books I had seen mentioned that I voted for those without more research. So curious to see the choices! 1mo

squirrelbrain @Daisey - thanks for voting! Not long until we find out! 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading So voting ends tomorrow and then how long until we find out? Is everything still super close? 1mo

squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading - we closed the voting overnight and, keep a look out, we *might* be starting to reveal the results today! 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading @squirrelbrain YAY!!! Thank you!! 😊 1mo

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Camping Trip | Catherine Hapka

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UPDATED ‼️
It's time to vote! The #CampLitsy25 longlist is looong again but it will be so hard to choose from the amazing books that you‘ve nominated. Please take your time and vote for the six books you‘d want to read together in June, July and August. Do so before May 9 please. We‘ll get back to you soon after that with the six winners!

Here‘s the longlist: http://bit.ly/42N5OCt

Here you can vote: https://bit.ly/3ENlNbz

Megabooks Thank you for updating!! 2mo

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One Was Lost | Natalie D. Richards

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Flew through this book. Great suspense and a touch of romance!

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

I am finally submitting my nominations for #CampLitsy25. I tried to pick books that haven‘t been nominated yet. I particularly think Careless People would provide a lot of conversational fodder.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

Chelsea.Poole I‘m really interested in Careless People! 2mo

squirrelbrain Yay -I‘ve been waiting for your nominations - well done on finding ones not yet nominated! You‘re right about Careless People - it would make for great discussions! 2mo

Deblovestoread I‘d love to read Careless People as a group! Now to check out the others. 2mo

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Bookwormjillk Careless People is a good idea 2mo

Ruthiella Definitely adding a nonfiction entry would be great! 👍 2mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for nominating and adding these four books! All look Camp worthy! 2mo

Megabooks These are great nominations!! Careless People was excellent, and I hope you and other folks read it regardless of CL. 2mo

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