Seeking advanced readers for 4/23/26 launch. e-ARC available. #literary #fiction #experimental #cross-genre #lgbtq #queer #odd #feelsright #comfort #travel #homesick #istanbul #IST #ATL #byzantium #constantinople #rome #newrome #antarctica #newnewsouth #kjv #peace #freedom #acceptance #religion #family #history #genealogy #lovestory #eco #environmentalstorytelling #place #purpose #poetryinfiction #lyrical #story-listening #triggers #contentwarning
pick#roll100 #hauntedshelf #screamteam really enjoyed this one - intertwined stories from 1400s Constantinople to late 21st century. I loved all the references to ancient texts in it too 🤓
https://youtu.be/IDSdg_etAkM?feature=shared
^ made a YouTube video showing off the books I bought in Istanbul
Sorry about the terrible audio on this one.
If anyone has read any Elif Shafak or Orhan Pamuk drop me a message... where should I start????
Thank you for supporting the channel. I keep working on it 😊
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Just one week until the #ToB starts! Here‘s a reminder to those who expressed interest in playing along in our #LitsyToB25 and haven‘t filled in the form yet. If you still want to join (you don‘t have to have read all the books!), please vote for your winners in the opening round. Also, vote for 2 zombies: https://forms.gle/jKTvVdCaRPVy16RL7
You can vote until March 6: you‘ll get a copy in your inbox (check junkmail!)
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With 4 weeks until the #ToB starts I‘ve made a form to vote for your winners in the opening round. Also, vote for 2 zombies: https://forms.gle/jKTvVdCaRPVy16RL7
You can change this form until March 6. After recording your votes you‘ll get a copy in your inbox (check junkmail!) with a link to make changes.
Tagged is everyone who wanted to play along, others are welcome too of course!
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Hi all, the brackets for the #ToB25 are now live: https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2025-shortlist
I‘ve been wondering if you‘d like to play along again in March and come to our own winner of the shortlist?
Please let me know if you‘d be interested, then I‘ll organize it again.
I am tagging some ToB regulars but everyone is welcome to join of course. If you‘d like to be (un)tagged, please let me know as well!
The tagged book was a stellar read in July and will certainly vie for one of my best reads of the year
#12booksof2024 @Andrew65
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A sexually ambiguous man falls to pieces after a child-death and his marriage's demise. He turns to nearly every drug imaginable (religion, travel, sex, talk-therapy, family, folklore...) before reconnecting with a past love thought foregone; meanwhile, he comes into the inheritance of an ancestral...