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MicheleinPhilly

Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki

Camping supplies coming in. And a couple of extras just because. #CampLitsy #bookmail

TrishB Good choices 👍🏻 1d

Librarybelle I loved Watermelon! 1d

AmyG Ha, I went shopping too…e-shopping. 24h

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Ruthiella You have to be prepared for all eventualities! 23h

BarbaraBB Camping supplies 🤣🤣 22h

squirrelbrain Well, you need books to read at camp under the covers with a flashlight! 🔦 22h

CarolynM Greta & Valdin is gorgeous. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 5h

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BarbaraJean

Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki

Waaaait, not yet!! I need this for June, not May!! #CampLitsy24 #LibraryProblems

monkeygirlsmama I've been stuck on hold for this one myself. Better get it while the gettin's good. LoL 1w

BarbaraJean @monkeygirlsmama Hahaha—I know, right?! The same kind of thing happened with Clear—I already had it checked out when it was picked for Camp Litsy. I went ahead and read it because the odds of it coming around again in time are too slim! 1w

Kitta I might not get my library hold for this in time!! I think last I checked it said 20 weeks 😬 I might have to buy a copy. 1w

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BarbaraJean @Kitta The hold lists were VASTLY different between print copies and digital in my library system. The ebook and audio versions both had a 20-ish week wait, but when I put a hold on the print copy I was 3rd in line! Wish I could lend this library print copy your way 🙃 (edited) 1w

Ruthiella Just take good notes! 😂 Holds are insane - you never know when a forecasted 10 week wait turns into to pick up tomorrow! 1w

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella I know, right?! So often, I put a book on hold expressly because the wait is so long and I'll have time to clear some other holds before it arrives. Then it's suddenly ready before I am!! 7d

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Abailliekaras

Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki

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! 2w

sarahbarnes What @BarbaraBB said - I‘ve been looking forward to this one, too; disappointed to see it didn‘t meet your expectations. 2w

Abailliekaras @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes we did it on the podcast and Annie loved it, so I might be in the minority! 1w

Cathythoughts Oh dear, I just got this one. Fingers crossed… 1w

Abailliekaras @Cathythoughts I‘m sure you‘ll love it! The food is 🔥 1w

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Sace

Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki

I got so excited when I saw Butter was on Hoopla. I‘m so disappointed. I wish I understood the workings of Hoopla and my library. I don‘t know that we have enough…ANY German speakers in my area for there to be the German language audio.

Will I be forced to buy a copy so I can pretend to participate in #CampLitsy2024?

Prairiegirl_reading 😲 I would be sooo mad!!!! 2w

Sace @Prairiegirl_reading and it‘s the only option. The library doesn‘t even have it. How odd that this random German language audio book is the one offering. 2w

TheKidUpstairs I did the same today! It's so weird... 2w

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Sace @TheKidUpstairs Wait…so your hoopla only has the German version too? 🤔 2w

TheKidUpstairs @Sace yup, mine too! 2w

Sace So unfair! *pout* I‘m probably going to end up buying it. It sounds so interesting. 2w

TheKidUpstairs @Sace I'm thinking I'll end up buying the digital copy (hardcover is just too expensive!). One of the libraries o belong to has a physical copy, but I'm 7th on the list so I doubt it'll get to me in time. 2w

Sace @TheKidUpstairs I‘m torn between kindle and paperback. The kindle is less expensive but I do love reading physical books. 2w

CBee I just looked at my Hoopla and the one I found is in German too 😂😂 2w

BarbaraJean Same here--my Hoopla only has the German audio version. It must be something to do with what rights are available where at this point (and for how much)! My library does have audio and ebook versions available (through Libby/Overdrive)--but there's a 24-week wait on the audio and a 22-week wait on the ebook. 🙄 I'm 2nd in line for the print version, though! 🎉 (edited) 2w

Sace @CBee Really wishing I had taken more German classes in college! (edited) 2w

Sace @BarbaraJean it‘s funny how physical copies have shorter wait times. My daughter has had similar experiences with her library. 2w

Chelsea.Poole Hi all @CBee @Sace @TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraJean — librarian here 👋 the way hoopla works for most libraries: there‘s an Instant Borrow catalog which borrowers have access to: anything at all on the platform (unless your library suppresses certain titles/formats/$/etc) Certain publishers work with hoopla to allow their titles to be sold there. Libraries do *not* select certain titles for that platform like Libby/the physical library. More ⬇️ 2w

Chelsea.Poole So there ends up being random stuff there that wouldn‘t be of local interest to your library system, but since it‘s a part of the offerings from the publishers hoopla works with, it shows up in the catalog. Theres really great titles there but also some low quality content that comes along with it. Also, there is a new program hoopla offers called “flex titles” where libraries can purchase titles but users have to wait for them like Libby. 2w

Sace @Chelsea.Poole thanks for the explanation! 2w

CBee @Sace my hubby speaks German. I‘ll have him read it and translate 😂😂 2w

CBee @Chelsea.Poole thank you ♥️ 2w

Sace @CBee I am jealous! 🤣 2w

Chelsea.Poole @CBee record him—audio for us English speakers lol. 2w

CBee @Chelsea.Poole haha he would look at me like I was crazy if I asked him 😂😂 He isn‘t much of a reader these days. 2w

CBee @Sace he‘s pretty cool ♥️ 2w

julesG I should get hoopla. 😬 2w

Sace @julesG yes. And then record a translation for us 🤣 🤣 🤣. 2w

Suet624 Thanks for the explanation @Chelsea.Poole 2w

julesG It would be easier to just read the eBook out loud. 😉😉 2w

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pdxannie

Tokyo Ueno Station: A Novel | Yu Miri

so-so

This book is beautiful when you get accustomed to the cadence. I think it‘s going to stay with me a long time and at some point, I‘m sure I‘ll flip this to a pick.

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monalyisha

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (Original) | Michiko Aoyama

pick

Based on my reading experience to date, I don‘t think Japanese Literature is 100% my jam. I enjoyed guessing who the Librarian character, Sayuri Komachi, was meant to represent, however. I got the impression that she was an incarnation of some goddess or deity: my best guess is White Tara. I liked the message about how important it is to feel like you belong, though as one character observes “belonging is an ambiguous state.” 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/3: Another character who serendipitously finds the library notes, with *obvious* relief, “It‘s okay for me to be in this place.” Working in the field, as I do, this warmed my heart. The library is a sanctuary; a free and welcoming place for outcasts. We‘ve got you. 💓 1mo

monalyisha 2/3: It‘s difficult to pinpoint exactly what didn‘t work for me. I think it‘s that the characters all feel so *painfully* awkward. It‘s almost as if they‘re ALL neurodivergent — to the last. And maybe there‘s something intentional to that, e.g. no one is normal. Not a single one of us. That might be a relief. But it‘s uncomfortable to *always* be in that place, no matter the story… 1mo

monalyisha 3/3:..even if it‘s concurrently heartwarming to witness the characters‘ first tentative steps toward the finding of self & community — & the reassurance that the “self” isn‘t fixed & is always evolving. The more I reflect, the more positive I feel. I think I just don‘t enjoy that constant state of cringe. Often, I read to escape. I cringe internally at my own interactions too often to openly extend that discomfort into my reading life! 🙈 (edited) 1mo

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BarbaraBB I love Japanese literature and although this one very much is, I agree with your review. Books like this one and The Coffee gets Cold series didn‘t really work for me. Most other Japanese books I read I loved! 1mo

monalyisha @BarbaraBB I think I probably just haven‘t read enough of it. I‘d happily investigate some personal recommendations! 1mo

BarbaraBB That‘s hard. I‘ll recommend two: a novel and a thriller (of which there are so many and who have that typical Japanese atmosphere):

Honeybees and Distant Thunder: The million copy award-winning Japanese bestseller

1mo

BarbaraBB The thriller:

The Devotion of Suspect X: A Detective Galileo Novel

1mo

BarbaraBB Oh and I loved this one:

Housekeeper and the Professor

1mo

monalyisha @BarbaraBB That‘s perfect! Thrillers are never my chosen genre but I‘ll definitely add the other two to my TBR. Thanks! 1mo

monalyisha Oh, @BarbaraBB, I actually loved The Memory Police! I don‘t know how I forgot about that one! (As I know you know, it was also written by Yoko Ogawa.) 1mo

BarbaraBB Yes! And this one is just as good as The Memory Police! 1mo

vivastory Although I have yet to read “Housekeeper etc“ I def second @barbarabb rec of Ogawa. I think that you might like her collection of stories

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales

1mo

vivastory I think you also might like “Breasts & Eggs“ by Kawakami. IMO it reads more as two linked novellas, rather than a cohesive novel but I thought it was interesting 1mo

BarbaraBB @vivastory Yes! That one is so good too. And by Kawakami I also loved

Heaven

1mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB Heaven sounds terrific. It's on my TBR 1mo

batsy Adding to the Kawakami love and in addition to Breasts and Eggs and Heaven, I also recommend

All the Lovers in the Night

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monalyisha Thanks @vivastory @batsy @BarbaraBB - I‘ll try Kawakami. Sounds promising! 4w

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The_Book_Ninja

Strange Weather in Tokyo | Hiromi Kawakami

bailed

Got to 70%. I guess, with such a short book, I could have carried on but, you know what, I just didn‘t care. Across 3 pages in this dull romance, a scene was, I think, set on a beach, then suddenly they were in a room. I either missed the transition because I was bored or it went surreal. That made me think it was going to be “all a dream” or the narrator is in a coma or some such rubbish. If it‘s neither, I predict the novel fizzles out.

suvata I‘m sorry it wasn‘t a good book for you, because I absolutely adored it. To each his own. 1mo

The_Book_Ninja @suvata I think I‘m in the minority. It started intriguingly but It didn‘t hold. I‘m happy you enjoyed it though. I‘m not immune to romance, I just didn‘t think it was that special. 1mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

The_Book_Ninja @dabbe a nifty hashtag🤭…positively teaming with curiosities 1mo

BkClubCare @The_Book_Ninja 😁 3w

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird

Strangers | Taichi Yamada

1: Strangers/All of Us Strangers - my all-time favourite film, which is one of the few I can say, without experiencing that niggling book-blasphemy feeling, is better than the book.
2: Stardust - I loved the book so much, but the film has a totally different vibe, which I preferred.
3: Good Omens - technically not a film in this case, but an incredible series that is far superior to the book, I think.
(Couldn't screenshot, so had to improvise).

TheKidUpstairs The first time I watched Stardust, I watched it twice back-to-back. I love that movie so much! 1mo

TheIntrovertedDodoBird @TheKidUpstairs Oh, I love that. It's incredible. I've lost count of the number of times I've watched it now. The cast was brilliant! Watching films back-to-back is a favourite pass-time of mine. I love the comfort in the predictability of it. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Poor Gaiman, the movies are just so good! 1mo

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Yuki_Onna

The Earthquake Bird | Susanna Jones

1. Tagged. The Earthquake Bird by Susannah Jones. I remember being obsessed by it some years ago. - I even once missed my commuter train stop on my way home from work at theatre in the middle of the night because I was so hooked 😅
2. Unheimlich (=eerie, uncanny), a YA romantic thriller omnibus by Ursula Isbel. Got it on my 13th b'day. Still reread it every once in a while.
3. After Dark and/or Dance Dance Dance, my two faves by Haruki Murakami.

Yuki_Onna #ThreeListThursday #TLT #rereads #SusannaJones #Japan #HarukiMurakami #UrsulaIsbel #YA #rememberthetimes
Great question, @dabbe❣️

What are your 3, @BeeMagical @hannah_leeloo @StaceGhost ?
1mo

StaceGhost Yuki I love your choices! Murakami is such a good reread. I think my most rereads are boring— Jane Eyre, Anne of Green Gables, and Anna Karenina. 1mo

dabbe Yowza! 3 I've never heard of and now on the TBR. Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 1mo

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Yuki_Onna @StaceGhost Classics aren't (necessarily😉) boring! At least not Jane Eyre😁
I've never read the other two. I must say that I'm impressed by your rereading of Anna Karenina 🤯 1mo

Yuki_Onna @dabbe You're more than welcome! 🩷🩵💜 1mo

dabbe @StaceGhost I don't think so! #1: On my list, too! #greatminds #2: 🤩 #3: You win the #beyondperseverenceaward. I read it once, loved it, and said “Never again.“ 😂 Thanks for playing. 💚💙💚 1mo

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