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Kitta

Kitta

Joined May 2016

Scientist and avid reader, currently based in NYC with my bengal cats, Hazel and Willow.
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Tilt by Emma Pattee
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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Audition made the #BookerPrize longlist! Interested to see what other #camplitsy people think of this!

Personally I didn‘t enjoy reading it. But I can see how it‘s a good novel? I just don‘t like being confused! 🤣

#camplitsy25
@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I am not surprised it‘s on the list! It even is the only one I read so far 🤦🏻‍♀️ 7h
Kitta @BarbaraBB I haven‘t heard of most of them! Usually I‘ve read a couple but I guess I‘ve been reading different stuff this year. 6h
Ruthiella I also haven‘t heard of many of the titles-the authors yes, but not the actual books. 6h
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Kitta @Ruthiella you‘re doing better than me, I don‘t know the authors at all in some cases! 😂 6h
squirrelbrain I agree - I didn‘t like it *and* I don‘t like being confused! 55m
Kitta @squirrelbrain My ex used to make fun of my need to understand what was happening in books, movies, plays, everything. I just don‘t like not knowing! Unless it‘s a mystery. Then I like to guess, but at least the timelines make sense in those! 32m
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#hyggehour has me finishing this graphic novel series alongside Hazel. Apparently there‘s going to be a sixth one! I can‘t wait.

Really glad the #QueerBC turned me onto this series and author. I love it.

#catsoflitsy #lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero @PuddleJumper

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2d
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ Glad you've enjoyed it! 1d
kspenmoll 🩷🩷 1d
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Volume 4 of Heartstopper ❤️

Touches on mental health issues and coming out to family as a queer teen. Very heartwarming.

#queerBC @PuddleJumper

#lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero

BarbaraBB You‘re on a roll 😀 2d
Kitta @BarbaraBB haha I am! It was so heartwarming. I also started tilt and have been loving that though. Being between jobs has meant for lots of reading time. 😂 1d
BarbaraBB Perfect for the time being! I do have a copy of the first heartstoppers and I wasn‘t drawn to it at all but now I feel I need to pick it up soon! 1d
Kitta @BarbaraBB ooh read it!! And we can discuss lol it‘s a quick read since it‘s a graphic novel. 1d
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Tilt | Emma Pattee
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I can tell already I‘m going to love this book.

Thanks #camplitsy25 for suggesting it, it wasn‘t even on my radar.

@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB That quote broke my heart a bit. 2d
Kitta @BarbaraBB me too, I love the thought of grief like an ocean. Just tidal waves washing over you. Have you read 2d
Kitta @BarbaraBB it absolutely devastated me. But is worth a read. 2d
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BarbaraBB No but it sounds devastating indeed. I have stacked it! 2d
Kitta @BarbaraBB beautiful writing. And so moving. I hope you enjoy it! 2d
squirrelbrain It‘s such a good book! 2d
Prairiegirl_reading It‘s so relatable. I‘m loving it so far. Wish I had the whole day to read it in one go! 4h
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Loving this series and probably going to power through all of them today 😂

Super cute coming out story.

#queerbc @PuddleJumper
#lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero

Butterfinger I just got my copy from the library. 3d
Kitta @Butterfinger wahoo 🎉 3d
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Omg squee this is just so cute. ?

Graphic novel about Charlie a gay boy in high school who befriends Nick who‘s the year ahead of him. It has all the questioning and adorable shared looks and confusion of first thinking you might be gay, without being overly clichéd about it.

Definitely worth a read and I‘ll be getting the next one from Libby asap!

#queerbc @PuddleJumper
#lgbtqia2025 sports @Kenyazero

Kenyazero Such a cute read! 4d
PuddleJumper Aww, I remember those being adorable reads 3d
Kitta @Kenyazero yes! I love it. 🥰 3d
Kitta @PuddleJumper so adorable 🥹 3d
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Oof tragicomic is a great way to describe this. It focuses on, in graphic novel form, her life from childhood to the time surrounding her fathers death and her coming out as a lesbian. This memoir is hard hitting.

Helps to be fairly well read to understand all the implications of all the books mentioned but not essential.

#lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero

Kenyazero Love this memoir. I read it in college and my husband recently discovered and fell in love with it. 5d
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Pools | Bethan Roberts
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#ShowandTellTuesday with #LitsyCrafters and @Catsandbooks

I‘m working on a planned pooling project! You have to count the stitches per colour of a variegated yarn and put in the number of stitch repeats into plannedpooling.com and determine how many stitches per row to do to get a cool kind of plaid pattern. Keeping the number of stitches the same is hard and requires varying tension and frogging a lot. This has taken me ages but I love it!

Kitta Yarn is Loops & Threads Impeccable in Sage multi from Michael‘s and moss stitch. 110 stitches across and a million stitch markers (okay just every 10) to keep me on track. I‘m making it into a pillow for my aunt. (edited) 1w
Dilara This is impressive! 1w
Kitta @Dilara thank you!! It‘s soo much frogging and redoing. But I love the effect. 1w
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lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 1w
5feet.of.fury It looks great! 1w
TheBookHippie Wow. That is stunning. 1w
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 6d
Kitta @dabbe thanks!! 6d
Kitta @Catsandbooks here‘s one of my WIPs! Trying to challenge myself with a new technique. It‘s requiring a lot of concentration so I have an easier project on the go too. 6d
julieclair Never heard of this technique. But the result is gorgeous! 4d
Kitta @julieclair thank you!! It‘s new to me too (blame Reddit lol) but I had to try it! 4d
Catsandbooks That looks so cool! I've never seen anything like that! Good luck with this project! 👏🏼❤️ 4d
Kitta @Catsandbooks thank you!! It‘s hard and I have something easier on the go as well lol but I‘m super proud of how it‘s turning out! 3d
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Queer Books | Edmund Pearson
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#lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero

Just need a Latinx author or rep to complete the card!

Any recommendations Litsy??

I enjoy mostly science fiction and literary fiction, things I don‘t enjoy are young adult and romance - but find queer books with it more tolerable 😛.

ChaoticMissAdventures If you like YA I highly recommend anything by Aiden Thomas. I have enjoyed all his books Cemetery Boys might be my favorite. I have been meaning to read The Town of Babylon that a friend keeps recommending. Or I loved this one 1w
Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures oh my friend just recommended Cemetery boys and the Sunbearer Trials to me! Haha great minds. 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Kitta he is awesome! He lives in my hometown and I see him often at book events, just the nicest person 😍. But his books are very YA so just depends on your reading preferences. 1w
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monalyisha If you do audiobooks, I absolutely loved this one! 1w
monalyisha Another option (which I read in print). 1w
Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures oh that‘s so cool! I‘m leaning towards Sunbearer trials, I‘m not a huge YA fan though so I‘ll have a look around at what else is out there as well. 1w
Kitta @monalyisha I don‘t deal well with audio but I‘ll look into the other one! Thanks! 1w
Kitta @monalyisha oh I own a copy of the Poet x. Maybe I should read that? 1w
monalyisha That would work! The Poet X is my second favorite of hers (and it was my introduction to her writing). 💖 1w
monalyisha I don‘t know how MUCH lgbtq rep there is, and I don‘t remember it being the focus, but it‘s not absent. 1w
willaful I like a lot of Anna-Marie McLemore's books, especially When the Moon Was Ours. 1w
monalyisha Her other title that I mentioned exists in print, too. I just prefer her books as audio because she reads them herself. Clap When You Land has an additional narrator, as well, and The Poet X features spoken word poetry so it‘s cool to hear it as it was meant to be performed. But that‘s not to say that they wouldn‘t be enjoyable as hard copies! 1w
BookmarkTavern Chiming in to also recommend Aiden Thomas! Cemetery Boys and Lost in the Never Woods we‘re both great! 1w
Liz_M Carmen Maria Machado? I loved In the Dream House. Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis was also good.
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Kitta @monalyisha it can just be an LGBTQ author as well (is she LGBTQ?), it doesn‘t need to be the main focus so I‘ll probably read that! Thanks. 1w
Kitta @lil1inblue oooh yes that look good thanks!! 1w
Kitta @Liz_M oof Dream House sounds intense and I was in a queer abusive relationship until we spit during the pandemic. Might be too intense for me right now but I‘ll keep it in mind. It sounds really good. 1w
Kitta @Liz_M wow Cantoras sounds amazing, added to the list! 1w
Kitta @monalyisha good to know! I just suck at listening to audiobooks. I‘ve tried 3 times and either I hate the narrator, get lost and distracted or fall asleep. lol. 1w
Kitta @willaful oh wow sounds interesting! Thanks for the rec! 1w
willaful LOL, I just noticed you said you don't like YA and romance which of course is exactly what I recc'd. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Kitta @willaful haha its okay a lot of people skipped that part of the post and recommended YA and romance. I love getting input either way and will pass the suggestion on to one of my best friends who loves that stuff. 1w
monalyisha @Kitta I‘m not sure! I know she‘s said, “Every single one of my books has a character who‘s queer, and their queerness isn‘t the point of that character. That isn‘t the only reason they‘re there. It‘s not a plot point. It‘s just that is the world and I try to give joy and full arcs for that.” 1w
Kitta @monalyisha oh I like that though, not making queerness a plot point is important to me! I‘ll read it either way and decide if it counts for the LGBTQIA book bingo challenge when I‘m done. 1w
Kenyazero 🤩 I hope some of these recs work for you! 5d
Kitta @Kenyazero yes some should do! 5d
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The third book in this Sherlock and Watson but if they were lesbians living on the rings of Jupiter series! Newly out.

There‘s another case and it looks like Pleiti is investigating on her own this time. Off to one of the outer platforms to the University where there‘s an academic in trouble, receiving threats and having odd things go wrong in her lab right before a big academic award is being bestowed on her.

#lgbtqia2025 @Kenyazero

Kenyazero That intriguing description is 5⭐️! Definitely going to have to find this book. 5d
Kitta @Kenyazero it‘s the third in the series! I‘m definitely enjoying reading them, they aren‘t as deep as my usual reads. Here‘s the first one: 5d
Kenyazero @Kitta Thanks! Looks like my library has it 🤩 5d
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Woodworking | Emily St James
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Wow I read this in a day! Partly because it was due on Libby tomorrow and partly I just got so into it.

Erica starts to realize she might be trans later in life and doesn‘t know who to turn to. She‘s a teacher at a high school, she‘s divorced, and she‘s numb. The story jumps between her POV and that of Abigail a trans student at the school.

Engaging story, though a bit predictable

#campLitsy2025
#lgbtia2025
#transrightsreadathon2025

Butterfinger Being a teacher, I keep shaking my head and saying NOOOOOO. Even if it is innocent, you have to protect the reputation. But, there was an incident in my county. A few, in fact, but one relationship ended in suicide (the teacher). I didn't realize the close, intimate relationship would be a trigger for me. I just finished reading the part where Swee reads the texts between the two. She had the right reaction - TO PROTECT THE CHILD!!! ALWAYS. 2w
Butterfinger Sorry, I just set the book down and still had anxiety when I opened Litsy. One part of my brain realizes they need each other, but then the other part sees a train wreck coming because a teacher should not ever develop a relationship with a student. Hopefully, it's all out of my system. 2w
Kitta @Butterfinger oh I completely agree! There was a teacher at the junior school when I was in highschool who was caught with hundreds of child porn images and he fled to South America and also died by suicide, I believe. It was awful. Very triggering to read about their friendship here and not have anyone do anything?? I thought someone should act. I had a weird friendship with a teacher and cut him off when he was getting too close to me. 2w
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Kitta @Butterfinger He was young for a teacher and I was close to graduating but I felt it was weird even if he didn‘t teach me directly. I don‘t think it was nefarious, I just kept running into him when I was out drinking (underage oops) with my friends or skipping assembly to get coffee. I was going to add commentary about how that aspect of the book made me feel but there wasn‘t space. 2w
Kitta @Butterfinger I think it was uncomfortable and not at all good that Abigail acts as Erica‘s trans mom, given their situation. It‘s not fair on Abigail to keep that secret and be responsible. I don‘t know if it‘s realistic? I chose to believe it was possible though. I thought Erica didn‘t stress enough about how it looked, although she does stress a lot. 2w
Butterfinger @kitta exactly. She is too young for that responsibility and Erica should know that. 2w
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Re posting @Suet624 ‘s image - my copy is the same!

Different covers on the book jacket and hardcover! So cool and clever. I didn‘t even notice until she mentioned it.

Anyone else have the deluxe edition as well with this?

#camplitsy2025

ChaoticMissAdventures I am now sad I got mine through the Aardvark book box!! So cool 2w
TEArificbooks Mine is that way too. Very well designed book. 2w
BarbaraJean My library copy was the same way! 2w
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Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures I ordered mine from my local independent bookstore since it wasn‘t available on BOTM, I was so surprised! I hate the colour of the sprayed edges though haha. It matches the blue of the cover and hurts my brain. 2w
Kitta @TEArificbooks yes! I feel like it‘s setting the bar high for others. 2w
Kitta @BarbaraJean I ended up buying it because I wouldn‘t get it in time at the library lol. I mainly use Libby and the wait time would have taken me too long (past September I think). I need to start getting physical books out from the library too. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Kitta yeah, cyan. Every time she says it is her favorite color I cringed a bit. 2w
BarbaraJean @Kitta I‘ve started doing what I think of as “library roulette” for in-demand library books: I put all three versions (print, digital, audio) on hold, and see what comes first! Print usually shows up first. This one came through in May and I didn‘t dare turn it down because the wait time on Libby was so long. I struck out with the first two for Camp Litsy, though—Wild Dark Shore is only just now on its way to me. 2w
Kitta @BarbaraJean I got two from BOTM, two off Libby, and two I bought at my LBS. I need to go to the physical library though. It‘s not even far lol. I love my kindle and the convenience and I worry I‘ll forget to return them if they‘re print books! Also Wild dark shore was great! I hope you enjoy! Audition… was not for me. 2w
BarbaraJean Going to the physical library is dangerous for me—I have to walk by the new releases shelf to get to the holds shelf 😆 And it‘s books like Audition that make me get these from the library! I snagged a 7-day skip-the-line checkout for it on Libby at the midpoint of the Camp Litsy discussion and it‘s for sure not one I needed to buy! Interesting to discuss, but frustrating to read. I‘m glad it was so short! 2w
Kitta @BarbaraJean 😂 yes that‘s the danger. I‘m glad I got audition on Libby too, very frustrating read for me. You‘re right the discussion was good though! I love CampLitsy!! 2w
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TRUE COLOURS | Elly Redding
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Omg guys my kindle colorsoft arrived!!! I‘m so excited!

My old one had a problem with the screen so I did a trade in and got this one for a great price with a 20% trade in discount plus 39% off discount for prime day, and a $20 gift card.

This is the 2nd one they sent because the 1st “went missing” from the mail storage station after the delivery driver didn‘t bother ringing my doorbell and marked the building as inaccessible. 🙄 Stolen I think

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Rotating bookcase #ShelfLove for @Chrissyreadit & @BarbaraJean

This is Willow surveying her domain. 😂

#shelfie #bookcase #catsoflitsy #littenkitten

Chrissyreadit 😻😻😻😻😻 2w
Chrissyreadit gorgeous Willow! 2w
Kitta @Chrissyreadit 😸😸😸😸😸 2w
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ElizaMarie Willow just belongs there! I love it!!! 2w
Kitta @ElizaMarie She loves being up high 😂 It used to freak me out a lot when she‘d jump up there because I was worried the bookshelf would fall over 😆 Thankfully it has held up! 2w
BarbaraJean 💜😍💜 2w
tpixie Beautiful cat!! I‘ve been tempted to get one of those rotating ones!! 2w
dabbe #wondrouswillow 🖤🐾🖤 2w
Texreader ♥️♥️♥️🐈 2w
Kitta @tpixie thank you! She‘s a little devil but I love her. I love my rotating bookshelf. I got it from flycity and the TikTok shop 😂 so one of the screws didn‘t fit, but there‘s probably better ones out there! For the price, I‘m happy. It rotates and Willow doesn‘t know it over when she jumps up. 2w
tpixie @Kitta that‘s great! A real space saver! (edited) 2w
tpixie @Kitta lol just ordered it from Walmart! Same brand! 2w
Kitta @tpixie nice! 2w
tpixie @Kitta 🩷🩷🩷 2w
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This has all the things I should love in a book but it just didn‘t hit the mark for me. I was frustrated a lot and although the ending was interesting, I was kind of annoyed by it.

I will add some spoiler comments below.

Read for #camplitsy2025.

Kitta Anyone else keep thinking Zelu was going to die the whole time? The constant peril she is made me keep thinking she would meet an untimely death - the autonomous cars, swimming, the kidnapping in Nigeria. It frustrated me. 2w
Kitta As mentioned in another post, the genetics was just wrong. This always irks me. 2w
Kitta The writing style when the robots were talking sounded a bit… simplistic? I preferred the chapters from Zelu‘s POV. The interviews were also strange and I‘m not sure what they added besides some background. 2w
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TEArificbooks @Kitta yes I kept waiting for her to die. I think it‘s the title. Needs a better title 2w
Kitta @TEArificbooks I understand why that‘s the title - I think it‘s about the death of humanity (as humans are the authors of stories) in the robot version of the world. So it‘s sort of about Ngozi‘s death as she was the last author. But it made for frustrating reading. 2w
Ruthiella I didn‘t love it either. I don‘t think I jive with Okorofor‘s writing style. Overall I liked the ideas but found the execution a little boring. 🥱 2w
JamieArc @Kitta @TEArificbooks The title of the book was mentioned by @ChaoticMissAdventures as possibly coming from an essay by Roland Barthes using the exact same phrase. Reading about it, the title makes perfect sense to me. 2w
Kitta @Ruthiella yes exactly that. There was a way to do this and make it more interesting throughout instead of just a twist ending. Reading the blurb I thought there would be more blending of her life with the book not just the last chapter when she goes to space. 2w
Kitta @JamieArc so funny, I mentioned I was reading Death of the Author to someone last week and they assumed we were discussing the Barthes essay! So I read up on it then but if I‘d known about the essay beforehand I would have understood better. I agree the title makes sense, but before I read about the essay and read the ending, I assumed she would die and that kind of ruined the experience of reading it for me. It changed how I viewed everything. 2w
Kitta @Chrissyreadit rotating shelf in the background! 2w
Chrissyreadit it looks amazing- is that a light attached to it??? I‘m leaning toward getting one- where did you order yours? 2w
Kitta @Chrissyreadit the light is separate! It‘s just sitting in front of it from this angle. I have some boxes hidden by the book lol or I‘d take a picture from another angle. I love mine, even if it‘s become a climbing tower for the cats haha. 2w
Kitta @Chrissyreadit I think I got it from Flycity via the TikTok shop when they were on sale. Mine is the gold 5 tier. It has sorta fake wood and gold bars. I don‘t mine the fake MDF wood because you don‘t see it much with the books on it, and the dark colour gives a nice contrast to the gold. It was easy to put together! 2w
Chrissyreadit love it!!! I‘m laughing because my cats race across the bookshelves in my house- they are 7 feet high! 2w
Kitta @Chrissyreadit haha I‘m pretty shocked when she jumps up and it doesn‘t fall over tbh. She loves being up high. I wish I could get some of those climbing shelves for her. 2w
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Im sorry but wtf, they gave her and her child an extra chromosome???

What a ridiculous misunderstanding of genetics. I was okay with the science for the most part but as a geneticist myself… just no.

JamieArc I didn‘t see the need for this aside about the pregnancy. It seemed totally unnecessary 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @JamieArc this is the one point in the book I was just annoyed with. The entire pregnancy is unnecessary and then the science behind the experiment is ridiculous. I don't understand why she chose to add it. 2w
BarbaraBB I was annoyed by this too. 2w
Kitta @JamieArc @ChaoticMissAdventures yes, I was more annoyed by the random science experiment adjusting and adding a chromosome to her and the fetus, than the pregnancy itself but I agree it was unnecessary. It felt rushed and not thought out. I was happy with the science otherwise but this part made me kind of furious. 2w
Kitta @BarbaraBB glad I‘m not the only one! 2w
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It took me so long to read this, I must have borrowed it from Libby 4 or 5 times. It‘s interesting but didn‘t hold my interest well. I was something to dip into between other reads (and not on the subway).

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Violeta | Isabel Allende
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I was pleasantly surprised! Beautifully written and an interesting story of Violeta: born maybe in Chile (the country is never specified) during the 1920 influenza pandemic and follows her life through the Great Depression, dictatorships and coups, her loves and her children. It‘s written as a letter to her grandson. It‘s sentimental without being overly so.

Taking off one star because it dragged at the end, but I would recommend it!

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Reporting | David Remnick
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June #storygraph book report, right on track for 52 books this year!

#camplitsy25 pick Wild Dark Shore and a Murderbot novel take first place!

I think that‘s the last of the Murderbot novels. I hope Martha Wells‘ health improves and that she can possibly write more, I‘m obsessed with the series.

julesG She's working on another Murderbot, expected next year. I asked her on BlueSky not expecting an answer. So, was doubly happy when she replied. 1mo
Suet624 @julesG that‘s lovely that she responded to you. 1mo
Kitta @julesG oh wow that she responded to you!! Next year then, I can‘t wait! 1mo
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Violeta | Isabel Allende
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Mary Oliver ❤️

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Violeta | Isabel Allende
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On the train to Boston for a conference and starting this.

My kindle screen stopped responding, usually I only travel with my kindle! This will help me get through the pile of physical TBR books though until Prime Day. Then I will buy a Paperwhite Signature Edition with my 20% trade in credit.

Very tempted by the ColourSoft but omg so expensive. Anyone have one? Is it worth it? So pretty but I don‘t often read graphic novels or comics.

#kindle

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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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Soo atmospheric and I loved reading the chapters from Orly about the seeds (maybe the biologist in me coming out). There was one instance where the science was wrong which always bothers me but I still love this cli-fi novel about a woman who washes up on the shore and the family living in a lighthouse on a deserted island who find her.

Interested in hearing @Ruthiella ‘s view on this one for our #camplitsy discussion!

#camplitsy25

Ruthiella 😂I have a lot to live up to now! 1mo
Kitta @Ruthiella I saw you reviewed it on goodreads and didn‘t read your review because I didn‘t want to be swayed haha. 1mo
Kitta Also throwback to #camplitsy24 but the atmosphere is this reminded me a little of 1mo
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LeeRHarry Ooh now I‘m intrigued to know where the science is wrong…😏 1mo
Kitta @LeeRHarry I can‘t remember exactly what it was that wasn‘t right, but I remember thinking that it wasn‘t entirely correct. Maybe an oversimplification rather than outright wrong. (edited) 1mo
Butterfinger I think I jumped to the assumption that you were referring to the disappearance of the island. After reading the comment to @LeeRHarry I don't think that is it. 1mo
Kitta @Butterfinger oh no, it was something about one of the plants or sea creatures? I think about the seals? Idk. Not the climate science. 1mo
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Interesting fantasy world where you decide what gender you will be and where a magic know as slackcraft is practised. The story is about twins Mokoya and Akeha born to the Protector.

Interesting storyline, I just checked for book 2 in the series but it‘s not available in my library! 😩 Might purchase it as it ended without really resolving some things.

Reading by my moon happy lamp for #hyggehour.
#QueerBC
#LGBTQIA2025

TheBookHippie Lovely. 🌕 1mo
Kitta @TheBookHippie I need a light like this to help keep me awake on recommendation from my sleep doctor or I fall asleep way too early. I have a circadian rhythm disorder which means I usually sleep 8pm -3 am! Not helpful for living a normal life and doing anything around dinner time. I searched a lot of options before finding the moon and I love it! 🌕 1mo
TheBookHippie @Kitta I have massive sleep issues -this is brilliant. 1mo
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PuddleJumper All 4 in the series have been published in one book, it's usually cheaper than buying them separately. I've been eyeing it up 😅 1mo
Kitta @PuddleJumper thanks for the heads up! I found that one on Libby!! 1mo
Kenyazero Oh! I forgot there was a next book. I‘ll have to look for it 🤩 I might need sparknotes to remind me of what happened in book one first. 1mo
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I love when a book has a map!

Catching up on #QueerBC from last month.

#lgbtqiabookbingo counts for this one too!

#hyggehour reading

Happy Pride Month all 🏳️‍🌈

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#Kindle hive mind!

My 10th gen kindle Paperwhite isn‘t responding well when I press in the pink circle so I can‘t really open my library or remove the banner to “stay here” when syncing across devices. I contacted Amazon and they‘ll give me 20% off if I trade in.

Should I get a Paperwhite Signature Edition or a Coloursoft? I‘d love to have the colour but the price tag is high and I don‘t really read much in colour, I‘m not sure it‘s worth it.

Kitta Maybe I‘d read more graphic novels if I got the coloursoft? The reviews for it are mixed but it seems they‘ve fixed the issue with the yellow on the bottom of the screen now. 2mo
Kitta Anyway would love your opinions! 2mo
Ruthiella I vote for the Paperwhite Signature if you don‘t really need color. Knock on wood, my aged Paperwhite is still hanging in there 😬 2mo
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rubyslippersreads I 🩷 my pink Paperwhite SE. 2mo
Kitta @Ruthiella I got my current one in 2021! My last kindle (the keyboard one) lasted 10 years so I was surprised and kinda disappointed. The page turn and responsiveness is slow too. Thanks for your vote - I think a Paperwhite makes more sense, I just would love the colour for the covers and highlighting. Not really for much else. So an extra $100 is probably not worth it. 2mo
Kitta @rubyslippersreads I‘m a bit of a goth at heart still, I‘ll probably go for the black! Is a wireless charging pad worth it? 2mo
rubyslippersreads @Kitta A wireless charging pad isn‘t worth it for me. It doesn‘t need charging that often. (edited) 2mo
Kitta @rubyslippersreads I agree, seems nice but unnecessary? 2mo
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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First #Camplitsy25 book is not a pick for me unfortunately!

I don‘t like reading things with unreliable narrators where you don‘t quite understand what is happening, and I get that the book mirrors the play, but it doesn‘t really rescue this for me. I‘m left with too many questions unanswered. Maybe I just didn‘t “get” it and the discussion will change my mind.

#camplitsy

BarbaraBB You‘re not alone on this. Hopefully the discussion will shine some light on what the book is about! 2mo
Karisa My hold still hasn‘t come in on this one. Might just pass after reading what many have said in it😬 2mo
Kitta @Karisa if you don‘t mind spoilers maybe join in on the discussion and see what people say there? I think it‘s definitely divisive. Some people love it, it‘s just not for me. 1mo
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8 books in May! Can you tell I‘m between jobs? 😂

I‘m also halfway through Audition for #CampLitsy2025. Finding it a little tough going as I dislike the main character. I‘ll probably push through to finish it this week and start on something queer for Pride month.

#storygraphwrapup #storygraph

BkClubCare Oh, please do finish Audition because I am betting the discussion to be wild! 2mo
Kitta @BkClubCare oh Im going to finish it! I‘m just debating finishing before the first discussion or holding off and reading the second half next week! 2mo
BkClubCare @Kitta - well . . . I would wait then. I had to return to the library. 2mo
Kitta @BkClubCare I have two weeks left on Libby fingers crossed I can read it before returning, it if I start again Sunday lol. I read pretty quick! Should be doable even if I‘m not enjoying it hahah 2mo
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Fugitive Telemetry | Martha Wells
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Set on Preservation, MuderBot helps to investigate a murder of a human who‘s body is dumped at a mall.

Always love a MurderBot novel but this one wasn‘t quite as good as the previous one. Hearing about MurderBot‘s interactions with ART was my favourite parts of the previous novels and this novel was a bit too much focused on interacting with humans who don‘t trust it. Still worth a read if you‘re reading the series.

#lgbtqia2025

willaful The books that focus on MB & ART are the best. 2mo
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Forgot to post this but I finally finished the #TransRightsReadathon challenge for this year!

I‘ve been making #LGBTQIA books a priority and it‘s got me reading a bit more out of my comfort zone and introduced me to new authors!

Definitely recommend giving this challenge a try!

Ruthiella Nice work!👏👏👏 2mo
Jari-chan 👏 👏 👏 2mo
peanutnine Love it! I'm also working my way through all the prompts 🏳️‍⚧️ 2mo
Kitta @peanutnine you can do it!!! 2mo
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King of Ashes | S. A. Cosby
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#BOTM must have known we were reading this for #CampLitsy25 😂

With this I‘ll have 2 BOTM copies of #CampLitsy books (King of Ashes & Wild Dark Shore), 2 from my local independent bookshop (Tilt & Death of the Author) and 2 from Libby (Audition & Woodworking)!

Anyone else reading from a mix of different sources?

AmyG Ha! I ordered this, too. I was so excited. 2mo
JamieArc I was glad we were warned this would be a BOTM choice (maybe by @Megabooks ?) so I didn‘t acquire it earlier. 2mo
Kitta @JamieArc oh I had no idea we were warned! I must have missed that post! 2mo
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Bookwormjillk I bought the first two for kindle, but am hoping to get the rest from the library. 2mo
Megabooks Yes, I didn‘t tag everyone, but I probably should have! And yes, many sources for me. Same two from BOTM that you got. Tilt and Author from @AardvarkBookClub . Plus Audition from Parnassus and Woodworking from Amazon (I know…🤦🏻‍♀️) 2mo
Kitta @Bookwormjillk the wait for tilt and Death of the author was 24 weeks for me on Libby! So I just bought them! I wanted to have them by the time camp started. 2mo
Kitta @Megabooks a good mix! I still buy stuff from Amazon sometimes. Not really books except kindle deals, but I‘m trying to switch it up and get what I can from the library. Also I‘m part of a BOTM spoiler group so I knew it would be a pick! I just didn‘t know others knew 😆 2mo
Megabooks @Kitta yeah, I follow the BOTM and Aardvark boards on Reddit. Those folks are sleuths! 2mo
Kitta @Megabooks yes, its so impressive! 2mo
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Another little free library in my neighbourhood that I didn‘t know about!

Love a little free library! 📚

dabbe These make me so HAPPY! 💚💜💚 2mo
Kitta @dabbe me too! 😃 2mo
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June #BOTM spoiler contains King of Ashes for anyone doing #CampLitsy!

#CampLitsy25

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The Sirens: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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I can see why this isn‘t everyone‘s cup of tea, lots of nothing happens for most of the novel, but I loved it. The perfect amount of magical realism, interesting historical perspective, and great writing. Even if the storyline was a little predictable, I enjoyed it nevertheless.

My mermaid at heart is a siren and I love tales of them! 🧜‍♀️

#hyggehour a little early today

tpixie I‘m wanting to read this! Glad to hear you enjoyed it! 2mo
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Tilt | Emma Pattee
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Picked these up for #CampLitsy because the wait for them on Libby was 24 weeks!! 😳

I don‘t like the trend of sprayed edges unless it has a design on it. The colour they chose for Death of the Author is… ummm… not to my taste. But whatever, here‘s hoping the content is better than the edges! Or at least that it sparks a good discussion!

Can‘t wait for camp to start! I‘m packing my tent and sleeping bag already. 🏕️

BarbaraBB Oooh that looks o attractive! I‘ll be reading Author soon too. 2mo
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Whimsical and strange in the way that a lot of books translated from Japanese are. Short interconnected stories about people struggling with something, who come to Kokoro Clinic for the Soul and receive strange remedies for their problems. Set in Kyoto and it was cute and lighthearted. Loved the illustrations.

Felt a little repetitive but I raced through it in two days, so a low pick from me.

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The Sirens: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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Starting this tonight for #HyggeHourReadathon.

Thought it worked so well with my ocean waves blanket!

#hyggehour #litsycrafters

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Interesting read about some bandits who are joined by a nun on their escapes. I found the language a little stilted and the word choice odd in places.

Read early for June #QueerBC! My Libby hold came in before expected.

Also using this for #lgbtqia2025!

@Kenyazero @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper You're at the mercy of the libraries! 2mo
Kitta @PuddleJumper completely! 😂 2mo
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Time Is a Mother | Ocean Vuong
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So funny and true.

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Time Is a Mother | Ocean Vuong
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I‘m not a huge poetry fan, but Ocean Vuong gets me everytime. Some poems hit harder than others. While not as good as Night Sky With Exit Wounds, I really enjoyed this.

Hearing him speak in 2022 transformed the way I think about poetry and he was very insistent that everyone can be a writer/poet - you just have to write! It really inspired me.

#lgbtqia2025
#litsycrafters - the crochet blanket I made is getting a lot of use.

TheBookHippie I enjoyed this very much. 3mo
Kitta @TheBookHippie me too! So good. If you can hear him speak definitely go! 3mo
Kenyazero Sounds absolutely beautiful 😍 3mo
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Love a MurderBot story!

I should have ordered the next one from Libby earlier. 7 week wait! Oh well. Gotta be patient!

#lgbtqia2025

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Three books forecast for this weekend.

Forgotten Home Child for #ohCanada

Want I might DNF. I‘m at 50% and it‘s the third time I‘m borrowing this from Libby. Idk. Too spicy to read on the subway and I don‘t choose it when I‘m at home. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Network Effect is a great addition to the MurderBot series. Very happy to see ART again.

@rachelsbrittain #weekendreads

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The Forgotten Home Child | Genevieve Graham
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Interesting historical fiction novel about the British Home Children - street kids who were shipped to Canada to live with new families before the First World War. Not every placement was a good one and this novel details some of the lives of children sent to work on farms. Covering their lifespans, it‘s ultimately a story of both loss and hope. I didn‘t like the style of narration but overall learned a lot.

Read for #OhCanada. @Jess861

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The Forgotten Home Child | Genevieve Graham
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#hyggehour on the balcony. It‘s raining but I‘m safely covered by the balcony above and snuggled in the blanket I crocheted specifically for these moments.

#litsycrafters

Ruthiella Nice! 😊 3mo
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The Forgotten Home Child | Genevieve Graham
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Reading this for #OhCanada in the shade of the cherry trees in Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 🌸 The trees are dropping all their petals and it‘s like it‘s raining pink! So beautiful but impossible to capture properly.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 3mo
Jess861 Love this picture! 3mo
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Oh wow, strong pick for me. I liked this even more than the first book - The Space Between Worlds. Dystopian rebels fighting to keep their way of life and some people travelling the multiverse coming to interfere!

I love this type of science fiction. I stayed up late reading last night past midnight to finish this one. Definitely recommend!

Counts towards #lgbtqia2025 as well!

Kenyazero Sounds like an excellent follow-up book! I love when that happens ♥️ 3mo
Kitta @Kenyazero yes I was pleasantly surprised! I thought it would be okay but it blew me away. 3mo
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What I Know about You | ric Chacour
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Really good books this month!

Favourite is the tagged. I‘m trying to read more LGBTQIA books as well as books by non-cis white male authors.

#storygraph

Jari-chan 🫶🫶 3mo
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Silver Elite | Dani Francis
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#botm selection! I skipped last month but this dystopian fantasy novel seem really up my alley!

Very excited for this one.

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The Book of Dust | Philip Pullman
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Oooooo!

ChaoticMissAdventures Well this is exciting, especially since I thought he was no longer with us ... I am not sure why I thought that😬 3mo
Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures 😂 well it‘s a good surprise then 3mo
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What I Know about You | ric Chacour
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Beautiful debut Canadian novel. Nominated for many awards.

Translated from French and set mainly in Cairo and Montreal, this is an LGBTQ and family saga, told from the point of view of a narrator who‘s relationship to the main character is unknown (you find out about half through but I‘m not spoiling it!).

I loved the translation and had to look up a few English words I didn‘t know and this is my first language! 🙈 😂

#lgbtqia2025

BarbaraBB Stacking. Sounds very good. 3mo
Kenyazero Sounds like an interesting way to tell the story! 3mo
Kitta @BarbaraBB it‘s a strange way to tell a story but I thought it was unique and interesting! I hope you enjoy it! 3mo
Kitta @Kenyazero yes! I‘ve never read anything told that way before. I was trying to figure out who was talking about the main character and I was so wrong with my guess! (edited) 3mo
Kenyazero @Kitta I love that you got to be surprised on the reveal! 3mo
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#bibliologistbio

Go-to genres: literary fiction, speculative fiction, science fiction.

Desert island reads: Soo hard! Definitely the Picture of Dorian Gray, & maybe something a little longer like LoTR to pass the time!

Snack: a nice cuppa

Weirdest reading place: At a concert with 500,000 people on a blanket in a field! SARSStock in 2003 in Toronto & the new Harry Potter had come out. 😂

When not reading: I‘m a scientist and pole dancer!

tpixie Great photo!!! 🤍🤎🐱 3mo
TheKidUpstairs I was at that concert!! 3mo
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Kitta @tpixie thank you! She was being so cute. 🥰 3mo
Kitta @TheKidUpstairs no way! I thought AC/DC was the best, Mick Jagger looked so old even then, it was amazing though. I read when we got there for a while but watched the bigger acts. (edited) 3mo
TieDyeDude Nice choice with Dorian Gray. The non-profit radio station in Philadelphia had an annual festival that I used to go to every year, and I often got a lot of reading done between sets 😁 3mo
Kitta @TieDyeDude Dorian Gray is a favourite of mine! The language is beautiful. That sounds like a perfect time to read! 3mo
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