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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 4h

I loved it! Out on 10.21
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/784476...

Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett: 9798217046645 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A woman confronts the afterlife of intimacy, in a deeply tender novel by one of our most acclaimed and inventive fiction writers The things that hold life in place have been lifted off and put away. ...

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 7h

I love that movie!

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 13h

Gross!

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 16h

Thursday October 9: "Don't Look Now" by Daphne Du Maurier.
"'Don't look now,' John said to his wife, 'but there are a couple of old girls two tables away who are trying to hypnotize me.'"

A copy of Don't Look Now on a shelf packed with other NYRBs. The cover shows a distorted, screaming face.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 18h

“You must have been tired,” said Toad.

“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”

A tired little Frog walks home in the rain.

From "The Corner"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 18h

Early morning treats.

Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 19h

Last night I told László (the cat)* to wake me up at 4 a.m. in case he won a big prize.
Many congratulations to László Krasznahorkai (not a cat)for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!

*My cat was not named for László the writer.
*I doubt László Krasznahorkai also answers to the name Buzzy.

László the cat enjoying a sunny day. He's stretched out in his cat tree and has a blissful expression on his face.

Official Nobel announcement of László Krasznahorkai as winner of the big prize.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 1d

🎉Congratulations! So deserved!

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

Chowder for breakfast, and chowder for dinner, and chowder for supper, till you began to look for fish-bones coming through your clothes.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 1d

Big stack of galleys from @wwnorton.com, poetry from @yalepress.bsky.social, and one from New Directions in yesterday's book mail! Titles are in the alt text.
All due out in early 2026.

No Way Home
Every Exit Brings You Home
Volga Blues
The Silent Period
I Hope You Find What You're Looking For
Eating Ashes
Rough House
The Irish Goodbye
Crush
Jean
The Disappearing Act

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday October 8: "Kiss Me Again, Stranger" by Daphne Du Maurier.
"I looked around for a bit, after leaving the army and before settling down, and then I found myself a job up Hampstead way, in a garage it was, at the bottom of Haverstock Hill near Chalk Farm, and it suited me fine."

Copy of Don't Look Now on a shelf packed with other NYRBs.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

I won’t spoil it! When I recommend God of the Woods I tell customers to lock themselves in a room so no one will interrupt them.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! So good and that ending!

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite books this year!

Cody Stuart @thecodystuart.bsky.social · 2d

im really enjoying @rabihalameddine.bsky.social's newest and YOU SHOULD, TOO!

cover OF THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE by Rabih Alameddine

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

So a pregnancy is a ravioli.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

Doubt it!

Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

I absolutely LOVED The True True Story! On my Baker's Dozen 2025.
Rabih should win the National Book Award for his author photo alone!

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

We made so many White Russians and Blue Hawaiians in my college theater house.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

Such a great list! I would love to be a judge.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds excellent!

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

Tuesday October 7: "Split Second" by Daphne Du Maurier. "Mrs. Ellis was methodical and tidy. Unanswered letters, unpaid bills, the litter and rummage of a slovenly writing-desk were things that she abhorred."

Copy of Don't Look Now on a shelf packed with other NYRBs. The cover is of a screaming distorted face.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 2d

🎉📚The finalists for the 2025 @nationalbook.bsky.social!
Congratulations to all! 📚🎉

Lists of finalists for the National Book Award!

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 3d

Monday morning.

Underneath the convention center a sidewalk and street. Lit by green lights, red lights from the tail of a car, and a burst of yellow light.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! One of my favorite reads this year. I've reread passages.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · 3d

Cool!

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