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(challenge catch up post, I finished this in May)
#fourfoursin22 canonical - a classic @Lauredhel
#roll100 - April and May

My #roll100 list is my kobo ebook tbr, but when I started the copy of this I had, I realized pretty quickly it was abridged. So, deleted that one and got a copy from the library instead. Either way, another one off the tbr! Can't say it's one of my favourite classics, but parts were interesting.

The May #roll100 numbers gave me 2 new series starts, and Gulliver's Travels again (which is handy since as predicted I haven't started it yet). So I think May's focus will be catching up the books I still have unread from earlier months, and then if I still have time, start a new series. They might get pushed to the summer sometime.

Thanks @PuddleJumper!

I remember i liked it

#ListySpringBreak @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs
Prompt: Adventure Travel

Swift called out Britain on their bull💩 using the lens of fiction and I‘m here for it. Perfect work of satire. I really wish I could spend one day with Swift. If you ever get a chance to watch the Ted Danson version, do it! I‘ve always loved this book but looking at it with my British Lit class was even better. 190/1,001 #1001Books #RoryGilmoreChallenge

I call this piece “Having Three Young Adult Drivers and Organizing Their Court Dates”. Or maybe I should just call it “Facepalm”. Glad to know 1-2 of the 4 kids are on track to also be lawyers🏛 #dailycheckin 😂

Resurfacing after another 10 day work emergency, which never fails to leave me bedridden with that bad stomach. I am thinking use the time to READ. Miss and appreciate my Litsy Family💖

#dailycheckin

#dailycheckin with the hopes of reading something, anything today⁉️😫

#dailycheckin to stay close to my Litten Family. Keeps me grounded at my desk! Happy New Week!

Here‘s my #BookSpin stack for June. This month I read Book 1, Gulliver‘s Travels, and am replacing it with Dandelion Wine (from my secret Santa).
Thank you @TheAromaofBooks for hosting!

There were so many times I found my mind wandering during g this book, it was unable to maintain my focus. Hugely imaginative but far too detailed with social / political commentary for my liking

No. Not another adventure novel. After two chapters I have literally thrown it aside. Not for me. #1001books

#LetsTravelAugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#GlobeTrotter

Gulliver is quite the #globetrotter, and by the looks of it so is this copy. BTW, I‘m a collateral relative of Swift. I am not descended from him but we share an ancestor. #letstravelaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Gulliver leaves his wife and kids at home to gallivant around the world, four times over, even though he constantly meets with disaster. He becomes a twisted misanthrope and lives out his days ankle-deep in horse manure. Sure, it‘s an ever-timely critique of corruption and religion and government… but I can‘t get past the wife-abandonment. My full review here: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/gullivers-travels-jonathan-swift/

Listening to the audiobook with David Hyde Pierce narrating, I have had a few good chuckles. When I was a kid, my dad recommended that I read this. I tried, but couldn't get past the first chapter. As an adult, I am enjoying it much more.
#audiobook #audible #commute #classics #readtheclassics #satire

There are a lot of #imaginaryplaces in this book...although I haven‘t read it since I was young and really only remember Lilliput...

#wanderingjune

Have yet to read this classic! But thought this was quite apt for the #tiny prompt of the #ANewChapter picture challenge :)

@vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Reading a book that I should have read in high school, but looked up on Spark Notes instead. 🤓

Great example of context and fitting in.

Found this sweet $1 baby from the 40's at a flea market and will be enjoying her this evening along with a nice bath. One more precious baby to add to my antique and aged book collection. 💎

I was a strange child. Apparently I greatly loved this story...I am quite frankly borde by it, now. I like other of Swift's works so much more. This just seems to go on and on. Not sure if I'm going to get through it before its due. With the wait list I can't renew it, either.
#jonathanswift #gulliverstravels #teaandabook #teaandanaudiobook #teaandaudiobook

This was read to me long ago, but I don't remeber it. I remeber watching a TV movie version of it when I was quite young. So excited to listen to this classic story once again.
#jonathanswift #gulliverstravels #teaandabook #audiobook #teaandaudiobook

A giant walks the streets of Liverpool, witnessed by a brobdingnagian crowd, amongst which is Mrs Bookwomble 💗

I was tempted by the Gulliver‘s Travels - it was one of my texts for my A Level Literature exams and my copy is all marked up! - but I thought the font they used in this edition was rather weird.

1. We are at the Jersey Shore! Hoping for no rain!
2. Funny thoughtful book.
3. Mayonnaise
4. As a child I was a cheerleader and a softball player
5. 🏖🤗
#Friyayintro @jesshowbooks

While this book slightly slow in parts and many might find the language difficult, I lol‘d many times. Swift is not just telling a story of exploration but really giving a commentary on 17th century English culture and humanity in general. I loved the last part with the yahoos the most. So funny!

I read this on @SerialReader , 47 issues. It was for my classic lit book club. The beginning wasn't so bad, but as it went on I had to force myself to continue reading. Way too detailed and some of the "adventures" are just absurd. This is not a classic I would recommend, but now I can say I read it! #classics #serialreader

Engrossing. I‘d love to go on a journey like that!!!!!

#QuotsyJune18 | #Intrepid | @TK-421

#GulliversTravels

#riotgrams
#travelandadventure
I enjoyed reading all three books. Two of them read during childhood, and one last year.

So you go in another thrift , hardcovers are $1 paperbacks are 50 cents .You find an old Dell , you end up paying retail, yet you don‘t care. 😀

#vision #quotsyjune18 @TK-421

I‘ve really never once felt the need or urge to read Gulliver‘s Travels, but that sure has changed since NDT‘s segment on The Great American Read last night. (And it‘s not even one of the 25 books I put on my #GARbingo card! Sigh.) I really loved the show - and especially how much it was enjoyed by some of my less-actively-bookish friends. http://www.pbs.org/video/neil-degrasse-tysons-favorite-novel-gullivers-travels-n...

It's a really great book.
Good travel readers!!??
Quinbus Flestrin never let you go!
#Catala #Gulliverstravel #Spain #recommendation "toberead
Do you like this book?

My first read on serial reader, an a selection for the #greatamericanread I enjoyed parts of it, and can certainly see why it‘s a classic, but I was never transported, and never forgot that I was reading something that I was “supposed” to have read.

Another book art ‘cause I‘m still knee deep in endangered language text books and eighteenth century databases 💕

Ps. I don‘t think the version of Gulliver‘s Travels that I was familiar with as a kid featured his particular method for putting out the fire in the royal chambers 😳

I saw Jonathan Swift‘s grave at St Patrick‘s Cathedral in Dublin yesterday.

Boring at times but still a must read. The political and philosophical satires are noteworthy. Not for those who read simple and easily written Young Adults only. I know it can get frustating at times but if you figure out the message and the satire behind it, it becomes worth it.

I enjoyed this book even though at some points the writing seemed a bit dry, but at other times quite amusing. I had only known about the story about a giant in a land of tiny people. I enjoyed all the other stories and the social commentary that is quite obviously behind each one.

#backlistupdates

#litsyclassics #litsyclassicsmatches

@TheKidUpstairs @erinreads

#BookMail from #EastonPress is the next installment from the #OneHundredGreatestBooksEverWritten subscription. I have honestly never read this book, and I have actually heard it is very boring, but I will find out. It is very beautiful, though. These books make my heart happy ❤️

FRIENDS I DID IT 🎉🎉🎉 (finished the book and completed my challenge!) this was surprisingly entertaining and easy to read.

I have to read this by Thursday for a class... wish me luck! ⛵️

Book jar pick

This book is exactly like the rating says: "so-so." Some interesting parts but overall pretty boring.
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#LitsyAtoZ #LetterG #classics