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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
One of the preeminent novels by French writer Alexandre Dumas, this swashbuckling tale follows a group of honorable 17th-century swordsmen who must contend with powerful adversaries scheming against the queen. Determined to join the royal guard, young d'Artagnan leaves his country home and travels to Paris, where he unintentionally angers Aramis, Athos, and Porthos, the esteemed Three Musketeers. Eventually winning the trust and admiration of the formidable trio of fighters, d'Artagnan joins them in their quest to thwart the plans of the sinister Cardinal Richelieu.
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TheAromaofBooks
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(thru ch30) Okay, I've not been doing a great job hosting this one 😂 But I actually am really enjoying it! These guys are so ridiculous and over-the-top. And D'Artagnan finally gets to be a real musketeer... if he can find the money to get all his gear. Of course he's too busy chasing the mysterious stranger all over town haha And what do you think has happened to poor Constance??

Are you all enjoying this one or no?

Once we get to where the ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) days of the week don't match the chapter numbers anymore, I start to get confused 😆 So here is November's reading schedule. We are going to use the first weekend and the last weekend as catch-up days, especially with Thanksgiving (US) at the end of the month. There are 67 chapters, so we'll wrap up in early December!! 2d
CatLass007 I‘m enjoying this one quite a lot. I‘ve been trying to come up with a word that summarizes our Musketeers. They seem to be such scoundrels. They don‘t pay their bills. They‘re always tricking someone into doing something else. Scoundrels. But very funny scoundrels. 1d
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wordslinger42 I‘m really enjoying it as well!! Their antics are amusing 😄 1d
Jadams89 I‘m really enjoying it!! 1d
BarkingMadRead I‘m loving this so much! Thanks for the schedule, this is really helpful! Looking forward to more hijinks 1d
julieclair I haven‘t even started this one yet, but really want to. Fingers crossed I can catch up! 🤞 1d
Librarybelle Thanks for the schedule! Still catching up but am still liking it! 1d
curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks im loving this, as well! 23h
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CatLass007
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#RandomClassics I‘ve seen “teh” all over the internet, and lately with the undereducated news reporters working these days, in print media. But “hte” is a new one to me.

TheAromaofBooks Typos 😡 Just why! 2d
CatLass007 @TheAromaofBooks This person had one job, typing chapter names into their computer. And they blew it. 1d
rwmg I have the opposite problem. Teh is the Indonesian for tea, and autocorrect is the bane of my life 14h
CatLass007 @rwmg I think autocorrect is the bane of nearly everyone‘s life. 13h
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TheAromaofBooks
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(thru ch21) How is it going, friends? I know a few of us are a little behind 😂 So without getting into too many spoilers, I have to say that the action has been quite exciting over the last couple of chapters!! (Although I felt terrible for the horses! 😢) I didn't realize there was going to be so much political intrigue, but on the whole I feel like Dumas keeps it light enough to stay entertaining.

I am planning to stick with the chapter-a-day⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) plan through October, but would you all like to take the first weekend of November as catch-up days, and then pick up with chapter 32 on November 4? Let me know what you think!!

@BarkingMadRead @Bklover @CatLass007 @ChaoticMissAdventures @Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin @curiouserandcurioser @Deblovestoread @Jadams89 @janeycanuck @julieclair @Librarybelle @Read4life @TheBookHippie @wordslinger42
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janeycanuck I‘m on chapter 10 but I think I need to reread a couple of chapters so a bit of extra time to catch up would be awesome! 1w
TheBookHippie Yes catch up would be wonderful!!! I struggled the first bit but now I‘m hitting my stride. 1w
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ChaoticMissAdventures I am trying to catch up with 2 chapters a day which is doable for me, but goodness he really likes his words huh? Did he get paid by the letter in writing this? 😂. After watching King James and George it is interesting to see the Duke here running around France wooing the ladies 1w
BarkingMadRead I‘m loving this, it‘s still very Don Quixote-like without the insanity 🤣 1w
Librarybelle Sounds good to me! I‘m very behind still and hope to read more this week. 1w
nanuska_153 @ChaoticMissAdventures yes, Dumas actually got paid by word/line 😅 It's kind of like when series were on tv rather than streaming and seasons where 20 episodes, some of them where nothing happened: Halloween episode, Christmas episode,etc Now with streaming it seems like there's only 8 episodes and all of them important.Dickens is particularly obvious cause he was paid by installments and there are chapters that have a Thanksgiving episode's vibe 1w
CatLass007 I‘m enjoying this much more than Don Quixote, something on which I quickly bailed. It was just too depressing. So much of this current book is tongue in cheek. Not depressing at all. Audible lists this as the first book in “D‘Artagnon: The Musketeers Cycle.” Depending on how this one winds up, I probably would enjoy listening to more in the series or other books by Dumas. 1w
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Still a bit behind on #randomclassics reading but chipping away, this is such a fall morning vibe!

aa_guer2021 What a wonderful book. Enjoy!! 2w
marleed It took me so long to read this book. I finally googled the spark notes and found a site that explained in segment, how it was published as its own installment to the story, and what the story was saying about its own current day. That really made it all more interesting for me and allowed me to finally finish😳🤣 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @marleed I love reading but there are just so many words.... 🤣. Was this one of those books that they put in weeklies and the author got paid by the word?? Like dude is not saying anything with all these words. 2w
Kitta Wow beautiful copy! 2w
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TheAromaofBooks
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We're 14 chapters in and I'm only just now checking to see how everyone is doing 😂 The first couple of chapters were a bit of a struggle for me, but I am starting to enjoy it now. This book is a lot more snarky than I was anticipating. And even though D'Artagnan is a hot-headed mess, I'm finding him entertaining. How is it going for all of you? Have any of you decided to bail? Any favorite characters/scenes?

Librarybelle I‘m behind! Not because of the book but because of life. I‘m liking it so far, but admittedly I‘m not very far into the book. 3w
BarkingMadRead It‘s starting to get interesting now, a little dramatic, and still a cooler version of Don Quixote 🤣 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly I bailed 😅 I agree that it was snarkier than expected, but I wasn‘t having fun. 2w
CatLass007 I‘m really enjoying this. I‘ve been listening to an Audible free selection but it‘s going to stop being free toward the end of the month so I went ahead and bought it. I‘m loving the snark. I‘m not sure why it would be compared to Don Quixote because that was incredibly depressing and I definitely bailed. This isn‘t depressing at all (yet). 2w
Jadams89 I agree, the first couple of chapters were strange, but now I‘m enjoying it! 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures I loved the name dropping of other books (Don Quixote and Gulliver's Travel) this is my first Alexander Dumas and I am really enjoying the humor and the political commentary..I am a couple of chapters behind already but I am enjoying it. 2w
curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks this is a reread for me:) im enjoying it again this time around, though its been such a long time, its like reading for the first time! 2w
janeycanuck I‘m on chapter 8! Not as behind as I expected I‘d be. Like everyone else, I‘m enjoying the snark. I was hoping to buckle down and get caught up this weekend but it didn‘t happen. I think I‘ll double up on chapters for the next few days instead. 2w
Read4life I‘m enjoying the snark. Love me some snark 😂😂. I‘m a bit behind but will catch up this week. 2w
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BarkingMadRead
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PuddleJumper Nice find! 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
Bailedbailed

Life‘s too short.

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 3w
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Clare-Dragonfly
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I did not know this meaning of “levee”! #randomclassics

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TheAromaofBooks
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Getting ready to start this #RandomClassic !! I'm curious to know what translations everyone is reading? @janeycanuck shared an article yesterday with some fantastic information on the various English choices - https://welovetranslations.com/2022/07/13/whats-the-best-translation-of-the-thre... - and reading it made me purchase a different copy! I really wanted to read the two volume hardcovers that I have had on my shelf for so ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont\'d) long, but there isn\'t any copyright/translation info listed and I\'m afraid they are abridged - and now that I have a definitely-not-abridged copy to compare the sheer volume of pages, I\'m pretty sure my hardcovers don\'t have the full story!! So far I\'ve only read one page, and I\'m delighted to see a shoutout to another #RandomClassic hero, our old friend Don Quixote 😂 Looking forward to reading with you all!! 1mo
TheBookHippie So….. I got many editions coming from the library, because I was this days old when I realized I have a junior edition 🫣🤪😅 1mo
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BarkingMadRead I have the comic book cover edition pictured here! And I was so excited to see our good friend Don mentioned 🤣 1mo
Librarybelle I found a cheap Kindle edition! But, the translation so far flows well, so that‘s good. And yes to Don Quixote! 😂 1mo
CatLass007 I‘m listening to the one that‘s free on Audible. It doesn‘t say in the listing who is the translator. Six buddy reads this month and most of them are free. I guess I‘m a glutton for punishment. And I‘m already behind… 1mo
Jadams89 I have the Bantam Classic edition translated by Lowell Bair — it says it‘s complete and unabridged 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Goodness Paper Mill Press doesn't want to give any credit to their translator! I had to Google a bit but it looks like Richard Pevear translated this pretty copy 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly The edition I got from the library was translated by Eleanor Hoffman. 1mo
julieclair I‘m reading on Serial Reader, and have no idea what edition I‘m reading! 🤷‍♀️ 1mo
Read4life With so much back & forth traveling coming up this month, I decided Serial Reader would make the most sense as far as portability. 1mo
Bklover Whose version are you reading? I have an anonymous version but was thinking of ordering Ellsworth. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bklover - Apparently I asked everyone else but forgot to actually mention which translation I am using 😂 Richard Pevear is the translator for this Penguin edition. 1mo
SamAnne I love that a Tom Gauld cartoon is the cover. 1mo
wordslinger42 My translation is by Eleanor Hochman! It‘s the Signet Classics edition; I‘m enjoying it so far 😊 1mo
AnishaInkspill this one\'s on my wishlist 4w
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BarkingMadRead
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So excited for this one!

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wordslinger42
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Sharing my October #bookspin list just in time 🎃🍁🍂 Looking forward to a month of cozy reading!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Hey friends!! We'll be starting this #RandomClassic on Tuesday!! I am here to take a poll: do we want to stick with one chapter a day, which means it will take us a little over two months to read this; or go with two chapters a day and finish in early November? I'm slightly inclined to stick with the single chapter because I have a lot of buddy reads for October, but I also understand if we don't want it to drag out so long haha ⬇

Librarybelle Single chapter would work better for me, but I am open to either option. 1mo
wordslinger42 A single chapter would be a lot more manageable for me! 1mo
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BarkingMadRead Single chapter would be amazing 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly I also have enough other reading commitments in October that I don‘t think I could manage two chapters a day! I also find one chapter a day a lot easier to keep track of, so that‘s my vote. 1mo
curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks could i be added to this please? One vhapter a day works best for me:) thanks! 1mo
TheBookHippie Single! 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I am up for either! I started chapter 1 and they seem like I could get through one a lunch time which is nice. 1mo
CatLass007 I‘m voting for one chapter a day. 1mo
Deblovestoread I‘d love to jump into this one with you all. Chapter a day would be perfect. 1mo
janeycanuck It makes no difference to me. I‘ll be behind in 4 days no matter how many chapters we do 🤪 1mo
Read4life I prefer one chapter a day. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @curiouserandcurioser @Deblovestoread - I have you both added to the tag list for this one!! If either of you would like to be added to my master list, which I tag each month so people can decide whether or not they want to read that month\'s book, just let me know!! 1mo
Bklover So glad you‘re sticking to one chapter a day! 1mo
Jadams89 Can I be added to the tag list? I‘ve had this book on my shelf for probably 15 years waiting to be read 1mo
curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks yes, please add me to master list! Thanks❤ 1mo
julieclair I‘m going to try! Glad it‘s one chapter a day. 😎 1mo
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LitsyEvents
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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2778074
Via @TheAromaofBooks

Hey friends!! Time to start thinking about our October #RandomClassic - The Three Musketeers!! I've never read this book or any other book by Dumas, but I have had a lovely two-volume edition sitting on my shelf since... 2003 k Let me know if you want to read along!! Wel'll be tackling one chapter a day, which means it will take us over 2 months to finish this 65-chapter story.

TheAromaofBooks Thank you!!! 1mo
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TheAromaofBooks
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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Hey friends!! Time to start thinking about our October #RandomClassic - The Three Musketeers!! I've never read this book or any other book by Dumas, but I have had a lovely two-volume edition sitting on my shelf since... 2003 😂 Let me know if you want to read along!! We'll be tackling one chapter a day, which means it will take us over 2 months to finish this 65-chapter story.

I'm planning to post The Red Pony discussion this weekend. Hopefully⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the Musketeers are at least moderately less depressing! 😅

As always, tagging the entire master list and you can let me know if you're interested in October's book specifically. I'll be posting weekly(ish) check-ins for the Musketeers as we go!!
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Lcsmcat I‘ll skip this one as I‘ve already read it. 1mo
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janeycanuck Well, I still haven‘t finished Don Quixote OR Evelina so I should not add a third unfinished classic to my list! But uh… tag me for Three Musketeers anyway 🤪 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - I like your can-do attitude 😂 1mo
BarkingMadRead Never read this, but I‘ve got it, I‘m ready! 1mo
Cuilin I‘ve read it and loved it!! Very fun. Tag me anyway. If I remember enough I may join the discussion. 1mo
janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks I am nothing if not unwarrantedly optimistic! 1mo
TheBookHippie Never read it -have my copy!! 1mo
Librarybelle I‘m ready for it! 1mo
Bklover I‘m ready!!! I‘m with @janeycanuck - my track record is NOT good, but will never give up!😉 1mo
Read4life I‘ve never read it. I‘m ready with my copy. 1mo
janeycanuck @Bklover we can stand on the sidelines and cheer everyone else on while holding our own unopened copies. 1mo
wordslinger42 I‘ll jump in for October 😊 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I have a copy!! This sounds daunting but I believe in us! 1mo
julieclair I‘m going to try…. Have never read this and would like to. 🤞 1mo
CatLass007 I have my free-on-Audible copy and I‘m ready. If it‘s going to take us over two months for the October selection, does that mean that the November selection is cancelled or moved? 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, I‘ll join in for this one! 1mo
Bklover @janeycanuck That sounds perfect! 🧡 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @CatLass007 - No, I start a new book on the first even if a previous book is still in progress. Keeps things lively 😂 However, I will take a poll from the group before we start next week to see if everyone would prefer to stick with one chapter or try two chapters a day so we can get through it in about a month instead of two. 1mo
CatLass007 I don‘t think I‘ll be participating in the Christy buddy read. 1mo
janeycanuck Before I end up down a rabbit hole on this... Is there any particular translation that is considered to be the standard or particularly good? 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - I haven\'t done any translation research, so let me know if you find out anything interesting 😂 I know there was a lot of variation with Don Quixote. 1mo
janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks I‘m settling on Richard Pevear. This website was helpful in deciding! https://welovetranslations.com/2022/07/13/whats-the-best-translation-of-the-thre... 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - Oooo thank you!!! That is SO interesting! I have a two-volume hardcover edition that has no copyright date but I am guessing printed c1950. I just clicked through and compared the first line to all the ones that this article provided and still couldn\'t find a match!!! My concern is that it\'s abridged since so many translations are. So this was very helpful to find an unabridged edition - I am going with Pevear as well - Amazon ⬇ 1mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont\'d) can have it here tomorrow, just in time! 😂 1mo
janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks oh, that‘s so weird none of the translations match!! That‘s awesome you‘ll be able to get a Pevear quickly. The whole abridgement to turn it into a kid‘s story in English is so bizarre. I‘m glad there are some truer versions that keep the spirit of the writing. 1mo
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Texreader
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My second weekend in a row at HPB ended in a massive book haul… so here goes:

I ❤️❤️❤️ the Count of Monte Cristo. So how can I possibly go wrong with the Three Musketeers?

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BarkingMadRead
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I got a few books in Maine today….

Purpleness Oooo, the little bitty socks 2mo
mcctrish Great haul 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Purpleness I couldn‘t resist! @mcctrish I only hit about 1/3 of the stores they have here, I had to show restraint 🤣 2mo
Aimeesue Ooh, the Tom Guald cover on The Three Musketeers! He‘s my favorite ❤️ 2mo
BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue I‘ve never seen a cover like this before. I legit squealed when I saw it! So fun! 2mo
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Brooke_H
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Finished! 🎉

Purpleness Love the water bottle! 5mo
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Brooke_H
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Having a little readathon day to see if I can finish The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. I have around 400 pages left. 🤞

marleed My son brought me back a Strand mug and a tote this January as he travels to work the lead up to NYE at Times Square every year. I sent him to Strand (it never would have crossed his mind), and he loved it there! 5mo
Brooke_H @marleed Such a great bookshop! 5mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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The Three Musketeers was my best read for September. 🥰
#12Booksof2023

Andrew65 A real classic. 10mo
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Texreader
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I‘m hoping to get your funny bone ready for holiday happiness! Thanksgiving funnies start tomorrow!

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 11mo
Tamra Bahahaha 11mo
Aimeesue Lol! 11mo
TieDyeDude 🤣 That made me laugh out loud 11mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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4 ⭐️s
Certainly different than any film adaptation I‘ve ever seen. I quite enjoyed it though. It‘s not as much of a fast paced adventure but more of a comedy/drama with humor and intrigue as its strong points. 17th century France certainly had a different idea of what “honorable” looked like. 😅 Lady de Winter had a much larger role and is definitely not a sympathetic character. The Musketeers each have their unique personalities. ⬇️

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I usually prefer Aramis in the films but Athos is such a bamf in the book. I‘m looking forward to reading more of this series and MUCH more of Dumas in general. 13mo
Deblovestoread I've started watching the BBC series and am living it. I really need to read the book one day. 13mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Deblovestoread There‘s a BBC series?!? I‘ll have to check it out! ❤️😱❤️ 13mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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Athos trolling the prison guards had me laughing so hard!

I never knew Athos, Porthos, and Aramis weren‘t really their names but more like nicknames. I‘m loving this book so much. ❤️

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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This will always be the song I associate with The Three Musketeers. 😅❤️ I know it‘s obvious, but it is what it is. 🤷‍♀️

https://youtu.be/ofA3URC1wyk?si=FNZ15z1BYzn_XK1m

#BookNotes

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡🧡🧡 14mo
Ruthiella I love that song too. ❤️ 14mo
dabbe Added to our #BookNotes Spotify list! 💜🧡💜 14mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Ruthiella I had it played at my wedding I love it so much. 😅🤣❤️ 14mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @dabbe I should totally make a playlist of literary inspired songs! ❤️😱❤️ 14mo
dabbe @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm And share it with the rest of us! 🤩 14mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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I made a 20 book long list for Book Bingo this month and what do I do on the 1st? Pick one that‘s not on the list! Thank goodness for those free spaces! 😅🤣

Larkken good thing its a short book ;) 1y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Larkken 🤣😂🤣 I‘m a glutton for punishment. 1y
DGRachel I love this book! Dumas is so much fun. 1y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @DGRachel I‘m definitely enjoying it so far. It‘s much funnier than I expected. 😅 1y
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GinaKButler
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Pro tip: if you are making a #14books14weeks2023 list, you shouldn‘t put 5 classics on it if you actually would like a chance to complete the challenge. You definitely shouldn‘t include this one…I‘ve been making my way through this all month and am SO ready to be done with it!
@TheHeartlandBookFairy

PaperbackPirate I recently finished slogging through a classic myself. I hope you made it through too! 14mo
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CrystalE02
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I enjoyed reading this classic book. I loved the plot of the book and the characters were great. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars. This is the seventh book completed in the #RushAThon readathon hosted by @Andrew65

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GinaKButler
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A little late in the month, but up next, my #doublespin for July.

It‘s also on my #14books14weeks2023 list (8 of 14)

@TheAromaofBooks @TheHeartlandBookFairy

Amiable Oh, that one‘s still in my pile, too 1y
Purpleness I love the word cloud editions! And Dumas, although it‘s been awhile since I read any of his books 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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Kevin Bensley
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Pickpick

The adventure and intrigue make for a great story.

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GinaKButler
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Here we go! My stack for the #14books14weeks2023 challenge: read 14 books in the 14 weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day! All of these are books I own but have not read with the exception of 2 library books. I can‘t wait to cross them off my TBR! Thank you for the invite, @CoverToCoverGirl and thank you for hosting, @TheHeartlandBookFairy 📚

Want to join in the fun, @Kelly326 🥰

marleed I like your summer shelf clearing plans as I‘ve read 7 - half your stack! 1y
GinaKButler @marleed oh, wow!! Any favorites that I need to move to the top of the list? 1y
TEArificbooks I liked What You Wished for and Falling 1y
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TheHeartlandBookFairy Welcome and thank you for joining. Is! Happy summer, happy reading 😎 📚 1y
dabbe LOVED Travels with Charley. 💙💚💙 1y
CoverToCoverGirl Lovely! We Begin At the End is very good. 1y
Kelly326 Almost done with my stack. We have some of the same books picked. You have some really big ones in that stack!! 1y
Amiable Looking forward to your thoughts in “North and South” —that one is in my pile, too. 1y
GinaKButler @Amiable I‘ve been looking forward to reading it. I‘ll keep you posted! 1y
GinaKButler @Kelly326 Dying to see your stack. I‘m way ahead on my annual reading goal, so I wanted to add a few mini-chunks. Go big, or go home! 😂 1y
Amiable @GinaKButler Love that chunkster spirit! 🙌🏼 1y
GinaKButler @Amiable 😂 They‘re always my favorites! I just finished Beach Music by Pat Conroy. Loved it! 1y
Amiable @GinaKButler Oh, I ADORE Pat Conroy! A few years back my husband and I were in South Carolina and I insisted that we stop in Beaufort! 1y
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451Degrees
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Wow I‘m so glad to be done with this book… it was for a book club and although it is a classic and the story and writing have their merits, I just really did not enjoy reading it. I felt like the story was way too long and had us shooting off in random directions the whole time. I will say in the end everything was addressed and closed up which is why it‘s getting a so so and not a pan.

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arlenefinnigan
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This is an amusingly silly caper. The plot is pretty meandering and twisty - you can tell it was initially written as a series - which is a bit hard to follow at times. It's quite the thriller at the end. And D'Artagnan is an endearingly hot-headed idiot.

Dilara ”D‘Artagnan is an endearingly hot-headed idiot.” This is so true! 2y
arlenefinnigan @Dilara I really like how half the book is D'Artagnan going "aaaaargh what did I do that for I'm such a dick" 2y
Ruthiella What bugged me about this book is that Milady (who is kinda awesome and herself a victim) is punished for her perfidy and Richelieu gets a “well played dude, see you the next time we cross swords”. 2y
arlenefinnigan @Ruthiella yeah the only 'good' woman is stupid and dead. 2y
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TheKidUpstairs
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#OnThisDay in 2002, celebrations began in France to honour what would have been the 200th birthday of author Alexandre Dumas. The celebrations would continue throughout the year, culminating in Dumas' ashes being interred in the Pantheon to lie in honour with other great authors of France. Then President Jacques Chirac acknowledged the racism that had kept the celebrated author from his rightful place of rest. #HistoryGetsLIT

vlwelser ❤ one of my favorites. 2y
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arlenefinnigan
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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#ReadHarder challenge 13: an adventure story by a BIPOC author

BookmarkTavern A gorgeous looking cover! 💕 2y
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VioletMoonBooks
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Dostoyes
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Pickpick

#chunksterchallenge2022
This book was such great fun. So many hilarious, raucous scenes with the Musketeers. And Milady - what a villain! She was terrifying. The final 200 pages I couldn‘t put down and read straight through. Onto War and Peace!

Amiable It is a fun book, isn‘t it ? So glad you enjoyed it! 3y
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CogsOfEncouragement
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I truly enjoyed the marvelous work of the narrator Guy Mott who gave each character a distinct voice and even managed to have a singing voice of a woman and did that well. I‘ve never seen any of the movies so the story was unknown to me. I enjoyed it and see why we are still reading it and retelling it after hundreds of years.

BookDadGirlDad The 1993 movie, although a slight departure from the book, is excellent. The actors chosen for each character are brilliant choices. Sheen, Sutherland, O'Donnell, and Platt each bring their respective characters to life. 3y
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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 154.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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Ast_Arslan
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.

Day 127th

Join the fun if you want!

#tbrpile

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Pash
The Three Musketeers | Alexander Dumas
Pickpick

This was a little tricky to get into at first; the story took a while to get going, which is understandable given its source, but about two thirds in I found it unputdownable and I really enjoyed the story. I would recommend as a good read, but be prepared to persist with the initial slow start.

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EvieBee
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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My LAST Amazon book haul! Gotta do this to hold myself accountable. 🤓🤪😁

LeahBergen Well, at least you‘re going out with a good stack! 😆 3y
marleed Hey, when one can support their stack in one hand, surely your are innocent :) 3y
EvieBee @LeahBergen LOL, right?! 🤣 3y
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EvieBee @marleed LOL I wish I was, but this haul is misleading. One of 4 and the month isn‘t even over. 🤦🏽‍♀️ 3y
quietjenn Nice choices to go out on! 3y
EvieBee @quietjenn 💕💕 3y
BarbaraBB Love your picture 😍 3y
EvieBee @BarbaraBB Thank you, Barbara 😘🥰 3y
Cathythoughts Lovely 💕 3y
erzascarletbookgasm Nice stack👍 Beautiful pic! 3y
EvieBee @Cathythoughts Thank you Cathy! 💜 3y
EvieBee @erzascarletbookgasm Thank you, Jessie! 🤗💜 3y
CarolynM Great photo and great stack! I loved Miss Pym. 3y
EvieBee @CarolynM Thank you! The Backlisted podcast put it on my radar. Sounds amazing! 3y
rubyslippersreads No library is complete without Betsy-Tacy! ❤️❤️❤️ (edited) 3y
EvieBee @rubyslippersreads I need them ALL! 🤓😁 3y
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BkClubCare
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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#ccspin #ClassicsClubRound2 Am listening at 1.4x; I hope I can create enough listening time to finish by May31st. Esther needs to walk 15+ miles a week, right?

Ruthiella Do you now have a lawn to mow again? 3y
BkClubCare LOL!! Yes, I do. But the yard is much smaller this time around. 3y
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Jaimeb3th
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas

“In this fallen world, even good men have demons in them.”

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Whalien99
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
Mehso-so

3 stars

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xicanti
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I took a month-long break from THE THREE MUSKETEERS so I could get my money‘s worth out of Scribd, but I dove back in this week and finished it this morning while I made an ugly (but delicious!) king cake. It was fun, and it got me thinking about how 19th century serial fiction operated much like TV did in the 20th century. There‘s an overarching plot, but Dumas is more interested in keeping things going than in resolving anything. #audiobaking

tpixie Yum!! 4y
xicanti @tpixie I used dried cranberries instead of raisins, and they made it extra tasty. 4y
tpixie @xicanti that does sound good! Great idea! 4y
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robinb If that's ugly, pretty must be over-the-top! This is gorgeous. :) 4y
xicanti @robinb the inside looks MUCH nicer than the view from above! I should‘ve followed my instincts and made the icing runnier than the recipe called for. 4y
marleed I had to stop maybe a quarter way into my 3 Musketeers effort and alternate between the book and the spark notes assisting me in my effort. I was really glad I did that because understanding how/why the story was written and the actual history of the time helped me appreciate the book. 4y
xicanti @marleed sounds like a good resource. 4y
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xicanti
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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Another dull, slushy #audiowalk took me to 3:27 for #20in4. I‘m having a blast with the book. The weather I could‘ve done without, though I‘m grateful it‘s at least warm enough to be outside for longer than two minutes.

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xicanti
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Lunchtime #audiocooking! I planned to stuff the other half of my flatbread with bleu cheese, but I decided I wanted something more substantial. My favourite fake mapo tofu recipe (minus the tofu) was the perfect thing.

Please note, also, that this is the third time I‘ve tried to read THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This time, I‘m in exactly the right mood for Dumas and I WILL succeed. Bring on the verbose, ironic shenanigans!

MemoirsForMe All for one and one for all!😉🙌🏻 Happy reading! 4y
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marleed
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A quarter way thru and I was not feeling this, at all. So onto spark notes about the why of what I‘d read (an 1800‘s author with a 1600‘s tale to tell), and how is was originally written in serial segments for a magazine. I continued to read a spark notes section then the actual book (and even audio). It all helped and I‘m done! I‘m giving it a pick because I did it, but boy from today‘s perspective - these are 4 privileged white guys.

vlwelser I'm pretty sure all of his books are like that. I'm reading Queen Margot right now. 4y
AmyG Great photo...love the greens! 4y
marleed @vlwelser I‘m not sure that I could have stuck with this without the spark notes teaching me what/how to appreciate this. That said, I‘m glad I read it, but I‘m not sure I can read more! 4y
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marleed @AmyG Thank you! 4y
vlwelser There are several books in that series. I'm not sure I'll be diving into that any time soon. 4y
mandarchy I must be a nerd. I loved this book and read it in both French and English. 4y
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alisiakae
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I'll be wrapping up my #Booked2021 #Winter rec's today. I admit, the #mustacheoncover prompt involved some lengthy research, so I look forward to seeing what others come up with!

I've read 3 of these, and liked all of 3. Can you guess which ones they are?

Read-y_Picker These recs are awesome! Thanks 4y
bnp Just saw Mudbound at work yesterday. Curious, but not on my TBR like yet. 4y
rabbitprincess The Agatha Christie is a great suggestion! I have that same edition of Death on the Nile 😄 4y
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Cinfhen I own this one and it‘s what I‘m thinking of using / For once the movie tie in is the better option 😂😂😂 4y
alisiakae @rabbitprincess I will probably read a Poirot book for this prompt! 4y
JennyM I started looking for books for this prompt yesterday and it was hard! Thankyou for these recs 😀 4y
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