TheAromaofBooks's blurb on The Three Musketeers

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!!
7mo

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Lcsmcat I‘ll skip this one as I‘ve already read it. 7mo

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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 🤪 7mo

TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck - I like your can-do attitude 😂 7mo

BarkingMadRead Never read this, but I‘ve got it, I‘m ready! 7mo

Cuilin I‘ve read it and loved it!! Very fun. Tag me anyway. If I remember enough I may join the discussion. 7mo

janeycanuck @TheAromaofBooks I am nothing if not unwarrantedly optimistic! 7mo

TheBookHippie Never read it -have my copy!! 7mo

Librarybelle I‘m ready for it! 7mo

Bklover I‘m ready!!! I‘m with @janeycanuck - my track record is NOT good, but will never give up!😉 7mo

Read4life I‘ve never read it. I‘m ready with my copy. 7mo

janeycanuck @Bklover we can stand on the sidelines and cheer everyone else on while holding our own unopened copies. 7mo

wordslinger42 I‘ll jump in for October 😊 7mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I have a copy!! This sounds daunting but I believe in us! 7mo

julieclair I‘m going to try…. Have never read this and would like to. 🤞 7mo

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? 7mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, I‘ll join in for this one! 7mo

Bklover @janeycanuck That sounds perfect! 🧡 7mo

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. 7mo

CatLass007 I don‘t think I‘ll be participating in the Christy buddy read. 7mo

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? 7mo

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. 7mo

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... 6mo

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 ⬇ 6mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont\'d) can have it here tomorrow, just in time! 😂 6mo

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. 6mo

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