Litsy

The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Unabridged Edition): A Philosophical Novel by the Russian Novelist, Journalist and Philosopher, Author of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The House of the Dead, Notes from Underground and The Gambler | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ch 7.4: Alyosha leaves the monastery #donthateme #waterintowine #alyoshahasamoment #everythingisclearnow #timetopeaceout #thebros #shortchapter #anothermiracle #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 10mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 10mo

Bookwormjillk Miracles do happen 😂 10mo

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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk it‘s the little things 🤣 like little chapters 🤣 10mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 😅🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 10mo

TheBookHippie The picture, made my day. 10mo

currentlyreadinginCO Not reading any comments or hashtags bc I'm behind - but using this comment to motivate myself to catch up!! 10mo

Ruthiella That image! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 💦➡️🍷💥💥💥 10mo

SamAnne 😂😂😂😂. Love the image! 10mo

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you all like the pic 🤣 I was worried I might I have gone a little too far 🤣 @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @SamAnne 10mo

Bookwormjillk That pic is everything 10mo

dabbe #theperfectpic 🤩😂😂🤩 10mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead not for me but that‘s not a ruler to use … 😅👀🫣 10mo

mcctrish This is the Jesus I‘m here for, especially on a Friday after a looooonngggg week and #praisebe for short chapters 10mo

Graciouswarriorprincess That picture and thank goodness for little chapters. 10mo

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 2: whew! So many new old characters! #RIPbrandon #always #singlesmixer #thosesteelegirlsthough #hotmessexpress #inwalksmarycrawford #whowillendupwithwho #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @Staycurious @indoordame @julieclair @cuilin @eeclayton @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @peanutnine @debinhawaii @ruthiella @deblovestoread @allylu @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thearomaofbooks @thebookhippie @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @bklover @carebear23 2y

Bookwormjillk Lol #hotmessexpress 2y

willaful I think it's interesting how the author assumes readers all already know the backstory of each of the characters.

Also, yet another who wants to rehabilitate Mary Crawford! I remember reading a “sequel“ -- Joan Aiken, maybe -- which was clearly of the mind that Mary got #arawdeal and should've been the real heroine. Never mind the whole #beingafortunehunter thing. 2y

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Ruthiella @willaful I loved Mary Crawford and was annoyed by Fanny, but I need to re-read

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willaful @Ruthiella Fanny is definitely all wet, but Mary pretty much #dugherowngrave IIRC. I don't mind her growing from the experience and having a HEA though! (edited) 2y

Cuilin So many characters. There was a moment where a Nancy showed up and I was like where did you come from? 2y

ravenlee @Cuilin that threw me for a minute too, and I had to rack my brain to remember Nancy is a nickname for Anne (which I should remember, as an Anne) 2y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @ravenlee yeah, it took me a minute to see that Nancy is Anne #annenotnancy #dontconfuseme #toomanypeople 2y

TheAromaofBooks Sooo many characters all at once and @willaful is right about just being expected to remember them!!! I was never a Mary fan and read another sequel where she died, so I was also a little like, “wait, she's not dead??“ 😂 But poor Brandon! I love that guy, and everyone always wants to kill him off! #Brandon4lyfe 2y

ravenlee Exactly! @TheAromaofBooks Why is Col Brandon always the first to get knocked off? He‘s one of the best Austen characters. And I feel more sympathetic to him as I find myself on the wrong side of 35 (okay, 40) - he‘s supposed to be sooo old and he‘s not even middle aged?! 2y

TheAromaofBooks @ravenlee - Right?? Everyone so down on him because he wears flannel! 😂 2y

dabbe @ravenlee I can't ever picture Col. Brandon again without thinking or seeing Alan Rickman, who is also gone. 💔

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dabbe @willaful Agreed! It's been a while since I've read some of Austen's books, and boy am I having to go back and research to remember the gist of each person from the Austen novels. 😅 #whew 2y

BarkingMadRead @dabbe same! I mostly have the gist but I definitely needed a bit of a refresher 2y

willaful Brandon got knocked off?! I missed that.

Now I want to read an AU where Marianne dies and Brandon and Mary Crawford get married. #justkidding #donthateme 2y

BarkingMadRead @willaful I hate that Brandon died! Whyyyy does everyone kill him off?!? 2y

willaful Oh, I did remember wrong. It wasn't fortunate hunting, it was Mary's moral failings in Edmund's eyes. 2y

Morr_Books @BarkingMadRead Can you add me? I'd love to join the discussion. 2y

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books absolutely! 2y

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suvata

The Nightmare Before Christmas | Tim Burton

For me, once I watch The Nightmare Before Christmas, Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas has begun.

#HappyHolidays #DontHateMe #NoBahHumbugingAllowed

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dariazeoli

Pretty in Punxsutawney | Laurie Boyle Crompton

It‘s release day for this book, and it‘s available on Hoopla. Pretty in Pink & Groundhog Day happen to be two of my favorite movies, so this was an easy borrow.

Are you Team Duckie or Team Blane?

DarcysMom Duckie forever! 💖💖💖 6y

dariazeoli @DarcysMom I wholeheartedly agree! 🙌🏻 6y

JoScho Always #teamduckie 🖤🖤🖤 6y

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CoffeeK8 #teamduckie all the way 6y

dariazeoli @JoScho @CoffeeK8 👍🏻❤️ 6y

BookishTrish #teamblane #donthateme 6y

dariazeoli @BookishTrish His name is Blane? Oh! That's a major appliance, that's not a name! 😉😂 6y

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Literary_Siren

A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens

After watching this movie with the kids I have a really strong urge to read A Christmas Carol. #IveNeverRead #AChristmasCarol #Confession #DontHateMe #MyLoveForClassicsIsNew

Melissa_J I‘ve never read it either 🤫 6y

DGRachel I love A Christmas Carol! I reread it in some format, whether print, ebook, or audiobook every December. 😍 Oh, and I watch both A Muppets‘ Christmas Carol and Mickey‘s Christmas Carol, because they are my favorite versions. 6y

Literary_Siren @Melissa_J I‘m glad I‘m not alone! I‘ve actually never read any of his books. 🤭 6y

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Literary_Siren @DGRachel I definitely plan on reading it at some point before Christmas. Maybe after I put the tree up. 😂 I‘m very Scrooge-like around this time of year. 6y

JamieLou The first time I read A Christmas Carol was last year! 6y

GingerAntics I haven‘t read it before, either. I‘ve only seen several productions of it. 6y

JacqMac I‘m watching that now. It‘s very good. I just might have to read it now, too. 6y

CoffeeNBooks I'd never read A Christmas Carol either, so I just started it yesterday. It's short, and a quick read. I'm enjoying it so far. 6y

Jess_Franzino I‘m reading “The Man Who Invented Christmas” right now. I‘m absolutely obsessed with Charles Dickens. Will have to watch the movie after I finish the book. (edited) 6y

Birdsong28 You should read the tagged book @Jess_Franzino

Mr. Dickens and His Carol: A Novel of Christmas Past

Jess_Franzino @Birdsong28 Thanks for the suggestion! I‘ll add it to my TBR ♥️ 6y

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julesG

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic | Leigh Bardugo

It's good to be home. Even if it means sharing the bed with two cats, who love to snuggle up on either side of me while on the duvet and I feel trapped underneath it.
Since I woke up at around 4 am, I've already had close to an hour of #audiobook and cat petting and Litsy.

#donthateme I don't like the book. Russian fairy tale retellings seem to not be my thing.

#catsoflitsy
#unpopularopinion

MCYmermaid Hope your next selection is more to your tastes. 7y

Crazeedi For kitties do exactly what mine do when I'm in bed! One on either side and I can't move! Btw your kittie is just precious 7y

CouronneDhiver Too cute! 7y

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MemoirsForMe Awwwww! 😻 7y

batsy Aww, "kitty eyes" ? 7y

Mdargusch Glad you‘re back home! 7y

knittedgnome They missed you!! 7y

BookaholicNatty Your home!!!!! Yay!!!! The kitty is sooooo adorable!!!! How are you feeling? 7y

julesG @BookaholicNatty He looks so young and tiny in the picture, but he's nearly a year old now and 7 pounds heavy. - - - I'm happy to be home. That's most important. I don't have the kids around until Friday, by then I'll be well-rested and will have munched my way through all the chocolate and gummi bears. 😁 7y

rabbitprincess AWWWW those eyes 😻😻 7y

Lauram Black cats are the best! I hope he brings you luck. 7y

julesG @Lauram It took us three months to get used to him (plus find out that he needs gluten free food) but ever since he's become a darling. He even asks for cuddles now. 😉 7y

Rissa1 This cat is stunning! 7y

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GlitterGirl

War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Leo Tolstoy

WAR AND PEACE is my obvious book for #Maybookflowers # Peace and #war
I have nothing good to say about this!!! I have actually read it, I read the whole damn thing! And in all honesty that is the only reason I did finish is - bragging rights! Maybe I would have like it in Russian, maybe something got lost in translation...but I just don't get it! Nothing awesome about this book! Never disliked a book this much!!! #donthateme😉

julesG Never liked Tolstoy much. No, strike that, I don't like Russian authors. I find reading them even worse than (some) Scandinavian authors. 8y

Simona @julesG I love Russian authors and guess what - Scandinavian too 🤷‍♀️😉😘 8y

julesG @Simona There are some good Scandinavian authors that I actually enjoy, maybe even because of their style of writing. 8y

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Simona @julesG None from Russia? 8y

julesG @Simona Well, still haven't read all (ha ha!) of the Russian classics, so they still have a chance to surprise me. Definitely not a fan of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky - but I love Russian/Slavic fairy tales. 8y

Simona @julesG I'm always curious about this, about the reasons, why someone doesn't like, in general, authors from the some geographic area. I have a very 'complicated relationship' with my local Slovenian writers 🤷‍♀️ 8y

julesG @Simona It's the style of writing, not the nationality as such that I'm struggling with. I also struggle with a lot of German writers and translations into German. 8y

Simona I didn't mean that the problem is nationality @julesG but themes/ideas, approach to the problems, characterizations...and I'm always curious, if you can put a common point to the statement-I don't like the Russian authors. Maybe because they are melodramatic, style of writing is plain...My problem with Slo authors is without any serious explanation-in primary school (and partly in secondary school) we were forced to read only Slovenian authors. 8y

mswriterlygirl I enjoyed it but I did have to skim some. 8y

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Larkken

It Came from the Far Side | Gary Larson

Once, I painstakingly made my own #bookmarks out of treasured Far Side calendars, laminated lovingly with tape. I even still have a few. But, see, and please #donthateme, my fav books and I tend to be hard on each other... Many surgeries to fix bindings, and many heartbreaks. And as I get older, in my copies of beloved books, I do occasionally underline, doodle, dogear - Just like good friends, books and I sometimes damage each other #booktober

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Teenreadsdotcom

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production | J.K. Rowling , John Tiffany, Jack Thorne

A lot of people have very mixed feelings about this one, our Intern Dana included, but what did you think of this final Harry Potter story?

swishandflick It actually pains my Harry Potter loving heart to say this, but I didn't like it. The play format lacked depth, felt rushed, and read more like fanfic (and to be completely honest I've read fanfic that I enjoyed more) 🙊 Would that I could have a time-turner of my own so I could get Rowling to rethink it. #donthateme 8y

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