KareninaWinter

My stack for the various challenges I am attempting to tackle:

1. Tolstoy: #kareninawinter, #chunksterchallenge2025 (848 pgs) and #fictionaltraveler (somewhere cold)
2. Dissolution: ##BookedInTime (Tudor England) and #fictionaltraveler (somewhere English)
3. Bourdain: #AuldLangSpine2025
4. The Cancer Factory: #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub
5. King: #Nonfiction2025

ChaoticMissAdventures Eig's King is so good! Very readable and it feels incredibly balanced. 15h

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘m so glad to hear that! 15h

Tamra I really enjoyed Anna when I read it years ago! I don‘t remember the details, but I recall it was engaging. (edited) 10h

Amiable @Tamra I‘m enjoying it more than “War & Peace,” for sure! 😀 29m

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The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 2d

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 2d

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 2d

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 2d

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 2d

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 2d

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 2d

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 2d

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 2d

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 2d

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 2d

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 2d

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 2d

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 2d

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 2d

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 2d

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 2d

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 2d

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 2d

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 2d

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 2d

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 2d

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 2d

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 1d

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 27m

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 12m

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julieclair

Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy

The first book I‘m tackling this year for the #AllergicToChunksters challenge is Anna Karenina. I‘m reading it for the #KareninaWinter buddy read, hosted by @TheBookHippie and @Librarybelle . I started it in December, and am woefully behind, but loving it.

What will everyone else be starting on? Tagging those who expressed interest, but all are welcome! 😃

mcctrish, JenlovesJT47, Lizpixie, Born.A.Reader, mrp27, BookBelle84, MatchlessMarie, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Andrew65, Sace, TheBookgeekFrau, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, PuddleJumper, Meshell1313, willaful

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I decided to try and tackle The Last Magician again 🙇‍♀️ I‘m challenging myself to at least a chapter a day (they‘re about 5 pages each). The characters have started growing on me and so far I‘m up to page 173 🎩 4d

mcctrish I read AK with a book club a long time ago and I only finished it because I got so sick I couldn‘t get out of bed 🤣🤣🤣 BUT I am glad I did. It turned out to be a book I had to finish to appreciate. It will be so good as a buddy read ❤️❤️❤️but once was enough 😉 4d

PuddleJumper It's going to be The Lost Hero or Scum Villain Self blah blah blah which are both over 500 pages I think 4d

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mcctrish Also I am undecided about my first chunkster, I‘m down an Elin Hilderbrand rabbit hole, soon finished, and then I will sort myself out 4d

JenlovesJT47 I started Les Misérables today ? 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Same! 🤩🥳🤗 4d

Librarybelle I‘m glad you‘re tackling Anna Karenina! @TheBookHippie is doing an amazing job hosting this one—I just told her I‘d read with her, and a #BuddyRead was born!! 😂 4d

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe yay! 🙌🏻 I admit I freaked out at first when my ereader said the first chapter had 105 pages 😆 but luckily they are broken up into smaller chunks within the chapter. 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I'm only reading like 3-5 pages a day and ignoring the chapters ... otherwise my brain will implode. 🤩🥳🤗 4d

julieclair @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I love your plan! 5 pages a day is so doable! 4d

TheBookHippie @dabbe you have a schedule yes? ♥️😘💙 4d

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle 😘 4d

julieclair @mcctrish That‘s quite a story! I hope I can finish it without resorting to your drastic measures! 😂 But that‘s an interesting comment about needing to finish to appreciate it. That‘s motivating. 👍 4d

julieclair @PuddleJumper No matter which one you choose, the other will be waiting in the wings! 😂 4d

julieclair @mcctrish No need to rush out of your rabbit hole. You can start in February… or March… 4d

julieclair @JenlovesJT47 and @dabbe Good for you for taking on Les Mis! I was tempted, but realized there was absolutely no way I could read it while also reading Anna Karenina. 🤯 4d

julieclair @Librarybelle Hope you didn‘t freak out when I mentioned you were cohosting AK! 😂 For some reason, I thought @TheBookHippie was hosting December, and you were hosting January. But I agree, she is doing a fabulous job (as always). 💙🩵💙 4d

JenlovesJT47 I meant to start AK last month but had too much going on. I‘m a month behind so I dunno about jumping in now, but I really want to read this. 4d

Librarybelle No worries, @julieclair ! 4d

Gissy I‘m not so afraid of chunksters because last year I read around 8 books with more than 500 pages but always is a commitment😳I will like to read Anna Karelian but I need first to order online my copy. Let‘s see if I can finish it. I am also very interested to read The Miserables and finish The Count of Monte Christo. I will read some books this month that have more than 400 pages but less than 500 pages which are still long books for me😳🥺 4d

Gissy I never know if a big book will be a torture or an adventure, all depends on its context. I finished one that I really suffered with it😖 4d

julieclair @JenlovesJT47 If you really want to read it, maybe you could put AK next in line for whenever you finish Les Mis. 4d

julieclair @Librarybelle 😘 4d

JenlovesJT47 I could but we‘re supposed to read one chapter a day of Les Mis for the whole year 😆 I might just start it in a few days after I clear out some other books on my currently reading shelf. I get stressed when I have too many going at once 😳 4d

JenlovesJT47 @Gissy I know what you mean. I routinely do a Harry Potter reread every year or two & I speed through those big books so fast! I‘m currently on the 4th Outlander book which has 1800 pages on my ereader (so like 900 pages in the physical copy of the book) & have been reading slowly since October. 🥵 4d

julieclair @Gissy Hooray for finishing 8 chunksters last year!! 🏆 My goal for this year is to read 3. 😎 I‘d like to read The Count of Monte Christo at some point, too. 4d

julieclair @JenlovesJT47 I forgot Les MIs was for the whole year! 🤪😂😂 4d

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Good challenge! I hope to join in once I get back to Ohio, where the majority of my books are. I have plenty to choose from! 🤣😬📚📚 (edited) 4d

MatchlessMarie I plan on starting with Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky. Two of my hopefuls for the year are from previously failed buddy reads (completely on my part 😂) I attempted Les Mis CAD in 2023 and a Count of Monte Cristo Buddy Read from circa 2018 or so 🫣 I would also like to get to House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. 4d

Andrew65 Last year I read 20 books over 500 pages, although a lot of these were in the first half of the year. Not sure which one I‘m starting with but these are the ones I‘m hoping to get to initially.

1. Natchez Burning - Greg Iles, 969 Pages
2. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness, 704 Pages
3. The Scarlet Lion- Elizabeth Chadwick, 608 Pages
4. Knights of the Black and White - Jack Whyte, 576 Pages
5. Act of Oblivion - Robert Harris, 596 Pages 4d

willaful One of my roll 100 books is Book of Love (650pg) so I might go with that, but I have been reading an awful lot of fantasy lately so may instead go with Table for Two. It's not quite 500 pages but I'm counting any book that I find intimidating. :-) 4d

Andrew65 I‘ve succumbed and am starting the year long read of Les Miserables. 4d

TheBookgeekFrau I hope this is easier to follow than War and Peace was!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I don't have one written out, but my book works out to about 4 pages per day. I just finished reading them! I'm going to put a post-it-note where I stop and every day count 4 pages. Do you think that'll work? 🤩😘💪🏻 4d

julieclair @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Glad you‘re joining us! Anytime you‘re ready to start is fine. This is a very low key challenge. 😀 4d

julieclair @MatchlessMarie I‘m a Count of Monte Cristo buddy read dropout, too! 😂 4d

dabbe I hope to read three, or should I say I PLAN to read 3! 😂 One: LES MIS. Two: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell (never read it!). Three: TOMBLAND (Shardlake reread). Am I too crazy? 😬 4d

dabbe @Andrew65 YAY! 🤩🤩🤩 4d

julieclair @Andrew65 That‘s a great list! 👍 And I‘m proud of you for joining the Les Mis buddy read. I‘m still a bit too allergic to tackle that one. 😂😂 4d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau Me, too! Those Russian names! (and now the French ones!). Maybe I should create a sheet with American names, so instead of Monseigneur Myriel, I could call him Fred. 😂 4d

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau If you tackled War and Peace, you can handle anything! 😘 4d

julieclair @willaful If you find it intimidating, it totally counts! 😎 4d

julieclair @dabbe You are not crazy. You have a PLAN! 😎😘 4d

julieclair @dabbe Isn‘t that what we did for Udolpho? 😂👍 Fred sounds good to me. 4d

dabbe @julieclair But sometimes “the best laid plans of mice and men“ ... 😂 3d

TheBookHippie @dabbe YES! 3d

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair Lol you give me wayyyy too much credit--I read it for a class in high school and then again in college for Russian Lit. On my own I would've been so confused, it would've been a very quick DNF! 3d

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe 😂😂 And all the damn nicknames they had for each other, too 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3d

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau You get double credit if you read it twice! Regardless of the reason. 😘 3d

julieclair @dabbe Your PLAN is better than any made by mice… or men… 😉😂 3d

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes @MatchlessMarie House of Leaves came to my mind as well! 🙂 3d

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair 😂 Thank you! 3d

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I read AK in grad school. I ended up having to make a list of characters with arrows to show relationships. 🤪 3d

dabbe @julieclair 🤩😘🤗 3d

julieclair @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Do you still have it? You could sell it to the highest bidder! 😂😂 3d

Gissy @JenlovesJT47 I want to read Outlander😃when? I don‘t know but I really want it. 2d

Gissy @julieclair I will order the book this week because my wallet was stolen yesterday😠😫and I‘m in the process to replace the credit cards. Today I will go to the bank to obtain a provisional one but the one with the credit card (visa/MasterCard) logo I think takes like a week. I hate my bank since it takes so long to replace a card. Then I have to order the book and wait for the arrival. I want the vintage edition. ⬇️ 2d

Gissy @julieclair. (Cont.) I have a beautiful Spanish edition but I will like to read it in conjunction with the audiobook. But believe it or not, sometimes I can‘t follow some audiobooks in Spanish. Some versions are not easy to follow for me 🤷🏽‍♀️I have problems I know 🤣 2d

julieclair @Gissy Oh no! How frustrating and inconvenient. What a way to start the new year. I hope the replacement process goes as smoothly as possible. 💙 And I love your idea of reading in conjunction with listening. I often wish I had a physical book to refer to when listening to audiobooks. Sometimes I just want to flip back through the pages to check a name or scene, and that‘s almost impossible to do on audio. 2d

JenlovesJT47 @Gissy Outlander is so good! If you like that type of thing I‘d highly recommend the show ❤️❤️❤️ 2d

Gissy @JenlovesJT47 Let‘s see if I can read that first book to start the series. I have the first book in English but the whole series in Spanish 😳I was planning to start the series long time ago🙄Let‘s see… 1d

Gissy @julieclair Yesterday I obtained my new card and ordered already the book🙌I was surprised that they gave me a new card the same day. Ordering the book was like a therapeutic gift to compensate that bad experience😃See you soon in that long reading mourning😳☺️ 1d

julieclair @Gissy Oh good! I‘m so glad you got your new card so quickly! And isn‘t it amazing how comforting it can be to buy a book? 💙 1d

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julieclair

Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon | Michael O'Brien

Looking forward to a year of great reading ahead with #FictionalTraveler! My January selection is Mrs. Adams in Winter. I‘m excited to see what everyone else has chosen!

Tagging those who have expressed interest, but all are welcome. 😃

DebinHawaii, Cuilin, kspenmoll, Amiable, Deblovestoread, thebacklistbook, DogMomIrene, majkia, Lauredhel, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Read4life, Sace, BarbaraBB, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, bthegood, Zuhkeeyah, LiseWorks

TheAromaofBooks I think I'm going with Manhunt by Janet Evanovich - it's been on my shelf forever and is set in Alaska!! 4d

Amiable Do I have to finish the book in January? Because I‘m fairly certain I‘ll be reading “Anna Karenina” (set in Russia) every day of the month —and into the next one. Or maybe two. 😄 (edited) 4d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I picked a reread, but it‘s been like six years since I last read it -

Winter Town

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dabbe 🤩🥳🤗 4d

BarbaraBB Yes I‘m in. I‘ll be reading a book that‘s been on my shelves forever

Random Acts of Heroic Love

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Sounds perfect! 4d

julieclair @Amiable You can finish the book whenever you want. This is a very casual challenge. I‘m reading Anna Karenina too, for the #KareninaWinter buddy read, and I‘m woefully behind. It will be a miracle if I finish it by the end of January. 🤪 4d

julieclair @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage If you‘re anything like me, rereading a book after 6 years will feel like a first-time read. I never do remember anything! 😎 4d

julieclair @BarbaraBB That one looks fascinating! Looking forward to your review. 4d

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 4d

DebinHawaii This looks good! I just posted mine. Part of a mystery series set in Alaska that I love & didn‘t get to in December, so this is perfect! ❄️

Perfect Storm: A Mystery

LiseWorks Oh I have to pick a book 4d

julieclair @BarkingMadRead Welcome! Looping you in. 3d

BarkingMadRead Thank you!!! 3d

BarkingMadRead I‘m going to use this one, for obvious reasons (if you‘ve read it or seen the movie)

The Shining

julieclair @BarkingMadRead Oooohhh, just seeing the title gives me the shivers! ❄️ 3d

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MemoirsForMe

Merry Merry Christmas: Creative Holiday Santa's Sketchook | E Meehan

Merry Christmas dear friends! I‘m surrounded by fur babies this week. Frenchie Bowie isn‘t happy when I‘m reading Anna K. Black Lab Kona isn‘t crazy about posing for pix and my sweet Frost is just chillin!
Thx for all your letters & for being in my life. You are my most treasured gifts.
Still trying to catch up on #LitsyLove mail…thx for your patience.🤪
Here‘s to peace, joy and more great reads and memoirs in 2025! ✌🏻❤️🎄
#KareninaWinter

dabbe Happiest of holidays. 💙❄️💙 1w

Cupcake12 Happy holidays. Lovely photos x 1w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Merry Christmas 🎄 1w

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MemoirsForMe @dabbe Wishing you a wonderful holiday, Denise! ❤️🎄❤️ 1w

MemoirsForMe @Cupcake12 Hope you and your family are having a great holiday, Kerry! ❤️🎄❤️ (edited) 1w

MemoirsForMe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Merriest Christmas to you, Misty! Sending big holiday hugs to you! 🤗🎄❤️❤️❤️ 1w

mrp27 Merry Christmas! 1w

MemoirsForMe @mrp27 Wishing you a fun and relaxing holiday, Michelle! 1w

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kspenmoll

V13: Chronicle of a Trial | Emmanuel Carrere

#weeklyforecast

Continue reading the top row- #KareninaWinter #VirginiaBloomberries
Row 2: Reading NF, starting Chapter & Curse today; other book pending #NF #auldlangspine #cozy
Continue listening to The Grey Wolf #serieslove2924

TheBookHippie, Andrew65, TheSpineView, AllDebooks

TheSpineView Lookin' good! Enjoy! 2w

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