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I‘m looking for a reading plan for Possession and finding poetry everywhere. Had no idea.

Ok, plan idea A:

July 7: chapters 1-5 (102 pages)
July 14: chapters 6-10 (118 pages)
July 21: chapters 11-17 (111 pages)
July 28: chapters 18-21 (114 pages)
August 4: chapters 22-28 (109 pages)

What do you think? This is just a suggestion. I‘m open to what might work better for anyone.

Librarybelle, Tamra, slategreyskies, sarahbarnes

LapReader Can I join please? 1w

Tamra Looks reasonable to me - thank you for your organization! 1w

Graywacke @LapReader of course! 1w

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Graywacke @Tamra 👍 great! 1w

sarahbarnes Agreed! Looks great to me. Thanks for figuring it out! 1w

Graywacke @sarahbarnes oh good. 👍 1w

slategreyskies Sounds good! Thanks! 😊 1w

Graywacke @slategreyskies almost everyone 👍 1w

KathyWheeler I read this when it first came out and loved it. Coincidentally, I recently felt the need to reread it, so I downloaded the audiobook. Id like to join in this buddy read. 1w

LeahBergen Oh, how I loved this book when I read it years ago! It‘s such a favourite. 1w

Librarybelle That works for me! Thanks for organizing this!!! 1w

Graywacke @Librarybelle ok, that settles it! 👍 I‘ll post reminders 1w

Graywacke @KathyWheeler please do join! 1w

Graywacke @LeahBergen I‘m excited to finally read it! 1w

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 1w

Currey @Graywacke May I join also? 1w

Graywacke @Currey yay! Of course! 1w

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Not a River: A Novel | Selva Almada

Not a River arrived today, the day of its US release. That‘s the last of the books i ordered for my birthday last month. Here are the 18 books I‘m calling my birthday books. (I‘ll list the titles in the comments.) So far I‘ve read one - Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, which i finished today

Graywacke Top to bottom

Not a River by Selva Almada
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener
Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
Knife by Salman Rushdie
The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
Treasures of Time by Penelope Lively
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translate by Simon Armitage 4w

Graywacke Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton
Master George by Beryl Bainbridge
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy
There but for the by Ali Smith
Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
Midnight‘s Children by Salman Rushdie
Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel 4w

Ruthiella Fantastic stack with at least two all time favorites of mine: Possession and

The Blue Flower

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Graywacke @Ruthiella there‘s a story behind The Blue Flower. I joined this facebook group run by the Booker committee. Recently someone has been posting quotes by one judge from each year - recent quotes in hindsight. Three separate judges complained that The Blue Flower was overlooked in its year. So, now we have a group read planned there. 🙂 Possession is a hole in my reading. I need to fix that. 4w

slategreyskies I agree with you about Possession. I actually own a copy of it (three copies, if I‘m honest), but I haven‘t read it yet. I need to fix that. 4w

batsy Very impressive stack of which I've only read one and loved—Possession. 4w

CarolynM Great stack. I‘ve read 3 - Hotel du Lac, Possession and Midnight‘s Children - none of which I liked very much. I started The Heart is a Lonely Hunter once, but didn‘t get very far with it. I want to try again. Both Penelope‘s are on y TBR. 4w

Librarybelle Great book stack! 4w

Meshell1313 Ooh a Haply Birthday indeed! 🙌 4w

BarbaraBB Such a great stack! My favorite of the ones I read is definitely Midnight‘s Children, followed by Posession and Hotel Du Lac. (edited) 4w

Graywacke @slategreyskies yes! But when? 🙁 That‘s funny you have three copies. 4w

Graywacke @batsy yay, Possession. 🙂 4w

Graywacke @CarolynM oh no 🙈 Four misses. But yay on the Penelopes. I‘ve never read Penelope Fitzgerald. 4w

Graywacke @Librarybelle @Meshell1313 thanks! Any you recommend to start with? 4w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB yay. those three and the Carson McCullers will fill in some gaping holes, once i read them. 4w

sarahbarnes Great birthday stack! I have wanted to read Possession forever. And also have a copy of There But. I love her books so much and try to ration them out. I loved Hotel du Lac very much. 4w

Tamra Bday Books! 👏🏾 Like @sarahbarnes I‘ve been meaning to read Possession. (edited) 4w

Librarybelle I‘m echoing everyone else that Possession has been on my to read list for a long time. Hotel du Lac has been on my tbr for awhile too. 4w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w

Meshell1313 @Graywacke everyone is raving about Knife! I also loved midnight‘s children. 3w

Graywacke @sarahbarnes Ali Smith is so clever and fun. I need to read more of her stuff. Ioved How to Be Both. And, yeah, Possession… 3w

Graywacke @Tamra @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies - does Possession need some group read motivation? Just offering. It‘s a little project. 3w

Graywacke @Meshell1313 i‘m so excited to read Knife. When it arrived I had to sit down and have a talk with my squirrel brain about reading practicalities. So, it‘s impatiently still awaiting me. It‘s liked a book from Hogwarts - it‘s gives off little sparks, calling me. 3w

Tamra @Graywacke @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies absolutely! I would join in for sure! 3w

Librarybelle @Graywacke @Tamra @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies I‘d be interested in doing a group read! 3w

Aimeesue What a great stack of books! Enjoy! 3w

sarahbarnes Yes! I would definitely join in on a group read of Possession! @Tamra @Librarybelle @slategreyskies 3w

slategreyskies @Graywacke @Tamra @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes yes, I‘d join in as well! :) 3w

Graywacke @Aimeesue thanks! 3w

Graywacke @slategreyskies @Tamra @Librarybelle @sarahbarnes great, let‘s do this. I have July in mind. Any thoughts on that? Too soon, too far away? 3w

Graywacke @dabbe thanks 🙂 3w

sarahbarnes July works for me! 3w

slategreyskies July sounds good to me as well. 3w

Librarybelle July works for me as well! 3w

Tamra Yes, July! 😁 3w

Graywacke @sarahbarnes @slategreyskies @Librarybelle @Tamra great! This is such a good group. Looking forward to this. I‘m giving us a hashtag - #byattbuddyread - and i‘ll post on this a couple times between now and July in anticipation. 3w

Librarybelle Yay!! 3w

Tamra Woot! 3w

sarahbarnes Woohoo! 3w

slategreyskies Sounds great! I‘m looking forward to it! 3w

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