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TheSpineView
Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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@AlwaysbeenALoverofBooks #LitsyLove #Sharreadathon

In honor of @Sharread I am planning to finish those books I have started and then tackle the few I need to read for January's challenges and book clubs.
Reading:
Lover Avenged #BDBBuddyRead #BDBBookClub
The Ex Talk #LittensLoveRomance
A Tree A Day #Naturalitsy
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers #ClassicsChallenge
TBR:
Dorothy Sayer Book #AuthorAMonth
Red Shirts #LitsySciFiBC
The Martian Chronicles

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AnishaInkspill
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Pickpick

#2025reads #poetry #classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay

A 1912 translation of Chinese poems in the public domain. The poems in this collection are plain and what runs through most of them is stillness or nature. This occurs through a variety of themes, including resignation, loss, love or appreciation. I found some poems to be a poignant read, whilst others charmed or humoured me.

Lunakay So cool! 1w
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AnishaInkspill
Trojan Women | Euripides
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Pickpick

#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #2025reads #narrativepoetry

Reading this for the second time, was as hard as the first. Through Hecuba‘s agony, Euripides shows the senselessness of war. Her voice is also the voice of the surviving women, and its truly awful, but I‘m still glad I read this. What stands out for me is the women‘s strength. They have been through so much and yet they are not broken.

AnishaInkspill TW & spoiler in next one (edited) 3w
AnishaInkspill A very young child is murdered by the Greeks, they are worried that the child, Astyanax will grow up get vengeance. Hecuba (bravely) retorts that this is not the action of a civilised society. (edited) 3w
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AnishaInkspill
Contemplation | Franz Kafka
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Pickpick

#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #2025reads #poetry

18 pieces of prose poetry of varying length scattered with wonderful imagery.

I read “A Hunger Artist: Four Stories“ by Franz Kafka last year, it was beautiful though not a happy read but since then I've become more interested in Kafka‘s work.

Lunakay Great choice!✒️📜🤗 3w
AnishaInkspill @Lunakay finding poetry here was a surprise, I wouldn't have made the connect without reading it 3w
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AnishaInkspill
Doll's House | Henrik Ibsen
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#classicschallenge 2025 @Lunakay #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig #VirginiaBloomsberries @AllDebooks #2025reads

Current read and one of the 62 books I've lined up in 2025. I read a mix of fiction & nonfiction, classic & contemporary. This year my main focus is Jane Austen, Bloomsbury Group, reading poetry, continuing with mythology, and trying to read a bit more science. I'm not very good at stickling to my plan, but I try.

AllDebooks Nice goals. I have The Mirror and the Palette to get to, as well. 4w
Lunakay Great plan! Switching plans is part of the fun! 😁 4w
Crinoline_Laphroaig You can never go wrong with Jane! 4w
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ferskner
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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!!
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Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 4w
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) 4w
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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 ). 4w
Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 4w
AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 4w
AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 4w
AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 4w
AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 4w
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 . 4w
Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 4w
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 4w
PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 4w
LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 4w
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 😂 4w
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! 4w
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! 4w
julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 4w
LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 4w
staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 4w
ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 1w
Texreader So great to have you back!! 1w
britt_brooke Joseph! 1w
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @lunakay

Let's do it! For the #classicschallenge 2025, in the first quarter, we focus on poetry! To participate, you can read through poetry collections, a poem a day, or just browse through the classics. Anything that is on your tbr in this department, from Pushkin to Shakespeare to the Romantics, who will make you think of spring in March!

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2814186

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Lunakay
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Let's do it! For the #classicschallenge 2025, in the first quarter, we focus on poetry! To participate, you can read through poetry collections, a poem a day, or just browse through the classics. Anything that is on your tbr in this department, from Pushkin to Shakespeare to the Romantics, who will make you think of spring in March!

Share your reads and tag me!

Let me know if you would like to be tagged or untagged🤗

Storygraph challenge ⬇️

TheSpineView I have several poetry books I need to read. 2mo
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Dilara Fantastic! 2mo
AnishaInkspill how exciting. brilliant idea, I'm really looking forward to this 2mo
Kristy_K I‘d love to be tagged! I have a backlog of poetry books to read. 2mo
BarbaraJean I totally forgot I'd said yes to this challenge 😂 But yes! I'm in! I'll go join the Storygraph challenge to make sure I remember! 2mo
Lunakay @julieclair, I'm glad you're joining!🙂 2mo
AnishaInkspill I've been thinking about this and have several poetry books lined up, I'm not sure how this is going to hgo and might span it out longer than the quarter. A really good idea, got me opening books that I have been meaning to get around to. 1mo
Lunakay @AnishaInkspill That sounds great! I think btw that with poetry, a poem a week from different sources would be brilliant too!🤩 I'm planning to read a novel in verse and beside that just enjoying poems from different authors🤗 1mo
AnishaInkspill @Lunakay 😍 this is better than I thought, an d is going to be such a distraction from my other reads - 2 days left, let the fun begin!!! 1mo
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LitsyEvents
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From @Lunakay

Dear Littens, I think we all have some classics we would like to read, but somehow new amazing books are released all the time, then some of these classics are, well, a bit on the chunky side and therefore a bit intimidating and in general there is too much to read and too little time!
So, who would be interested in joining in on a quarterly challenge?

Let's tackle those oldies!

Let her know..
#classicschallenge

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Lunakay
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Dear Littens, I think we all have some classics we would like to read, but somehow new amazing books are released all the time, then some of these classics are, well, a bit on the chunky side and therefore a bit intimidating and in general there is too much to read and too little time!

So, who would be interested in joining in on a quarterly challenge?

Let's tackle those oldies!😊

#classicschallenge

Lunakay @Dilara I remember you being interested 🤗 3mo
TheSpineView I would be interested. I actually intended to read War and Peace this year but never got around to it. 2025 is the year! 3mo
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BarbaraJean I‘m interested! I‘ve been joining too many challenges and buddy reads lately, but a quarterly challenge feels more low-key! 3mo
Dilara @Lunakay Yes, I'm in! 3mo
LapReader Count me in 3mo
AvidReader25 Love this idea! 3mo
BookBelle84 I'd like to join in! 3mo
AnishaInkspill I'm interested 3mo
julieclair Love this! I‘m in. Thanks for hosting! 2mo
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