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CatLass007
The Valley of Fear | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes I am so glad I joined this buddy read. It has been both entertaining and enlightening. The Sherlock Holmes Definitive Audio Collection has proved to be an excellent investment. It is edited and narrated by Stephen Frye, who is absolutely marvelous. His introductions to the home novels and short story collections are brilliant, as is his narration. I just listened to his introduction to the tagged book. He provides (cont)⬇️

CatLass007 fascinating context for this novel. I do remember watching the movie he mentions, the Molly Maguires with Sean Connery. I don‘t remember Richard Harris, but who could remember Richard Harris when watching Sean Connery? I grew up in West Virginia. I am a proud believer in labor unions, although I have never been a member of one. I would encourage you to watch The Molly Maguires, and I also would encourage you to watch the movie, Matewan, (cont)⬇️ 12h
CatLass007 about the labor struggles in West Virginia. It stars Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn, and the always brilliant James Earl Jones. I just looked it up on IMDb and discovered that it also stars or features many people who were not famous at the time but who are now famous or highly respected in the field of acting. 12h
Daisey I‘m listening to this collection as well and loving it! 12h
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CatLass007 @Daisey Are you co-hosting this one? Or maybe I‘m confusing it with something else you‘re co-hosting? I‘m just now asking myself this question. 12h
Daisey No, I‘m just following along with this one and not even participating in the discussion much, but I‘ve really been enjoying revisiting the stories on audio. 12h
CatLass007 @Daisey This is the first time I‘ve ever read any Sherlock Holmes. Are you co-hosting #FellowshipOfTolkien? Maybe that‘s where I‘m confused. (edited) 11h
dabbe @Cuilin and I (@dabbe) are hosting #NoPlaceLikeHolmes. We have been reading the canon in publication order and are now on Doyle's last novel, THE VALLEY OF FEAR. Feel free to tag #NoPlaceLikeHolmes to see all of our posts, and if you'd like to join our group, let me know, and I'll tag ya! 🩵🩶🩵 11h
CatLass007 @dabbe I did tag you and @Cuilin but when I saw @Daisey‘s post I confused myself. I‘m going to blame it on lack of sleep and hit the sack. 11h
dabbe @CatLass007 Our bads! You are now on the list, m'dear! 🤩😂😘 11h
Daisey Yes, I‘m cohosting the Tolkien read. Sometimes it does get complicated keeping track of all the readalongs. Looking forward to The Fall of Arthur! (edited) 11h
CatLass007 @dabbe How did I end up off the list? Because I‘ve been participating since the beginning. And I always get tagged on the discussion posts and the reminder posts. Not important though. 10h
CatLass007 @Daisey Well, both buddy reads have lasted for years, so that kinda is what got me confused I think. I‘m skipping Arthur, because it‘s not available as an audiobook and I think I would do better if I could listen and read the print at the same time. But I hope y‘all have a great time and don‘t take me off the tag list, please. 10h
dabbe @CatLass007 Probably because I'm a moron and somehow lost you! So sorry about that! You are now and forevermore on da list! 🤩😘 9h
CatLass007 @dabbe I know you‘re joking at your own expense, but things like that, if they happen frequently, make us feel bad about ourselves. You most definitely are not a moron! More positive self-talk is hereby ordered for you. 8h
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Cuilin
Nicholas Nickleby | Charles Dickens
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#WhatTheDickens @cuilin @Texreader

Nicholas Nickleby has 65 chapters. Read at your own pace and discussion will be at the end of March.

Bookwormjillk I tried the last one on audio and the voice was so soothing I kept falling asleep. I‘m getting this one on kindle! 14h
Daisey I‘m going to try to continue, but I‘m not sure I‘ll be able to fit this one in during these next couple of months. Please keep me on the list! 14h
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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk Maybe some of it‘s going in subliminally and you will start having the speech pattern of an 18 century Victorian lady!!! 14h
Cuilin @Daisey 👍 14h
CatLass007 I didn‘t know about this group. There are a ton of free Charles Dickens books on Audible and I think I‘ve added them all to my library. I would love to actually listen to one of them. Please add me to your tag list. 13h
Cuilin @CatLass007 absolutely 👍 I do a combo 📖 &🎧 13h
CatLass007 That‘s a good idea. I found that some selections for #FellowshipOfTolkien work best that way. But between migraines and multi-tasking I generally just listen. 12h
dabbe Hoping I can keep up! 😅 11h
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JazzFeathers
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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#FellowshipOfTolkien #MedievalTolkien

Thanks so much to @Daisey for having created the schedule.
And sorry for being this late in posting it. I still hope some of you will be able to join..

Life has being quite hectic, but I'm working hard in getting back into reading regularly.
So here we go! 💪

What has everyone been up to? 😁

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AnishaInkspill
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#kindledeals #FellowshipOfTolkien #JRRTolkien @Daisey #ClassicLSFBC @RamsFan1963

hi @RamsFan1963 and @Daisey, I saw this deal in Amazon US but being newish to the platform I'm letting you know. I'm not sure if your lists will be interested or if you already know about this and others who would be interested.

I have the physical version and love the illustrations incl, but only open on occasions and read the one I have on Kindle.

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LitsyEvents
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Repost for @Daisey

#FellowshipOfTolkien Readers, here‘s our plan for The Fall of Arthur! I would like to finish reading it in February, but I also think this book may require some slow, close reading. Remember our schedule is always a very loose guideline and feel free to post your thoughts at any time. I hope to make time to post each weekend if not during the week.

#MedievalTolkien #JRRTolkien #ReadingSchedule

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Daisey
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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#FellowshipOfTolkien Readers, here‘s our plan for The Fall of Arthur! I would like to finish reading it in February, but I also think this book may require some slow, close reading. Remember our schedule is always a very loose guideline and feel free to post your thoughts at any time. I hope to make time to post each weekend if not during the week.

#MedievalTolkien #JRRTolkien #ReadingSchedule

BarbaraJean Looking forward to it! 2w
TheAromaofBooks I picked my copy up at the library on Friday, so I am all set!! I really enjoyed his interpretation of Gawain and the Green Knight, so I'm interested in this. 2w
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Daisey @BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I‘m looking forward to starting this one too! 2w
Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Found my copy! A good way to start tackling my #TBR pile 2w
Daisey @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes Great! Glad to have you joining us! 2w
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Daisey
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Tolkien readers, I‘m waiting on my copy to arrive in order to plan a timeline, but our next read will be The Fall of Arthur. @JazzFeathers and I hope to start at the beginning of February, but we can push it back if needed for interested readers to find copies.

Although I am tagging my entire Tolkien list today, please comment if you‘re interested in being tagged for this book specifically.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #MedievalTolkien #JRRTolkien

wordslinger42 I would absolutely love to read this with all of you! It‘s been on my shelf for ages. 3w
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curiouserandcurioser Yes, i would love to read this! 3w
BarbaraJean Yes, please tag me! It seems my county library system has copies a-plenty. 3w
Daisey @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @BarbaraJean Wonderful! ✅ You‘re all added to the list! 3w
BookwormAHN I'm in 😺 3w
Susanita Consider me a definite maybe… 3w
TheAromaofBooks My library has it, so please add me to the list!! 3w
Daisey @BookwormAHN @Susanita @TheAromaofBooks ✅ You‘re on my tag list! 3w
BethM Ohhhh I‘ll try to find this! 3w
BethM Everand has it- I‘m in! 3w
Daisey @BethM Great! ✅ Added to the list! 3w
AnishaInkspill I'm interested in books by Tolkien, unfortunately I don't have time to read this but if that's ok, pls tag me to your list. Thx 3w
Daisey @AnishaInkspill Happy to add you to the list! Since you expressed interest in Tolkien generally, I added you to the list for this book and my master list so you‘ll know whenever we start another book. 3w
AnishaInkspill @Daisey that's brilliant, thank you 3w
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JazzFeathers
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#FellowshipOfTolkien

Happy Birthday, prof. Tolkien.

You words always inspire and confort me.

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BookwormAHN
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Pickpick

For Christmas, Tolkien would write letters to his kids as Father Christmas & other characters. It is really cute, & you can even see early LOTR influences.
For this year's reread, I tried the audiobook, & it was incredible ❤️
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks #WGWordSearch #WinterClearDown #SeasonalMonsterSmash @PuddleJumper #AVeryMerryBingo #AVeryScaryChristmas @Jadams89 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew @Andrew65

Andrew65 Excellent 🎅🎅🎅 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
Daisey I thought the audio was available from one of my libraries and planned to listen this time as well, but when I went to look it wasn‘t there. At some point, I do plan to try it out. 1mo
JazzFeathers It is indeed so interesting to see Tolkien's major work filter into this story. A bit like it happened with The Hobbit. It's so sweet that he shared his creations with his children, in a way that they could receive. 1mo
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BarbaraJean
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Pickpick

Thank you to @Daisey and @JazzFeathers for hosting #TolkienChristmas again this year! I looked forward to reading my Father Christmas letter each day, and Tolkien‘s drawings & the antics of North Polar Bear were such a joy! This year I bought the Centenary edition of the book instead of relying on a library copy, and I‘m so glad I did (pictured here with the closest I have to NPB). This may become an annual tradition for me! #FellowshipofTolkien

Daisey I‘m so glad to hear you enjoyed it this much! It‘s become an annual tradition for me as well, although I spend varying amounts of time with it from year to year. 1mo
JazzFeathers That photo is absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing it. It warms my heart. And so happy that you enjoyed the readalong. It has indeed become a tradition for this little group of Tolkien enthusiasts 😁 1mo
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